[UA] Request from a new guy

[Nick Wedig]

>I've been toying with the Schrödinger's Box as a Major Artifact. Stuff a
>live cat in it and as long as the box remains closed, the cat is alive
>and dead at the same time. As long as the cat is in a state of quantum
>uncertainty, everybody  in presence of the box can flip flop their skill
>rolls, and you can force others to flip-flop their skill rolls by
>defeating them in Soul Combat. The box is rumored to be cursed, and its
>owners usually die in freak accidents.
>
>Now, if somebody could find a way to simbolically put his life into the
>box (making the cat a proxy or something like that), such person would
>exist in a state of quatum uncertainty. Not dead, not alive. There are
>probably big advantages to be gained, but also a nasty drawback. If the
>box is ever opened, he has a 50% flat chance of dropping dead instantly.
>And the box must be opened at some point, because the cat can suffocate,
>and then it would be dead in *both* states...

Damn, that's a neat idea.  It would cause all sorts of problems with death related magick and similar bits, and I'd say would cause the person proxied to the cat to go through some mystical problems.  Like the universe half the time assuming he's dead and ignoring his actions, or having the Cruel Ones come after him to see what's going on and put him on one side of the veil or the other.  And, of course, lots of vague dreams and hints of what the other side looks like, but not enough to give any actual knowledge, just psychological damage.

Mr. Teapot
alive and dead at the same time

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