[brasso]

If a character is possessed by a fire spirit, does this mean that they are effectively on fire (although effectively immune to it themselves)?

So would their gear get burnt? Or just those around them maybe?

Might be relevant to tonight's game! XD

[Jack_Spade]

No on several accounts:
A possessing fire spirit has his Energy Aura active, but that doesn't actually do anything except if the spirit attacks in melee or is hit by a melee attack. That is all it does. Gear is not affected as far as the rules are concerned.

But be aware that elemental spirits aren't actually immune against their own element. Manifesting spirits do have their hardened armor against mundane damage sources, but nothing more. A possessing spirit doesn't even get that protection. So it is entirely possible to douse a fire spirit in gasoline and watch it burn to disruption by RAW. 

[brasso]

Thanks Jack

Just wondering if you can target a possessing spirit without harming the vessel, eg. a mana bolt, etc

The scenario here is a hostile mage summoning a spirit to possess the PC street sammy

[Jack_Spade]

Knock them unconscious. That will disrupt the spirit and free the victim. But as long as the spirit is in there they both receive the same damage.
Banishing does work as does the Exorcism Metamagic.

[The Wyrm Ouroboros]

Stunbolt always works.    Especially nice because when possessing, they use the possessed character's mental attributes.

[Jack_Spade]

@Wyrm

you might want to re-read that part:

p. 197 SG
"While possessed, the spirit’s Mental and Special attributes are used (which means a possessed technomancer cannot access Resonance), with Initiative modified accordingly (use the spirit’s Initiative Dice)."

[The Bald Man]

I think it is channeling that uses the lower of the 2 willpower scores for defense vs mana spells. 

[The Wyrm Ouroboros]

Ah, that might've been it.