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	Simulacrum d20 Rollenspiel Orfinlir - die Welt
		It appears to be the same as the original, but it has only one-half of the real creature's levels or Hit Dice (and the appropriate hit points, feats, skill ranks, and special abilities for a creature of that level or HD).
		You must make a Disguise check when you cast the spell to determine how good the likeness is. A creature familiar with the original might detect the ruse with a successful Spot check (opposed by the caster's Disguise check) or a DC 20 Sense Motive check.
		The spell is cast over the rough snow or ice form, and some piece of the creature to be duplicated (hair, nail, or the like) must be placed inside the snow or ice.
	www.orfinlir.de /index.php?id=Simulacrum (264 words)

	Simulacrum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Simulacrum (plural: simulacra), from the Latin simulare, "to make like, to put on an appearance of", originally meaning a material object representing something (such as a cult image representing a deity, or a painted still-life of a bowl of fruit).
		Philip K. Dick often explored the concept of the Simulacrum.
		In occult literature, the word simulacrum is often used to designate an object intended as a representation of a whole, according to Magic principles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simulacrum (843 words)

	simulation, simulacrum (1)
		Beginning as a primarily visual representation, the simulacrum (provisionally: the image of a simulation) has since been extended theoretically, and in the recent theory exemplified by the work of Baudrillard functions as a catch-all term for systems still operating despite the loss of what previous meaning they had held.
		Simulacrum has very little modern and vernacular use, and instead is employed almost entirely in the theoretical field.
		While the simulacrum is defined as static, it nevertheless deceives its viewer on the level of experience, a manipulation of our senses which transforms the unrealistic into the believable.
	humanities.uchicago.edu /faculty/mitchell/glossary2004/simulationsimulacrum.htm (1862 words)

	Gerhard Richter and the Simulacrum
		The simulacrum is a reproduction with the greatest degree of discernible difference from the original, but which is still recognizable as a derivation from a model.
		The simulacrum "is built upon a disparity or difference, it internalizes a dissimilarity," thus actively emphasizing its status as a literally different thing from the original.
		Deleuze writes of the simulacrum that "it harbors a positive power which negates both the original and the copy, the model and the reproduction" because it cannot be judged in terms of similarity to an original.
	www.heyotwell.com /work/arthistory/Richter.html (3255 words)

	Simulacrum - Psychology Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Simulacrum (plural: simulacra), from the Latin simulare, "to make like, to put on an appearance of", originally meaning a material object representing something (such as a cult image representing a deity, or a painted still-life of a bowl of fruit).
		In occult literature, the word simulacrum is often used to designate an object intended as a representation of a whole, according to Magic principles.
		For instance, a nail or hair can be used to represent the whole person it belongs to, believed to trap part of the essence of that individual and used for rituals to represent the person.
	psychology.wikia.com /wiki/Simulacrum (932 words)

	Baudrillard_Simulacra and Simulations
		The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth--it is the truth which conceals that there is none.
		Now we've reached the phase of desperate reproduction, and where the stakes are nil, the simulacrum is maximal - exacerbated and parodied simulation at one and the same time- as interminable as psychoanalysis and for the same reasons.
		There is a whole chapter to add to the history of transference and countertransference: that of their liquidation by simulation, of the impossible psychoanalysis because it is itself, from now on, that produces and reproduces the unconscious as its institutional substance.
	www.stanford.edu /dept/HPS/Baudrillard/Baudrillard_Simulacra.html (6962 words)

	Simulacrum Magazine: The Magazine Of Speculative Transformation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		SIMULACRUM was a speculative fiction magazine published in PDF format but has long since went the way of the dinosaur.
		"Simulacrum is a thoughtful, high quality ezine, geared toward readers with active minds.
		Simulacrum Magazine - edited and created by Lynne Jamneck.
	www.specficworld.com /simulacrum.html (138 words)

	Dictionary.com/Word of the Day Archive/simulacrum
		Incorporating simulacra of historic buildings and exotic landscapes the Emperor saw on his extensive travels through his dominions, the villa is high-style multiculturalism.
		The Wilson who at last recovered some of his health was a pale simulacrum of the man he had been.
		Simulacrum is from the Latin, from simulare, "to make like, to put on an appearance of," from similis, "like." It is related to simulate and similar.
	dictionary.reference.com /wordoftheday/archive/2003/05/01.html (97 words)

	The Islamic Simulacrum in Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s Into Africa
		In spite of the disputed and ill-measured depth to which the simulacrum immerses members of society, its deceptive tides fail to breech the shores of representation--it deals primarily with the circulation of images and not other epistemological sources.
		When the practices and effects of traditional Orientalism are juxtaposed with those of the Islamic simulacrum, there is very little difference besides the ability for postmodernism to shift from icons of eurocentrism to those of pluralism and humanism in its tactics of vilification.
		Even though such criticisms have appeared within the postmodern simulacrum, it would be highly disputable to assert that postmodern Western society has done anything significant for the liberation of women or the protection of indigenous cultures from the negative effects of global civilization.
	www.westafricareview.com /vol1.2/vol1.2a/maguire.html (5088 words)

	EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - [Urgent] Simulacrum questions
		Come to think of it, if the simulacrum only has 50% of the original's power, does that mean the simulacrum is equal to 100% of the power level and has 100% of the memories and abilities of the original from the time they were half their level (the level of the simulacrum)?
		Confronted with evidence, the simulacrum might nod politely or angrily dismiss the evidence as lies, depending on the orders of its creator and the personality of the individual that it was copied from.
		SRD: "The simulacrum cannot increase in level or abilities." Levels and stat mod gains are not the same thing as the ability to grow and learn, and adapt to changing situations.
	www.enworld.org /showthread.php?t=55968 (4893 words)

	Gatherer Lookup Window - Simulacrum
		You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.
		Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.
		Oct 4, 2004 - The damage dealt to the creature is fl and is from this spell, not the original source.
	gatherer.wizards.com /gathererlookup.asp?name=Simulacrum (94 words)

	Ye Compleat Simulacrum
		Unless stated otherwise, a Simulacrum character will behave/react as per the type of creature he is a Simulacrum of.
		This is not to say that the Simulacrum's nature will _be_ that of the Reincarnated soul/spirit, but it will 'influence' the personality of the original creature being simulated, and thus the 'personality differences' mentioned in the PHB arise.
		Such wounds still cause pain to the Simulacrum as though they were unhealed, and it is often necessary for a Simulacrum in such a position to take alcohol or drugs to mask this pain.
	freespace.virgin.net /scott.rennie/Simulacrum.htm (987 words)

	What is Simulacrum
		Simulacrum is different from other games not so much in the way its rules work, but in what it tries to simulate and the design philosophy behind it.
		Simulacrum started with two ideas: to base character generation on life experience and to make combat a fun and challenging experience for the player.
		Skills are not based on attributes, but the speed at which a character masters a skill is. Skills are learned by being taught, using them, self-study and by immersion (being picked up while performing some other task).
	simulacrumrpg.com (1241 words)

	Realer than Real: The Simulacrum According to Deleuze and Guattari
		A common definition of the simulacrum is a copy of a copy whose relation to the model has become so attenuated that it can no longer properly be said to be a copy.
		The simulacrum is less a copy twice removed than a phenomenon of a different nature altogether: it undermines the very distinction between copy and model.
		I said earlier that the simulacrum cannot adequately be discussed in terms of copy and model, and now I find myself not only talking about a model again, but claiming that it is in a life and death struggle with the simulacrum.
	www.anu.edu.au /HRC/first_and_last/works/realer.htm (3536 words)

	Rulings on Simulacrum
		Damage is on the stack, and a Solemn Simulacrum has lethal damage.
		In this example, the players whose turn is "furthest" away will have the Simulacrum returned to play under his control, as the delayed triggered ability from his Adarkar Valkyrie's ability will be put on the stack last and resolve first.
		The damage comes from Simulacrum itself, and is only played after damage has been dealt.
	www.starcitygames.com /pages/judgefinder.php?keywords=Simulacrum (749 words)

	simulation, simulacrum (2)
		For Baudrillard however this "false" place exists to mask the fact that the rest of America is not real.
		[7] He also claims that the Watergate scandal was a simulacrum to fool us into thinking that law and morality exist on a real level.
		What simulacrum does is engender myths of origin or reality.
	humanities.uchicago.edu /faculty/mitchell/glossary2004/simulationsimulacrum2.htm (1969 words)

	The Huge Entity: Augmenting The Doors of Perception : The Simulacrum
		In this mass produced, mass perceived world we inhabit one is often brought to the deceptive conclusion that we live on the brink of some progressive, maybe final understanding; a wave of truth about to sweep our modern shores.
		The Simulacrum is a copy of a copy that has so moved away from its relation to the original as to become something entirely separate from its representation of the original.
		A Simulacrum of a digital matrix overlays the separately existing world, a modern world which in itself is heading towards becoming a full Simulacrum as time weaves its path into our perceived future.
	www.huge-entity.com /2005/04/augmenting-doors-of-perception.html (734 words)

	Simulacrum by Jim Bostick — postmodernism, culture, psychobabble \| Gather
		Simulacrum by Jim Bostick — postmodernism, culture, psychobabble
		The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth--it is the truth which conceals that there is none.
		I originally encountered this term Simulacrum, or simulacra, as a philisophical theory set forth by French thinker Jean Baudrillard in his discourse on reality and images.
	www.gather.com /viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976720254 (142 words)

	Barbelith Underground > Head Shop > Is Paris Hilton a Simulacrum?
		I think Paris' RS quote above demonstrates her capacity to be complicit in the creation of herself as a simulacrum.
		The idea is that celebrity, royalty, myth all connect to some primal need, some desire to create a mythic other world in which our subconscious impulses can exist and interreact.
		Paris Hilton is a simulacrum only if you know her through the media we use to form this other world (Tabloid, Television, etc.) and as a result (as you noted earlier) the media itself focuses on "the finger" because that is how it creates this storyland.
	www.barbelith.com /topic.php?id=16022 (2287 words)

	Simulacrum Subscription Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Simulacrum is intended to be published quarterly by Steambubble Graphics.
		The contents of Simulacrum represent the opinions of the respective authors and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Steambubble Graphics or Simulacrum.
		If one of those trademarks is used in Simulacrum to identify a game or other product, it isn't meant to imply that the trademark holder sponsors its use, and it isn't intended as a challenge to the trademark status.
	www.magweb.com /sample/ssimula/subsimu.htm (197 words)

	CD Baby: INVERSE ROOM: Simulacrum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He resides in a basement in Ithaca, New York with a dehumidifier, eight guitars, several drum machines, and many synthesizers, and is occasionally seen performing in public with a thereminist and a guy who uses pocket change as a percussion instrument.
		"Simulacrum" is the premier American work of dorktronic, folkadelic geek-rock, gathering into its shaggy embrace the diverse influences of neo-primitivism ("Cavemen"), retro-headbangism ("The Golden Shred"), gordian acousticism ("At The Dump"), and Casionic quasi-surrealism ("Liberty Village").
		Employing such exotic instrumentation as a pan of water, birds, a boombox, walkie-talkies, kitchen matches, and a bag of cat food, these fifteen songs are guaranteed to find a home in your credit card bill, your heart, and the floor of your car.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/inverseroom1 (193 words)

	EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - Spells - Wonderful, broken Simulacrum
		Since the Simulacrum spell describes the requirement as a straight skill roll, I'd assume that anything that could enhance a normal Disguise check will help the check made for a simulacrum.
		I think the thing that really brings the spell under control is the fact that it scales to HD now...unlike the travesty that was the 3.0 version, where you had no real controls on what you could do with it.
		I figured that the whole point of the exercise was to make the simulacrum appear normal to a casual observer, not immune to dection by expert casters with divination magic.
	www.enworld.org /showthread.php?t=124593 (3594 words)

	The Huge Entity: The Simulacrum of Art or The Art of Simulacrum?
		And in the post digital revolution, where all knowledge is available 24 hours a day, regardless or not whether it is knowledge worth being shared, content itself has become all the more meaningless.
		Everything that is except the simulacrum of the whole that is left.
		The many aspects of the whole will merge as one, a vast monolithic remnant of humanity's creative output - recognisable as the ultimate copy of everything that humanity came to be, and everything we copied out of existence.
	www.huge-entity.com /2005/11/simulacrum-of-art-or-art-of-simulacrum.html (498 words)

	Simulacrum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		You must make a Disguise check when you cast the spell to determine how good the likeness is. A creature familiar with the original might detect the ruse with a successful Spot check (opposed by the caster’s
		Material Component: The spell is cast over the rough snow or ice form, and some piece of the creature to be duplicated (hair, nail, or the like) must be placed inside the snow or ice.
		XP Cost: 100 XP per HD of the simulacrum to be created (minimum 1,000 XP).
	www.systemreferencedocuments.org /35/theraven_stephenh/spells/Simulacrum.html (280 words)

	simulacrum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In "The Structuralist Activity," of 1960, Roland Barthes defines structure as a simulacrum of the object in which something new occurs: the simulacrum is "intellect added to the object," making something appear which remained invisible, or if one prefers, unintelligible.
		For them, a simulacrum is a copy without an original.
		Thus, the function of the simulacrum is to effect the derealization of the surrounding world of everyday reality.
	www.christianhubert.com /hypertext/simulacrum.html (230 words)

	Simulacrum (foursevens network) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		My favourite cockney rock’n'roll legends Chas’n'Dave marched upon Simulacrum towers with one thing on their collective mind - the desire to talk complete bollocks.
		Having made everything from comedy to rock documentaries to sports features and pop news, he is getting closer to his dream of making a sitcom about a cricket team made up of techno DJ’s, with David Hasselhoff as the lead.
		One of the 1st British Podcasters, Chris’s show Simulacrum has won a worldwide audience.
	www.foursevens.com /simulacrum (191 words)

	Inert Ramblings » Simulacrum
		Some people sleep on the job while others camp out in the parking lot; at any given time over my lunch hour there are half a dozen or more people snoozing away taking their siesta in their cars.
		The babies are in the process of being weaned from their mother and are being put in their overnight condominiums so they can get used to being alone.
		The house across the street was consumed by flames a few weeks ago.
	www.inertramblings.com /category/simulacrum (848 words)

	Mirrodin Card Preview: Solemn Simulacrum
		Similar in function to the infamous anti-beatdown creatures Wall of Blossoms and Yavimaya Elder, Solemn Simulacrum is the last thing an opponent fond of the red zone wants to see.
		These creatures are great applicants to be combined with Tradewind Rider and Recurring Nightmare respectively, because all the cards are good on their own and even better together.
		In the mid to late game in conjunction with Astral Slide, Solemn Simulacrum stops a creature while thinning your deck of a land every turn.
	www.wizards.com /default.asp?x=sideboard/feature/20030910a (1203 words)

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