======Targets======
In the REFUGE LARP world, all player characters have a spirit and a body. These can be separated in some cases, normally via powerful Ritual Magic. At other times you may encounter a body without a spirit; examples would be a permanently dead corpse or a guardian construct.

Most effects target a body specifically. These include everything from [[Alchemy|Alchemical]] gasses (which will only affect living creatures in most cases) to [[Web]] and [[Prison]] spells. In every case, unless stated otherwise, you should expect that all effects target the body only and will go away when someone becomes “dead.” A dead body is generally Immune to any effect which doesn’t explicitly target the spirit.

There are some effects which will specifically work on a dead body; these include [[Life]], [[Create Undead]], and [[Corrupt]]. There are some potent formal magic effects which will also target a spirit specifically and will thus work on a live (or dead) body so long as it contains a spirit. If your character is one of the fortunate (or unfortunate) subjects of some method which separates your spirit from your body, a [[Formal Magic]] effect which targets your spirit will not affect you if it strikes your body (subject to whatever caveats are on the methods used for separation). For example, a villain who is under a [[Controlled Spirit Store]] ritual whose spirit vessel is safely in their lair would call “[[No Effect]]” if their body is struck by a spirit-targeting effect like [[Shatter Spirit]]. However, they would still be affected by all body-targeting effects such as [[Sleep]] and [[Shackle]].

Since a dead body can't be targeted by most effects, if it's being carried by someone it will count as a possession, with all the corresponding rules. Only when an effect explicitly affects a spirit or dead body will a carried dead body take that effect.