From:	Yiannakos yiannako@*******.edu
Subject:	The ED/SR Connection
Date:	Tue, 20 Jun 2000 17:42:45 -0400

Phil Smith wrote:

> Acording to ED there are legends which state that Elves, Dwarfs, Orks,
> Trolls and Humans are based from the same species; just as in SR. The other
> Name Giver races (Obsidimen T'scrang and Windlings) are all just smart
> critters, so they will just appear when magic levels get high enough. It is
> a bit of an assumption to say that they would all speak Dwarven and Windling
> but not a huge leap of imagination.

I guess what I'm saying is that elves and dwarves were not born knowing
Sperethiel and Throalic (I don't think,) and Orks and Trolls didn't
suddenly learn their respective 4th world languages when they
goblinized, so why would sprites/windlings know anything other than the
language they knew previous to awakening (or their parents'
language(s))? If the sprites we're seeing in Europe are in fact
windlings that have been in hibernation/stasis since the 4th world, than
of course they would only speak windling and Throalic, but I don't see
that as being the case.


> > > Obsidimen are just dull and I'm glad that SR does not have them.
> >
> >Why do you feel this way? (just curious. reply off-list if you prefer.)
>
> Personal preferance; I like to play smart, stylish and ultimatly weedy
> characters and big lumps of rock don't seem to lend themselves to that
> image.

I disagree, but this isn't the place to argue about it. I'll just let it
go. :-)

I do agree, however that as much as I do like Obsidimen, I don't think
they'd fit into Shadowrun very well. Maybe if they were really, really
rare... (as in not PCs, you maybe find a handful guarding Dunk's lair in
Germany or something like that.) 'Course I wish we saw trolls only that
often or less...


> Phil

Agree to disagree?

---Dave ('s not here man)