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Message no. 1
From: Dave The Shade <IZZYUX2@*******.BITNET>
Subject: Clubs
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1993 21:41:00 PDT
Submission: More Clubs
Designer: David Altman
Address: izzyux2@***.oac.ucla.edu


Outcasts: Lost Paradise
This is a club for rebel elves (but not for wannabees). Decor: Idealized Elven
High Fantasy. Sculpture, tapestry, the decor makes it look like its an outdoors
High Elven sculpture garden (ceiling looks like a starry sky, etc...). Patrons:
Renegade elves, mostly 'runners. Owner: Sendara Valiereiat, an outcast royal.
Music: Elven fusion rock or ballads.


Klien's Old Chicago
Decor: 1920's speakeasy. Gambling, dancing, drinking, and dining. Airflow look.
Very expensive and luxurious. Music: Jazz. Owner: David Klien - reputed Under-
world boss.

The Mystique
This is an exclusive Euro-club. If its hot in fashion, art, music, or speech
you'll see it here. The decor, music, and patronage change with the current
trend. A place for the terminally chic and rich. Owner: Jaguar Wald

Enigma
This is a mages club. The club itself is an impossibly interlaced structure of
raw crystal with gold veins, marble spires, and domelike colorful base. Inside
the club is divided into several "outer" clubs and the "main" club.
The outer
clubs cater to specialties within magic - combat mages, shamans, adepts, sages,
and various other magical specialties all have "their own space" decorated
apprpriately. Everybody mixs in the main club. Upon entering you will be asked
your specialty. Answers must be in the special club lingo.
I.e. Warlock = Combat Mage, Sorcerer = Manipulation specialist, Conjurer = illu
sion specialist, Disciple of (Totem) = Shaman of (Totem), etc. .
Based on your response you get a specific pin to wear. The owner: Maximillion
St. Cyr, a manipulation specialist, knows quite a few names in the magical
community. He likes to amaze norms by serving them water than making the water
into an alchoholic spirit.


Stranger's

A blues club owned by "Stranger" Brown - famous blues guitarist and singer.
Decor: New Orleans French quarter, Bourbon Street blues club. Smoky, wth alot
of ornate french baroque metalwork and bar. Guest players do weekly gigs at the
club. A blues fan must. All drinks served straight. Alot of big players come
here to relax or deal - Brown knows them all. Brown is always ready to lend an
ear, give a piece of advice, or an introduction to his favorite customers.
Message no. 2
From: Andrew *5 <RAGLAN54@***.BITNET>
Subject: Clubs
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1993 08:14:58 -0600
Like the work on the clubs, but one minor objection: On Enigma, I would not
use the word "warlock" to descr4ibe a combat mage. The word translates as
"oathbreaker" and is a particularly nasty thing to call someone. You call
a combat mage that and see how fast he puts a fireball someplace you didn't
want it.

Andrew
raglan54@*****.mmc.edu
Message no. 3
From: "Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: CLubs
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1993 15:39:22 -0700
Dave,

I like the clubs. I just wonder if it would be possible for you to give them
the Seattle Sourcebook treatment? It would be like even cooler if they were in
that format.

>>Like the work on the clubs, but one minor objection: On Enigma, I would not
>>use the word "warlock" to descr4ibe a combat mage. The word translates
as
>>"oathbreaker" and is a particularly nasty thing to call someone. You
call
>>a combat mage that and see how fast he puts a fireball someplace you didn't
>>want it.

I don't think anyone will care if the technical translation of warlock is
oathbreaker. To most people warlock is just the name for a magician, most
likely a male one at that.

See Ya in Shadows, "I can count the number of days I've worked
Jason J Carter since graduation on one hand." - ME!
The Nightstalker Carter@***.EDU
Message no. 4
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: CLubs
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1993 23:10:45 -0500
On Fri, 1 Oct 1993, Jason Carter, Nightstalker wrote:

> I like the clubs. I just wonder if it would be possible for you to give them
> the Seattle Sourcebook treatment? It would be like even cooler if they were in
> that format.

I like the clubs too. I think writeup format is irrelevant, as long as
all of the information is included.

> I don't think anyone will care if the technical translation of warlock is
> oathbreaker. To most people warlock is just the name for a magician, most
> likely a male one at that.

I have no idea the technical origin of Warlock. By I view 'warlock' with
two definitions:

1) Male Witch
2) Servant of Evil (there is a movie called Warlock where the dude is mean)

So, I guess it boils down to, really, what the term 'witch' seems to
imply in SR, since good and evil are terms with no clear-cut definitions
any more in SR>

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