From:	"J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@****.CAIS.COM>
Subject:	Re: Psionics in SR.
Date:	Tue, 13 Sep 1994 00:54:17 -0400

On Mon, 12 Sep 1994, Jason Batchelor wrote:

> Hmm. Personally, for Devil's Advocate, I'd really have to question the
> differences between 'psionics' and 'magic'. Both require a mental
> control, and psionics usually seems to presuppose that it uses the mind
> to redirect natural energies, or to suppress forces like gravity. To me,
> just a different name for the same thing; it's a kind of magic, as Queen
> might put it.

This was brought up before; truth is, there really _isn't_ a
M*A*J*O*R difference between Psionics and Magic as it was last written.
Psis are better at some things than Mages, and vice versa.
It is when you lay aside the game mechanics that the main
differences show up. I'll repost my "history" in the next message to show
some of the sociological stuff...also, Psionics is extremely new and
generally misunderstood in 2054, which makes things even more interesting.

> If you are looking for a form of magick without spells, I have been
> working on a conversion of White Wolf's _Mage:The Ascension_ to SR rules.
> A friend of mine and I hammered out some rough ideas one night which
> entail very little in the way of changing SR's rules. If there is any
> interest, I wouldn't mind posting those guidelines for others to try
> out/playtest/flame at.
>
> Give me a hollar if there's anyone interested in seeing that.

Sounds like an interesting idea; feel free to post it here, or
perhaps over on SHADOWRN (since NERPS isn't accepting submissions yet.)

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J.D. Falk <jdfalk@****.com>
NERPS Editor & General Motivator