From:	Patrick Goodman <remo@***.NET>
Subject:	Re: Pawns for SR
Date:	Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:23:31 -0500

From: Fixer <fixer@*******.TLH.FL.US>
Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 10:01 AM

>->And I kind of question letting a physical mage do this; just
>->doesn't seem right to me, though I honestly couldn't tell you why.
>
>Physical mages focus their magic in the material world. I figured
>that would be very appropriate for someone to make a spirit being
>bound to the physical plane.

Yeah, but they also split their magical abilities between being mages and
kicking ass as adepts (if I remember everything correctly; I could be
objecting inappropriately here on this). I would think that split, and
their reduced magic abilities as a result would make them less than ideal
for this kind of thing, especially when it came to soaking the drain (some
of the spells might have to be of a sufficient Force that he risks some
major physical drain, versus stunning drain).

It's not inconceivable that I've misunderstood things, since magic is not my
forte.

>->>This process
>->>takes 28 days, regardless of the number of successes rolled.
>->
>->Why the set time period?
>
>How would you reduce it using an open test?

Good point; it just doesn't seem in keeping with a lot of the other similar
procedures in Grimmy that get reduced in time depending on how you roll.
Perhaps something like "36 days minus the result of the open test"? Which
still seems clunky, but it allows a little variation while still making this
a long, drawn-out process.

>->David, I'm going to admit up front that I'm not much into magic, so
>->I might be missing something, but how is that any different from
>->building a host homonculus from GRIMOIRE? (I might find the answer
>->later on; bear with me.)
>
>This creature is not an ally, and not NEARLY as friendly toward
>the mage. It's a spirit who's been trapped in a shell not it's own
>and is very unhappy about it.

You might consider adding an entry or two to the diary indicating that his
creations don't seem to be very charitable...something to indicate this,
because I didn't get this impression from what was presented. I got the
impression that it was just a stupid chunk of animated rock, since I don't
recall you mentioning anything in the good doctor's diary about summoning
spirits to animate them. He seemed just another Frankenstein
wannabe...which might have been the impression you wanted to leave, but it
seemed unclear.

>By being 'stupid' it has a better chance of being released
>by being destroyed.

Gotcha.

>->You might consider reformatting the table; it came out looking
>->something like this:
>
>Best I could do with what I had. It looked fine to me in fixed
>font.

I read all this in a fixed font, too, and it looked a bit on the mangled
side.

>->Interesting notion, though, all things considered.
>
> Danke.

Bitte.

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