From:	mneideng@****.caltech.edu (Mark L. Neidengard)
Subject:	Re: Strange Spirits
Date:	Tue, 12 Mar 1996 21:10:36 -0800 (PST)

According to Dr. Robert Kyle:
>
> >I don't know how powerful the various things sent against it were, but from
> >my reading it could just (hah!) be a somewhat unusual Force 8 or so free
> >spirit with a few points of spirit energy, a nasty form of engulf, etc.
> >Highly obnoxious to deal with, but not as bad as the wraith by a long
> >stretch, especially as someone in Maxim already knows its true name.
> Considering the rarity of free spirits in the game, there is a
> greater likelihood to encountering a new paranormal than meeting a free
> spirit. As for the force, you vastly underestimate my character's
> capabilities if you think that at a Force 8 spirit would so easily defeat an
> initiated conjouring adept.
[munch]

Before we argue about this any further, did you folks actually coordinate the
writeup about this little episode? What is the author of the writeup's
notion of how powerful the "thing" was supposed to be?
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