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From: Jason Holmes <jsin@****.NET>
Subject: Re: Unique Enchantments
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 12:10:45 -0700
At 06:54 PM 10/20/96 +0100, you wrote:
>Even when casting raw magic, the earthdawners had to weave the threads into
>a pattern. It's just that, using a matrix negated the risk by filtering out
>the tainted magic.
>
>If you think about it, shadowrunners do use thread magic, only on a VERY
>primative scale.
>(A thread connects a focus to it's user, or a quickened spell to the astral,
>or, more complicated, an anchored spell....)
>
>I think Anchoring is the closest 'runners have got to actual thread weaving
>so far....
>--
I'm inclined to think that these unique enchantments are MORE like spell
matrices, than anchoring.They must be performed in a certain place, a
certain time, & using specific magical patterns.

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