From:	Frank Pelletier <jeanpell@****.IVIC.QC.CA>
Subject:	Re: Prophet's Soul
Date:	Tue, 24 Mar 1998 11:49:30 +0000

Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM> once wrote,

> In a message dated 98-03-24 02:23:04 EST, you write:
>
> > I think I speak for a lot of people when I say: HUH?
>
> Well let's just say I'm glad you seem to speak for so many.
>

He speaks for me...

> > On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Ereskanti wrote:
> >
> > Huh? Why puke? There's only a few hundred million in Azlan, should we be
> > amazed that the kid came from there?
>
> Somehow, I guess you must have missed the name.

I didn't miss it. And I think I had the same reaction as most of you...
"Hmm... yeah. uhh...Nice". But that's the beauty of TK. We can have a lot of
diverging campaign ideas, on the same list. Even if they're rehashed,
reheated, pre-packaged "I have Sally Tsung as a contact" ideas. Sorry,
but don't you find that "Famous Dad" angle slightly overused?.

> > I think your missing a digit there. Or else a major amount of
> > credibility, since I have about seen as many uber-wunderkind as I can
> > stomach.
>

You didn't answer that one, K... 9... he's 9? What the FUCK is he doing in
the shadows? ( I really hope he has some otaku angle).

> > > And one more thing...
> > >
> > > Prophet, for a decker, has no cyberdeck. That is what the Quest informed
> > me
> > > of anyway.]<<<<<
> >
> > I would suppose not, since Questing, if you mean astral questing,
> > shouldn't tell you jack about what the guy likes to carry around, or hook
> > himself up to, tech has as much astral presence as stone, if not less. If
> > you want to imply the guy uses no cyberdeck that's an awefully weird/poor
> > way to do it. A very careful and well informed ascencing might tell you
> > wether or not they guy has any hardware in his cranium, but I doubt one
> > could tell a C^2 Deck from a high-end encephalon.
>
> Jeff, It's amazed that you don't understand Quest of Knowledge at all. It
> -can- be used for things like Street Reps and the like, especially if directed
> towards the Metaplanes of Man. "Biology", which includes Bio/Cyber
> implantware knowledge, is also on the planes.
>
> And in theory, with assensing, you are correct. However, you just go right on
> ahead and think of the story however you want, and we'll continue with our
> own.

That's the reason for my little outburst of a while back. There...again.
Someone goes ahead, and breaks some canon rules, and doesn't give at least
a decent warning on PlotD. Quests are very, very potent weapons. But
there's some things that Quests can't do. You just broke that limit under
the holy banner of "story developpement". Please, next time you do break
some rules... please advise us.

Please understand that TK is supposed to be "the same world"... not your
plot, my plot, his plot. We're all inter-connected. Now...if you say
astral Quests can do this, I must take that into account in MY plots. And
sometimes, that throws off plans just a bit. And sometimes, I just sit
back and say "Villers' son... Super Quests... What's next?"

Trinity
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