From: | "Steven A. Tinner" <bluewizard@*****.COM> |
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Subject: | Knocking the Novels (Was - Re: Magic and the Matrix) |
Date: | Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:27:01 -0400 |
are
> pondering about rule questions. There are too many faults in the novels
> regarding the rules.
> What the author has written can be correct in the sense of the shadowrun
> world, but it is possible that it is simply something that the author
wishes
> (without looking for the correctness of the SR world).
<rant/on>
This is something that has bothered me since I joined this list.
What is the big deal about the novels?
I have heard countless people say that the novels are not SR canon.
Canon, not canon ... what's the big deal here?
AFAIK - if the product says FASA, and has an SR logo then it is possible.
It may not be in any of the rule books, but the way I always looked at that
was that the novels are about unique individuals, In many cases the
pinnacle of the shadowrunner community.
Just because something is not in the rule books IMO doesn't mean that It
can't be done.
There's a lot of spells that aren't in any SR supplement, but that doesn't
mean you can't use the spell generation rules to make them.
There are NO stats for a flamethrower in ANY FASA SR products.
Does that mean that there are NO flamethrowers in the universe of 2058?
I doubt it.
I guess I just don't see how we can accept the return of magic, elves,
trolls, etc. and then have a problem accepting a few variations on the
theme.
How is a Hearth Spirit so much more believeable than a Spirit of Light that
can enter the matrix?
Whew ... <rant/off>
Steven A. Tinner
bluewizard@*****.com
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"They do not know. They only THINK they know ..."