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Message no. 1
From: l.andrenelli@***.it l.andrenelli@***.it
Subject: Awakenings and Physical Adepts
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 20:07:12 +0200
Ciao guys

Premise:
1) I live in Italy
2) My favourite RPGs shop doesn't seem to replenish its stock of
Shadowrun stuff very often and so...
3) ...I didn't buy Awakenings, that, according to FASAsite, is
currently out of stock.

The Awakenings preview on FASAsite says:
"...and the real advantages only physical adepts enjoy."

What does it mean ?
Does this sourcebook introduce some new rules for PhyAds ?

Thanx in advance

BitJack
Message no. 2
From: Mongoose m0ng005e@*********.com
Subject: Awakenings and Physical Adepts
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 16:26:37 -0500
The Awakenings preview on FASAsite says:
"...and the real advantages only physical adepts enjoy."

What does it mean ?
Does this sourcebook introduce some new rules for PhyAds ?

+++++++++++++++++++

Awakenings has adept powers that did not apear in SR2 or the grimoire,
and rules for "physical mages"- characters that can make limited use of
spellcasting and conjuring, and also have (fewer points worth of) physical
adept powers.

If you are using SR3 (and hence just "adepts"), you'd want MITS instead.
It has extra adept powers (fewer than Awakenings, but good ones, and
re-fitted for SR3) and rules for a type of adept that can cast spells and
conjure spirits (again, in a limited fasion, and at a cost to the number of
adept powers they get).

Mongoose

Thanx in advance

BitJack
Message no. 3
From: Geoffrey Haacke knight_errant30@*******.com
Subject: Awakenings and Physical Adepts
Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 15:10:17 CST
>Ciao guys
>
>Premise:
>1) I live in Italy
>2) My favourite RPGs shop doesn't seem to replenish its stock of
>Shadowrun stuff very often and so...
>3) ...I didn't buy Awakenings, that, according to FASAsite, is
>currently out of stock.
>
>The Awakenings preview on FASAsite says:
>"...and the real advantages only physical adepts enjoy."
>
>What does it mean ?
>Does this sourcebook introduce some new rules for PhyAds ?

Oh yeah! There are a lot of new powers for physads. My favorite part was
about the Ways. I believe that they are in MitS (I don't have that book
though).
>
>Thanx in advance
>
>BitJack
>
>
>


Geoff Haacke
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Message no. 4
From: Bahamut Mighty Dragon Lord bahamut@**.com
Subject: Awakenings and Physical Adepts
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 17:40:12 -0400
On Monday, July 05, 1999 2:07 PM, l.andrenelli@***.it
[SMTP:l.andrenelli@***.it] wrote:
> Ciao guys
>
> Premise:
> 1) I live in Italy
> 2) My favourite RPGs shop doesn't seem to replenish its stock of
> Shadowrun stuff very often and so...
> 3) ...I didn't buy Awakenings, that, according to FASAsite, is
> currently out of stock.
>
> The Awakenings preview on FASAsite says:
> "...and the real advantages only physical adepts enjoy."

Awakenings is for SR2 and earlier Magic in the Shadows (MitS) is for SR3 so
depending on what you play you might want to just get MitS since it covers
everything that was in Awakenings and the Grimore that applies to SR3 any
ways. It has a lot of Physad powers in it.

> What does it mean ?
> Does this sourcebook introduce some new rules for PhyAds ?
>
> Thanx in advance
>
> BitJack
Message no. 5
From: Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject: Awakenings and Physical Adepts
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 19:19:27 -0700 (PDT)
> On Monday, July 05, 1999 2:07 PM,
> l.andrenelli@***.it
> [SMTP:l.andrenelli@***.it] wrote:
> > Ciao guys
> >
> > Premise:
> > 1) I live in Italy
> > 2) My favourite RPGs shop doesn't seem to replenish its stock of
Shadowrun stuff very often and so...
> > 3) ...I didn't buy Awakenings, that, according to FASAsite, is
currently out of stock.
> >
> > The Awakenings preview on FASAsite says:
> > "...and the real advantages only physical adepts enjoy."
> > BitJack

> Awakenings is for SR2 and earlier Magic in the Shadows (MitS) is for
SR3 so depending on what you play you might want to just get MitS since
it covers everything that was in Awakenings and the Grimore that
applies to SR3 any ways. It has a lot of Physad powers in it.

The only reason you'd need to get Awakenings now is for atmosphere.
I've only skimmed through MitS, but it seems to cover everything that
was in Awakenings and, technically, anything that was in Awakenings but
isn't in MitS is not a canon SR3 rule.

On the other hand, Awakenings rates as my second-favourite Shadowrun
sourcebook ever. Why? BECAUSE of the atmosphere. So much of it is not
rules, but descriptions of what it's like to be a mage or an adept, how
magical characters operate in the Sixth World, etc. etc. It's just
WONDERFUL for getting a mental handle on magic in Shadowrun, even if
there aren't a lot of rules.

I never got the chance to say this when it first came out (not being on
the list at the time), but kudos, Steve. IMO Awakenings has been your
best work, although your later stuff is good too. :)

*No, Doc' is NOT crawling. So shut up.*
==Doc'
(aka Mr. Freaky Big, Super-Dynamic Troll of Tomorrow)

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Message no. 6
From: Aaron Binns sparrow@***.net.au
Subject: Awakenings and Physical Adepts
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 13:03:04 +1000
> Oh yeah! There are a lot of new powers for physads. My favorite part was
> about the Ways. I believe that they are in MitS (I don't have that book
> though).

Yeah youll find the stuff about the "ways" in MiTS...

GreyWolf

*Thanks to Doc' for allowing me to read his MiTS which in turn allowed me to
answer this question*
Message no. 7
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: Awakenings and Physical Adepts
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 12:07:06 +0200
According to l.andrenelli@***.it, at 20:07 on 5 Jul 99, the word on
the street was...

> The Awakenings preview on FASAsite says:
> "...and the real advantages only physical adepts enjoy."
>
> What does it mean ?
> Does this sourcebook introduce some new rules for PhyAds ?

Yes, mainly a text about their way of magic, and some new rules (including
new powers). However, most of this is covered in Magic in the Shadows, so
when/if your local RPG shop gets that in stock, you could do a lot worse
than buy it.

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