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Message no. 1
From: An Unofficial Shadowrun Guru Named Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: carp spirit
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 12:12:03 +0200
Kay Hanson wrote:

>Could I get a copy of the carp spirit/totem? i know that in the Shinto belief
>carp are very intellegent and protect knowledge and enlightenment.

I don't think it's what you expected it to be... here's the original post
from about 11 months ago...

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To: SHADOWRN@***.SURFnet.nl
Date: Friday, April 29, 1994 10:20 pm
Subject: Re: New (silly) Totems (SMTP Id#: 921)

Carp Shaman

Advantages: +2 Dice on Combat Spells relating to fish
+2 Dice on Manipulations Spells relating to fish
Disadvantages: Must thwap anyone that makes a stupid comment.
May only attack with fish.
May only post on Shadowrun-related stuff...

Personality: Tends to thwap a lot. Not many friends. Tends to
play the ancient role-playing game "Shadowrun"

----------------------- "Well, you see, they took the Bible literally.
Tim Skirvin Adam and Eve, the snake and the apple...took
(tskirvin@ it word for word. Unfortunately, their
superdec.uni.uiuc.edu) version had a misprint."
----------------------- - Rimmer, Red Dwarf (The Last Day)


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At the time, people were posting lots of totems to the list, and I think I
got them all on this here diskette, so if anyone wants to see the others,
tell me and I'll post them...


Gurth@******.nl - Gurth@***.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
I'm not like them. But I can pretend.
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B? e+ u+@ h! f--(?) !r(--)(*) n---->!n y? Unofficial Shadowrun Guru :)
Message no. 2
From: Damion Milliken <adm82@***.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: carp spirit
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 1995 02:45:37 -6200
An Unofficial Shadowrun Guru Named Gurth writes:

> At the time, people were posting lots of totems to the list, and I think I
> got them all on this here diskette, so if anyone wants to see the others,
> tell me and I'll post them...

Yep, you should post 'em. Or maybe put 'em on Paolo's www page, to save
bandwidth - that way only those who want them need get them.

--
Damion Milliken Nominee for the title of _Shadowrun Guru_ adm82@***.edu.au

(GEEK CODE 2.1) GE -d+@ H s++:-- !g p0 !au a19 w+ v(?) C++ US++>+++ P+ L !3
E? N K- W M@ !V po@ Y+ t+ 5 !j R+(++) G(+)('''') !tv(--@)
b++ D B? e+$ u@ h* f+ !r n----(--)@ !y+
Message no. 3
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: carp spirit
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 1995 11:35:15 +0200
>Yep, you should post 'em. Or maybe put 'em on Paolo's www page, to save
>bandwidth - that way only those who want them need get them.

I think I'll drop them off here. The first is this one:

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To: SHADOWRN@***.SURFnet.nl
Date: Friday, April 29, 1994 4:57 pm
Subject: Re: New Totems - Reply (SMTP Id#: 853)

>
> On Fri, 29 Apr 1994, A cohort's CoHort wrote:
>
> > How about a Beavis & Butthead totem?
> >
> Aaargh, no, stop it! Huhuh, no way dude, suffer! Huhuh, huh.
> ***********************************************************************
> * Grundlord * Life sucks! *
> * Pieter.VanDyck@***.ac.be * That's why old people get wrinkled. *
> ***********************************************************************
> (GEEK CODE 1.0.1) GCS/AT -d+(?) -p+(---) c++(++++) l+ u e*(+) m+(--)
> s(-)/ !n(--) h+() f+(?) g++ w(++) t+ r++@ !y
>

That'd be COOL...yeh huh huh huh
That'd like really ROCK...year!
<misc juvenile snortings>
Heres the rules...
+1 die for city spirits(couch spirits)
+1 die for all fire based combat manipulations
(FIRE!! FIRE !!! FIRE !!!)
Willpower test (TN4)whenever near fire to not get overexcited
willpower test (TN6) to not go and set fire to something when
bored
Must stop whenever hears rock music,and either :
say "this rocks" and mosh badly
or
say "this sucks" and change channels

CHOPPER




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B? e+ u+@ h! f--(?) !r(--)(*) n---->!n y? Unofficial Shadowrun Guru :)

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