| From: | Marc A Renouf <jormung@*****.umich.edu> |
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| Subject: | Re: Corporate Mages |
| Date: | Mon, 20 May 1996 12:37:32 -0400 (EDT) |
> Here's what I'm trying to say:
> Sure, not all mages are going to be in combat. But what I disagree with is
> that your going to go around and see mages trained to do hairdressing. Yes,
> depending on the cost, maybe it is cheaper to have a mage special effects
> person. Then again, maybe not. Doctors I totally agree with. Same with
> other functions. BUT, I think that you will find that all mages are going
> to have some kind of combat spell.
What about a Snake shamanic adept? They have *no* access to
combat spells. They can use damaging manipulations maybe, but that's not
as versatile as your garden variety combat spell. Similarly, an Air or
Water elemental adept isn't even going to have that luxury, making them
next to useless in "combat" as you describe it. I'm not arguing that
corporation will protect themselves against magical intrusion/attack/etc.
but I don't feel that *every* mage is a reserve ass-kicker.
> The only reason I started talking about this is because of what Paolo said
> about mages being "born" and samurai being "created". It was
insinuated
> that their is less role playing involved with being a fighter type than with
> being a mage, and I think that's wrong. Sure, mages can be everywhere, but
> then again, so are normal people. And thats what samurai start out as. (no,
> I'm not trying to wax philisophical. That would be silly. "We're all
> human" :)
This I wholeheartedly agree with. If you will not in my oft post
"wimpy archtypes" post, I say basically the same thing. Role-playing is
dependant on the *player* and not the *archtype*. So, yeah, rock on on
that score. ;)
Marc (who can't seem to type his name correctly today)
