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Message no. 1
From: "Fisher, Victor" <Victor-Fisher@******.COM>
Subject: Demon Magick [New Topic for the Day!]
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 18:09:28 -0400
As to what types of things attracts Horrors [or as they're known in
Shadowrun, The ENEMY], I'd say suffering, pain, any violent emotion.
Hate, anger.
This is for those that feed on this sort of hting.
Others are attracted by life, pure and simple. They thrive on the
destruction of life, consumption of the life force.
Some feed on flesh. There are [or will be in a few thou years] that
will pretty much feed on just about anything and EVERYTHING. They're
what caused the Scourge, stripping the land of everything.
Thankfully, the Mana Level 'atmosphere' is too low to support the
VAST majority of them, but one or two have been slipping thru the
cracks, if only for a short while, like a fish temporarily out of the
water.
It's only when great transforming magicks like The Great Ghost
Dance, or the [.01 MP block deleted by sysop] in the Shadowrun book,
House of the Rising Sun, occur that the 'atmosphere is made JUST that
much more livible for these creatures to return.
They're presence in the SR World should be RARE. Players should
only have ONE direct encounter with such evil in the course of their
character's lifetime. Of course, that doesn't rule out encountering
those mortals who have literally 'sold their souls' for the power these
beings bring, in exchange for preparing the world for their return
[think Mr. Morden from Babylon 5. He's the perfect example of such an
agent.].
And like the Shadows, The Enemy is still VERY weak, so to speak,
which makes their machinations, when they do come about, all the more
Machievellian.

Kohl, whose getting a SHUSH! from a strange painted faced elf, replying
'WHAAT?!?'.
Message no. 2
From: Court Schuett <schuett@*****.IVCC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Demon Magick [New Topic for the Day!]
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 17:15:04 -0500
> Thankfully, the Mana Level 'atmosphere' is too low to support the
> VAST majority of them, but one or two have been slipping thru the
> cracks, if only for a short while, like a fish temporarily out of the
> water.
> It's only when great transforming magicks like The Great Ghost
> Dance, or the [.01 MP block deleted by sysop] in the Shadowrun book,
> House of the Rising Sun, occur that the 'atmosphere is made JUST that
> much more livible for these creatures to return.

I don't think it's too low for them to live in, just too low for them to
get through. Once they get through, they can exist for awhile in the
lower mana world. It's the getting through that's the hard part.
Spoilers for Mike

















A character in my group (BTW we love the whole ED/SR crossover stuff, and
made characters accordingly) was basically Thought wormed as a child. He
killed 13 people before Tir tairngire mages could get the 'spirit' out of
him. Now it has come back with a vengeance. They just released it,
rahter unwittingly, of course. Now they have to deal with it. :)
Should be interesting. They already 'killed' the horror in the kaer.
Actually just an incredibly good illusion. I'm looking forward to a
summer of terror. :)
If anybody else has any really good ideas about what to do to them,
please share. :)

-Court



/* Court Schuett, a totally modern boy.

schuett@*****.ivcc.edu
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The bells are pealing
And they're revealing
The simple key to happiness
It isn't evil it isn't good it's only
What the bells possess
The bells explain what they've been missing all along
They were disorganized and that was what was wrong
And now they know
The way to go:
The bells are ringing, they hear the sound
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Message no. 3
From: "Fisher, Victor" <Victor-Fisher@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Demon Magick [New Topic for the Day!]
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 18:31:45 -0400
SPOILERS FOR MIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thirty Lines for Spike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> I'm looking forward to a summer of terror. :) If anybody else has any
>really good ideas about what to do to them, please share. :)
>
> Hmmm, you raise an interesting point there on my 'slipping thru the
>cracks' and hanging around once they'r e here. That fit's with the whole
>'[.01 delet by sysop] the Enemy are trying to build in Harlequin's Back. I'm
>reconsidering it.
> Looking for ideas to torture you players? How cruel! How juvenile! How
>much info do you want to make their lives REALLY miserable!!!
>
>GaRGiRe@*^@&#^@#&^@ the Unspeakable (Really!), Evil GM, Taxidermist, Notary
>Public.
Message no. 4
From: "J. Keith Henry" <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Demon Magick [New Topic for the Day!]
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 19:22:42 -0400
In a message dated 97-07-14 18:53:52 EDT, schuett@*****.IVCC.EDU (Court
Schuett) writes:


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Actually, the group here just ended a 4 game streak in a quest to hunt down
Ubyr (big bad and ugly in the Horrors book). Took them from one end of the
Illinois River to the other twice.

In the end, three cells from Winternight got involved (the big worm sort of
fit their "Ragnarok" image). The first one from Chicago-Cell clashed with
the group just east of Ottawa (after losing the Ottawa bridge and 17
bystanders), while another group (St. Louis Cell) actually made contact with
gruesome slug and got it onto a train and headed in southward.

Party had to negotiate with Conrail, CSX, Central Corridor Management,
Illinois National Guard, a Black Lodge town (find Meredosia on the map), the
Illinois State Police (who had been marked by Ubyr, who was working with a
Wraith at the time) and a few to many Toxic Spirits and Hellhounds for their
liking.

Big fight happened 500 meters just shy of the Mississippi River before the
bridge heading southward into St. Louis over the peninsular lead. Ballista
Launchers, Sentry System Lynx drones, Sleepwalker Samurai, Blood
Kites/Hellhounds under Pack Mentality spells, and Ubyr itself (boy that was a
fight).

They got, pulled a HOG-like maneuver with the Grade 11 Troll Phys Ad's
Threaded Blade (ED/SR crossover stuff). They loved it, even if the mages and
the mundanes took turns being unconscious half the time (Heal Spells vs. Stim
Patches).

That give you some ideas?
-Keith


> If anybody else has any really good ideas about what to do to them,
> please share. :)
>
>
Message no. 5
From: "J. Keith Henry" <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Demon Magick [New Topic for the Day!]
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 19:25:51 -0400
In a message dated 97-07-14 20:55:05 EDT, Victor-Fisher@******.COM (Fisher,
Victor) writes:

> As to what types of things attracts Horrors [or as they're known in
> Shadowrun, The ENEMY], I'd say suffering, pain, any violent emotion.
> Hate, anger.

Like being's similar to the Corpselight and Nomad?

> This is for those that feed on this sort of hting.
> Others are attracted by life, pure and simple. They thrive on the
> destruction of life, consumption of the life force.

Like the Wraith's?

-Keith
Message no. 6
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Demon Magick [New Topic for the Day!]
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 00:36:18 +0100
|Like the Wraith's?

I believe the Wraith has been hinted at being a minor horror by Laughing man
in one of the books...

PAoE I think... ('Cos I haven't got that.... )

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Message no. 7
From: "J. Keith Henry" <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Demon Magick [New Topic for the Day!]
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 00:43:39 -0400
In a message dated 97-07-16 00:12:17 EDT, u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK (Spike)
writes:

>
> I believe the Wraith has been hinted at being a minor horror by Laughing
man
> in one of the books...
>
> PAoE I think... ('Cos I haven't got that.... )
>
>
Yeah, and the Gargoyle as well, IIRC.
-K

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