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Message no. 1
From: Justin Pinnow <jpinnow@*****.edu>
Subject: Enchanting help
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 08:15:46 -0400
Hello again.

I just got all excited because I had received over a half a dozen
replies to my post. Unfortunately, none of them had anything to do with
the questions I asked. ;)

I have answered some of what I posted on my own via digging further
through my limited resources, but I am now stuck.

Here's what I still need to find out:

When it comes to creating a focus with Arcana, I can't find any
reference as to how to determine which Arcana are required for any given
focus. What's to stop an enchanter from using lead (12 NY per raw unit)
instead of gold (10,000 NY per raw unit) if Mineral Arcana is used? How
do you determine the type of Arcana that is necessary in the first place
(Herbal, Mineral, Metal)?

Thanks for your help.

Justin :)
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Message no. 2
From: "Sascha Pabst" <Sascha.Pabst@**********.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>
Subject: Re: Enchanting help
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 13:57:40 +0000
On 1 Oct 96 at 8:15, Justin Pinnow wrote:
> I just got all excited because I had received over a half a dozen
> replies to my post. Unfortunately, none of them had anything to do with
> the questions I asked. ;)
*grin* That's the way the list goes...

> When it comes to creating a focus with Arcana, I can't find any
> reference as to how to determine which Arcana are required for any given
> focus. What's to stop an enchanter from using lead (12 NY per raw unit)
> instead of gold (10,000 NY per raw unit) if Mineral Arcana is used? How
> do you determine the type of Arcana that is necessary in the first place
> (Herbal, Mineral, Metal)?
There IS norule that determines what arcanum is used for the (virgin) telesma.
It's just a matter of Roleplaying, and of course the GM can/will point out the
"lower" materials at any time ("Well, [s]he isn't impressed by your
lead-based
dull-gray weapon focus, no").


Sascha
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Message no. 3
From: Max Rible <cheshire@*****.com>
Subject: Re: Enchanting help
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 1996 10:36:25 -0800
At 13:57 10/2/96 +0000, Sascha Pabst wrote:
>> When it comes to creating a focus with Arcana, I can't find any
>> reference as to how to determine which Arcana are required for any given
>> focus. What's to stop an enchanter from using lead (12 NY per raw unit)
>> instead of gold (10,000 NY per raw unit) if Mineral Arcana is used? How
>> do you determine the type of Arcana that is necessary in the first place
>> (Herbal, Mineral, Metal)?

>There IS norule that determines what arcanum is used for the (virgin) telesma.
>It's just a matter of Roleplaying, and of course the GM can/will point out the
>"lower" materials at any time ("Well, [s]he isn't impressed by your
lead-based
>dull-gray weapon focus, no").

I'd suggest appropriate Arcana to how you want the thing to look and behave.
Iron, for example, is probably standard for weapon foci, though you might use
a mixture of Copper and Tin to have bronze instead; most foci that pretend to
be jewelry would probably best be made with silver or gold Arcana.
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Message no. 4
From: GRANITE <granite@**.net>
Subject: Re: Enchanting help
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 14:32:41 -0700
Justin Pinnow wrote:
> Here's what I still need to find out:
> When it comes to creating a focus with Arcana, I can't find any
> reference as to how to determine which Arcana are required for any given
> focus. What's to stop an enchanter from using lead (12 NY per raw unit)
> instead of gold (10,000 NY per raw unit) if Mineral Arcana is used? How
> do you determine the type of Arcana that is necessary in the first place
> (Herbal, Mineral, Metal)?


I think the reason why you still haven't gotten a direct answer to this
one is...The material can be literally *any* pure substance..the choices
will be determined by the personality of the enchanter...So a Healing
fetish of one Mage could be some feathers and for another a piece of
flint....
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Message no. 5
From: Max Rible <cheshire@*****.com>
Subject: Re: Enchanting help
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 13:40:23 -0800
At 14:32 10/3/96 -0700, GRANITE wrote:
>I think the reason why you still haven't gotten a direct answer to this
>one is...The material can be literally *any* pure substance..the choices
>will be determined by the personality of the enchanter...So a Healing
>fetish of one Mage could be some feathers and for another a piece of
>flint....

I like the notion of expendable healing fetishes being something a magician
cooks with appropriately refined healing herbs or something. "Here, eat
this muffin while I cast and sustain a spell on you..." "Drink your chicken
soup while I'm casting Cure Disease..."
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Message no. 6
From: GRANITE <granite@**.net>
Subject: Re: Enchanting help
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 1996 02:30:16 -0700
Max Rible wrote:
> I like the notion of expendable healing fetishes being something a magician
> cooks with appropriately refined healing herbs or something. "Here, eat
> this muffin while I cast and sustain a spell on you..." "Drink your
chicken
> soup while I'm casting Cure Disease..."
>

It would work especially well in role playing a shaman
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Lord, Grant Me The Serinity To Accept The Things I Cannot Change,
The Courage To Change The Things I Can,
And The Wisdom To Hide The Bodies Of Those People I Had To Kill
Because They Pissed Me Off.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ShadowRunner's Serinity Prayer
Message no. 7
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
Subject: Re: Enchanting help
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 12:39:28 +0100
Max Rible said on 13:40/ 3 Oct 96...

> I like the notion of expendable healing fetishes being something a magician
> cooks with appropriately refined healing herbs or something. "Here, eat
> this muffin while I cast and sustain a spell on you..." "Drink your
chicken
> soup while I'm casting Cure Disease..."

You give them a bottle of colored water, and then cast the spell without
them noticing it. Makes it all a lot more impressive :)

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