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Message no. 1
From: Faux Pas <fauxpas@******.net>
Subject: FASA's answer to the FAB Question
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 03:16:21 -0500
FASA Mike speaks! (prompting yet another debate? God, I hope not.)

>Return-Path: FASAMike@***.com
>From: FASAMike@***.com
>Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 19:15:36 -0400
>To: fauxpas@******.net
>Subject: Re: SR: FAB Question
>
>Date: Mon, Sep 16, 1996 6:59 PM EDT
>From: FASA Mike
>Subj: Re: SR: FAB Question
>To: fauxpas@******.net
>
>Thomas -
>
>You have actively hurt my head...
>
>>What happens when a motionless astral being standing on the Earth has a
>>non-magical living physical object (with an aura) placed on top of him?
>
>First off, What exactly do you mean by "aura" - like a plant or a magical
>ashtray. Secondly, the stronger astral enetity will push the weaker out of
>the way. An astral mage, can move "living plants" out of the way. Much like
>the physical world no two items can share the same place so in the astral the
>larger, bigger, or more powerful will displace a smaller one.
>
>>Would the object's physical component be affected by gravity and pass
>>through the astral being?
>
>For lack of any better image...bounce off would be more appropriate.
>
>>Would the aura of the astral being interact with the aura of the object and
>>the object appear to float in the physical plane?
>
>Not unless the being in the astral plane wanted it to. Normally it would just
>bounce off, if it could.
>
>>Would the object's aura push the astral being out of the way?
>
>No actually it's probably more the other way. It's not like postive/negitive
>charged items. The bigger will move the smaller.
>
>>Would swinging a club filled with FAB do any damage to a purely astral
>>being?
>
>Possibly...There are no rules for damage from one astral entity pushed into
>another. Normally FAB is not dense enough to do damage. It's point is to slow
>an entitly down force them to deal with something in the astral space, that
>prohibits their abbility to manuever. What the club filled with FAB would do
>is constantly push the entity in astral. Since all that is reallin coming at
>him or her is a club shapped groupin a FAB. To be honest I wouldn't think
>it's as effective as other FAB uses.
>
>>Could an astral being, covered by a FAB-Net, attempt to untangle the net?
>
>Yes
>
>>Is FAB astrally active?
>
>Yes
>
>>Is FAB dual-natured?
>
>Yes
>
>>Is FAB mundane?
>
>No
>
>>And can we get an answer on Dybbuk's question in CorpSec (p 40): "If
>>somebody astral can't move or pass through something with physical mass,
>>how can an astral being travel through air filled with any bacteria?"
>
>It's a size factor...think of it as swimming. If FAB is pumped into a room.
>What it does is slow a character down to the point where they can be trapped.
>Think of it as a murky samp for an astral being.
>
>Boy I hope all these help...even more, I hope they make sense.
>
>Mike Mulvihill
>Shadowrun Line Developer
>FASA
>See our web page at www.fasa.com
>
>
-Thomas Deeny
the Cartoonist at large is on the web at www2.cy-net.net/~fauxpas

"Get off me cheese!"
-Wallace, Nick Park's _Wallace and Gromit in A Grand Day Out_
Message no. 2
From: dbuehrer@****.org (David Buehrer)
Subject: Re: FASA's answer to the FAB Question
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 10:12:34 -0600 (MDT)
Faux Pas wrote:
|
|FASA Mike speaks! (prompting yet another debate? God, I hope not.)

No debate. I just want to get a head start on the trouble
my players will cause in my game.

|FASA Mike wrote:
|
|>Thomas -
|>
|>You have actively hurt my head...

Good. Misery loves company :)

|>>What happens when a motionless astral being standing on the Earth has a
|>>non-magical living physical object (with an aura) placed on top of him?
|>
|>First off, What exactly do you mean by "aura" - like a plant or a magical
|>ashtray. Secondly, the stronger astral enetity will push the weaker out of
|>the way. An astral mage, can move "living plants" out of the way. Much like
|>the physical world no two items can share the same place so in the astral the
|>larger, bigger, or more powerful will displace a smaller one.

Well, that pretty much changes everything. On the one hand
I'm kinda bummed because I wasn't "right". On the other
hand neither was anyone else.

I've allready thought of a few question my players are
going to raise.

1. Can astral beings (ABs) now pick up physical living
beings (PLBs) and move them around?

I'm thinking of ruling that auras are slippery. You can
push someone around, but actually picking them up is a pain
in the ass.

2. Does the aura of a PLB have the same mass as it's physical
form? I.e., a tree has a lot of physical mass. Will it
have a comparativly large aura that a AB can't move, or
does it have a small aura due to lack of willpower in which
case a AB can easily move it?

Just to keep mages from knocking down trees I'm going to
say that physical mass/resistance equals astral
mass/resistance for purposes of moving something.

3. Can ABs wield physical magic swords?

This sounds fun, so I say yes.

4. Got any more?

|>>Is FAB astrally active?
|>
|>Yes
|>
|>>Is FAB dual-natured?
|>
|>Yes
|>
|>>Is FAB mundane?
|>
|>No

Yeouch! If a corp ever uses FAB on a decently initiated
mage they are in in for it. <in the voice of Otto from
The Simpsons> "Whoa dude. Check it out. Ares is putting
on one narly fireworks show."

And, this makes the idea of linking FAB to the Horrors even
more plausible.

|>Boy I hope all these help...even more, I hope they make sense.

Yeah, they make sense.

-David

/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\ dbuehrer@****.org /^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\
"His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking
alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free."
~~~http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1068/homepage.htm~~~~
Message no. 3
From: bluewizard@*****.com (Steven A. Tinner)
Subject: Re: FASA's answer to the FAB Question
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 15:01:43 -0500 (EST)
>FASA Mike speaks! (prompting yet another debate? God, I hope not.)

>>You have actively hurt my head...

Serves him right! :-)

>>>What happens when a motionless astral being standing on the Earth has a
>>>non-magical living physical object (with an aura) placed on top of him?
>>
>>First off, What exactly do you mean by "aura" - like a plant or a
magical
>>ashtray. Secondly, the stronger astral enetity will push the weaker out of
>>the way. An astral mage, can move "living plants" out of the way. Much
like
>>the physical world no two items can share the same place so in the astral the
>>larger, bigger, or more powerful will displace a smaller one.

So all those corp research centers covered in ivy are just decorative now?
Hmmm . . .

>>>Would the object's physical component be affected by gravity and pass
>>>through the astral being?
>>
>>For lack of any better image...bounce off would be more appropriate.
>>
>>>Would the aura of the astral being interact with the aura of the object and
>>>the object appear to float in the physical plane?
>>
>>Not unless the being in the astral plane wanted it to. Normally it would just
>>bounce off, if it could.
>>
>>>Would the object's aura push the astral being out of the way?
>>
>>No actually it's probably more the other way. It's not like postive/negitive
>>charged items. The bigger will move the smaller.

So I guess unless the net completely surrounds the astral entity, he can
just slide out from under it? That works for me.

>>>Would swinging a club filled with FAB do any damage to a purely astral
>>>being?
>>
>>Possibly...There are no rules for damage from one astral entity pushed into
>>another. Normally FAB is not dense enough to do damage. It's point is to slow
>>an entitly down force them to deal with something in the astral space, that
>>prohibits their abbility to manuever. What the club filled with FAB would do
>>is constantly push the entity in astral. Since all that is reallin coming at
>>him or her is a club shapped groupin a FAB. To be honest I wouldn't think
>>it's as effective as other FAB uses.

OK, so it's not a GOOD use, but it is possible. Based on this, I will likely
greatly reduce any damage done by a FAB club.

>>>Could an astral being, covered by a FAB-Net, attempt to untangle the net?
>>
>>Yes

Good to know.

>>>Is FAB astrally active?
>>
>>Yes
>>
>>>Is FAB dual-natured?
>>
>>Yes
>>
>>>Is FAB mundane?
>>
>>No

We forgot to ask if FAB is really a horror intent on devouring mankind! :-)

>>>And can we get an answer on Dybbuk's question in CorpSec (p 40): "If
>>>somebody astral can't move or pass through something with physical mass,
>>>how can an astral being travel through air filled with any bacteria?"
>>
>>It's a size factor...think of it as swimming. If FAB is pumped into a room.
>>What it does is slow a character down to the point where they can be trapped.
>>Think of it as a murky samp for an astral being.
>>
>>Boy I hope all these help...even more, I hope they make sense.

Surprisingly helpful, and useful! FASA has scored some major customer
service points with me due to this well phrased response!


FAMOUS LAST WORDS
"I don't care who he is, he's not touching MY chick!"
Message no. 4
From: "Sedah Drol" <sedahdro@****.holli.com>
Subject: Re: FASA's answer to the FAB Question
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 16:03:54 +500
> >>Is FAB astrally active?
> >
> >Yes
> >
> >>Is FAB dual-natured?
> >
> >Yes
Cool you can ground through FAB. Now all we need to know is what's it's force?


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Message no. 5
From: dbuehrer@****.org (David Buehrer)
Subject: Re: FASA's answer to the FAB Question
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 15:24:08 -0600 (MDT)
Sedah Drol wrote:
|
|> >>Is FAB astrally active?
|> >
|> >Yes
|> >
|> >>Is FAB dual-natured?
|> >
|> >Yes
|Cool you can ground through FAB. Now all we need to know is what's
|it's force?

One small problem. FASAMike sent me, Thomas and Granite the following
post:
------------------------------------
Gentelmen - I screwed up royally....

Here are the correct answers.

>Could an astral being, covered by a FAB-Net, attempt to untangle the net?

No, an astral being cannot interact with the physical. It can try and move it
out of the way but it can't unravel it. Now after much heated debate in the
Dev. office (mainly between myself and Lou Prosperi the Earthdawn Developer)
an interesting idea came up. If a physical object with a stronger astral
force pushes a living entity without movement around - let's call it a fern
- does the fern actually move in the physical. (You know leaves blowing back
and forth etc.) That is never actually discussed in SR. The quick answer
would be no. What goes for the PC must metaphyscially work for everything.
The physcial body of a mage does not effect it's astral self, so that must be
maintained over all living creatures. Who knew that Philosphy Degree I have
would actually be useful.

>Is FAB astrally active?

NO!!! This is the correct answer...

>Is FAB dual-natured?

NO!!! This is the correct answer...again

>Is FAB mundane?

Yes...it must be...it has to be...or everything I believe in will collapse...

OK that may be a bit too strong but hopefully this will make more sense.

Mike Mulvihill
Shadowrun Line Developer
FASA
See our web page at www.fasa.com
--------------------------------

And now my head hurts...

-David

/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\ dbuehrer@****.org /^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\
"His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking
alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free."
~~~http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1068/homepage.htm~~~~
Message no. 6
From: chaos@*****.com (Steven Ratkovich)
Subject: Re: FASA's answer to the FAB Question
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 19:02:09 -0500 (EST)
>>FASA Mike speaks! (prompting yet another debate? God, I hope not.)
>
>>>>What happens when a motionless astral being standing on the Earth has a
>>>>non-magical living physical object (with an aura) placed on top of him?
>>>
>>>First off, What exactly do you mean by "aura" - like a plant or a
magical
>>>ashtray. Secondly, the stronger astral enetity will push the weaker out of
>>>the way. An astral mage, can move "living plants" out of the way.
Much like
>>>the physical world no two items can share the same place so in the astral the
>>>larger, bigger, or more powerful will displace a smaller one.
>
>So all those corp research centers covered in ivy are just decorative now?
>Hmmm . . .

Apparently...

>>>>Would the object's physical component be affected by gravity and pass
>>>>through the astral being?
>>>
>>>For lack of any better image...bounce off would be more appropriate.
>>>
>>>>Would the aura of the astral being interact with the aura of the object
and
>>>>the object appear to float in the physical plane?
>>>
>>>Not unless the being in the astral plane wanted it to. Normally it would just
>>>bounce off, if it could.
>>>
>>>>Would the object's aura push the astral being out of the way?
>>>
>>>No actually it's probably more the other way. It's not like postive/negitive
>>>charged items. The bigger will move the smaller.
>
>So I guess unless the net completely surrounds the astral entity, he can
>just slide out from under it? That works for me.
>

That makes sense, and since the FAB net isn't so much a net in the physical
sense, but more like Astral Pudding (Insert Bill Cosby Reference Here), it
shouldn't be TOO hard to cover the mage. At least, that's always been my
perception of it...:)

>>>>Would swinging a club filled with FAB do any damage to a purely astral
>>>>being?
>>>
>>>Possibly...There are no rules for damage from one astral entity pushed into
>>>another. Normally FAB is not dense enough to do damage. It's point is to slow
>>>an entitly down force them to deal with something in the astral space, that
>>>prohibits their abbility to manuever. What the club filled with FAB would do
>>>is constantly push the entity in astral. Since all that is reallin coming at
>>>him or her is a club shapped groupin a FAB. To be honest I wouldn't think
>>>it's as effective as other FAB uses.
>
>OK, so it's not a GOOD use, but it is possible. Based on this, I will likely
>greatly reduce any damage done by a FAB club.
>

It's an astral Nerf bat...:)

>>>>Could an astral being, covered by a FAB-Net, attempt to untangle the net?
>>>
>>>Yes
>
>Good to know.
>
>>>>Is FAB astrally active?
>>>
>>>Yes
>>>
>>>>Is FAB dual-natured?
>>>
>>>Yes
>>>
>>>>Is FAB mundane?
>>>
>>>No
>
>We forgot to ask if FAB is really a horror intent on devouring mankind! :-)
>

Lord help us all...

>>>>And can we get an answer on Dybbuk's question in CorpSec (p 40): "If
>>>>somebody astral can't move or pass through something with physical mass,
>>>>how can an astral being travel through air filled with any bacteria?"
>>>
>>>It's a size factor...think of it as swimming. If FAB is pumped into a room.
>>>What it does is slow a character down to the point where they can be trapped.
>>>Think of it as a murky samp for an astral being.
>>>
>>>Boy I hope all these help...even more, I hope they make sense.
>
>Surprisingly helpful, and useful! FASA has scored some major customer
>service points with me due to this well phrased response!
>
>
I have to agree. I was a bit amazed at how concisely they were able to
answer us, and I hope the next set of questions doesn't get so out of hand...:)
#######################################################
# -Bull, aka Chaos, aka Rak, aka Steven Ratkovich #
# chaos@*****.com #
# Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any fours? #
#######################################################

"You do more damage out of simple irritation than most
men can do in a towering rage."
-David Eddings, "Demon Lord of Karanda
Message no. 7
From: GRANITE <granite@**.net>
Subject: Re: FASA's answer to the FAB Question
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 17:02:44 -0700
Steven Ratkovich wrote:
> Lord help us all...
>

Turn down the fear mode..Check out my Holdit! message..It is a list of
corrections FASAMike sent out to his original post..

> I have to agree. I was a bit amazed at how concisely they were able to
> answer us, and I hope the next set of questions doesn't get so out of hand...:)


Oh look it is a wishful thinker..Questions not get out of hand..On this
list?? Keep dreamin'.. ;)
--
-------------------------------GRANITE
=================================================================
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. 8
From: chaos@*****.com (Steven Ratkovich)
Subject: Re: FASA's answer to the FAB Question
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 19:30:26 -0500 (EST)
>> I have to agree. I was a bit amazed at how concisely they were able to
>> answer us, and I hope the next set of questions doesn't get so out of
hand...:)
>
>
>Oh look it is a wishful thinker..Questions not get out of hand..On this
>list?? Keep dreamin'.. ;)
>
Well, I can always hope, Granite...:)

<sigh>

;-)
#######################################################
# -Bull, aka Chaos, aka Rak, aka Steven Ratkovich #
# chaos@*****.com #
# Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any fours? #
#######################################################

"You do more damage out of simple irritation than most
men can do in a towering rage."
-David Eddings, "Demon Lord of Karanda
Message no. 9
From: lobo1@****.com (John E Pederson)
Subject: Re: FASA's answer to the FAB Question
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 18:08:52 PST
On Tue, 17 Sep 1996 16:03:54 +500 "Sedah Drol" <sedahdro@****.holli.com>
writes:
>> >>Is FAB astrally active?
>> >
>> >Yes
>> >
>> >>Is FAB dual-natured?
>> >
>> >Yes
>Cool you can ground through FAB. Now all we need to know is what's
>it's force?
>
NOOOOOOO! No more grounding! No more grounding! AAAAAAAH! <runs screaming
into the next room:)>
>---------
>ATTN: Due to lack of Interest, tommorow has been cancelled.
>---------
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Message no. 10
From: bluewizard@*****.com (Steven A. Tinner)
Subject: Re: FASA's answer to the FAB Question
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 21:24:21 -0500 (EST)
>One small problem. FASAMike sent me, Thomas and Granite the following
>post:

Oh that's great.
Now we're back at square one again!
(We have the real secret truth held back from mere mortals.)
Screw it. As far as I'm concerned, FAB simply IS. The rules don't apply to
it. Every encounter my PC's have with this crap is going to be intentionally
different.
And is IS a horror plot!

(Sound of head slamming against monitor)

Arrrgh! Now my head hurts too!


FAMOUS LAST WORDS
"I don't care who he is, he's not touching MY chick!"
Message no. 11
From: chaos@*****.com (Steven Ratkovich)
Subject: Re: FASA's answer to the FAB Question
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 00:23:36 -0500 (EST)
>And is IS a horror plot!
>
>(Sound of head slamming against monitor)
>
>Arrrgh! Now my head hurts too!
>
>
You're head hurts, Steve? I gotta put up with your wonderful horror related
plots....

** head hurts...

<sigh>

Anyone got a cheseburger?
#######################################################
# -Bull, aka Chaos, aka Rak, aka Steven Ratkovich #
# chaos@*****.com #
# Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any fours? #
#######################################################

"You do more damage out of simple irritation than most
men can do in a towering rage."
-David Eddings, "Demon Lord of Karanda
Message no. 12
From: Faux Pas <fauxpas@******.net>
Subject: Re: FASA's answer to the FAB Question
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 00:00:13 -0500
At 03:24 PM 9/17/96 -0600, you wrote:
>One small problem. FASAMike sent me, Thomas and Granite the following
>post:
>------------------------------------
>Gentelmen - I screwed up royally....

>>Is FAB astrally active?
>
>NO!!! This is the correct answer...
>
>>Is FAB dual-natured?
>
>NO!!! This is the correct answer...again
>
>>Is FAB mundane?
>
>Yes...it must be...it has to be...or everything I believe in will collapse...
>
>OK that may be a bit too strong but hopefully this will make more sense.
>
>Mike Mulvihill
>Shadowrun Line Developer
>FASA
>See our web page at www.fasa.com
>--------------------------------
>
>And now my head hurts...
>

Yeppers, just got this puppy today. (And I see Granite reposted the message
under another topic name for those who just read the first message in this
topic and ignored these follow ups.) Now I just have to decipher what Mike
said :)
-Thomas Deeny
the Cartoonist at large is on the web at www2.cy-net.net/~fauxpas

Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die.
Message no. 13
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
Subject: Re: FASA's answer to the FAB Question
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 11:57:50 +0100
FASAMike (not David Buehrer) said on 15:24/17 Sep 96...

> Gentelmen - I screwed up royally....
>
> Here are the correct answers.
[snip]
> >Is FAB astrally active?
>
> NO!!! This is the correct answer...
>
> >Is FAB dual-natured?
>
> NO!!! This is the correct answer...again
>
> >Is FAB mundane?
>
> Yes...it must be...it has to be...or everything I believe in will collapse...

*phew* :)

> OK that may be a bit too strong but hopefully this will make more sense.

It does, this makes FAB just as useful/-less as it was before, without the
risks posed by astrally active bacteria.

--
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That's why I pay no mind.
-> NERPS Project Leader & Unofficial Shadowrun Guru <-
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Message no. 14
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
Subject: Re: FASA's answer to the FAB Question
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 11:57:50 +0100
Steven A. Tinner said on 15:01/17 Sep 96...

> So all those corp research centers covered in ivy are just decorative now?
> Hmmm . . .

I think FASA Mike has just typed up the answers that came into his mind at
the time, without grabbing any of the books to see if his statements have
any basis in SR... But then, he's the developer, so he can legally do that
(more or less -- I for one won't be playing that magicians can push living
plants out of the way for exactly the reason Steven gave).

> >>>Is FAB astrally active?
> >>
> >>Yes
> >>
> >>>Is FAB dual-natured?
> >>
> >>Yes
> >>
> >>>Is FAB mundane?
> >>
> >>No

And neither will I use this, as it allows any magician to completely burn
away all the FAB in a room without any worries about it. Making it
dual-natured is counter-productive, not to mention dangerous to the
buidling and its mundane occupants.

> Surprisingly helpful, and useful! FASA has scored some major customer
> service points with me due to this well phrased response!

Not with me, I'm afraid. He has responded, which I think is a good thing,
but it looks too much like an on-the-fly answer to me.

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
That's why I pay no mind.
-> NERPS Project Leader & Unofficial Shadowrun Guru <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/plastic.html <-

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Message no. 15
From: dbuehrer@****.org (David Buehrer)
Subject: Re: FASA's answer to the FAB Question
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 08:08:36 -0600 (MDT)
Steven Ratkovich wrote:
|
|It's an astral Nerf bat...:)

LOL. Here's an idea. Have an NPC sell the PCs FAB clubs
so they can attack astral beings. Then enjoy the look on
the players' faces when they try to use them and find out
they're only good for playing wiffle ball :)

-David

/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\ dbuehrer@****.org /^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\
"His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking
alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free."
~~~http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1068/homepage.htm~~~~
Message no. 16
From: GRANITE <granite@**.net>
Subject: Re: FASA's answer to the FAB Question
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 00:58:20 -0700
Faux Pas wrote:
> (Sound of head slamming against monitor)
> Arrrgh! Now my head hurts too!

Now stop that..You will damage the monitor... :)

-Thomas Deeny wrote:
> Yeppers, just got this puppy today. (And I see Granite reposted the message
> under another topic name for those who just read the first message in this
> topic and ignored these follow ups.) Now I just have to decipher what Mike
> said :)

Yes And it seems as though next to nobody even noticed the corrections and
got tunnel vision with the incorrect answers...I was trying to mentally
digest FASAMike's corrected reply and make everything make sense..So I sent
Mike another message and he replied..I will post them under the subject line:
SR: FAB and aural interaction
I seems to get the universe back into alignment a little :)

>>Oh look it is a wishful thinker..Questions not get out of hand..On this
>>list?? Keep dreamin'.. ;)
>
> Well, I can always hope, Granite...:)

<sigh> ;-)

A tinney voice is heard over the com as a siren wails in the distance..
"ReDeploy squad..There is one that still has hope..All hope must be
crushed..Your mission is not complete..Do not return until you have fulfilled
your mission..."

--
-------------------------------GRANITE
=================================================================
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. 17
From: Ferri_Pagano_at_STRM__Amsterdam1@******.com
Subject: Re[2]: FASA's answer to the FAB Question
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 96 17:00:56 EST
<huugee snip>

I'm soooo glad I abolished the whole thing from my campaign... ;)
Ferri

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