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Message no. 1
From: Steve Kenson <TalonMail@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Foretelling
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 15:40:40 -0500
Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
>Boy does this bring up some nasty thoughts...Foretelling is a -nasty- spell
in
>the games here and most of the players simply leave it alone. I was
actually
>using a variation on the rules for "Ancestral Spirits" in Cyberpirates in
>order to contain/control the magic....then they started "Quest of Powering"
>the stuff and things got fun.

Actually, if I have my way, Foretelling will become a metamagical technique
in SR3 (currently called Divining) and work quite similarly to the Ancestral
Spirit power in Cyberpirates. The spell will just go away (hopefully).

Steve K.
Message no. 2
From: Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Foretelling
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 16:04:33 -0500
On Mon, Dec 22, 1997 at 03:40:40PM -0500, Steve Kenson wrote:
> Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
> >Boy does this bring up some nasty thoughts...Foretelling is a -nasty- spell
> in
> >the games here and most of the players simply leave it alone. I was
> actually
> >using a variation on the rules for "Ancestral Spirits" in Cyberpirates
in
> >order to contain/control the magic....then they started "Quest of
Powering"
> >the stuff and things got fun.
>
> Actually, if I have my way, Foretelling will become a metamagical technique
> in SR3 (currently called Divining) and work quite similarly to the Ancestral
> Spirit power in Cyberpirates. The spell will just go away (hopefully).
>

Sounds like your planning on expanding metamagic quite a bit in the
near future. Might be a good argument to make gradual initiation
"the standard", and define concrete rules for it. (The SR comp helped
as I recall). This would also give players a reason to seek
out particular groups if they wanted to learn a technique.


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Lehlan Decker 644-4534 Systems Development
decker@****.fsu.edu http://www.scri.fsu.edu/~decker
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Time is the best teacher. Unfortunately it kills all of its students.
Message no. 3
From: Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Foretelling
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 19:33:46 EST
In a message dated 97-12-22 16:06:00 EST, decker@****.FSU.EDU writes:

> Sounds like your planning on expanding metamagic quite a bit in the
> near future. Might be a good argument to make gradual initiation
> "the standard", and define concrete rules for it. (The SR comp helped
> as I recall). This would also give players a reason to seek
> out particular groups if they wanted to learn a technique.
>
Oh geesh, I can see it now...groups such as Mike's "the Mechanics" have
several strange little techniques thrown into their design...'task pool' for
build/repair, magical training in magical b/r....Enhanced Centering for
Technical, B/R and Design oriented skills...yep...things seem like they've
been done before.

And that's not even counting the "known" Metamagics....
-K
Message no. 4
From: Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Foretelling
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 14:45:46 -0500
On Tue, Dec 23, 1997 at 07:33:46PM -0500, Ereskanti wrote:
> In a message dated 97-12-22 16:06:00 EST, decker@****.FSU.EDU writes:
>
> > Sounds like your planning on expanding metamagic quite a bit in the
> > near future. Might be a good argument to make gradual initiation
> > "the standard", and define concrete rules for it. (The SR comp helped
> > as I recall). This would also give players a reason to seek
> > out particular groups if they wanted to learn a technique.
> >
> Oh geesh, I can see it now...groups such as Mike's "the Mechanics" have
> several strange little techniques thrown into their design...'task pool' for
> build/repair, magical training in magical b/r....Enhanced Centering for
> Technical, B/R and Design oriented skills...yep...things seem like they've
> been done before.
>
> And that's not even counting the "known" Metamagics....

heh..I didn't say it would be pretty. Arguments have constantly been
thrown back and forth, and most agree initiation gives you
too much power all at once. House rules abound for fixing this.
If SR3 makes more metamagics, it will only add fuel to the fire.
Besides, I've had several fun adventures just watching a character
trying to find someone to teach him some of teh cooler metamagic
techniques.

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Lehlan Decker 644-4534 Systems Development
decker@****.fsu.edu http://www.scri.fsu.edu/~decker
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Time is the best teacher. Unfortunately it kills all of its students.
Message no. 5
From: AirWisp <AirWisp@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Foretelling
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 06:41:32 EST
In a message dated 97-12-22 18:01:23 EST, you write:

> >Boy does this bring up some nasty thoughts...Foretelling is a -nasty- spell
> in
> >the games here and most of the players simply leave it alone. I was
> actually
> >using a variation on the rules for "Ancestral Spirits" in Cyberpirates
in
> >order to contain/control the magic....then they started "Quest of
Powering"
> >the stuff and things got fun.
>
> Actually, if I have my way, Foretelling will become a metamagical technique
> in SR3 (currently called Divining) and work quite similarly to the
Ancestral
> Spirit power in Cyberpirates. The spell will just go away (hopefully).
>
> Steve K.

On a different note, the same was said about aircraft carriers when they were
first introduced into the various navies at the onset of the idea of the
aircraft carrier ...

Mike

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