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Message no. 1
From: shadowrn@*********.com (shadowrun)
Subject: greek mytholgoy
Date: Sun Nov 18 14:45:01 2001
nice idea , hermetic wizzer using coins

try this , the greeks had lesser powers known as muses and
fates ( and nymphs, slyphs , nerieds , titans etc), fates
ring true for me ( hinging on the coin being tossed in the
air , their were 3 of them if i remember right ,
cannibalistic sisters who shared an eye ,<jason or
perseus(?)> , great seers ) now what you could do is hinge
(geas) the sorcery spells to the coin landing with an eye
showing ( i.e the sister look upon you) or a happy / unhappy
face , the geas would be very nasty as in theory your magic
would only work half the time ( sort of like two-face in
batman repeating okay ......best out of three ......i mean
five .....okay make that......)

the muses tended more towards patronage of the arts though i
am sure one was the mistress of magic (chloe or maybe she
was death), also nice tie in , but why restrict yourself to
only greek , other mythos have some interesting side
ventures , there is celtic , or if you really have no
social life chinese , mayan , aztec , incan , zulu , sotho ,
oceanic , norse etc .Greek is just the best known ( thanks
to rome's adoption of it)

now celtic has a couple of greater powers ( danu , lugh ,
math mothonwe , etc) who also hinge a bit magic ( math being
a bookish type , lugh being sun and combat , danu being
earth) this could easily tie said character into the Tir na
nog , and the Tuatha de Danann , and almost fit's perfect
into sixth age , your wiz could be an elven incarnation of
Cuchullian , (nice for physads or did one of the IE's take
that already) , or a long dead druid reborn in a different
age

you could go with zulu , ( playing a wakyambi ) with a anima
spirit called a tokoloshe ( he is an evil SOB who you have
to keep a good eye on) , who is short ( about a foot tall)
who powers spells in a twisted sort of way ( good for npcs
sort of like a insect or toxic shaman only it's just the
spirit that twists the magic)

aztec fits nicely into american adventures , particularly
Aztlan hope all those help

Kanniemeernie Korperaal ,
"Kiss my Axe" Slaine , the horned god , 2000ad's
impression of cuchullain
Message no. 2
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gak The Great)
Subject: greek mytholgoy
Date: Fri Nov 23 14:05:01 2001
Sometime, somwhere down the timeline, Kanniemeernie Korperaal whispered:
> nice idea , hermetic wizzer using coins
>
> try this , the greeks had lesser powers known as muses and
> fates

?? Lesser? Not that I really know much 'bout them, but weren't they the ones
over whom the gods had absolutely no power? I heard that they where the ones
who decided who was born and who died?

> now what you could do is hinge
> (geas) the sorcery spells to the coin landing with an eye
> showing ( i.e the sister look upon you) or a happy / unhappy
> face , the geas would be very nasty as in theory your magic
> would only work half the time ( sort of like two-face in
> batman repeating okay ......best out of three ......i mean
> five .....okay make that......)

Sound really mean. How about some kind of super-geas, also reducing the
amount of karma needed to learn magical and mythical stuff and/or reducing
drain (like, is NEVER physical or something)?

-- GAK THE GREAT

"Ein Ring, sie zu knechten, sie alle zu finden,
Ins Dunkel zu treiben und ewig zu binden,
Im Lande Mordor, wo die Schatten drohn."
Sauron aus "Herr der Ringe von J.R.R. Tolkien

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