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Message no. 1
From: Paolo Falco <Falco@****.it>
Subject: Metamagic (again! :)
Date: Wed, 15 May 96 23:03:52 +0200
At 03:59 PM 5/15/96 -0500, you wrote:
>I wouldn't worry yet Paolo. I haven't been kicked, AFAIK, ever. And trust
>me, you've so far been much less rude than myself. And please, everyone,
>could we not have a chorus of "that's true"'s?

THAT'S TRUE! (Humorous punchline to conceal the fact that the mail in which
I lamented some terrible mistake actually arrived to me instantly... Talking
about Murphy's law, eh? :)
More seriously, I wondered if any of you could explain me a thing about
Metamagic... Actually, in all of the grimoire II, FASA seems to hint that
once you are an initaite, you can access all 6 skils (centering, quickening,
etc.)... Is this correct? Me and my mage have reached the conclusion that it
would be muchbetter and nicer if each grade of initiation granted you only
one kind of metamagic... Since *he* proposed that, I did absolutely no
object... :) However, some friend of mine told me that this is the ruling he
is using too... So? What is the CORRECT rule? And if ours is an house rule,
what do you think about it?
Au revoir from Paolo "I actually use rulebooks only for loose inspirations"
Falco :)

Paolo Falco (Falco@****.it), Ironbound Section (Near Avenue L)
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Message no. 2
From: wilsonpj@******.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU (Peter)
Subject: Re: Metamagic (again! :)
Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 00:53:09 -0600
paolo Falco wrote:

>More seriously, I wondered if any of you could explain me a thing about
>Metamagic... Actually, in all of the grimoire II, FASA seems to hint that
>once you are an initaite, you can access all 6 skils (centering, quickening,
>etc.)... Is this correct? Me and my mage have reached the conclusion that it
>would be muchbetter and nicer if each grade of initiation granted you only
>one kind of metamagic... Since *he* proposed that, I did absolutely no
>object... :) However, some friend of mine told me that this is the ruling he
>is using too... So? What is the CORRECT rule? And if ours is an house rule,
>what do you think about it?

I remember reading rules for gradual initiation somewhere. Was that in the
NERPS archive?

Piatro
Message no. 3
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
Subject: Re: Metamagic (again! :)
Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 11:11:32 +0100
Paolo Falco said on 23:03/15 May 96...

> More seriously, I wondered if any of you could explain me a thing about
> Metamagic... Actually, in all of the grimoire II, FASA seems to hint that
> once you are an initaite, you can access all 6 skils (centering, quickening,
> etc.)... Is this correct? Me and my mage have reached the conclusion that it
> would be muchbetter and nicer if each grade of initiation granted you only
> one kind of metamagic... Since *he* proposed that, I did absolutely no
> object... :) However, some friend of mine told me that this is the ruling he
> is using too... So? What is the CORRECT rule? And if ours is an house rule,
> what do you think about it?

You get all metamagic abilities at once, as soon as you reach grade 0. I
don't like this myself, so what I do is let the player choose an ability
every time the character gains a grade. Makes things a bit more
interesting, IMHO.

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Message no. 4
From: "Mark Steedman" <M.J.Steedman@***.rgu.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Metamagic (again! :)
Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 11:23:25 GMT
Paolo Falco writes
>
> More seriously, I wondered if any of you could explain me a thing
> about Metamagic... Actually, in all of the grimoire II, FASA seems
> to hint that once you are an initaite, you can access all 6 skils
> (centering, quickening, etc.)... Is this correct?
Yes although dispelling doesn't do anything untill grade one due to
the 'present grade' limit on the rating of things it will affect.
You have to buy a skill to use centering and both quickening and
anchoring cost further karma to use. But the potential is there.

> Me and my mage have reached the conclusion that it
> would be much better and nicer if each grade of initiation granted
> you only one kind of metamagic... Since *he* proposed that, I
> did absolutely no object... :) However, some friend of mine told me
> that this is the ruling he is using too... So?

See NEPRS shadowlore 1, there are gradual initiation rules in there.
These are fairly fair if you really stand on the alpha/beta ware
/bioware availability. If you play by the book its only fair that
the sams get get the nice ware (if they save up for it)
>
> What is the CORRECT rule? And if ours is an house rule,
> what do you think about it?
>
Mark

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