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Message no. 1
From: The _Astral _Watch-Dude <elfman@*****.NET>
Subject: My new totem
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 16:29:48 -0600
If you cant guess from my name,Im a shamanic astral adept(my character
that is).My Gm Decided that astral adepts can be shamanic, and their
totems are kokopeli,the medicene man,the Great spirit and such.But I
snake-oiled my Gm by using Canthros'(shapeshifter mage) combining adepts
rules,and Made a combined astral/shamanic sorcery adept.His totem is
kokopeli.I also decided to send you guys this new totem,and I want
feedbeck on both.
Kokopeli:
kokopeli is the trikster,the spirit guide to the fourth world,and is
some times mischevious,but is never destructive.He looks for the easy
way to to do some thing,but tries t omake sure no-one dies because of
him.He does not like to do things over again,but will if he has to.
advantages:+2d to illusion and health spells,+2d to summoning spirits of
man and the land.Also Receives the physad power enhanced centering upon
iniation,but only if they take an instrumental centering skill.Also +2d
to resisting control manipulation spells.
Disadvantages:-2d for combat spells.Kokopeli is not a killer. He would
cast a illusion spell that makes the target think he is dying,but won't
actually kill the person if he utterly dosent have to.That is kokopeli's
greates strength AND weakness.He must also make a willpower test rolling
his rating in dice against the target mumber of three when returning
from astral space.One sucess is all that is needed.if the shaman fails,
h/she does not enter his/her body and instead just satands around in
astral space for rounds equal the number of failed dice in the test.
after the rounds are over, he may tri again.
Message no. 2
From: John E Pederson <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: My new totem
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 19:56:37 -0500
On Fri, 26 Dec 1997 16:29:48 -0600 The _Astral _Watch-Dude
<elfman@*****.NET> writes:

<<If you cant guess from my name,Im a shamanic astral adept(my character
that is).My Gm Decided that astral adepts can be shamanic,>>


Seems to me like any character, magically active (of any type) or
mundane, either one, could be shamanic or hermetic: it all depends on the
character's culture. Most mundane characters will tend to be hermetic,
rather than shamanic (the exception being characters from groups like the
Amerinds, or the voudoun)


<< and their totems are kokopeli,the medicene man,the Great spirit and
such.But I snake-oiled my Gm by using Canthros'(shapeshifter mage)
combining adepts rules,and Made a combined astral/shamanic sorcery
adept.His totem is kokopeli.I also decided to send you guys this new
totem,and I want feedbeck on both.>>


"Snake-oiled"?! What are you saying? ;) You did ask first, didn't you?
(or was that your point?)


<<Kokopeli:
kokopeli is the trikster,the spirit guide to the fourth world,and is some
times mischevious,but is never destructive.He looks for the easy way to
to do some thing,but tries t omake sure no-one dies because of him.He
does not like to do things over again,but will if he has to.

advantages:+2d to illusion and health spells,+2d to summoning spirits of
man and the land.Also Receives the physad power enhanced centering upon
iniation,but only if they take an instrumental centering skill.Also +2d
to resisting control manipulation spells.

Disadvantages:-2d for combat spells.Kokopeli is not a killer. He would
cast a illusion spell that makes the target think he is dying,but won't
actually kill the person if he utterly dosent have to.That is kokopeli's
greates strength AND weakness.He must also make a willpower test rolling
his rating in dice against the target mumber of three when returning from
astral space.One sucess is all that is needed.if the shaman fails, h/she
does not enter his/her body and instead just satands around in astral
space for rounds equal the number of failed dice in the test. after the
rounds are over, he may tri again.>>


While it looks to be very well written, I think it might be a good idea
to simply give a follower of Kokopeli a pacifist flaw, or something.

--
John Pederson Canthros, shapeshifter-mage
<<-------------------------------------------------------------->>
I had rather believe all the fables in the legends and the Talmud
and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
--Francis Bacon
<<-------------------------------------------------------------->>
lobo1@****.com canthros1@***.com john.e.pederson@***********.edu
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/4864 ICQ UIN 3190186
Message no. 3
From: The _Astral _Watch-Dude <elfman@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: My new totem
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 21:08:06 -0600
> "Snake-oiled"?! What are you saying? ;) You did ask first, didn't you?
> (or was that your point?)

I conned him by using your rules.
Message no. 4
From: John E Pederson <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: My new totem
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 23:43:13 -0500
On Fri, 26 Dec 1997 21:08:06 -0600 The _Astral _Watch-Dude
<elfman@*****.NET> writes:
>> "Snake-oiled"?! What are you saying? ;) You did ask first, didn't you?
>> (or was that your point?)
>
>I conned him by using your rules.


I'm still not quite sure what you mean... Are you saying that you
convinced him to allow ther character using those rules?

--
John Pederson Canthros, shapeshifter-mage
<<-------------------------------------------------------------->>
I had rather believe all the fables in the legends and the Talmud
and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
--Francis Bacon
<<-------------------------------------------------------------->>
lobo1@****.com canthros1@***.com john.e.pederson@***********.edu
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/4864 ICQ UIN 3190186
Message no. 5
From: The _Astral _Watch-Dude <elfman@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: My new totem
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 12:47:54 -0600
> I'm still not quite sure what you mean... Are you saying that you
> convinced him to allow ther character using those rules?

yes. I just said that my char has some odd patterns in his aura. the Gm
had planned to make me turn into a creature of some sort.But I got him
first and made him into the char he is now.

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