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Message no. 1
From: Gurth <jweste%smtp@******.HZEELAND.NL>
Subject: Re: Other metahuman states/territories
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 13:41:53 +0200
>>Maybe we can expect some background on other metahumans and their
>>states (not only about elves).
> Hear! Hear! As a regular player of elves, I must say that I'm
> getting tired of these Fascist elven states! Let's see some other
> Metahuman enclaves/kingdoms/countries, etc

What I would be looking forward to is a sourcebook about the Seattle
Underground (you know, the area under Downtown, populated by orks,
trolls, and a very small number of dwarves). So far, the only things I
know about it come from the old SR1 rulebook (which gives the approximate
location on a map), the info in SR2 and Seattle Sourcebook, plus one of
the novels (Never Trust An Elf, I think). It would be good to get a
sourcebook with all the details.

> Finally, since a focus has an astral link to the mage who is bonded to
> it, I would be able to track down my own focus.

Not too smart. If the guy to whose leg you nail it has a mage friend,
that mage can simply throw a Fireball through it, which will fry you
through the same astral link you were planning to use to keep track of
where the lock was...


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Message no. 2
From: Markus Kalb <death@***.INFORMATIK.TH-DARMSTADT.DE>
Subject: Re: Other metahuman states/territories
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 13:47:16 MESZ
hi

was ther not some infos about the underground in the adventure DOA/???.
i will skip trought it at home but at the moment i think they mentoned
the underground in the adventure. more when i got back next week.

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Message no. 3
From: Gurth <jweste%smtp@******.HZEELAND.NL>
Subject: Re: Other metahuman states/territories - Reply
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 14:27:13 +0200
>was ther not some infos about the underground in the adventure DOA/???.
>i will skip trought it at home but at the moment i think they mentoned
>the underground in the adventure. more when i got back next week.

I don't have DNA/DOA, so I don't know. But now you mention it, I believe
the FASA catalog says it takes the players through the Underground. Maybe
I should buy it sometime...wasn't DNA/DOA the first official SR adventure
that came out? If it is, it probably is like Mercurial, right (which I
found a pain in the ass to run, compared to the other SR adventures)?


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+ Gurth + In this bright future +
+ (jweste%smtp@******.hzeeland.nl) + You can't forget your past +
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Message no. 4
From: Ivy Ryan <ivyryan@***.ORG>
Subject: Re: Other metahuman states/territories - Reply
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 06:05:03 -0700
On Wed, 8 Jun 1994, Gurth wrote:

> >was ther not some infos about the underground in the adventure DOA/???.
>
> I don't have DNA/DOA, so I don't know. But now you mention it, I believe
> the FASA catalog says it takes the players through the Underground. Maybe
> I should buy it sometime...wasn't DNA/DOA the first official SR adventure
> that came out? If it is, it probably is like Mercurial, right (which I
> found a pain in the ass to run, compared to the other SR adventures)?

Aw, hey, you're picking on my two favorite modules.

DNA/DOA was written to be a D&Dish run. On purpose too. I've run it a
couple of times, and will again.

Mercurial was the second, and the silver lady module is my favorite one
of all. Convoluted, tricky, everything. I try to write modules like
that, myself.

Ivy
Message no. 5
From: Christopher Higgins <as812@*******.CARLETON.CA>
Subject: Re: Other metahuman states/territories
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 11:46:41 -0400
>
>>>Maybe we can expect some background on other metahumans and their
>>>states (not only about elves).
>> Hear! Hear! As a regular player of elves, I must say that I'm
>> getting tired of these Fascist elven states! Let's see some other
>> Metahuman enclaves/kingdoms/countries, etc
>
>What I would be looking forward to is a sourcebook about the Seattle
>Underground (you know, the area under Downtown, populated by orks,
>trolls, and a very small number of dwarves). So far, the only things I
>know about it come from the old SR1 rulebook (which gives the approximate
>location on a map), the info in SR2 and Seattle Sourcebook, plus one of
>the novels (Never Trust An Elf, I think). It would be good to get a
>sourcebook with all the details.
You're talking about Kham and his quest for Ork Immortality? I must
agree that the Seattle Underground would be quite cool.

>
>> Finally, since a focus has an astral link to the mage who is bonded to
>> it, I would be able to track down my own focus.
>
>Not too smart. If the guy to whose leg you nail it has a mage friend,
>that mage can simply throw a Fireball through it, which will fry you
>through the same astral link you were planning to use to keep track of
>where the lock was...
>
>
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>+ Gurth + In this bright future +
>+ (jweste%smtp@******.hzeeland.nl) + You can't forget your past +
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>
>
Only if the Fireball was cast through Ritual Sorcery using the Spell
Lock as a link to the tracker. The creator of the lock would be vulnerable
to astral tracking as well.
Christopher Higgins.
Message no. 6
From: Stefan Struck <struck@******.INFORMATIK.UNI-BONN.DE>
Subject: Re: Other metahuman states/territories - Reply
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 09:46:46 +0000
Gurth wrote:
> I don't have DNA/DOA, so I don't know. But now you mention it, I believe
> the FASA catalog says it takes the players through the Underground. Maybe
> I should buy it sometime...wasn't DNA/DOA the first official SR adventure
> that came out? If it is, it probably is like Mercurial, right (which I
> found a pain in the ass to run, compared to the other SR adventures)?

ATTENTION: Possible spoiler DNA/DOA









At this point you're absolutely right. DNA/DOA was written by a D&D
co-autor, you can imagine what its like. It has RANDOM ENCOUNTER TABLES
with GIANT MILLIPEDES and stuff like that. I felt like in 'Against the
storm giants'. The plot isn't something special. It's us against the
bad, bad humanis slugs.

But: Potential GM fun. Attack on an Aztech Bio-Lab and the only way
in is through (possibly) infested sewers. After the run, tell PCs that
their skin is itching and turns to light green and look on their faces.
That was a good laugh.
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