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Message no. 1
From: Dust <rogan@*******.BERGEN.ORG>
Subject: party shamans
Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 13:14:28 -0400
Real sorry, but anybody have any ideas on what kinds of animals would have
pluses to illusion and manipulation.

Dust
Message no. 2
From: "Fisher, Victor" <Victor-Fisher@******.COM>
Subject: Re: party shamans
Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 13:22:26 -0400
Dust asks:
>Real sorry, but anybody have any ideas on what kinds of animals would have
>pluses to illusion and manipulation.

Chameleon totem

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from the movie, Weapons of Mass Distraction, which, incidentally is a
sourcebed for ideas on corporate feuding between two media giants.<grin>
Message no. 3
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: party shamans
Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 18:33:06 +0100
|
|Dust asks:
|>Real sorry, but anybody have any ideas on what kinds of animals would have
|>pluses to illusion and manipulation.
|
| Chameleon totem

Yes... But why Manipulation?

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Message no. 4
From: "Fisher, Victor" <Victor-Fisher@******.COM>
Subject: Re: party shamans
Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 13:50:04 -0400
>Spike asks:
>|
>|Dust asks:
>|>Real sorry, but anybody have any ideas on what kinds of animals would have
>|>pluses to illusion and manipulation.
>|
>| Chameleon totem
>
>Yes... But why Manipulation?

Hmmm...let me get back to you on that one. <puts on his Son of
Ether Electro Ecto Brainwave Stimulator and Scalp Massager, which
coincidentally looks like an aluminum strainer basket, a pair of
nine-volt batteries on the side, and spiral copper tubing, all held
together by duct tape! Raises fist in air, and yells, 'Science!'.>

Sorry, listening to too much Thomas Dolby.
Message no. 5
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@****.ORG>
Subject: Re: party shamans
Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 12:33:48 -0600
Dust wrote:
|
| Real sorry, but anybody have any ideas on what kinds of animals would have
| pluses to illusion and manipulation.

Erm.. Duckbilled Platapus (also pluses to detection, but a big minus
to combat), Hyena?, Jaguar of South America (definitely illusion, but
I'm not sure about manipulation), Spider... that's about all I can
think of at the moment.

-David
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Message no. 6
From: Ray & Tamara <macey@*******.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: party shamans
Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 09:58:16 +1000
> Real sorry, but anybody have any ideas on what kinds of animals would
have
> pluses to illusion and manipulation.

Gecko does.

Ray.

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Message no. 7
From: Loki <daddyjim@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: party shamans
Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 20:59:17 -0700
Dust asks:
>Real sorry, but anybody have any ideas on what kinds of animals would
have
>pluses to illusion and manipulation.

Sounds like raccoon to me, but I don't have my books at work.

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Message no. 8
From: Jason Griffiths <neptune@*****.REPLICANT.APANA.ORG.AU>
Subject: Re: party shamans
Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 19:26:21 +1000
>Dust wrote:
>| Real sorry, but anybody have any ideas on what kinds of animals would have
>| pluses to illusion and manipulation.
David wrote:
>Erm.. Duckbilled Platapus
[snip]
Platypi (plural of Platypus) are not the sort of animal I would give a
bonus for manipulation spells (and since I'm Australian, I should know!)
Try the Lyre bird, if you want an Australian animal. It has good
camoflage, is a well renowned mimic (especially chainsaws and steam engines),
and nests off the ground. It is secretive and shy, so probably not a good
team player. Personally, I wouldn't give it plusses to manipulation spells,
either, but it is much closer than the Platypus.

I think that you won't find a good animal out there who meet the criteria.
From personal experience, I think that the two attributes are mutually
exclusive. I also think that it was deliberately done to avoid munchkinism.
People should be choosing totems for role-playing, not for the bonuses
they confer.

bfn,
Neptune
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