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Message no. 1
From: The Powerhouse <P.C.Steele@*********.AC.UK>
Subject: Quakes and hermetics
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 1994 14:03:04 GMT
Well we suffered the same thing in Britain the LA quake was made out to be some
major tragedy, which while it is for the people directly involved it still pales
besides tragedies such as the one in India. There must be something in the
air as the south of England suffered alot of rain recently so everyone in the
north got bored silly with endless news report after news report of some little
village that no one has ever heard of being cut off by a river bursting it's
banks.

As to global happenings ? Who knows, maybe it's the early signs of the
awakening ? :-)

Oh, someone mentioned a fith metaplane so I thought I'd let you know about mine.
In my shadowrun game there are 5 major elements, fire, earth, water, air and
spirit. Yes I've stolen the idea horrendously from sci-fi fantasy books but
what the hell, if it makes for a good story then what do I or my players care.

Briefly, the spirit metaplane is what I call one of the upper metaplanes (I'll
explain this more in another post, another time). There are no summonable
spirits from the metaplane as this metaplane is a source of energy that infuses
the spirit itself (obviously this all depends on your religious standpoint).
The only use I've found for it so far is as a way of bypassing wards without
attacking them. To do this the magician has to go on a quest equal to the
rating of the ward that he wishes to by pass. The advantage of doing it this
way is that the casting magcian of the ward does not receive warning of an
intruder.

A little more on the upper metaplanes. All the u-metaplanes can be reached by
any full magician as long as they have been taught how to do it. This isn't
something that can be read in a book or from a trid. The PC (if the GM wishes
to use the idea) must find a teacher to exlpain to them carefully the techniques
and to show them. Because of the inherent power of the upper metaplanes
teachers are extremly few and far between and if they have this much power they
vertainly don't need to make a living selling their secrets.

As to the other u-metaplanes well I'm still thinking it through but I like the
idea of having metaplanes where the actual totem spirit can be found (ie you
could go and actually fight Dog <not that you'd win>). There's a big potential
for others but there is also a big potential to let the idea get out of hand
so GM's would have to think very carefully about what they are thinking about
introducing.

Phill.
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Phillip Steele - Email address P.C.Steele@***.ac.uk | Fighting against
Department Of Electrical & Electronic Engineering | Political Correctness !
University Of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England |
Land of the mad Geordies | The Powerhouse
Message no. 2
From: Shadow Shadow <b2414@******.IUT-ORSAY.FR>
Subject: Re: Quakes and hermetics
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 1994 16:04:53 WET
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Message no. 3
From: Phaeros Lostchilde <shilberg@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Quakes and hermetics
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 1994 11:38:53 -0600
HAs the Big One hit LA by 2055? Just wondering cuz the City of Angels
sourcebook hasn't come out yet.

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Steve Hilberg (aka Jarred Wellsley "the Necromancer")
Mudder and Shadowrun Player Extraordinaire!
See me on Armageddon (studsys.mscs.mu.edu 4444)
Or Mail me at shilberg@********.uni.uiuc.edu
Message no. 4
From: The Reverend <mdb0213@******.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Quakes and hermetics
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 00:23:10 -0600
]HAs the Big One hit LA by 2055? Just wondering cuz the City of Angels
]sourcebook hasn't come out yet.

The 2 rumours I've heard (one from Tom, the other from the list)
1) LA Sourcebook was on Tom's desk when the LA Riots hit. The book predicted
them, and a little bit too accurately. SO he sent it back to the author. This
was about a year ago.

2) It's no longer LA, it's LA and other S. Cal cities.

Hope this helps, Rev.

P.S. CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW THE HELL I CAN DEFEAT THE GLAMOUR POWER?!?!!
Message no. 5
From: Doctor Doom <JCH8169@*****.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Quakes and hermetics
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 17:19:25 -0600
von Herrn Steve Hilberg:

>HAs the Big One hit LA by 2055? Just wondering cuz the City of Angels
>sourcebook hasn't come out yet.

Regarding the informally-dubbed, "Big One," I am unaware of any information
regarding it as of yet.

Regarding the City of Angels Sourcebook: It has been "delayed indefinitely"
according to the Dark Lord on High. The reason being, or so he confided to
my colleage, The Reverend, was that the author's text regarding riots in Los
Angeles struck far too close to reality--the manuscript was upon his desk
during the event in question. Reportedly, it was dispatched to the author
for re-writing, and hence one understands its present status.


Colonel Count von Hohenzollern und von Doom, DMSc, DSc, PhD.

Doom Technologies & Weapon Systems -- Dark Thought Publications
>>> Working on solutions best left in the dark.
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Message no. 6
From: PPhhaaeerrooss LLoossttcchhiillddee
Subject: Re: Quakes and hermetics
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 21:02:17 -0600
Ah....Interesting....Indefinitely, then....*pout* Oh, well....I have to buy
the Germany Sourcebook this month or next anyways.

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Steve Hilberg (aka Jarred Wellsley "the Necromancer")
Mudder and Shadowrun Player Extraordinaire!
See me on Armageddon (studsys.mscs.mu.edu 4444)
Or Mail me at shilberg@********.uni.uiuc.edu

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