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Message no. 1
From: shadowrn@*********.com (shadowrun)
Subject: re greek or method to my madness
Date: Wed Nov 21 13:55:06 2001
i chose hephaestus as fire as traditionally he is god of the
forge who resided in a volcano and was renowned for being
the most ugly of the pantheon , ( and he still gets a babe
like aphrodite there is hope *dashing smile* ) , prometheus
was the original fire bringer to man , another possibility
is helios the sun chariot rider , ares was just too obvious

i choose neptune lord of the seas ( and water ) for illusion
, also renowned for mists at sea and misleading sailors ,
hermes is also the messenger which leads me to the informing
the pantheon and there to detection ( he sees more serves as
the eyes and ears )

the biggest manipulation in ancient times was the seasons
supposedly tied to ceres and the loss of her daughter
persephone to hades for winter , also ties to earth , on the
other hand if we are talking machiavellian manipulation then
it has to go to hera , zeus had nothing on the woman ,
sort of a cross between old mother hubbard and the wicked
witch of the west ) she bullied zeus into half of his
decisions ( don't that sound familiar )

on healing what about bacchus , most guys will testify to
alcohol rights all wrongs ( until morning )

sorry about not explaining my choices earlier it was and
when i got back it was kinda must.... answer..... mail.....
quickly reamed of thoughts i had and then got some shut eye

Kanniemeernie korperaal ,
" kids don't need sirens "
Calvin and Hobbs
Message no. 2
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Ahrain Drigar)
Subject: re greek or method to my madness
Date: Wed Nov 21 16:20:01 2001
----- Original Message -----
From: shadowrun <shadowrun@********.absa.co.za>
Subject: re greek or method to my madness


> i choose neptune lord of the seas ( and water ) for illusion
> , also renowned for mists at sea and misleading sailors ,
> hermes is also the messenger which leads me to the informing
> the pantheon and there to detection ( he sees more serves as
> the eyes and ears )

What about Zeus for either Illusions or Manipulations (of the transformation
variety) as he was the undisputed master of appearing as just about anything
to get a little<.5 MP deleted for content>. I mean someone who could seduce
someone as a rain shower or as a bull, come on! ; - P

Ahrain
Message no. 3
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Bira)
Subject: re greek or method to my madness
Date: Wed Nov 21 18:30:03 2001
On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 08:42:26 +0200
"shadowrun" <shadowrun@********.absa.co.za> wrote:

> i chose hephaestus as fire as traditionally he is god of the
> forge who resided in a volcano and was renowned for being
> the most ugly of the pantheon , ( and he still gets a babe
> like aphrodite there is hope *dashing smile* ) , prometheus
> was the original fire bringer to man , another possibility
> is helios the sun chariot rider , ares was just too obvious

The problem is that while Shadowrun associates fire with combat
spells for hermetics, none of the "fire gods" you mentioned have
anything to do with combat and battles. Hephaistos is an artificer, a
creator of things, and Prometheus is a Firebringer - they're not
_warriors_. That's more important than an association to fire to give
them domain over combat spells in SR.

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Redator de Shadowrun da RPG em Revista
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