Message no. 1

From:	"Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Requirements for building and Ally
Date:	Fri, 22 Oct 1993 15:01:16 -0700

>> Today's question concerns Allies.

O.K.

>> I wish to advance, without citations for the moment, that you
>> must be an Initiate in order to possess an ally. I make this
>> claim basically because of the consistent reference to the
>> Allies Metaplane of Origin. You need to get its spirit from
>> a metaplane, if it is disrupted you can get it by going on
>> and Astral Quest, you have to quest to a metaplane to destroy
>> it should it go free,etc.

No, you don't. While it is a greate advantage to be an initiate if you have an
ally, it is not required. Even though the ally must come from a metaplane, that
does not mean you have to be an initiate. Elementals and Nature Spirits come
from metaplanes, but you don't need to be an initiate to summon them.

>> However, in the Ritual of Summoning/Change there is no mention
>> of an Astral Quest.

Which means you don't have to be an intiate to summon one.

>> So basically I am curious about the consensus among this
>> readership- do you have to be an Initiate to conjure an Ally?

No.

>> As ususal, citations supporting your claims are requested....

My citations are a lack of any citations to the opposite.

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