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Message no. 1
From: Alfredo B Alves <dghost@****.COM>
Subject: Salamander & Man of the Woods (from P/NA)
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 00:35:03 -0500
Anybody have / seen / care to speculate on rules (house or otherwise) for
conjuring a Salamander or Man of the Woods from Paranormal Animals of
North America?

D.Ghost
(aka Pixel, Tantrum)

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Message no. 2
From: Airwasp <Airwasp@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Salamander & Man of the Woods (from P/NA)
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 04:54:10 EDT
In a message dated 5/14/98 5:56:58 AM !!!First Boot!!!, dghost@****.COM
writes:

> Anybody have / seen / care to speculate on rules (house or otherwise) for
> conjuring a Salamander or Man of the Woods from Paranormal Animals of
> North America?

A salamander is sometimes the shape / form of a Fire spirit.

As for conjuring a Man of the Woods, what would happen if a shaman performed
their conjuring a great-form spirit as if it were a ritual ? Like hermetics
conjuring elementals.

That leads to another question, what would a nature spirit summoned via a
ritual be like ?

Mike
Message no. 3
From: Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Salamander & Man of the Woods (from P/NA)
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 10:22:20 -0500
>
> Anybody have / seen / care to speculate on rules (house or otherwise) for
> conjuring a Salamander or Man of the Woods from Paranormal Animals of
> North America?
>
Sure, I'm thinking it would be similiar to conjuring a great form spirit,
but the ritual is far less known. (Perhaps various runs, just trying to find
out how). I would also think it would be very hard to resist the drain.
(Perhaps a staging of something other then 2).
I've never had a player ask, and haven't used either of these...hmm..
anyway..that is my basic take on the subject.

-L (Did anyone grab it yet? If not its mine!, otherwise I'll have to rethink)


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Message no. 4
From: Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Salamander & Man of the Woods (from P/NA)
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 22:13:36 EDT
In a message dated 5/14/98 12:56:58 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
dghost@****.COM writes:

> Anybody have / seen / care to speculate on rules (house or otherwise) for
> conjuring a Salamander or Man of the Woods from Paranormal Animals of
> North America?
>
Why yes, we have, or at least, I have...

Ritual Magic...

Salamander would require a special type of material, perhaps say two or three
times normal cost for a fire elemental. "Base Force" wouldn't really matter,
unless you want to vary the force/attributes more of course. I wouldn't go
with anything less than a "6", just to keep the game mechanics happy. Perhaps
a "Quest of Power" to top the Ritual conjuring off with.

Man-of-the-Wood...more complex. Would require some kind of Preferential
Alignment to "Forest Environment" IMO, like the way Wolf or Bear have. Lodge
would have to be more established, say at least have been around for a year or
so. Again, target numbers would be up to the concepts of the referee in
question. Could also require some particularly peculiar rites for a Shaman
(say giving Karma to the conjuring in a manner similar to how the "Loa" are
"bought" for their services by the voudon.

but that is just a simple way of doing things...

-K

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