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Message no. 1
From: Mike <ASMAD@*****.alaska.edu>
Subject: Re: Shamen
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 10:34:51 -0900
I didn't know if everybody got a chance to take a look at my new shaman type so
I'm resending it. Hope everyone gets a kick out of it.


>
> Alcohol/Bartender
>
> Characteristics: Alcohol shamans are not noted as early risers and usually have
> a tousled appearance with large circles under their eyes if they are woken
> prematurely. They are loyal friends and generally easy to get along with. They
> also have a unique language sytem that consists of a large number of groans,
> moans and much head shaking.
>
> Favored Environment: Anywhere alcohol is, has, or could be served.
>
> Advantages: +2 dice for conjuring any *spirits* except for water (-2 dice for
> water spirits) -2 to target number for social situations when the shaman is
> conjuring spirits (-4 if the person has interacted with the spirits)
>
> Disadvantages: Alcohol shamans are notorious for being late night partiers (+2
> to target number for anything done before 7 pm). If the shaman has conjured more
> than 4 *spirits* the night before, treat it as a mild allergy to sunlight. They
> must also make a Willpower 5 test to leave a bar, nightclub, or any other
> location where alcohol is being served.
>
> If I missed anything feel free to add to it.
>
> Mike Driggins
> aka Draco
> asmad@*****.alaska.edu
Message no. 2
From: h_laws@**********.utas.edu.au
Subject: Re: Shamen
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 14:00:10 +1000
>The Duck-billed platypus. (beat that for a weird totem...)

Check that out for a wierd animal, a mammal which lays eggs, swims has a
bill like a duck and poison spines. I'm going to have to come out with an
awakened version of it.
Hummh, I wonder if aboriginal cave paintings could be grimoires....

>I imagine you'd have to act like one of the platypus brothers from Tazmania.

Who???

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Hamish Laws
h_laws@**********.sandybay.utas.edu.au
Message no. 3
From: h_laws@**********.utas.edu.au
Subject: Re: Shamen
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 14:03:03 +1000
>>You can have all sorts of fun with this:-) Let's make it into a game:
>>who can suggest the weirdest totem.

who can possibly go past the native mole rat for a silly shaman?

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The Politician's Slogan
'You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all
of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
Fortunately only a simple majority is required.'
****************************************************************************

Mad Hamish

Hamish Laws
h_laws@**********.sandybay.utas.edu.au
Message no. 4
From: Damon Wilson <damontw@****.com>
Subject: Re: Shamen
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 96 23:43 MST
At 02:03 PM 2/26/96 +1000, you wrote:
>You can have all sorts of fun with this:-) Let's make it into a game:
>who can suggest the weirdest totem.

How about Silk Worm? (more to come...one at a time of course).

Damon Wilson

damontw@****.com
Message no. 5
From: "A Halliwell" <u5a77@**.keele.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Shamen
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 14:46:02 +0000 (GMT)
|
|>The Duck-billed platypus. (beat that for a weird totem...)
|
|Check that out for a wierd animal, a mammal which lays eggs, swims has a
|bill like a duck and poison spines. I'm going to have to come out with an
|awakened version of it.
|Hummh, I wonder if aboriginal cave paintings could be grimoires....
|
|>I imagine you'd have to act like one of the platypus brothers from Tazmania.
|
|Who???

Don't tell me you've never heard of the new(ish) Warner Brothers cartoon
Tazmania? (Based around Taz, the tasmanian devil of Bugs Bunny fame.)

The Platypus Brothers are regular characters.
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Message no. 6
From: "Paul J. Carmen" <odin@*********.educationconnection.k12.ct.us>
Subject: Re: Shamen
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 13:35:07 -0500
At 11:43 PM 2/25/96 MST, you wrote:
>At 02:03 PM 2/26/96 +1000, you wrote:
>>You can have all sorts of fun with this:-) Let's make it into a game:
>>who can suggest the weirdest totem.
>
>How about Silk Worm? (more to come...one at a time of course).

Umm how about Dung Beetle? Ack!
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Message no. 7
From: "Lucifer" <MFISHER@*****.vinu.edu>
Subject: Re: Shamen
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 13:54:50 -5
>
> Umm how about Dung Beetle? Ack!
>
>

Hey! I already said that! :-)
Lucifer
Prince of Darkness, Eater of Souls

"To the living one owes respect, to the Dead one owes
only Truth."-Voltaire
Message no. 8
From: seb@***.ripco.com (Sebastian Wiers)
Subject: Re: Shamen
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 18:17:10 -0600 (CST)
> >>who can suggest the weirdest totem.
> Umm how about Dung Beetle? Ack!

This actually came up in our campaign- we have an egytian type magical
group, and were puzzling out what the gods would be like. A magically active
priest of ra would effectively be a Dung Beetle shaman, or a sun druid. We
decided it was one of the benign insect spirits.

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--Seb
Message no. 9
From: h_laws@**********.utas.edu.au
Subject: Re: Shamen
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 11:23:26 -1000
>Don't tell me you've never heard of the new(ish) Warner Brothers cartoon
>Tazmania? (Based around Taz, the tasmanian devil of Bugs Bunny fame.)
>
>The Platypus Brothers are regular characters.

well if it's new it'll probably make it to Australia within, oh, ten years
or so.

****************************************************************************
The Politician's Slogan
'You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all
of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
Fortunately only a simple majority is required.'
****************************************************************************

Mad Hamish

Hamish Laws
h_laws@**********.sandybay.utas.edu.au
Message no. 10
From: "A Halliwell" <u5a77@**.keele.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Shamen
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 14:31:59 +0000 (GMT)
|
|>Don't tell me you've never heard of the new(ish) Warner Brothers cartoon
|>Tazmania? (Based around Taz, the tasmanian devil of Bugs Bunny fame.)
|>
|>The Platypus Brothers are regular characters.
|
|well if it's new it'll probably make it to Australia within, oh, ten years
|or so.

It's not *that* new. I'd say about 3 or 4 years old now.....
(So you only have to wait 6 years)
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______________________________________________________________________________
| |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in |
|u5a77@**.keele.ac.uk |the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you can't |
| |move, with no hope of rescue. |
|Andrew Halliwell |Consider how lucky you are that life has been good |
|Principal in:- |to you so far... |
|Comp Sci & Visual Arts | -The BOOK, Hitch-hikers' guide to the galaxy. |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Words the Americans can't use on the internet (but i can ;) | GCv3.1 |
|fuck, shit, cunt, tit, abortion, asshole, cock, penis, twat, |GCS/FA>$ |
|bitch, (anal rape tag), midget, tossing, plutonim 232, |d---(dpu) |
|(alt.binaries.hamster.ducttape.watersports), assasinate, |s+/- a- C++ |
|rebellion, fertilizer, explosives, anarchy, babyoil, fornicate,|U N++ K- w--|
|POE, weather, underground, subgenius, Bill Clinton, kidnap, |M+/++ PS+++ |
|socks, suicide, machine, marijuana, LSD |PE- Y t+ 5++|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|X+/++ R+ tv+|
| Thank You Big Brother... |b+ D G e>PhD|
| (add this to your .sig) |h/h+ !r! !y-|
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