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Message no. 1
From: Tim Kerby <tkerby@***.NET>
Subject: Sorcerer adepts and initiation
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 1995 21:29:05 +0500
Hello all!
I just got the Grimoire and, of course, my brief perusal has left me
with a few questions. First of all, if I read it right, a sorcerer adept that
initiates cannot use quickening according to a reference on pg. 45, "..the
magician must use astral perception to 'keep the spell in sight' the whole
time he is sustaining it...", or dispelling same page "The magician must
assence the spell to try and dispel it." As we all know, sorcerer adepts
cannot perceive or project onto the astral plane. Please refer me to other
references in the book if I missed something. Thanks.
Another point: how could an adept successfully mask? Having never seen the
astral plane or auras, how could the adept manipulate his aura correctly? It
seems to me that the only metamagic a sorcerer adept benefits from is
centering, shielding, and anchoring. And of course, increased Magic Attribute.

____TIM KERBY___|=============================================================
tkerby@***.net |"Never relax. Your run might be over, but someone, somewhere,
drekhead@***.com| is just starting his and the target could be you."
________________|
Message no. 2
From: Tim Kerby <tkerby@***.NET>
Subject: Re: Sorcerer adepts and initiation
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 1995 23:50:07 EDT
On Sat, 7 Oct 1995 22:44:13 -0400 (EDT) Stephen F. Eley wrote:

>Tim Kerby writes:
>
>> I just got the Grimoire and, of course, my brief perusal has left me
>> with a few questions. First of all, if I read it right, a sorcerer adept that
>> initiates cannot use quickening according to a reference on pg. 45, "..the
>> magician must use astral perception to 'keep the spell in sight' the whole
>> time he is sustaining it...", or dispelling same page "The magician
must
>> assence the spell to try and dispel it." As we all know, sorcerer adepts
>> cannot perceive or project onto the astral plane. Please refer me to other
>> references in the book if I missed something. Thanks.
>
>Nobody said they couldn't astrally perceive.. They just can't astrally
>project. (That's the way I interpret it, at least.. Someone please correct
>me if I'm wrong.)
>
Well, the book says they can't. See pg. 124, SRII. It says "The principal
difference (and it is an important one) between a magical adept and a full
magician is that the adept has no access to astral space. A magical adept
cannot use astral perception or projection at all." In light of that, have would
you respond to my original query?

>> Another point: how could an adept successfully mask? Having never seen the
>> astral plane or auras, how could the adept manipulate his aura correctly? It
>> seems to me that the only metamagic a sorcerer adept benefits from is
>> centering, shielding, and anchoring. And of course, increased Magic Attribute.

>Same thing as above. The Physical Adept in my campaign initiated recently,
>and I let her pick up Masking on a limited basis, despite not having astral
>perception. I figured that concentration and emotional self-control would
>allow her to tone down her aura enough to fool most non-initiated magicians
>most of the time, although she'd have no hope of masking against any sort of
>initiate.

I like that, allowing the use of masking on a limited basis. It makes sense.


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