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Message no. 1
From: "C. Paul Douglas" <granite@*****.NET>
Subject: spell-shapechange
Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 10:25:13 -0400
I posted this a while back and I guess it is time to post it
again...KA*GE is accepted by FA$A as the official SR magazine..If you do
not accept their rulings so be it..But don't complain that
others do...

Here is the info on rules for shapechanging:


KA*GE, issue 7, spring 93, page 39, question 28, as follows:

28. Can Shapechange and Transform spells be used to take a form
of any size? How about something as large as a Blue Whale or a
tiny Krill?

These spells can be used to change the caster's size within limits.
You can shapechange or transform into anything which has a body within
two of the caster. That means a body 4 individual can change into
anything with a body of 2 to 6.


now that is what the mag says...obviously though, transform is used
on other people, so i would say that if used on another person, you
can change them into something +/- 2 body points based on the spell
target's body...that way, you could transform a troll with a body of
11 (max normal body) into a large bear (body 10), a rhino (body 12,
basically a troll on all fours :) ), a large shark (body 10), or
maybe a small elephant (normally body 15, but it could be a
smaller specimen, or maybe an indian vice african elephant)

the problem here is that the smallest you could make the same
troll would be something with a body of 9...so none of the old
turn the bad troll into a bunny or turtle trick...

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Message no. 2
From: Ivy Ryan <ivyryan@***.ORG>
Subject: Re: spell-shapechange
Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 12:27:18 -0700
On Wed, 25 May 1994, C. Paul Douglas wrote:

> I posted this a while back and I guess it is time to post it
> again...KA*GE is accepted by FA$A as the official SR magazine..If you do

Sorry Granite. What is printed in Ka-ge is *not* official. As though
that means a lot. ;) It is stuff anyone can use, and in their own game,
anything they use is "official" but unless it has FASA on the cover it
isn't actually an official rules change.

Ka-ge *is* however the only "magazine" with a *license* to print SRII
articles, and that is what they meant by "the official SRII magazine" I
believe. :)

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Ivy K

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