Message no. 1

From:	"Mark Steedman" <M.J.Steedman@***.rgu.ac.uk>
Subject:	Voodoo : was re: (body theft)
Date:	Fri, 4 Oct 1996 08:50:09 GMT

Caric writes
>
> > Actually there is a spell to accomplish this..It came out in a 5 part
> > series in White Wolf Mag from '92-'93 in a NewOrleans
i only have the Jan/Feb 93 bit but, that has the rules+spells.

> > sourcebook/adventure..And the whole thing seems to have been sanctioned
> > by FASA...Of course the magic is all voodoo..Possesion instead of
> > replacing the astral form replaces the conciousness of the victim with
> > that of the caster..the victim's mind is shunted into a void until the
> > spell is dropped..while the spell is in effect the caster may use not
> > only their own abilities and magic they are able to use the target's
> > special abilities and physical attributes...
> >
>
> IMHO the rules set forth in White wolf regarding voodoo are better than the
> ones outlined in awakenings.
The Houngan rules in Awakening are also ok, ok it does get a bit
complex at times.
I also have a couple of web sets both of which contain stuff that is
FAR too powerful. These are also very different to the WW and FASA
versions.

> I actually played a Houngan using the White
> Wolf magazine rules and abandoned him because the voodoo personality didn't
> fit me, but the rules were IMO workable and fair. And they added color.
> Curious as to any others who may have used either set of rules, and what
> they thought.
>
I used the Awakenings rules and White Wolf spells (converted to 2nded
with GR2, takes a while but reasonably easy, just watch those
((force/2)+6)D drain codes :) ) for an adventure. Worked fine, and
i'm still not sure anyone ever worked out what was going on.
Either set of rules (WW or FASA) is ok as far as i am concerned.
I really like the WW 'Full Stomach' spell i just wish the PC i hit
with it had failed the body roll :(, would have been funny.

> One more danger for the astrally projecting mage?
> Between this and that new astral viris I may never project again!!
> <shudder> :)
I don't think much of this grabbing bodies, its a 'no defence you're
fragged' anti projecting macigians thing. If you have problems with
astral scouts a few watcher to trigger the alarm will usually do.
In a world where magic is rare
We got a mage snooping about astral = Shadowrunners comming!! load
all weapons, call out the swat team, matrix active alert! Someone
tell Knight Errant :)
The 'you get seen they will guess a runs comming' effect makes one
careful using astral scout as soon as the power levels reach
reasonable corps.

>
> Caric
>
Mark