From:	Steven Mancini <mancinis@******.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Shamanic Adept
Date:	Thu, 18 Jun 92 11:21:40 EST

>
> Hello fellow runners,
>
"Hoi Chummer" :)

> At the back of the Grimoire it lists some new shamanic totems. The one that
> interests me is owl. Owl gets bonuses (+2 i believe )to all conjuring and
> spellcasting by night. He also has plus one to magical target numbers.

Neat totem. One of my favorites for shy players. (Owl doesn't
speak unless it has something important to say.)

> Now let me take you to the section on shamanic adepts. It states that a
> shamanic adept can cast spells and conjure spirits if he gets a bonus for
> them.

Yeah, but then they screw up and cite Raven as not being able
to become shamanic adepts. Errors so obvious, go figure! :)

> Right so my third priority is gone on adeptism. I put 4 in stats , 2 in tech
> ( 20 points for spells I believe, I'm not sure ) and one in skills.
> That gives me 17 skill points. Sorcery 6 , conjuring 4 , magical theory 4
> and probably projectile weapons ( for a centering skill later on) 3.

ENCHANTING!!! You got the grimoire, read Enchanting! This is
just a teeny Suggestion: ENCHANTING!! ENCHANTING!! ENCHANTING!!

I would worry about centering skills later. (My personal
favorite is whistling Sad Irish Ballads... )

> Well what do you think. Drop me a line and let me know.

Actually, I think by vanilla rules this isn't allowed. However,
we came up with a similar Owl Shamanic Adept. The restriction,
as we saw it, was that the Shaman has NO POWER whatsoever during
the day. We even slagged his projecting/perception ability and
attributed it to a psychological limitation inherent to the
profile of the person.

As a joke, the player thought about making the character also
HMHVV infected... that was when I stopped laughing... :)

-Steve


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