From:	steven mancini <mancinis@******.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Subject:	Magic + Matrix = ???
Date:	Thu, 24 Sep 92 23:42:01 EST

]
] >>>>>[Dear Mr. Psuedo, this subject has bin descussed for about a
] half a year ago. Unfortunadly i do not recall, if ther was made an
] summonry on the subject. IMHO Matrix and magic IS posible to mix,
] this however usualy don't work out wery well. Depending on your game
] things like the Matrix is a 'complex manufactured object', and
] therfor every magical success targetnumber is 9+. Now some of us
] have heard about decker/mages witch is truly an interesting arch-
] type, these tecnomancers wodt be a superior asset for eny teame.
] This consept was so fassinating to a frend of mine that he went
] and got a datajack, being a hermatic mage the prinsips of decking
] was'nt that fare away from the matematic parts of magic, or so he
] clamed. Ewerything was going well until the time that he jackt in,
] then ewerything fragt up. He simply coudn't make enything happen,
] in other worts all he's targetnumbers was increased by hes Magic
] attribut. Of cours this cout be a unik case, but this is up to
] you to deside. Everybody please comment on this subject.]<<<<<
] -Icebreaker (13:19:29/23-09-92)
]

>>>>>[ Actually, we had an experiment very similar to this in the
Labyrinth. A friend of mine, also a hermetic mage, lost magic
so he decided to get him self a datajack. In the end he
provided a barrage of rational reasons for it- vehicle control,
employing a smartgun link, the pocket computer and his hermetic
library on disk, etc...
The amazing thing was that once he jacked-in, shifting his
consciousness to a place that was neither his physical form nor
astral space, his elementals, attending in service went
uncontrolled! After tearing up have my warehouse, we finally
slagged that free bugger. He lost just those that he had called
into service earlier that day; the remaining elementals, where-
ever the hell they stay til called into service, were unaffected.
The next step is to try the same experiment with a Shaman...
Perhaps even an Eagle Shaman... yeah I like that. Frag, I could
finally get my PhD in Magic Theory for this work!]<<<<<
-Minotaur, Troll Samurai


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