From:	jeff <WFREEMAN@*****.BITNET>
Subject:	initiation rare? B.S.!
Date:	Thu, 29 Oct 92 16:34:34 CST

In reply to J. Earl Williams' comments on initiation: Sorry, but the rules make
it far easier to initiate than to find a clinic. It's simple IF you have the K
arma to spare (yeah, right. that happens so often with mages). Say you wanted t
o become a level 0 initiate. Just spend 18 karma (at most) and poof! you're the
re! Like magic! (pun intended). It's called self-initiation, and it cuts out a
lot of the grief GM's can give players (that's why it more expensive than group
initiation).

As to the non game rule reasons J.E.W. listed- look, if I just spent 18 #$$%&@@
#$% KARMA, MY HARD-EARNED-AND-I-ALMOST-DAMN-WELL-BOUGHT-THE-FARM-TO-GET-IT-KARM
A, to advance, my totem had better damn well think I'm ready for it/ worthy of
it, otherwise I'm selling my magical secrets and using the nuyen to buy cyberwa
re!!!!

This isn't meant as a flame, just an explanation that initiation doesn't have t
o be difficult to acquire, just damn costly in Karma

Ciao,
Jeff