| From: | "I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY...IT'S BETTER TO BURNOUT THEN TO FADE |
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| Subject: | An anti-spirit/elemental slavery polyclub... |
| Date: | Fri, 16 Apr 1993 12:45:50 -0600 |
what do you get when a large group of fanatics decide that
spirits are being treated like slaves (some of these people being mages
and such), and you give them the monitary backing of some free spirits
who were treated like drek when they were allies or bound?
A: You get a great oppertunity for the GM to bring yet another twist in to
the world of shadowrun. These fanitics would be a force to keep players
on their toes, in astral space or in the mundane world. Just immagine the
number of mercenaries that this polyclub could buy. Every thirty days
any free spirits backing this 'pclub could use their wealth ability and
poof, 6d6*8000Ÿ in rare gems pop in to the 'pclubs coffers. (note: this
represents a fairly powerful free spirit) Not to mention the money that
could be pulled in by telethons, run weekly on the trid chanels that the
rich mundanes love to watch. I think that this polyclub should be the
real focus of this slavery debate, as the laws of seatle and most cities
have come to the conclusion that as long as they cannot prove that spirits
and elementals are free willed individuals, slav... ah, er, binding is legal.
Incidently, p.76 of the Grimoire II states in the section under FREE SPIRITS
that a free spirit is "a non-player character with free will, its own goals
and tastes, and everything eles that makes a character unique." This would
seem to imply that knowing or activly reaserching a free spirits true name
is an attempt to force it into servitude, ie. slavery. Also on page 64 of
the same grimthingie it is stated that "Spirits swim in the energies of
magic like dolphins--or sharks--in the bosom of the ocean. Conjuring Skill
unlocks the gates between the planes to admit spirits to the physical plane."
Sounds to me like the spirit is there before a mage chains...ah, er, binds
it to him. In the next paragraph allies are called "companions or a slave."
Kind of makes you wonder when the great socitey of the 2050's should raise
its head and say "Alright, because some people abuse their power over these
beings we are going to have to outlaw binding of spirits. We appoligize
to the mages who are not like slavers but we have to draw a line."
Well, I think that I'll let these comments stir up things a bit.]<<<<<
BurnouT
Russ Hutchison stu524636420@***.colorado.edu
