| From: | Blaidd mab Ceryddwen <MHILLIARD@******.BITNET> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Coprwight |
| Date: | Fri, 16 Apr 1993 19:20:00 EDT |
post in SHADOWRN.
logic and slavery: Ahem, The supposition that spirits do not exist before
being summoned is still baseless. Further, it is false. This is based on the
premise that Shadowrun's magick system is based on the form of magick practiced
by Native American Shamans, Witches, Druids, and Sorcerers in the real world.
Whether or not you believe, or think the above folks are looney, that IS the
basis of the system. The stuff is available at any local library. Therein, it
is written, the Elements exist in their own right. I imaging Spirits do too,
though I didn't do as much research in that area. Watchers and Allies, on the
other hand, are formed by the summoning mage. In my campaign we used Willpower,
rather than Charisma, for the tests involved there.
But I digress. I wanted to talk about copyright. Firstly, sending 'envoys' as
someone put it, to other boards where someone who knows about copyright law can
be found, is a REAL good idea, and I hope it's being done.
I would be really pissed if someone used my characters, whom I've put a lot
of time and effort into, and didn't attribute them to me. I could care less
about compensation, but I'd like my name attached.
In spite of that, I'd really like to see the MONICA affair published in some
fasion. It's just too good a story to get lost in someone's hard-drive. Maybe
FASA could be persuaded to put it in a 2nd edition of VR, in place of the
'Matrix-Born' story? Or, some people have mentioned that they're writting a
novel of it. I'd try myself, and will if no one else does, but I think that
some of the others have more skill that I in such an endeavor. In whatever
format, a short dedication page listing the participants of the original
story and their contributions to it, would satisfy me. Basically, an elaborated
version of what they did for the first Chromebook supplement to R. Talsorian
Games' Cyberpunk 2020.
Whew, that's a mouthful.
While I'm here:
To whoever posted the Dove totem: LOVED IT! Awesome!!! (Gosh, am I
behind. Don'cha hate it when the mainframe explodes?)
Dr Doom: I like your mod to the magick system. I always thougt the
Magick Attribute didn't do enough.
To his detractors: Yeah, it makes magicians more powerful. As a
practising Witch, what can I say but:
LIVE WITH IT, MUNDANES!!!!!!!!!!!!! *maniacal laughter*
To MY detractors: My point-based magick rules are working out
swimmingly, so HA!
To: Harlequin/Elf: Dummy, a Battletech gauss rifle isn't LIKE a
railgun, it IS a railgun. *thwap*!
To Twaptronics: Love the dikoted cybercarp! Have I got a use for this!
Phelan the Immortal
>=[
