| From: | Jani Fikouras <feanor@**********.UNI-BREMEN.DE> |
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| Subject: | Re: SR's Poor Magic System, IMHO! |
| Date: | Fri, 9 Jun 1995 14:22:11 +0200 |
> I
> seem to be the only other person willing to read such long posts ;)
Well we did have a rather impressing amount of posts in the last few
days :)
> As far as I saw it, adepts (and the restrictions on them) are explained by
> the nature of magical ability in ShadowRun - it's a genetic trait, and
> you're either born with it or not. Taking this a step further (and judging
> from the novels) it would seem that you're either born a mage or a shaman or
> whatever. So a sorcery adept is born with the ability to cast spells, but
> their 'magus factor' (the genetic structure that gives magical ability) is
> incomplete, so they lack the ability to astrally percieve and so on.
> Likewise a shamanic adept is born with their powers - just those, no more
> and no less.
I fully agree with you. However there are some things that still need
some explaining as far as I am concerned i.e. the "synchronising auras"
ability of sorcerer adepts. Or the "intelligent choise" of elements by
ememental/shamanic adepts (if thats not WYTIWYG then I dont know what is).
But on the whole the gene thing is a very acceptable and logical
explanation.
> BTW, I think that WYTIWYG is a big cop out as well. Why can't we just accept
> that some things simply 'are'? Gravity exists, but we don't really
> understand how or why it works beyond a theoretical level. Yet I don't feel
> the need to 'explain' it by saying WYTIWYG - I just accept that gravity
> 'is', in much the same way that I just accept that glass 'is' transparent on
> the astral plane.
To that I can only say that you have a very different worldview than I :)
To me its not enough to know that gravity "simply exists" I want to know about
fields and stuff. And this is what WYTIWYG is all about, knowledge.
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