From:	Forgotten Horror <phinar@**.CENCOM.NET>
Subject:	Re: Enchanting in the city, etc.
Date:	Mon, 19 Jun 1995 02:57:12 EDT

Let me begin by saying that while arguing with Bob (his *universal
agreement* is usually hard-won if won at all), I brought out the same
points. Should it be allowed? Heck yeah. I wanna see the magician who
can pull it off. I also wanna see what kinda *hell* the GM puts him
through to get it made. (First you need the factory-grade equipment,
then the orichalcum, then the tendon from a Great Western Dragon's
posterior tail musculature, ad nauseum). But sure, why not? Make one
hell of an adventure or 6.

As far as enchanting goes, the list is right on (thus I quote it so it
lives in our short term memories). Figure, as Jean-Paul Sartre, among
others, has expressed, that the curious perversion we call a city is
simply an extension of nature, expressed through the human creature.
SR makes some kind of assumption that it is possible to turn away from
this "nature," but is it, really? Is the toxic shaman truly working
against nature? Or merely in a manner which we perceive as perverse? I
argue the latter.


> 1. Anything decomposing, found in a dumpster
> 2. A cop (alive/dead/unconcious)
> 3. A doughnut (from the cop)
> 4. A gang member (see number 2)
> 5. a dead cat
> 6. ten random pieces of junk food from the corner stuffer shack
> 7. a soundclip of annoying music
> 8. a parking ticket
> 9. a piece of road surface
> 10. a brick with one face heavily graphittied
>
>etc, ad infinitum ,ad nauseum...

Much like the concept of "found materials," anything, when properly
shaped to express its nature, could be a potential piece of magical
apparatus. I would dearly love to hear the street shaman explain to
me, however, exactly *how it is* he's going to impregnate that parking
ticket with the requisite orichalcum for enchanting. I would be very,
very amused.

How about these little relics, though:
Boom box or car stereo (urban renewal focus)
1" thick platform shoes (physical mask focus)
stolen Lone Star badge (power focus)
leather riding crop or rubber clothing (fetish focus)

The potential for amusement and role-playing depth justifies any
extremes the character could reach for. So long as the potential is
utilized, of course.


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