| From: | "S.F. Eley" <gt6877c@*****.GATECH.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Help wanted with an Elven Shaman. |
| Date: | Thu, 29 Jun 1995 09:03:20 -0400 |
> >very high Charisma.(max for an elf). Needless to say his usual way of
> >operating is to summon a LARGE nature spirit and use that to deal with any
> >"problems" the group has.
>
> If the runners are in London, isn't magic supposedly pretty regulated? I
> would have one of the "enemy"(you never know in Shadowrun) mages just
> "happen" to have Slay Nature Spirit(it's in the Grimoire) The actual
> context is Slay Race/Species, but I think nature spirits would count.
Errrr.... I don't think I'd go for that call in my campaign. A nature
spirit is neither a race nor a species; spirits are such a completely
different form of "life" that you would need a different sort of magic
entirely. Just like you can't banish those annoying Yakuza goons.
> If not, have one of the enemy shamans just "happen" to have an extremely
high
> Charisma and let them get a nature spirit together.
Even better if it's in Great Form. The Eagle Shaman in question probably
never bothers with such high ritual. Then the G.F. spirit chases 'em across
domain lines, where the Shaman's spirit can't go.. Zzzzzzzzip.
> Or have the enemy have
> a free spirit doing guard duty.
This has plot complications. A free spirit powerful enough to eat a nature
spirit for breakfast probably doesn't spend its time watching doorways.
But, if you can justify it, sure.
> Or, as I've suggested in another post about monowire,
> have that corp use monofilament wires across key locations(doors, windows,
> corridors, etc...)
Is this supposed to stop the spirit, or the runner? Spirits have no reason
to care about monowire.. The runner, of course, would care very much. For
a very short time.
> Or maybe someone up there from wherever nature spirits come from starts to
> notice this petty shaman summoning all his/her/it's servants and decides to
> teach him a lesson in manners and self-reliance :-)
Now THIS one I REALLY like! >8-> What wonderful justice. Since self-
reliance is one of the attributes the shaman is slipping with, perhaps Eagle
Itself would give some support to whatever comes down and teaches him
(mayhap even rendering the shaman powerless to conjure.)
Other ideas:
A high background count. REALLY high. They stumble over a ley line, and
spirit and shaman both have trouble getting their heads together.
Toxic areas. (I remember there's a large part of the British Isles that are
poisoned, but I don't have a sourcebook or map that would tell me which
area.) The shaman can't summon his spirit there, or if he does, the spirit
comes out twisted and hostile...
Null magic zones. Why? Well, the corp is wondering that too, and they've
sent their own heavily armed research team...
Finally, remember the One Great Big Limitation of nature spirits: They can't
cross domains. Hearth spirits can't be outdoors, most other spirits can't
be indoors, etc. Place the shaman practically _anywhere_ he didn't expect
to be, and then make his life suddenly interesting.
Whatever you do, it's best to place some plot around it so it doesn't look
contrived like you're out to break his spirit. (Pun only mildly intended.)
Remember, you're the Game Master, he's the player. YOU tell HIM what he
can and can't do, not vice versa.
Blessings, and Have Fun,
_TNX._
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