From:	Matti Aistrich <aistrich@********.hkkk.fi>
Subject:	Astral images
Date:	Fri, 3 May 1996 13:38:53 +0300 (EET DST)

On Sun, 28 Apr 1996, A Halliwell wrote:

> In addition, in games I've played in and run, you see the astral image of
> the mage..... (Chosen by the player (or GM for NPCs) on creation...)
>
> For example, one of my characters, Inferno, looks like a burning man on the
> Astral plane.
>
> This also reflects the short piece of fiction in ShR II, when explaining the
> astral plane.
>
> (The one with the mage and his apprentice. The mage is an old man
> physically, but astrally he looks strong, powerfull, muscular, etc....)
>
I remember that fiction part, but I always thought it was a
representation of his magical power, not an image chosen by him to the
extent that one would create a burning man or something of that kind.

What is other people's take on this? Can a mage form his astral image to
almost the same degree as a decker can form his presentation in the Matrix?

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