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From: dbuehrer@****.org (David Buehrer)
Subject: Re: Question on Loa possession
Date: Tue, 7 May 1996 06:50:52 -0600 (MDT)
Faux Pas wrote:
|
|The use of Astral Gateway is on page 79 of the Grimmything. To quote: "The
|spirit can use its astral gateway power to bring the planes into closer
|contact. The power can permit anyone, magician to non-magician, to project
|into astral space."
|
|My read of this is that the spirit in astral can allow a non-mundane to
|cross into astral space if he or she wishes. It permits [which Webster's II
|defines as consenting to, affords opportunity to, or allows] the mundane to
|step into astral. It doesn't let the Loa or spirit kidnap the character.

I'm not current on Loa, but from what you wrote would it be possible for a
Loa to open an Astral Gateway, invite a mundane through it, and then possess
the mundane?

|"Bob Guccioni's vision of Casablanca starring Pamela Anderson Lee's breasts
|as Bogart."
| -My one line review of _Barb Wire_

That is an interesting picture. Would it make a good ShadowRun movie? :)

-David

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