From:	TopCat <topcat@******.net>
Subject:	RE: Mages vs Shamans
Date:	Tue, 14 May 1996 15:27:29 -0500

>>Well, it started when I really decided to play a mage. The GM took one look
>>at him and said (and I quote) "yikes". I asked him what the deal was
and he
>>started asking me quesitons about how I would run the character (mainly my
>>high force/low drain theory combined with my elemental gang theory combined
>>with my D resources and B skills theory). I didn't use locks, I didn't use
>>foci of any sort. The karma I got for my background went to sorcery skill
>>(which became an 8).

>Where's your sorcery library? Your conjuring library? Your web of magical
>contacts? What about those low-power spells you started learning on, huh?
>What did you do, just forget them? Where's your grasp of magical theory?
>What about a social life? How did you get those skills? What were you
>doing with so FEW!!!
>That's my answer. :)

There was no question, but here's my reply...

This character was for a corporate campaign in which the characters would be
responsible for personnel security (and securing) operations. Part of the
benny's of the job were use of the corp libraries and labs. My sorcery and
conjuring skills were 8 (raised from 6) and 4, my magical theory was a 7
(hermetic concentration). He was an avid rock-climber (6 athletics skill,
concentrated in climbing) and a member of a magical fraternity in college,
where he excelled in his classes and was eventually recruited by the corp.
He spoke Spanish fairly fluently (4) and had picked up corporate graces from
his family (corp etiquette 3), who had been attached to the corporation for
years.

He despised wearing armor as it felt much too bulky to him and he liked a
free range of motion. The corporation ordered him to wear an armored jacket
but he stripped out some of the padding and plates (to get it down to a 4/2)
so he'd feel more comfortable.

Spell-wise, he had spells like overstimulation and stimulation from college
training. The corp trained him in barrier, mana barrier and mana missile
(all fetish exclusive) so he could perform his assigned tasks.

There's the character in a nutshell, I think I've got him around here
somewhere still, so maybe I'll post some of his stuff if I ever find it again.

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