From:	dreamwvr@******.co.za (dreamwvr)
Subject:	Re: Spirit Appearance
Date:	Thu, 5 Sep 1996 15:18:41 -0200 (GMT)

>>How does one add summoning successes to keep a specific elemental around?
>>I'm sure the earth elementalist in our group would like to find out how this
>>is done. He'd use them less sparingly (he only seems to use them in the
>>direst of situations and as a consequence, he hasn't had any of them survive
>>to the last service)
>
>According to the Grimoire, the conjurinf mage can perform a ceremony on an
>already bound elemental to either increase the number of services or
>"repair" banishing damage.

I don't like this rule. The main reason being that it conflicts what I view
spirits as. In my mind, spirits are living entities with a will of their
own. The only reason they listen to the mage is because of the magical hold
he has over them.

They exist on their plane and are brought over by magic. The more powerful
elementals/spirits can come over by themselves - free spirits. This is not
an all encompassing rule.

Basically, I see spirits as entities with their own personalities and thus
it leads to better RPing, respect by the summoner for the power he's
wielding and a more realistic approach to spirits.