From:	"Galen \"Marphod\" Silversmith" <argentum@****.isca.uiowa.edu>
Subject:	Re: Spirit Appearance
Date:	Thu, 5 Sep 1996 12:00:57 -0500

On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, Ubiquitous wrote:
> At 03:18 PM 9/5/96 -0200, you wrote:
>
> >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.

I missed the origonal post, so I;ll respond here:

If a spirit has a free will, whats to stop them from liking the conjurer?
Or, at least, suffering from the same symptomes that make hostages make
excuses for their kidnappers?

> It does for nature spirits, but not for elementals. Has there ever been
> an elemental with a personality, like a nature spirit?

Yeah.... Dunno about in the RPG books, but there are a handful of
intersting ones in Burning Bright (and, intestingly, the elementals seem
to show concern for one another, too).

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