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From: Ubiquitous <weberm@*******.net>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Spirit Appearance
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 17:14:42 -0400 (EDT)
At 12:00 PM 9/5/96 -0500, Galan wrote:
>On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, Ubiquitous wrote:

>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?

OK, but I don't presume that all spirits have free will to begin with.
I feel that nature spirits do, especially spirits of man, but elementals?
Nahh...

>> 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).

Perhaps Kyle's elementals had been rebonded many many times and developed
personalities?

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