From:	Ubiquitous <weberm@*******.net>
Subject:	Re: [SR2] Spirit Appearance
Date:	Tue, 10 Sep 1996 17:04:53 -0400 (EDT)

At 12:03 PM 9/10/96 +0100, Gurth wrote:

>If you look at the magic sourcebook for ED, elementals there are not
>something you just whistle up to perform two or three services for you
>before you kick them out of the door again. SR's magic level is still
>rising, so this could/would be the future for elementals in SR as well.

I think that's due to the "belief shapes magic" theory, which states that
the caster's beliefs affect the magic he casts. Since everyone in the 5th
world thinks elementals are mindless, that's how they appear.

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