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From: Tim Cooper <tpcooper@***.CSUPOMONA.EDU>
Subject: Re: Astral link
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 12:17:22 -0800
On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Sascha Pabst wrote:

> On 6 Dec 96 at 11:07, Guido Hoelker wrote:
>
> > You are both right:
> > The mage's body can be removed and isn't immediately to find, but there is
> > an astral link which yo can follow (if you're good enough..)
> > So he should have allowed you a test, the cruel guy..
> Sez who?
> SRII p.146 describes how to find the body (Effects of Astral Projection), but
> not a word about strange "astral links" to follow. Please elaborate (and
> _please_ do not use fanpro references - they're not worth the money they arwe
> printed on, IMHO.
>

Just about every other game that uses the whole "Astral Projection"
concept (in one form or another) mentions a little silvery cord that
connects you back to your body...it's like an astral umbilical cord. It's
most likely a hold over from that.

~Tim

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