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From: Lady Jestyr <jestyr@*******.DIALIX.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: Magic and the Matrix
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 09:11:34 +1000
> That said, I think it's highly inaccurate to say that just because
> something doesn't appear in a current supplement, it's no longer valid.
> What if someone pointed to a specific spell or phys. ad. ability from
> the main book or the grim and said "I want that one." What GM would say
> "sorry, you can't use that one, it's not in Awakenings, which is the most
> recent sourcebook on magic, and therefore, anything that's not in it
> can't be used." What GM would not allow a character to use a weapon from
> the ssc because of its not being mentioned in fof?

*grin* Reasonable point, but FOF doesn't supersede SSC. Cybertech
doesn't supersede Shadowtech. Awakenings doesn't supersede Grim. They
all ADD to the previous material.

In my understanding, though, VR2.0 SUPERSEDES and REPLACES VR1.0. In a
case like that, I think my point *is* valid.

Lady Jestyr

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