From:	"J. Keith Henry" <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject:	Re: SR/ED ties (slight rant)
Date:	Sun, 6 Jul 1997 12:49:47 -0400

In a message dated 97-07-06 08:31:25 EDT, u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK (Spike)
writes:

> | !) is SR magic a limited form of adept magic or is a new form
alltogether,
> |maybe Psionics?
>
> Nope. It's very limited adept magic. Think about it.
> A quickening viewed from astral resembles a thread. We just haven't
figured
> out how to weave them into REALLY powerful spells.... Yet.....
>
And I hope it never does. No offense guys, one of the reasons I dropped AD&D
is because it became very obvious that people, read as players, were just
hooked on getting lots of powers/magic/abilities and become something nasty.
I liked the fact that in order to get magical power above the old 5th level
of spells (give or take) required nasty ritual magic. Even Limited Wish
just irked me.

And then comes along ED, with spells that can level cities, adept powers that
rival the Spice Melange (spelling?) in pure form, and who knows what else...

Sounds like it'll destroy SR to me...
(sorry for the rant)