From:	"Bruce H. Nagel" <NAGELBH@******.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Mysticism [New Spells for Old,
Date:	Fri, 11 Jul 1997 00:29:17 -0500

You wrote:
> Guaranteed Conception
> Drain : (F/2)M (even with a complicated modifier added)
> Range : Touch (this is touch if nothing isn't)
> Type : Physical (actually, it can Mana as well, similar to Heal/Treat)

> It was used in the games to acquire possibly the most unique arcana I have
> ever had at any time. The Newborn Embryo.
Ick. I don't think we need to go here. This sort of idea crops up in games
like Kult, where it does belong, but not here. Unless you are *really* not
playing something resembling the ShadowRun I know and love. Gritty, yeah,
gratuitously grisly and unpleasant, no.

> Those were moral implications that still rock the games here to this day
> (after 3 months).

Developing a fetus for the purposes of using it as magical materials?
Can you say... blood magic? You're really walking the fine line on this one,
lots of mages would take an interest in booting someone who put such a spell to
such uses. I can see you being hunted over this sort of thing, if for no other
reason than mucking up the limited good reputation magicians have.

losthalo