| From: | Bull <chaos@*****.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Totems |
| Date: | Fri, 18 Jul 1997 17:16:59 -0400 |
>At 00:00 18/07/97 +1000, Glenn Munro wrote:
>>I have to disagree here. Hermetic mages study to learn their magic often
>>using mathematical formulas and the like. Those that even bother to try you
>>would expect to have average and above willpowers. Then with the shamanic
>>tradition why would a totem choose low willpowered individuals? The totem
> ^^^^^^^
>>wants to advance its own cause and would choose the best people for that
>>job and people with low willpower generally would not suit.
>
><grin> What?!?! Damn. I thought totems were just a convenient mental
>magical crutch for the shaman. No more real than any other hallucination.
></grin>
>
>Seriously though. Have the members of this list concluded that the totems
>are real - objectively and substantively real? This seems a bit too AD&Dish
>for me.
>
This REALLY gets into a wierd area, where you will get lots of varied
opinion, but yes, i think the list consensus is that Totems are real, i one
way or another. Now, go ask what a Totem is, and you'll get a dozen
different answers, but most will agree that Totems are real, in one way or
another.
In my personal game, they are very real, and very undefined...;]
Bull
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