From:	Chuck Stevens <harmonix@**.NET>
Subject:	Re: [SR3] Conjuring
Date:	Tue, 29 Jul 1997 14:49:21 -0700

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> From: George Metz <W0lfstar@***.COM>
> To: SHADOWRN@********.ITRIBE.NET
> Subject: Re: [SR3] Conjuring
> Date: Tuesday, July 29, 1997 12:58 AM
>

[snip]

> FASA did indeed do their homework, as anyone in the pagan communities
who
> spends more than 10 minutes flipping through the various books will tell
> you(in sometimes flowery terms!), although this still doesn't make sense
to
> me. I can understand using charisma to see if the spirit will even
> acknowledge your existence and thus determining drain LEVEL, but I fail
to
> see how conjuring can make you less attractive to others, beyond the
> snippishness that all magicians exhibit after a lot of magical effort.
> Channelling magic to summon and (somewhat) control a spirit is mentally
> exhausting, and should therefore require a drain test on willpower. ( I
> suppose I should explain that I look upon spell drain as an odd kind of
> depletion of whatever attribute you resist it with. And regardless,
magical
> drain shouldn't be reduced because the world likes you better. Mana use
is
> Mana use, no matter what you do with it.)
>
> Wolfstar

Perhaps a Conjuring Pool (for drain resistance only?) that equals the
average of Charisma and Willpower?


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Chuck Stevens
harmonix@**.net

"If your god is so omnipotent,
why does he need my money?"
- Salmoneus
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