From:	Jeremiah Stevens <jeremiah@********.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Pascifist Mages
Date:	Sun, 7 Dec 1997 19:05:31 -0500

On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Blue dragon wrote:

> I have desighned this new decker mage named after myself.Well I wanted
> yalls feed-back on his spelllist,so heres his list(he is a
> semi-pascifist,and has a geas againt killing unless it it done with
> electricity):
> Stun-bolt:5
> stun-ball:5
> stun-missle:5
> stun-blast:5
> lightning bolt:6
> spark:4
> mana-barrier:5
> barrier:5
> heal:6
> imp. invisibility:4
>
He doesn't seem like much of a pacifist to me. Just because he only uses
one method for killing people, he still feels it's okay to kill, which
means he's not a pacifist.

About the spells, why so many stun so many stun based ones? A few
control-type (control thoughts, actions, emotions) spells would be
excellent, as restraint type spell. A real pacifist would not waste time
learning all those combat spells, and I don't think any smart mage would
spend all the that time and karma to learn essentially the same spell in 4
different forms.

A description of the character explaining why he considers himself a
pacifist, but can not only kill with electricity, but took that as a geas.
One would think that a pacifist would take a prohibition on killing as a
geas.

Also, if he's a decker, how does his moral philosophy effect his decking,
since it is quite possible to kill someone while decking (of course, it's
done with elcetricity- convenient :)) Further, if he is a decker, how'd
he manage to become as proficient a mage as he seems? 10 spells, all
averaging force five is no mean feat, even for a dedicated mage, let alone
a mage/decker. Cutting out the stun-spells and making him a sorcery adept
would make him more realistic, although he would still be quite powerful.