From:	Robert Watkins <robert.watkins@******.COM>
Subject:	Re: FASA's On/Off Course?
Date:	Thu, 7 May 1998 09:38:47 +1000

Nexx writes:
>> From: Adam J <fro@***.AB.CA>
>
>> While I could have worded my statement alot better, I stand by it --
>Magic
>> isn't all that makes Shadowrun Shadowrun.
>
>True, but its a major ingredient in what makes our Shadowrun our
>Shadowrun. You take it out, and it tastes like a cake where someone
>forgot the baking soda.


<clueless look>
You put baking soda in cake??
</clueless look>

Okay, just to make this contribution to the debate slightly more intelligent
than that (I'll be the first to admit that I "make" my cakes by going to the
local bakery), magic is _not_ the be-all and end-all of Shadowrun, anymore
than decking or rigging is. I've run a few campaigns in Shadowrun with
little or no magic, or decking, or rigging.

I must admit that I'd be sad to see magic taken out of SR. It is, IMHO, SR's
distinguishing characteristic that it does have the fantasy element.

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