From:	TalonMail <TalonMail@***.COM>
Subject:	Shadowrun without magic?
Date:	Thu, 7 May 1998 10:53:28 EDT

There have been many posts and speculations on the list recently to the effect
that "FASA is reducing/removing magic from Shadowrun." Speaking as the guy who
is hard at work on the Magic chapter for Shadowrun 3 and what will probably be
the largest Magic Sourcebook Shadowrun has ever seen, I have to tell you that
nothing could be further from the truth.

FASA and Mike Mulvihill know full well that the magic/fantasy elements of
Shadowrun are some of the game's greatest strengths, that seperated SR from
all the other "cyber/dark future" RPGs. There is NO plan to remove magic from
SR.

There is an effort to balance the fantasy elements with more technology,
politics, corporate action, and such. As people have pointed out, there was a
point where every major event in the Sixth World was triggered by a
spirit/dragon/immortal elf, and that took away from the other things that are
cool about Shadowrun, like the Matrix, cybertech, the corps and all that other
stuff. Products like Cyberpirates and Blood in the Boardroom are addressing
that.

I'm disappointed by the number of folks who think FASA isn't heading in the
right direction with Shadowrun. I've been very proud to work with Mike on the
game in the past few years. If you do feel SR is going the wrong way, all I
can tell you is to fill out your product response cards and let FASA know what
you like and what you don't like. And, as Bull pointed out, send in a product
proposal or two.

Okay, back to work on the magic stuff.

Take care,
Steve