| From: | Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Shadowrun without magic? |
| Date: | Thu, 7 May 1998 15:16:23 -0400 |
>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.
Yippee! Hey Steve, any vague ideas of when that Big Book O'Magic might
possibly be in our grubby little hands? I'm drooling over that.
>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 hoping that this balancing act will continue on with SR3; I'm expecting
it in fact. Mike seems to have gone through an awful lot of trouble to get
tings moving in this direction and I would hate for it to be blown
off-course by something.
>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.
Actually, Steve, I think it's mostly just your normal bitchin' and moanin'
that is common on any list. I think most people are generally happy with
what FASA is doing, but I think that there are those that are nervous about
what will happen next. IE's and the like are being pushed back to the
background; will FASA stop in time to prevent them from being totally
eliminated from canon? That's the worry methinks.
>Okay, back to work on the magic stuff.
<sound of whip crack>
Get back to work MagicBoy!
</sound of whip crack>
BTW, Steve, do you know the status on the new addition to the Mulvihill
family?
The last time we heard big non-game news out of FASA it was the death of
Nigel; I think many of us here would like to congratulate Mike and Sharon
on a more happy occassion for FASA. I already did, sneaking it into
another e-mail I sent him.
Hey, maybe we could do like what we did with Nigel and have Adam send a
"list card," an e-mail expressing our congratulations from the entire list
in one e-mail.
Put my name on the "e-card" anyway.
Erik J.
Resepected Elders Relaxation Resort Activites Director
"Hey, how about a game of first edition using only the Blue Book?"
