From:	MC23 <mc23@**********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Artificing: Enchanting that special doohickey :)
Date:	Sun, 10 May 1998 12:29:23 -0400

Once upon a time, westln@***.EDU wrote;

<snipping original quoted desires>

>Using anchoring, as the mage in my group keeps saying. It might
>last a few hours or maybe even a week. But he could never survive
>the drain to make it last years. So I don't think you can make
>a magic item that will last forever with anchoring.
>
>However, he'll summon a fire elemental and pay the karma giving it the
>task to give this sword a flaming aura when it's not in the sheath. He
>then summons a second elemental and binds it to project flame from the
>sword whenever the wielder commands. This method would last until some
>mage banishes the elementals.

Every day is a service to an elemental.

Come on people, this isn't AD$D. Stop thinking you can port every
over from one system to another. In other words everything you thought
you knew about magic from AD$D (or anyplace else) is WRONG! Magic in
Shadowrun is Shadowrun's magic. It doesn't bend but if you want it to
fine, just don't expect anybody else to accept it.

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