From:	"Jeremy \"Bolthy\" Zimmerman" <jeremy@***********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Well, here he is.
Date:	Wed, 13 May 1998 07:55:34 -0700

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> From: Katt Freyson <katt@******.NET>
> To: SHADOWRN@********.ITRIBE.NET
> Subject: Re: Well, here he is.
> Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 8:31 PM
>
> |> From: Nexx |> Sent: May 12, 1998 2:40 PM
> |> To: SHADOWRN@********.ITRIBE.NET
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> |> I always felt that Shamans covered them pretty accurately, but there
is a
> |> conceptual difference in totems and Passions.
>
> Can't agree with you there Nexx, Shamans and Questors are very
> different, more than just a conceptual difference between totems and
> Passions. The way Questors deal with their Passions is very much
different
> from how Shamans deal with their Totems, plus there is the magic that
> Shamans use, Questors may have special gifts given by their Passions, but
> that's about it. Remember, Questors believe that using Magic [or any
Earth
> Dawn Talent] is an obsenity.
>

Uh, they do? If you have a cite for it, please send it to me off list.
IIRC, rules-wise it's just another special talent you can receive, with a
lot of strictures that mostly involve supporting the philosophy of the
Passion, and countering those things that are against the beliefs of the
Passion. PCs can become one, typically after 6th circle, and otherwise
continue to be whatever discipline they are. Perhaps your thinking of
Lightbearers and blood magic?

Other than that, I do agree that Passions are different from Totems. At
best I'd say that they are similar to the Idols in the Germany source book,
and even then that isn't an entirely accurate description.