| From: | Cobra <wgallas@*****.FR> |
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| Subject: | Re: RM Tarot Mage in SR |
| Date: | Wed, 13 May 1998 23:48:41 +0200 |
>>state that the tarot mage isn't able to cast health spells. To balance
>>things, you can make tarot mages adepts or you could give more power to
>>major arcana.
>
>Well, I'm going with the "hermetic mage with Tarot theme" rather than
>"Tarot mage as some new kind of tradition" (which I think gives short
>shrift to the notion of Hermetic magic), so I figured health spells
>would fit in there somewhere. I expect that the progression through
>the Major Arcana would be useful for health spells-- I'd expect any
>healing spell to conclude with The World, for instance. Quite possibly,
>Health spells and metaplanar stuff would require the full deck, so
>an Increased Reflexes spell would require laying out a lot of wands
>as well as The Chariot and whatever else you deemed appropriate.
>Tarot could make a fine Centering skill as well: you take some extra
>time on your spellcast by arranging the cards just so.
I see health spells the same as other spells so I wasn't too pleased to
give them a so big part. Even with hermetic mage with tarot theme, you can
add some variation like not enabling health spells. IMO, major arcana would
have a very fine use with astral quests.
I wouldn't see the mage to have to assemble the cards but the cards being
some kind of progression for him. Arcana are also for doing initiation. The
mage begins with the fool (grade 0 for 0 arcane) and progresses to the
ultimate level. I agree on it being a very good centering skill too.
- Cobra.
