From:	BigDaddy <bigdaddy@*****.COM>
Subject:	insect spirits more info
Date:	Wed, 13 May 1998 22:47:29 -0400

howdy all,

I must make a formal apology to all who read my last post.
I didn't know the proper ettiquette yet so bear with me while i adapt to
your standards. But don't forget I gotz my own style and it will slip in
from time to time ;). So here goes nothing.

Insect spirits i found are not that much discussed or explored in. When
i searched for
"Shadowrun", then "Insect spirits", "Insect totems", or
"Bugs", i came
up with only 13 hits at most, and most talk about "Bug City". Now taking
from the letters i got back there are more than 13 peopold who are
interested in this. This is what i gleaned from the pages. Most of the
spirits are harmful, the cockroach, bees, wasp, ant, termite, fly, etc.
They seek only to better the hive or themselves. The only 2 i found that
didnt were the butterfly and mantis. I searched deeper and no other
insects were mentioned outside of "bug city", or the "ub". I found
"Target:UCAS", but nothing in there.


Now onto the creation of some of these totems. I got back some info on
aphids, what they are. Ugly little buggers that infest everything. Close
to locusts, which is another good totem to create! But, the spider
seems very interesting. There was an adventure out there BB style with
the SR2 info in it called "Total Eclipse". This had a character in it
with a spider as his totem i believe? (need some more info for that
one!)
But unfortunately it doesnt give any details on what a spider shaman
does? This insect i believe will be an ideal one to create(even tho im
spooked by em ;) ). Spiders are loners by nature, build entrapments to
catch prey, breed like mad, and are highly intellegent. They lack the
fierceness of the beetle and cockroach, excepet when the web is
penetrated, but make up for it due to their speed and agility.

So folks what should i make the pros and cons up to be? bonus to agility
and quickness or intelengence?
increased ferocity when home invaded(i think all insects have this
tho.????) Cons when it comes to strength?
I want this to be as close to a FASA created one as possible so any
support you can suggest, anything @ all will be appreciated if not
loved!!!!

ps below is a link to where i found a ton of totems insect and
other





http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~wigs/Srun/Magic/Shamanic/Totems/totems.html
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