From:	Wolfchild <nathan.olsen@*******.MSUS.EDU>
Subject:	Re: RM Tarot Mage in SR
Date:	Thu, 14 May 1998 14:50:50 -0500

From: Alfredo B Alves
> Right now, I've only got the RM book to go on and the original Spell
> Lists were 1 list for each of the suits (rods, swords, cups, pentacles)
> plus Major and Minor Arcana each had their own spell lists... btw, Cups
> in the RM was clearly health oriented... Swords should be changed to go
> with Combat enhancing Spells / Wind elementals / elemental effects ...
> Rods or pentacles would be manipulations ... Rods associated with
> elemental Fire, Pentacles with earth and cups with water ... :/ oh
> well...

just to clear some of this up, elemental water is traditionally associated
with health magick in most pagan traditions. however i do not feel that
rpg magic really needs to copy traditional magick. i mean how boring
would that be? when i roleplay, i want to throw fireballs and lightning
bolts dammit!

having said that, i suggest using the elemental associations used in tarot
with the spell catagories normally used in SR. (ie. wands-fire-combat,
cups-water-illusion, swords-air-detection, pentacles-earth-manipulation)
this still leaves the major arcana, which many people seem to be having a
hard time finding a use for. why not use them for conjuring? that seems
to make perfect sense to me.

minor arcana --> spellcasting
major arcana --> conjuring

it's simple and it stays fairly honest to both SR and tarot.

Wolfchild
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