From:	Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject:	Re: Prometheus Unbound (long)
Date:	Tue, 19 May 1998 16:21:38 EDT

In a message dated 5/19/98 1:21:02 PM US Eastern Standard Time, erikj@****.COM
writes:

> Again, I'll grant you most of this. But do you think that Sammy the Sam
> needs to know anything more about his Ares MP-Laser other than how to use
> it? Typically, that's all he needs to now (how many runners do you see
> with Firearms B/R? they are few and far between). A lot of shadowrunning
> magicians would be like this also, implementing new magical solutions
> without necessarily understanding even the root question. There's a reason
> why Magical Theory lags behind Sorcery and Conjuring, because theory isn't
> a whole lot of help in the middle of a firefight.
>
Actually, Magic Theory does help a LOT, especially if the group is in the
middle of a "flight" situation, where they are pulling out and they need to
rework whatever the hell it is they just encountered.

Opposable Force Magic leaves traces of it's "aura" (it's astral fingerprint in
this case) behind on those that have been influenced or "tainted" by it.
Assensing that can uncover ideas and opposable forces to the oppositions'
forces. It's an unspoken rule of magical practice, encounter in the field
experience is WAY beyond anything in the lab.

Hence, the "Mother of Necessities" concept.

-K