From:	Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
Subject:	Re: Prometheus Unbound (was Re: Astral Magic)
Date:	Wed, 20 May 1998 17:52:11 -0400

At 05:12 PM 5/20/98 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-05-20 15:00:24 EDT, you write:
>
><< I'd also be willing to be that the number of "Double Domes" as the
Grimmy
> calls them would be increasing, those individuals with a strong footing in
> both magical theory and some physical science or other (likely physics I
> would think). >>
>
>In addition to the double-domes, you'd have a good number of kooks. What
if a
>trekkie were a latent mage? <snipped>


Actually, Nexx ol'chap, what you describe there is a self-made tradition,
as described in Awakenings.

What you describe is someone using another belief system (science and
treknology included) to explain their magic. What I'm describing is
someone who understands both magic and physics (or whatever) as two
seperate fields of study and is looking for ways to link to two in a
rational scientific manner.

Just as a point of curiosity, how many people have actually come across
"self-made traditions" in your SR games? I've never seen one myself.

Erik J.


"Forgive me FASA for I have sinned. It has been 6 days since I last played
Shadowrun and 15 days since I last bought a SRTCG booster pack."