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From: Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Prometheus Unbound (was Re: Astral Magic)
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 18:41:01 EDT
In a message dated 5/20/98 11:09:12 AM US Eastern Standard Time, Nexx3@***.COM
writes:

> << You are working from a basis the spacial folds are possible for
> Shadowrun's magic. Magic is wonderful and all but in Shadowrun it is not
> a tool to do everything. It has it's own limitations like everything else.
>
> >
>
> True, it has limitations, but given the different paradigm (oops, there's
> the
> p word) that Sixth Worlders operate under, it has more possibilities to
them
> than it would to a Fourth Worlder. After all, when did the concept of
space
> fold really get its theoretical basing? Mid-twentieth century, most
likely.
> Without the idea of how to do something, how could one even attempt it?
>
I can only get in on the "opposing side" this time. It has been the goals of
Mankind for eons to be able to "travel in the blink of an eye". Imaginary
carpets of magic, doorways that skipped from one room to another. the list is
almost endless. It isn't something designated by limitation of "mentality",
but by "Imagination".

-K

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