From:	Sommers sommers@*****.edu
Subject:	Thoughts: sourcebook ideas
Date:	Tue, 13 Jul 1999 14:53:34 -0400

At 03:00 PM 7/13/99 -0400, you wrote:
> > I was always under the opinion that the action in the novels (ie Burning
> > Bright or Psychotrope) was considered cannon, but individual acts that
> > violate the rules (not projecting through a wooden wall or a human
> becoming
> > a drake) was poetic liscence.
> >
> > In other words, if it deals with history its good, if it deals with rules
> > of the game it might or might not be bad.
>
>That's probably more accurate. But a sourcebook could come out after a novel
>and contradict something in it. Probably won't, since there seems to be
>more coordination on FASA's end about that sort of thing.

Right. There were a few cases like that, but much less nowadays. I think
they're doing a pretty good job of that, which is partly why I would like
to see an almanac of the world. Almost exactly what Wordman has on his
page, actually. Just a brief blurb about the areas to get an idea of what
is going on without handcuffing everyone too much.


Sommers
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