| From: | Bruce gyro@********.co.za |
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| Subject: | (no subject) |
| Date: | Wed, 28 Jul 1999 09:04:20 +0200 |
From: Scott Wheelock <iscottw@*****.nb.ca>
To: shadowrn@*********.org <shadowrn@*********.org>
Date: 28 July 1999 02:10
Subject: Re: (no subject)
>"And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply to Wolfchild."
>] ELEMENT -> CORRESPONDENCE -> SR SPELL CATEGORY
>] Air -> Mind/Intellect -> Illusion OR Detection (both
would fit)
>] Earth -> Material Concerns -> ???
>] Fire -> Change -> Manipulation
>] Water -> Health/Emotion -> Healing
>] Spirit -> Spiritual Perfection -> Combat (because of the
intangible/
>] astral aspect of the spells)
>]
>] The problem is that Air fits well with two different SR spell
categories
>] and Earth doesn't really fit with any. The best compromise is this
IMO:
>
> I think Earth can be linked with Healing pretty easily...Earth:
>life-giving, nourishing, etc. Just a thought.
Traditionally it has been water that has been life giving and
nourishing.
Wolfchild is spot on with Air=Intellect.
I like Fire as Combat, as it has correspondence to passion.
Earth and Manipulation are imperfect matches IMO, but it works well
enough for the game.
I feel that Detection spells would be learned by all magickers, but
this could be a throwback to AD&D,
where all mages learnt Lesser Divination.
K, I got these ideas from honest to goodness research into paganism
and other occult goodies.
I honestly dont mind Healing becoming more useful. It may cause a less
lethal game but there were always enough foci to help with healing
spells anyway, that this addition does not make that much impact.
Thanks for the comments
- - BRUCE <gyro@********.co.za>
<hard@****>
