| From: | MC23 mc23@**********.com |
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| Subject: | Magical SOTA? |
| Date: | Thu, 5 Oct 2000 00:27:59 -0400 |
>Well then.. and please understand I am only stating my point of view, and
>I don't have nearly the SR background that most of you do. I believe that
>the items/rules in The Grimoire, Awakenings, and MitS don't just suddenly
>hit the scene and that is how magic works all of a sudden. They introduce
>the magics that PLAYERS may access at the time that those magics start
>becoming more available on the streets. Voodoo (or Vodu) had probably been
>being practiced by a small percentage of the world in 2050. It isn't SOTA
>that it is now all of a sudden there. It is SOTA because others now
>understand it. Magics available to IE's and Dragons isn't being published.
>Players don't need to see those magics as they can not have them.
Voodoo exists now. [note; this is not a invite to rant about RW vs.
SR magic just an admission of belief and practice. I being a nihilist do
not believe in magic but I do recognize there are practitioners
regardless of my personal beliefs.]
The basis of SR magic is founded in RW history (or more to the point
that SR magic has its roots in what was being practiced in it's early
history). SOTA is a ridiculous thing to consider when most SR mages are
using musty old tomes for the basis of their wiz even if they are using
the latest magic theories. Hell, Shaman's wiz is all based on history,
they are in many forms anti-SOTA.
I guess the real crux of my point is that you really should never
ever relate RPG rules SOTA to RPG background/campaign SOTA. They are to
separate entities.
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