From:	Paul Collins paulcollins@*******.com
Subject:	matrix spirits. (was Re: Vehicle Spirits? (was Nature Spirits))
Date:	Fri, 13 Oct 2000 19:15:33 +1000

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From: "Nexx" <nexx@********.net>
To: <shadowrn@*********.com>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 4:57 AM
Subject: Re: Vehicle Spirits? (was Nature Spirits)


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Smith" <phil_urbanhell@*******.com>
>
> > There have been discussions on the list before about mechanic adepts.
> FASA
> > are quite big on the idea that magic and technology are two opposing
> forces,
> > but in the minds of some individuals, maybe Puma may take the form of a
> > really sleek sports car becuase the shaman has no idea what a Puma looks
> > like.
>
> Actually, I've had something like this in mind for a while... to me,
deckers
> have always seemed somewhat like Astral Adepts... when they're on their
> version of the Astral Plane, they are the equivalent of full magicians
with
> spells (programs) and even conjuring (Decker-in-a-box, the smart attack
> frames that function like IC). Take them off that plane, however, and
they
> have a lot of theoretical knowledge of only limited use.
>
> Thus, if I wind up playing again, I might decide to ignore the Matrix
rules
> and work up something more along the lines of Astral Space.
>

I thought these types of thoughts pretty much as soon as I saw the Otaku
technoshamens.
Made me wonder what type of totems they would follow, and if any of them
would have any real presence in the matrix. (Actually I thought of the AI's
as totemic in this case, but other than them.)

I also thought of Harlequin and Harlequin's back, and tripping through the
meta planes, and of sending a party to a weird metaplane that looked
remarkably like the matrix, make the mage useless or limited, and the decker
have mage like powers.

Annachie


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