From:	Simon and Fiona sfuller@******.com.au
Subject:	Mages and spirts, take 2
Date:	Wed, 18 Oct 2000 16:43:24 +1000

-----Original Message-----
From: Drew Curtis <dcurtis@***.net>
To: shadowrn@*********.com <shadowrn@*********.com>
Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 12:16 AM
Subject: Mages and spirts, take 2


>
>After reading all the responses to my last post on the mage with the
>spirit posse, I've got some other questions that I've had for awhile but
>never got around to asking.
>
>1) Can an elemental be asked to manifest around an NPC directly from
>astral space?
>

I believe that an astral being cannot pass through a living creature, hence
FAB and ivy-clad mage houses. The only way to manifest around an NPC is by
occupying the same area in Astral space as the person. Can't be done, at
least not without duplicating the Engulf power

>
>4) How hard is it for an elemental to find someone? I've read the rules
>but it seems a bit easy. Case in point: last run was to retrieve a soil
>sample from a desert island in the Pacific. PC sends an air elemental out
>to do it for him. Run circumvented.
>

A lot of nasty things can happen to a lone elemental out in the big blue...