From:	dougherty.jeffrey@*****.com (Jeffrey Dougherty)
Subject:	How to lessen Background Count?
Date:	Sun, 28 Aug 2005 17:57:29 -0500

There's some information in the Magic in the Shadows book on how to
eliminate background count. This is all IIRC, as I don't have the
book right with me.

First, it's necessary to deal with the cause of the background count.
If we're talking about a low level of BC caused by transitory strong
emotion, then this will just take time, and the background count will
fade with it. If we're talking about a polluted river causing
background count, the river would have to be cleaned up. A Tamanous
organlegging "clinic" would have to be shut down, perhaps with all of
the parts found there given proper burials and any ghosts around the
place dispersed. If you're talking about a site with BC 5, such as
(in the case of Poland) the sites of Nazi extermination camps, this is
going to be more of a trick- there's still very strong emotion rooted
in those places, and atoning for the acts that caused the background
count would be a major undertaking, if it's possible at all.

Second, once the cause has been dealt with, initiates with Cleansing
metamagic can eliminate the count itself. I don't remember the rules
for it, or even if there are any, but as I recall it gets decidedly
harder the higher the level of background count.

Hope this helps.

-JTD

On 8/28/05, Derek Hyde <derek@***************.com> wrote:
> > I posted this in Friday, but without answer. The subject is important -
> we
> > try to create Poland in Shadows ebook, and that problem emerged more than
> > once.
> > TIA
>
> I would say.....if you're writing up the area, then it happens however you
> say it happens.....otherwise....lots of time.....
>
> Just my .02¥
>
>
>