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DrJest
post Nov 24 2004, 04:38 PM
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I had an idea for Doc Funk's DIMR campaign, and it led me into this line of thinking. In the various forms of Christian theology, the archangels and angels are assosciated with particular concepts and ideals. Switching back to real life for a moment, I and some others I am aware of practice a form of Christian magic in which we appeal for assistance not to Gods but to the archangels.

Switching back to SR, this strikes me as a valid concept for totemic magic. I know I'm way behind the SOTA, so to speak, so this may have been done, but the sort of thing I am looking at would be:

Michael
Michael is God's Soldier, the warrior who expelled the rebellious Lucifer from Heaven. He is direct and to the point, and does not concern himself with matters of celestial politics. Michael loves the fight, and tends to be hotheaded.

Favoured environments
Anywhere battle is joined.

Advantages
+2 dice for casting Combat spells; +2 dice for conjuring Spirits of Man.

Disadvantages
Although not subject to berserk, followers of Michael are reluctant to leave even a losing battle. A Michaeline must make a Willpower (6) test to leave a fight; the TN is modified down by wound penalties, not increased - Michael is wise enough to know that a dead soldier helps nobody.
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- DrJest   Christian Totems   Nov 24 2004, 04:38 PM
- - Nikoli   I don't see the Domain being balanced. I would...   Nov 24 2004, 04:43 PM
- - Doctor Funkenstein   Christian magic is handled, at least somewhat, in ...   Nov 24 2004, 04:45 PM
- - DrJest   Nikoli: Fair point, domain was the thing giving me...   Nov 24 2004, 04:46 PM
- - Kagetenshi   Nope, it's all be done as hermetic. ~J   Nov 24 2004, 04:48 PM
- - DrJest   OKay then. So, addressing the original point, do ...   Nov 24 2004, 04:50 PM
- - Backgammon   I like it. I also see Xtian magic as more hermetic...   Nov 24 2004, 04:50 PM
- - Doctor Funkenstein   Totemic Christian magic would be more appropriate ...   Nov 24 2004, 05:05 PM
- - Nikoli   I dunno, prayer to various saints and angels, that...   Nov 24 2004, 05:30 PM
- - Doctor Funkenstein   What's prayer have to do with anything? That...   Nov 24 2004, 05:33 PM
- - Backgammon   If I remember my xtian teachings, you pray to sain...   Nov 24 2004, 05:35 PM
- - Nikoli   Well, not to get off on a tangent but the very ide...   Nov 24 2004, 05:39 PM
- - Doctor Funkenstein   Black Magicians call upon dark powers as part of t...   Nov 24 2004, 05:41 PM
- - Nikoli   Fair enough. I just think there is room for eithe...   Nov 24 2004, 05:45 PM
- - Catsnightmare   Look at the Idols of MitS. There are some descrip...   Nov 24 2004, 06:14 PM
- - lspahn72   Really though, there is ALOT of difference in Chri...   Nov 24 2004, 06:50 PM
- - Nikoli   I can only see one reason why the Designers of the...   Nov 24 2004, 06:53 PM
- - Garland   I kind of looked at the Idol totems as being decen...   Nov 24 2004, 07:04 PM
- - littlesean   Would your religious beliefs affect how your Magic...   Nov 24 2004, 07:05 PM
- - Garland   Depends. If you want to use that theory, then if ...   Nov 24 2004, 07:14 PM
- - Nikoli   Well said Garland   Nov 24 2004, 07:16 PM
- - Garland   Guess that Catholic education was good for somethi...   Nov 24 2004, 07:19 PM
- - JaronK   I'd say combine the rules for hermetics and sh...   Nov 24 2004, 07:55 PM
- - Crimsondude 2.0   QUOTE (Garland) Guess that Catholic education was ...   Nov 24 2004, 07:57 PM
- - audun   QUOTE (Kagetenshi)Nope, it's all be done as he...   Nov 24 2004, 08:02 PM
- - Thistledown   I've seen some web pages that dealt with Chris...   Nov 24 2004, 08:06 PM
- - Wounded Ronin   A psycho Souther preacher might be a shaman. Beca...   Nov 24 2004, 08:08 PM
- - Doctor Funkenstein   Note that I never said that Christian Shamanism wa...   Nov 24 2004, 08:09 PM
- - Garland   @ Dr. Funk My apologies for putting words in your...   Nov 24 2004, 08:50 PM
- - DrJest   Wow, I step out to kung fu for a couple of hours a...   Nov 24 2004, 09:15 PM
- - Garland   I think SOTA 2064 spelled out Celtic totems (the i...   Nov 24 2004, 09:29 PM
- - Joe Outside   QUOTE (littlesean) (On an aside, if you are famili...   Nov 24 2004, 10:51 PM
- - ES_Riddle   I'm in the process of creating a Catholic phys...   Nov 24 2004, 11:05 PM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Garland) Mexican Catholics often accord spe...   Nov 24 2004, 11:06 PM
- - Siege   I like the idea - it follows the symbolism nicely ...   Nov 24 2004, 11:20 PM
- - Crimsondude 2.0   QUOTE (ES_Riddle @ Nov 24 2004, 05:05 PM) I...   Nov 24 2004, 11:27 PM
- - Siege   Care to take a stab at their Shamanic masks? -Sie...   Nov 24 2004, 11:30 PM
- - ES_Riddle   I think that St. Michael, who defeats THE Dragon a...   Nov 24 2004, 11:33 PM
- - Johnny Reb   QUOTE (Siege) Care to take a stab at their Shamani...   Nov 24 2004, 11:41 PM
- - Siege   QUOTE (Johnny Reb) QUOTE (Siege @ Nov 24 2004...   Nov 24 2004, 11:42 PM
- - Synner   Since I'm way too busy to go over a lot the sa...   Nov 24 2004, 11:43 PM
- - Kanada Ten   Voodoo is essentially the result of Christian Sham...   Nov 24 2004, 11:47 PM
- - ES_Riddle   QUOTE (Siege) Yes, but as to why I thought applyin...   Nov 25 2004, 12:04 AM
- - Johnny Reb   QUOTE (Siege) Yes, but as to why I thought applyin...   Nov 25 2004, 12:09 AM
- - Kanada Ten   The CAS put a bounty on magicians that raise the d...   Nov 25 2004, 12:12 AM
- - Crimsondude 2.0   So, basically, the bastard Jesus in the last Left ...   Nov 25 2004, 12:50 AM
- - Glyph   The interesting thing about Christian magicians is...   Nov 25 2004, 06:35 AM
- - toturi   QUOTE (Glyph) The interesting thing about Christia...   Nov 25 2004, 07:15 AM
- - Glyph   Okay, reading the link, where Synner talks about T...   Nov 25 2004, 08:44 AM
- - toturi   The following quotes are taken from Threats 2 p108...   Nov 25 2004, 09:02 AM
- - Synner   I don't believe I'm doing this again, but ...   Nov 25 2004, 09:56 AM
- - toturi   Actually there is no intro to those quotes. The qu...   Nov 25 2004, 10:11 AM
- - Fortune   I do note the presence of the qualifier 'belie...   Nov 25 2004, 10:20 AM
- - Synner   The quotes are part of an overall section dealing ...   Nov 25 2004, 10:40 AM
- - DrJest   QUOTE Orthodox Christians and Reformist Protestant...   Nov 25 2004, 11:03 AM
- - Johnny Reb   QUOTE (Crimsondude 2.0) So, basically, the bastard...   Nov 25 2004, 04:14 PM
- - Crimsondude 2.0   hm. I didn't realize you were painting only to...   Nov 26 2004, 06:52 AM
- - Johnny Reb   QUOTE (Crimsondude 2.0) hm. I didn't realize y...   Nov 26 2004, 07:44 AM
- - Doctor Funkenstein   QUOTE Toxics would take two forms, I'd think, ...   Nov 26 2004, 07:54 AM
- - Crusher Bob   You can google some of the 'habbalite' wri...   Nov 26 2004, 10:57 AM


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