 Magic as madness, Some idea from good old SR1... |
 Apr 7 2005, 04:03 PM
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With all those Rockster, Cityspeak etc threads I remembered an old idea of SR1. In the old Grimoire there was an rather interesting definition of magic which later wasn't used again. I'll just quote:
I think that idea is rather fascinating, and it could be interesting to bring it back with SR4. |
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Skyrock Magic as madness Apr 7 2005, 04:03 PM
warrior_allanon you have to realize that this is a hermetics defin... Apr 8 2005, 03:19 AM Fester hermetisicm is calculated madness
awakened peopl... Apr 8 2005, 05:05 AM Bull Shadowrun's books have always been, to some de... Apr 8 2005, 05:13 AM Crimsondude 2.0 Oh, for the love of god... I can't take it any... Apr 8 2005, 03:32 PM Bull What, you exect people to actually look in the boo... Apr 8 2005, 04:09 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (warrior_allanon) you have to realize that t... Apr 8 2005, 04:13 PM Ellery Magic as madness never made sense to me. If it... Apr 8 2005, 05:24 PM Wireknight Trolls aren't the devil reborn? Apr 8 2005, 05:50 PM Skyrock QUOTE (Crimsondude 2.0)Magic as Madness is in MitS... Apr 8 2005, 06:07 PM hermit That'd be a rather ridiculously demanding syst... Apr 8 2005, 06:19 PM Ellery I've done similar things in the AD&D setti... Apr 8 2005, 06:22 PM Kagetenshi On that topic, I'd like to see a shift away fr... Apr 8 2005, 06:27 PM Ellery I don't see that anything has happened in the ... Apr 8 2005, 06:39 PM Skyrock It wouldn't be a major revision... It would on... Apr 8 2005, 06:43 PM kryton I dunno I always sort of thought both the Shamanic... Apr 8 2005, 06:43 PM mfb i think magic-as-madness is an interesting option.... Apr 8 2005, 07:18 PM Fortune QUOTE (mfb) ideally, i want to be able to do a tes... Apr 8 2005, 07:28 PM Dawnshadow QUOTE (kryton) I dunno I always sort of thought bo... Apr 8 2005, 07:30 PM Tanka QUOTE (Fortune) QUOTE (mfb @ Apr 9 2005, 05:1... Apr 8 2005, 07:32 PM Ellery QUOTE It wouldn't be a major revision... It w... Apr 8 2005, 07:37 PM mfb QUOTE (Fortune)I'm not sure what you mean, Are... Apr 8 2005, 07:37 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (Ellery) Right. And Daniel Howling Coyote, ... Apr 8 2005, 07:38 PM Fortune QUOTE (mfb) no, i'm saying that things like ... Apr 8 2005, 07:45 PM Critias Magic shapes itself. Your beleif in it is only yo... Apr 8 2005, 07:52 PM Ellery Well, DHC got the Great Ghost Dance to work, and i... Apr 8 2005, 07:54 PM Fortune QUOTE (Critias @ Apr 9 2005, 05:52 AM) Magic ... Apr 8 2005, 08:00 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (Fortune @ Apr 8 2005, 03:00 PM) Harnes... Apr 8 2005, 08:12 PM Fortune Gravity isn't Magic. I was specifically talkin... Apr 8 2005, 08:15 PM Kagetenshi Ah, your "harnessing is shaping" stateme... Apr 8 2005, 08:22 PM Fortune QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Ah, your "harnessing is sh... Apr 8 2005, 08:28 PM Critias Or is it the other way around? Does someone summo... Apr 8 2005, 08:29 PM Kagetenshi Indeed. Can you demonstrate that they are really c... Apr 8 2005, 08:31 PM Fortune QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Indeed. Can you demonstrate tha... Apr 8 2005, 08:34 PM mfb that's not what it says at all, unless i misre... Apr 8 2005, 08:41 PM Kagetenshi But that's just overcoming or altering persona... Apr 8 2005, 08:43 PM Fortune QUOTE (mfb)that's not what it says at all, unl... Apr 8 2005, 08:44 PM Kagetenshi But not that it shapes magic.
~J Apr 8 2005, 08:45 PM Fortune QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Apr 9 2005, 06:43 AM) ...... Apr 8 2005, 08:47 PM mfb it's evidence that magic and belief are linked... Apr 8 2005, 08:50 PM Kagetenshi Moreover, there's no requirement that a charac... Apr 8 2005, 08:54 PM warrior_allanon alright you can shoot me if you must but i have th... Apr 8 2005, 11:45 PM hyzmarca QUOTE (warrior_allanon) alright you can shoot me i... Apr 10 2005, 09:18 PM Ellery I think the reason that playing toxic threats is n... Apr 10 2005, 09:46 PM Sepherim As for magic and madness, it really seems more apr... Apr 11 2005, 12:23 AM Kesh QUOTE (Ellery) If belief doesn't shape magic, ... Apr 11 2005, 02:05 AM Fortune QUOTE (Sepherim) Still, I must bring forward one e... Apr 11 2005, 05:47 AM
RunnerPaul QUOTE (Ellery)I think the reason that playing toxi... Apr 11 2005, 10:09 PM  |
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