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Great Dragon  Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935  |
It's getting near the turn over to the next year, and it's time like that I like to look back. To old editions, that is. For your pleasure and perusal, I'd like to present a pair of documents that I made for Shadowrun Third Edition.
Off the Shelf details ten grimoires and texts for a magician's library, ranging from the mundane to the fantastic. Grey Places describes five magical locations your runners may run across in their travels. I hope these works find favor in your sight, my friends and fellow shadowfans. |
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Dec 30 2005, 10:04 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,026 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Seattle (Really!) Member No.: 7,996 |
Good work as usual
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Dec 30 2005, 10:30 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 7-June 02 From: Hamilton.LTG.on.ca Member No.: 2,853 |
a damn fine job, now wheres my coffee?
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Dec 31 2005, 12:10 AM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
God damn you're amazing, AH. You light my imagination every time.
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Dec 31 2005, 12:34 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 482 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 90 |
Just out of curiosity AH, how does the learning/translation of the spells Wynda’s Sketch Book apply to your interpretation of the Chaos tradition as presented in MitS?
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Dec 31 2005, 12:41 AM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
This is rich! LOL!
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Dec 31 2005, 12:43 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
A Chaos magician follows a specific Path-> hermetic mage, shaman, houngan, wu jen, etc. Generally speaking, the Path is more significant than the tradition.
So a Chaos magician who is a shaman can use the spells as-is, while a Hermetic Chaos mage would have to translate them. |
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Dec 31 2005, 12:51 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 7-June 02 From: Hamilton.LTG.on.ca Member No.: 2,853 |
Yes Deep, very deep.
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Dec 31 2005, 12:55 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 482 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 90 |
Thank you :)
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Dec 31 2005, 02:41 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
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 Dec 31 2005, 03:39 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,086 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 364 |
Public Domain Spells: “Can’t get much cheaper than this, my friend.”
Ummm... at price of 500¥, yes it can get cheaper. Two of the other tomes in the file are cheaper: Principles of Magical Mathematics at a price of 250¥, and Variant Techniques for Summoning Ally Spirits at 50¥, a tenth of the price of Public Domain Spells. A pile of dog-eared, yellowed, stapled printouts that'll set you back 10 times as much as a slim hardback? No wonder "talismonger" falls just behind "Mr. Johnson" and just ahead of "used car dealer" on the list of professions the shadowrunning community perceives as most likely to rip you off. |
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Dec 31 2005, 03:42 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
That's 500 :nuyen: for seven Force 1 spell formulae. It's a discounted grimoire, the other two are overly-expensive textbooks with no spells.
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Dec 31 2005, 04:00 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,086 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 364 |
Yeah, but when you look at those seven spells, they're of questionable use at best. (force 1 slay western dragon?) I suppose you get your money's worth out of the force 1 astral barrier spell, since buying that one seperately would set you back the cost of the stapled printout, but I'd think I'd still feel like I was getting ripped off.
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Dec 31 2005, 04:07 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
he said "cheap" not "a good bargain". sometimes, you get what you pay for.
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Dec 31 2005, 02:27 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 7-June 02 From: Hamilton.LTG.on.ca Member No.: 2,853 |
Yeah a bargain bin grimoire would rock.
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Dec 31 2005, 03:01 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Don't knock it 'til you've tried it. Better than Force 10 Wreck (Sun). ~J |
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Dec 31 2005, 05:52 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Well, they might have been published at higher Force, but you know how SOTA can take a toll...
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Dec 31 2005, 07:12 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 388 Joined: 24-October 05 Member No.: 7,885 |
talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth.
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Jan 1 2006, 12:24 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
So, anyone up for a roadtrip to Carhenge?
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Jan 1 2006, 03:23 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 7-June 02 From: Hamilton.LTG.on.ca Member No.: 2,853 |
um no. |
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