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 Jan 28 2004, 07:46 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: 16-August 03 From: Santa Cruz Member No.: 5,500  |
Mana,ebbs,and Back ground counts seem to work the same way,game mechanically. So could the warp in space simply be an ebb?
And what can,and can't be a totem? |
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Jan 28 2004, 08:15 PM
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Avatar of Mediocrity Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 725 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle, WA (err, UCAS) Member No.: 277 |
According to Year of the Comet shadowtalk, Toaster can be a totem.
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Jan 28 2004, 09:17 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
I'd like to see a Bill & Ted totem. :silly:
"Be excellent to each other!" :grinbig: |
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Jan 28 2004, 09:37 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 777 Joined: 18-February 03 Member No.: 4,110 |
extra dice for fire manip spells? |
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Jan 28 2004, 09:39 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,065 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Fayetteville, NC Member No.: 3,916 |
"Dude, you're toast!" takes on a whole new meaning... -Siege |
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Jan 28 2004, 09:39 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 184 Joined: 1-January 04 Member No.: 5,948 |
There probably is one, but what would the modifiers be? IMO, anything that has generated a sufficient symbolic and emotional association among the collective unconscious likely could be a totem (in other words, are there people out there that can agree that the thing in question can or be used to symbolize or represent something, even if they cannot agree what it symbolizes or represents? And are there, or have there been enough people out there willing to make that symbology a part of their life). Thus, there is probably a Captain Kirk totem, a Spock totem, a Yoda totem, maybe even a totem of a big purple singing and dancing dinosaur, but I doubt there would be, say, a Starbuck totem, since while people might agree that Starbucks could mean something greater I doubt there are enough people that would be willing to embrace what that meaning was as a core guiding principle in their lives. |
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Jan 28 2004, 09:47 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 103 Joined: 2-September 03 From: San Antonio Member No.: 5,571 |
Somehow I see a shamen following the path of the big purple singing and dancing dinosaur being shown a kind of love and empathy usually reserved for fleshform bug spirits.
However, +2 die to any intimidation roles when using the shamanic mask. "Hi, my friend!" "AHHHHHHHHH" |
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Jan 28 2004, 10:29 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: 16-August 03 From: Santa Cruz Member No.: 5,500 |
So, Mars,Sol,Venus,atoms,fire could all be totems?
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Jan 28 2004, 11:12 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 184 Joined: 1-January 04 Member No.: 5,948 |
I don't see why not. There are already totems for things very much like divine beings and forces of nature. And I think I remember seeing The Atom mentioned as somewhere as a toxic totem. |
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Jan 29 2004, 01:42 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
I don't think it's fair that you can have an Apollo totem, but can't have a Starbuck one! :( |
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Jan 29 2004, 03:08 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 64 Joined: 22-January 04 Member No.: 6,002 |
What about a Tea totem? You get +1 die on all tests made in the UK, and +2 to target numbers when you don't speak with a British accent. You could take Scones as a geas, you need to eat one every 24h...
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Jan 29 2004, 11:20 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 184 Joined: 1-January 04 Member No.: 5,948 |
How is it not fair? Are you saying that a god that has been worshiped for hundreds of years, had songs, poems, and stories written about, and is representative of many primal archetypes should shome how be considered on equal footing with a corporate franchise that has been around for less then twenty years (or a centry for Shadowrun timeline, if even that long)? I don't think so. Unless you are thinking of character from Battlestar Glactica. Then that would be different. He's had fan fiction written about him. And everyone knows that is the dividing line between totem and non-totem entities, if they have appeared as a major character in some form of slash story (J/k). |
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Jan 30 2004, 12:24 AM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
All I can think of is Red Dwarf. "You spent two thousand nuyen on a Toaster with a magic rating, and you don't even like toast!" 'I do like Toast! Just not now!' "I know... you're a WAFFLE man, aren't you!" |
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Jan 30 2004, 02:02 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
I honestly didn't think I'd have to explain this one. :eek: |
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Jan 30 2004, 02:25 AM
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Senior GM Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,406 Joined: 12-April 03 From: Redmond, WA Member No.: 4,442 |
I'll explain it. He was talking about Battlestart Galactica.
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Jan 30 2004, 04:59 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 102 Joined: 26-February 02 From: The freelancer crackhouse Member No.: 119 |
Sheesh. Kids these days.... No appreciation of the classics....
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Jan 30 2004, 05:15 AM
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Senior GM Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,406 Joined: 12-April 03 From: Redmond, WA Member No.: 4,442 |
We also have a great collection of players and GMs from outside the USA. We can't expect basic things embedded in our culture ;), like Starbuck and Apollo, to carry over in a humorous way.
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Jan 30 2004, 12:55 PM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
I want an Adama totem! And a Cylon totem too.
"By your command!" And I'm Singaporean, not American. |
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