Or any other loose, semi-religious group, for that matter.

Ok, to clarify a bit, I'm helping him create the character in question (coming up with most of the numbers, giving him a template from which to work).

What I'm doing is making a female human Moon Shaman with mostly health- and illusion-oriented spells and the Pacifist flaw, going with the "do no harm" motif. Most of the rest will be up to him to roleplay.

~J

i as i do in real life dont want to have anything to do with christianity becuase of experiences growing up so i'd like to cut that area out if possible.

and in reply to kagetenshi i would like to have at least a lets say a edged weapons skill and some form of bladed weapon that would suit the role.
actually in a minute i'll edit this post to add some stuff off the sotsw forum.

although if it means too much trouble for you i will not argue the point.

Quote: Well... I would say make a bunch of nature related contacts. A friend in GreenWar, TerraFirst!, or the World Wildlife Foundation will give the GM lots of seeds. Secondly, Wicca encourages (though doesn't require) a coven, or group of friends usually a group of four is desirable. Don't forget a talismonger.

Take the Enchanting skill, even at a minor level, as Wicca encourages making one's own athame (primary foci). Other skills such as Disguise and Wicca are useful. I very much suggest an Edged Weapons skill over firearms (which are such an impersonal way of killing someone). Also, take Tarot Cards or something similar (this will help later as a Divination skill). Which reminds me, take a psychic or palm reader contact, if you have the cash.

I would seriously go the Shaman or Idol Worshipper (Horned Man for male and Moon Maiden for female are the classic - though my Wiccan friend is an Aphrodite follower).

A membership to a private garden or a cemetery contact would be a cool finishing touch.

~kanada ten

ATHAME WEAPON FOCUS! ATHAME WEAPON FOCUS!

I'll reread on the personality and see if something other than Moon would be better.

~J

besides that general "do no harm flaw it sounded good" but i really really liked the ideas presented in that pm i just quoted by kanada ten.
so much that i want to use most of those themes except for the nature contacts.
But i like the access to secret garden thing though but after getting rid of the contacts and not going nature and all it would seem pointless though?

err is that supposed to be sarcasm?
cuase it sounds like a cliche lol

I like the athame from The Iron Dragon's Daughter. Black rubber-coated handle, insanely magnetized blade...

~J

On a random note, where'd ya get the character name?

An athame cannot be used to cut anything, IIRC. They are like a mage's wand. A power focus or similar is far more appropriate.

character name? since when do i have a character name yet?

nemmind.

if your talking about my name on sotsw it has nothing to do with my character.

Then where'd ya get that from?

a ps1 game of the same name made by breakoff members of squaresoft, its a gothic horror survival game with turn based combat. The main character koudelka is a witch in the 1890's.

not nessesarily, my IRL athame is quite capable of cutting, and I would use it in self defense, but this gets into the other thing I wanted to mention...

Most followers of Wicca (or other pagan traditions) while recognizing a Moon mother/horned Father figure, do not deal with them in that far abstract terms. Most put a more personal face on them, for example, IRL I follow the Morrigan (Celtic Female goddess of death and war, also fertility) and Hephestus (roman god of machines and tools).

from a gaming perspective i would suggest giving your witch a specific god and/or goddess to follow, as it will make it easier to understand there motivations. and therefore understand whether they might use fireball spell or not.

just my 2 (nuyen)

-Mike R. (resident pagan)

well true, if that is all I got left I am in trouble too, but I sure would use it if it WAS all I had... and I really was just saying it was sharp and pointy and defenitely deadly if I had to use it.

anyway... glad to see i am not alone

-Mike r.

It should be rare for an athame to be used as weapon and focus, due to modifiers for enchanting non-ornamental items.

But seriously though, read MITS. That should help you.

In regards to what gods to follow, Often you will find most Wiccans follow some variety of ancient pantheon of some sort, or some kind of nature path. I've seen some wiccans who worship norse gods, some who worship egyptian gods, and some who worship trees and wolves. it depends on the group, wiccan is truly a religion that is not fully defined, each sect/order has their own idea of what to follow. some things are fairly consistant though, candle use, charms, crystals and stones, "magickal" symbology, sounds and music, calling down the gods they follow. More often than not Wiccans follow the Moon as their highest holy symbol, the goddess above all, and the wiccan trinity, maiden, mother, crone.

Personally I would treat all Wiccans in SR world like I would treat Shamans, and when they were drawing on the power of a specific god of their pantheon they would have a shamanic mask that looks like the god they are drawing down to help. Course this may not work so well if they are solar followers(I call down Jupiter!)

Anyway, I say research magick and wicca in google, take what you want, toss out what you don't want, that's what wiccans typically do as well to find their true path. Just do the same for your character. can't go wrong. and like I think a lot of people said here. When it comes to the mechanics of SR, it's not really much different than anything else in the book, it's all in the RP'ing.

ShadowPhoenix hit it on the head, very eloquent.

-Mike R.

Thanks Fahr, I saw a lot of people jumping all over the place, hitting some but not all points, just thought I'd try to make it all into a coherent post Hope I've helped.

Don't forget the GameFAQS Paranormal/Consipracy and Pencil & Paper Forums

Anyone ever had the urge to rub an adept's monowhip handle with a thin film of grease?

-Siege

No... but the accident power is a mono wielding woman's worst nightmare.

Also, as far was crystals, candle magic, etc. Look at the fetish descriptions, both expendable and re-sueable. The very ideas of using candle magic transfer nicely into an expendable fetish, and an athame works well as a re-useable one.