Re: [WW] Magic in the Trenches

["nvdoyle" <nvdoyle@home.com>]

I don't know about anybody else, but personally, I'd rather -not- have
spellcasters be very common at all. Too much of it draws away from the
'War', and too much into 'Weird'. To put it succinctly, if I wanted to play
Shadowrun 1944, I would be. Now - this doesn't mean that they -shouldn't- be
out there, but each one should be rare, memorable and exciting - or
terrifying, as the case may be...

The idea that comes to mind for spellcasters, beyond the obvious OSI stuff,
are the Navajo code talkers. Okay, a soldier has this particular skill - how
can we put it to military use?

Another movie, 'Merrill's Marauders', jungle fighting in the CBI
(China-Burma-India) theatre. Good, shows some of just how -tough- that area
was.

Books: Anything by Cornelius Ryan - 'The Longest Day' (Overlord) and 'The
Last Battle' (Berlin) are particularly good. Well, 'The Last Battle' is
depressing and horrifying, but it's still excellent history.

Noah