Re: [WW] Magic in the Trenches

["Grand Master Nilus of the Dark Angel Chapter" <grandmasternilus@hotmail.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...
>
>I second this motion. I'd personally prefer it if spellcasters in the
>rules were more akin to sorcerors in Cthulhu. Sure you can summon that
>demon, but it'll cost you a lot. Oh, and Shadowrun 1944 sounds like a lot
>of fun. ]:)

I definitly plan on taking the Cthulhu approach to spellcasting aka.  Mainly 
ritual magic, always harmful, always evil.  So Good PC will rarely even try 
to use it(only if its the only way to defeat the big bad evil monster).  
Although bad guys spellcasters might be a bit more common.

Dan

"Wherever and Whenever we appear we leave only destruction in our wake; we 
are the Lords of Death, Bringers of War, the Dark Angels."

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