From: Colin Watson (watson@computing-science.aberdeen.ac.uk)
Date: Wed 22 Sep 1993 - 13:42:25 EEST
Lord Sagon (Sorcerer of Lost Brythos, older than your god (certainly)) said:
>yes, we can take shaman souls into a matrix.
>So what?
>You have to assume that we want to! If I do that, then I have to want
>access to spirit spells, and inherent in my existence, my view of the
>world, is a disdain for spirits.
Sincerest apologies my Lord Sagon if I implied that you might desire the use of the transient and ineffective spells of Spirit Magic. This was not my intention. My original musing on this subject concerned the use of bound Shamans for the purpose of exorcising troublesome spirits. One's apprentices shall inevitably err in the casting of a summons which may result in them being possessed by a ghost or demon. The sole worthy use of a shaman is his aptitude at exorcism. It seems reasonable that one should exploit this ability: keep the Spirit of a Shaman in captivity. Or would some other more common spirit suffice for this purpose?
Additionally, depriving the primitive tribes of their witchdoctors would stifle their learning of the spells of Spirit Magic thus allowing increased "political" control by the worthy forces of Civilization. As you so rightly pointed out: "reducing the capability of spirit worshippers, makes good tactical sense".
At your service,
Paulos Danielus (Magician).
PS.
>This means that each one (shaman) can be convinced for the cost of a single
>Whell, to sell a permanent enchantment in an object, of a Spirit of Power,
>averaging 15 MP. This is a good buy.
Damn straight it's a good buy! I'll take three. With relish.
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CW.
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