[UA] I'm not a mage, but I play one on TV

[Gregory Paul Stolze]

At 08:39 PM 2/1/99 -0600, Rick Neal wrote:
>- For a look inside the mind of people who deliberately manipulate others 
>to great effect, pick up anything by Robert A. Nelson, but especially 
>"The Art of Cold Reading" and its sequel. Among other things, I'm a stage 
>magician, and these are the handbooks for faking psychic powers. 

Wow, cool.  One idea I'd kicked around for an UA duke is someone who's a
really good stage magician and can actually accomplish MORE with illusion
than most real sorcerers can with magick.  (Hint.)  But, without the
knowledge of the techniques, I didn't know what was plausible and what
wasn't.  (Hint hint.)  I think the impulse came out in Dr. Apoida and
Lucius Zarcia.

-G.
Justice is a bit like sausage.  If you love either, you should never watch
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