[UA] Velomancy comments.

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At 12:40 PM 2/4/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Very slick.  Just watched CRASH the other day, and it seems tailored for
>UA. I loved this, and thought your spells work well.

thanx!  i was just going to have them  (and acromancers...think BASE
jumping mages) as a fringe groups of 'mancers from various schools who get
an erotic charge from engaging in this activity and form them into a cabal.
 then i got to thinkin'...



>I don't really understand the taboo, however.  What is loss of control
>defined as?  For instance, if a cop tells me to drop to the ground and I
>do, have I lost all my charges?  What about comrpomise: if you say go
>left, and I do, am I screwed?  I think this could make velomancers the
>biggest pains in the ass to deal with.

i should clarify that by saying "...not being in control when behind the
wheel..."  basically, because autophiles view the act of driving an
automobile as a sacred and sexual form of power, not having that power is a
kind of impotence and drains their charges.  Losing charges when failing a
helplessness check is due to losing that feeling of being "master of one's
destiny" (ie: having the power to live...drive straight...or die...drive
into that oncoming semi).

>In my view, velomancers should be a geographically restricted school,
>just cause we don't have many yet.  I am thinking, of course, of having
>them only in the LA area.

well, i'm working on some background (characters, cabals and such) that
expands upon the 3 schools that i've written up (like a write-up on the
cathode ray mission run by a videomancer named sister transistor).  going
by dc's movies, the velomancers would have started (or at least appeared)
in toronto.  la is an excellent choice as well (crash seemed to have an
intential lack of setting).  keep your eyes on the road...

- Jared



Jared A. Sorensen
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