[UA] The End of the World, and so on.

[Nick Wedig]

>Actually, I've thought that Dipsomancy would be one of the oldest forms of 
>magick.  Maybe not quite in the same form, but still: very old.  Some form 
>of necromancy -- ghost magic -- would probably be the first type of magick, 
>but magic and altered perceptions have a long history together.

I think that almost certainly there were older alternative forms of dipsomancy, but that they were related to the modern version as Oneiromancy's ancient and modern forms are: similar domain, different methods and effects.  

IMO, the view of alcohol presented is very much post-Prohibition, and so the school's current form couldn't have existed more than for a few decades as it currently is.

>The Man Who Is More Than He Seems?  He has to achieve success, but no one 
>who knows him can be aware of that success.  Low level channels would let 
>him obscure himself, make him more difficult to find.  The page with his 
>name and yearbook picutre is missing when you go back to look for it, 
>someone spilled spaghetti sauce on the page of the phonebook that has his 
>number...stuff like that.  Higher levels...I dunno.  Maybe something about 
>bringing out the hidden potentials in other people, or changing the nature 
>(but not the appearance) of reality on a small scale.

Perhaps higher level channels involve receiving a big bonus for almost any act, as long as the avatar's unobserved.  Lasting effects last until someone would notice them, then disappear.

Mr. Teapot
less than he seems

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