From: Vaticine@aol.com
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 16:38:08 EDT
Subject: Re: [7th Sea RPG GM] Occult Book's

In a message dated 8/19/99 2:45:23 AM Central Daylight Time, 
Shannon_Lewis@ids.telstra.com.au writes:

<< Any one want to play??? ;-] >>

OK I came up with one.
This book has been banned by the inquisition, so those of you who come across 
it, should take this as fair warning.

Clear and Worthy Observations on the Art of Capturing Spirits

A very rare work, only seven copies are known to survive.  The book was 
penned by infamous J.V. LaPore, a Montaigne philosopher and sorcerer 
responsible for popularizing the idea of using trapped sprits as a means of 
entertainment for bored nobility.  

The book is not an easy work to read, filled with arcane references to the 
sorcerers of the old republic and numerous difficult Montaigne terms and 
expressions, many of which seem to have been invented by LaPore to describe 
the philosophy and language of the spirit world.  There are those who contend 
that the book is in fact a cipher of sorts and that LaPore has left a coded 
legacy for those keen enough to decipher the secrets hidden within.

It should be noted that J.V. LaPore came to a brutal and mysterious end.  He 
disappeared from his locked room on a clear summer night, his body was never 
found but the room he disappeared in was covered from ceiling to floor in 
blood, much more than would be expect to be found in a single man.  


Ray Colina
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