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Message 1                             Date Received: Sun Feb 19 00:49:23 1995
From:      Luna
To:        Luna
Subject:   Tribe Blessed
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Gather around, you who have been blessed by Teneb, and by Luna, to be a part
of Crinos... and before you ask, Yes, this is a blind carbon copy, and Yes,
you are supposed to be receiving this. :)

The question has come up that since you have been accepted as Verdimm by
Crinos, should you have the power inherent in all Verdimm, that is,
shapeshifting? The answer is Yes, with certain conditions:

The inherent Crinos power of shapeshifting is rather limited. Verdimm know
only 3 forms, which are detailed in +lhelp and +info, both of which you have
access to. Other benefits of shapeshift, i.e. fast healing techniques, do
apply. However, all of these work _only in Crinos_! This is important.

You WILL have to learn how to shapeshift IC, and you WILL have to have an
adoptive tribe. Pick any tribe you want, but the trick is to get them to
accept you. :) Make the choice carefully; because after you learn your
Khiulnter or Dimo-Khu form for that tribe, that's the only one you get.
Learning to shapeshift in Crinos will be rather easy. It should probably
take 1-5 IC weeks, depending on the effort put into the 'training'. The
training can only be done by a member of the adoptive tribe, but it's up to
you whether you want to have that RP'd out or not. In some cases it's
impossible as not all of the tribes have PC's for them. :)

Note that you probably won't be a real member of the tribe you 'adopt' unless
it's worked out that way through RP; more like a 'friend of the tribe'. But
the tribe will most likely treat you as more or less one of their own.

If, at some point, you learn the real Shapeshifting power, you will still 
retain the Crinosian forms you learned, and you won't be limited while in
Crinos in any way. Your adoptive-tribe form will always be easier to shift to
and will feel quite 'natural', etc.

When you do decide what tribe to 'adopt', please do me a favor and +mail
Crinos_bldr with your choice. I'll direct you to the PC in charge of the
tribe, or if there aren't any just tell you what happens.:)

NOTE: Obviously, if you already have the power of Shapeshifting, this
doesn't apply to you. You can still 'adopt' a tribe, though, if you wish.
Otherwise, please ignore this message. :)

Thanks, and have fun RPing in Crinos! (If you haven't made it here yet, DO!)
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