tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post8239601188186066717..comments2024-03-18T02:49:18.084-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: an interesting item from EPTJeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-16573553727996091412011-10-02T14:04:07.507-05:002011-10-02T14:04:07.507-05:00If you have access to it, you might want to factor...If you have access to it, you might want to factor in what is stated in Mitlanyal, and it's section titled "Magical Research". That offers one of the more detailed descriptions in all of the Tekumel sources on research. The summary of which is overall - it is frowned upon by the temples and it is highly dangerous. That's not to say that I dislike the idea of magical tinkering [with the possibility of taking out half a block of Jakalla in the process :)] My overall point here, I think that the danger involved should be factored in when ruling it ; not that it should be ruled out due to the temples recommending highly against it.Peter Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03528363130629385152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-15130961609891774692011-10-01T22:16:45.001-05:002011-10-01T22:16:45.001-05:00@Pere Ubu
That's one area where the fresh-off...@Pere Ubu<br /><br />That's one area where the fresh-off-the-boat barbarian has an edge over his citizen counterpart. He or she simply doesn't know NOT to go poking around in new mind-shattering vistas of hyperreality without filling out the necessary paperwork in triplicate. <br /><br />No innovation without immigration.Jeremy Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761802144571888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-80387474362972727182011-10-01T22:14:39.805-05:002011-10-01T22:14:39.805-05:00I'm thinking about the Age When Everything Was...I'm thinking about the Age When Everything Was Super Awesome where all the spells come from....<br /><br />Y'know how physicists say the actual laws of the universe were possibly formed during the course of the big bang? Like the actual number of dimensions slowly reduced etc.<br /><br />Maybe:<br /><br />-This process actually takes a really long time.<br />and<br />-Each spell is not only a formula, but a fragment of reality from a time before the rules of physics were what they are today that imports those old rules temporarily into our existence...<br /><br />Ok, yeah, now back to whatever I was watching on youtube...Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-58633834297936560292011-10-01T19:37:11.892-05:002011-10-01T19:37:11.892-05:00Oh, I call shenanigans! No self-respecting Tsolyan...Oh, I call shenanigans! No self-respecting Tsolyani magic-guy is going to be researching new spells, if only because some superior is going to kick his ass over wasting his time because "everything worth knowing has already been discovered". And if it's new and useful, the Omnipotent Azure Legion's going to show up, yoink it out of his head, and claim it as exclusive property of the Petal Throne anyway.<br /><br />Much easier to just leave well enough alone and get back to researching the 17th verb declension of Mihalli,Pere Ubuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03553973043509436168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-33976576498980155852011-10-01T19:25:40.879-05:002011-10-01T19:25:40.879-05:00How is this superior to 0d&d's spell resea...How is this superior to 0d&d's spell research rules, or different really? So you pass on wish, well researching a 6th level spell costs 12-60k gp, so you pass up a keep, or a staff of power or a ring of invisibility etc.UWS guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01277557128674527225noreply@blogger.com