Subject: A compromise
From: Atte Koivula (yorka@dlc.fi)
Date: Thu Aug 19 1999 - 16:28:19 EEST
Having thought about the \"subsystems/no subsystems\" at length, I think I am beginning to tip my scale in the favor of the \"no subsystems\" -alternative. So I am suggesting this: - We will have a 3-way casting system (vocal-somatic-material), which means that every spell can be casted entirely with words, gestures, materials or a combination of these. - All spells should be casted in the correct lexical order because it is much more logical this way, considering there has been talk about continuous spells such as creation-fire-essence-control-fire-being or something (that would create a fire elemental). Also, the system is easier to code this way. - We\'ll preserve the classes (primal, academic and divine) because it allows much much more diversity, is philosophically much more coherent, and, also, if there would only be one base system and we would have the 3-way casting system, it would mean the absence of truenames OR that truename-spells would have the same effects as any other spells. Let\'s face it, there has to be mighty and less mighty spells. _/_ /Atte \"Yorkaturr\" Koivula <yorka@dlc.fi> True darkness is not the absence of light. --------------------------------------------------------- Tämä viesti on lähetetty Saunalahden Serverin Webmailista osoitteesta: www.saunalahti.fi
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