Subject: blah
From: Beregar (beregar@majik.netti.fi)
Date: Thu Aug 19 1999 - 17:16:15 EEST
> Hmmm... I was under the impression that there were no actual guilds, since > magic is supposed to be quite rare... The only sources of learning being > the Sages, other player mages and experimentation & exploration. At least > if magic is meant to be rare, there shouldn't be any guilds, unless some > players wants to found one, of course... I'd imagine more powerful wizards > more interested in preventing the creating of guilds so that their own, > hard-earned power feels more powerful even if it isn't, since so few > people can respond in kind... No guilds unless mortals form then. We should make magic such that other people can teach symbols to others so that it encourages people to form groups which teach symbols and combinations to each others, but we should also make symbols difficult to find and studying risky so that people won't share knowledge of strongest combinations. I still want see mortals to work together for otherwise powerful mages will just start destroying cities because they don't have anything else to do. If I was a mage I'd like people to admire and fear my skills, form a council of mages who would argue with each others and form strict rules to make it more difficult for anyone to reach their power level and fear constant attack of other mages because they would steal symbols etc etc..This all makes mages roleplayable. Sages ARE NOT sources of learning. At least I don't give a damn to a mortal who comes to whine spell knowledge from me. I can give hints if he/she deserves them but I don't want hear constant whines though they would probably end after torching a few people. About that scrambling which Namhas mentioned. It would cause studying to be lonely task and people couldn't share any magical knowledge with each other and it would also prevent all magical duels, need of councils etc because people just can't understand symbols of other peoples. Besides then we should make symbols easy to find or otherwise we wouldn't have any mages at all. I'd like to see not all spells could be cast with all ways. Let's take example my Jahid-Mahaire who create and enchant fabrics. Their spells should always require some sort of symbolic drawing or patterns so they are more like a combonent casters. I see gestures and words unnecessary unless you consider weaving gesturing. - Beregar (Beregar@majik.netti.fi)
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