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0	> From: David Jaquith It sounds interesting but you must remember the old magic design question "If magic is that easy why don't wizards run the whole world".	Mitchw	2005-07-28 17:25:16
1	I have always liked the answer, "They wouldn't." That is why fantasy worlds often have thousands of years of history with little if any technological development.	JuddGoswick	2005-07-28 18:58:11
2	Exactly. The whole point of RPing is to do something you can't do in real life. I mean, who wants to RP working as a dishwasher in a bad restaurant? Nobody...	DavidJaquith	2005-07-28 21:20:53
3	> It sounds interesting but you must remember the old magic design question "If magic is that easy why don't wizards run the whole world".	DavidJaquith	2005-07-28 21:08:14
4	I think if you're going to allow "magical internets" and such that you'd have to disallow or curb the fireballs and whatnot.	JohnUghrin	2005-07-30 15:07:37
5	> I think if you're going to allow "magical internets" and such that you'd Why?	DavidJaquith	2005-07-31 04:07:53
6	> One possible reason could be that with the increase is That's something to figure out in the story.	DavidJaquith	2005-07-31 18:01:20
7	>>I think if you're going to allow "magical internets" and such that you'd Because fireballs cast at 900MHz would be possibly/probably disruptive to your game.	JohnUghrin	2005-07-31 13:18:16
8	> Because fireballs cast at 900MHz would be possibly/probably disruptive See, you're putting too much into this world.	DavidJaquith	2005-07-31 18:15:00
9	> However, few fantasy worlds run on the concept that everyone has the	JohnRudd	2005-07-31 18:55:35
10	> I've been thinking about magicpunk, replacing technology with magic in I love the idea, except for the astral internet.	DavidJaquith	2005-08-01 04:35:45
11	> Wizards would take the role of Mega-corps.	JohnRudd	2005-08-01 04:45:21
12	>>Because fireballs cast at 900MHz would be possibly/probably disruptive So how many nodes are you talking without some form of mass production?	JohnUghrin	2005-08-01 04:19:39
13	I imagine the magical internet happening as a wonderful accident in scrying technology.	DavidJaquith	2005-08-01 05:13:34
14	YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary IME: In My Experience Darren The Fudge List FAQ is at http:/fudge.phoenyx.netlistfaq.html<A> The Fudge List Guide to Fudge DarrenHill	2005-08-01 05:17:08
15	Sorry, "Your Mileage May Vary." From American car advertisements, I believe. > "In My Experience" >And I'm sure that people would create magical amazon.com and While I think that I might...	JohnUghrin	2005-08-01 13:59:57
16	> >And I'm sure that people would create magical amazon.com and I think you're concentrating on the negatives and ignoring the positives...	DavidJaquith	2005-08-01 15:56:52
17	Not sure what utility this will provide, but I will answer from my game's standpoint. On 8105, John Ughrin wrote: > So how many nodes are you talking without some form of mass production? In my game, using the obe	JuddGoswick	2005-08-01 16:35:15
18	This may be due to your not realizing that the Hobbit Mafia loves to move in on new taverns and try and bomb them out.	JuddGoswick	2005-08-01 16:44:33
19	> Firstly, I wasn't trying to insult.	RobbNeumann	2005-08-01 18:37:12
20	> I think you're concentrating on the negatives and ignoring the In my experience it's better if you compliment the good bits and add the parts that should be fixed with "and" instead than with "though", "on the other hand" or "but", to cite a few.	GobLyn	2005-08-01 18:57:49
21	It seems kind of rude to assume that any differences in play style between a group of players and their GM is due to the GM not being "creative" enough. That was not my intent, and hopefully I didn't come off that way to the original poster.	JuddGoswick	2005-08-02 14:26:47
22	Although I didn't take any particular insult, thanks to those jumping to my defense. Anyway, Robb just about hit the nail on the head as far as the game situation went. While it indeed had something to do with the dynamics of my group at the time	JohnUghrin	2005-08-01 19:45:39
23	hmm...the profit motivation might have moved them.	JohnUghrin	2005-08-01 19:30:08
24	Maybe that is the perfect segue into a new topic - how to keep a serious tone in a game?	JuddGoswick	2005-08-02 14:40:21
25	> Often, this is to blow off steam from workschool and to just have a In my group, when we were meeting to game, we would always have a mandatory 'BS Hour' before the game, to catch up, to rant, or just to BS...if we didn't do this, it came out	NosfeRandu	2005-08-02 14:54:36
26	>Often, this is to blow off steam from workschool and to just have a Personally, I never interfered with my players saying something silly and jokes.	EricPaquette	2005-08-02 15:04:10
27	>>Often, this is to blow off steam from workschool and to just have a What I've found is that when I set the proper tone with my descriptions and my rolplaying of the supporting cast, the other players tend to fall into that same mode.	BradfordYounie	2005-08-02 15:10:22
28	> Personally, I never interfered with my players saying something silly and jokes. Yeah, me too.	ThomasCackler	2005-08-02 15:14:17
29	>Often, this is to blow off steam from workschool and to just have a I don't know about maintaining a serious tone all* the time, but if there is some specific scene that you consider important, and want the players to take it se*	RobRendell	2005-08-03 03:09:58
30	Firstly, I wasn't trying to insult.	DavidJaquith	2005-08-01 17:32:29
31	>> No plot is more important than the player's desires. I think the point that the original post was trying to make was that the players were taking the game in a different direction and that particular direction didn't appeal to him.	RobbNeumann	2005-08-01 17:11:02
32	> This may be due to your not realizing that the Hobbit Mafia loves to Exactly what I've been trying to say.	DavidJaquith	2005-08-01 16:52:05
33	I've been thinking about magicpunk, replacing technology with magic in the cyberpunk genre.	NormanJHarmanJr	2005-08-01 01:45:40
34	One possible reason could be that with the increase is magical tools like a magical internet, magical car, magical ipod, whatever, people will be less inclined to do the task with just<STRONG> magic and will likely opt for the more effecien	NH	2005-07-31 08:10:01