Re: magic

[John Hogg <johnhogg@expert.cc.purdue.edu>]

On Tue, 1 Dec 1998 Flightgod5@aol.com wrote:

> I think teresium being a channeling-inhibitor rather than a unit drainer is a
> much better precept.  Having something out there that can just suck away your
> units 25 at a time is a heinous ounce of rock.  Especially since it should be
> so plentiful due to the tremendous amount of magic items and incants floating
> around.  It makes more sense in the interest of balance for it to just inhibit
> the mage's ability to draw elemental power through himself.  Matrix gems just
> allow you to channel more energy per day than would normally be possible.
> 
> Joel
>   
> 

Oooh, those manacles on a Hirudo suddenly become quite a bit less
protective ...

Why does Teresium have to work one way or the other ... why not both?
(and probibally a dozen other ways no-one has yet thought of, but will be
instrumental in manufacturing an artifact that will some time in the
future be a plot hook or 100) ... that is, teresium is a nifty device that
has cloudy definition as to WHY it does what it does, so it can do other
things later (like bind spells to items rather than drain units).  It's
quite literally, the magic rock that does lots of stuff ... don't limit
it!

John Hogg			johnhogg@expert.cc.purdue.edu

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