Re: John's stuff

[Benjamin Austin <jedi@ecn.purdue.edu>]

On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Steve Ames wrote:

> > > Except its not. You just need to hold the physical spot where the
> > > nexus resides. 
> >
> > How can you hold it when you have no idea of what can come through it?
> 
> Because nothing has... how many portals got sucked in? A dozen? A
> hundred? Map 'em. 

Mapping them would involve gathing every GM that created a portal within
the specificed radius for every year that the setting has been here and
have them do a write up on the world. Doesn't seem practicle.


> If you don't like the results, burn down that
> portal. This defensive posture and speculation is weak.
> 

What is there to be defensive about?  As soon as someone objects to you're
line of thinking they're being 'defensive?'  As for the speculation,
isn't that what we all do here?  I was merely trying to show you a side
that you had not considered.


> > > You don't need to carry the war through it. 
> >
> > You do if you wish to have any advance warning of something bad about to
> > happen.
> 
> *sigh* Yeah whatever.
> 

Ow.  Once again you've shown me the errors of my ways.  Thanks.


> > > Whatever
> > > denizens on the other side of the portals probably don't care
> > > what happens here. 
> >
> > They most likely would if they knew that someone could take one location
> > and have near instant access to their back door.
> 
> and has for many jaernian years. Yep.
> 
> > > Also... any battle front coming through the portal
> > > comes in 10' waves... then they have to crall across baracades and
> > > live through the fireballs as they swim across the moat. 
> >
> > I'm sorry.  What baracades?  What moat?  Who's throwing the fireballs?
> 
> The ones that would be their if you were really worried about an
> attack.
> 

Actually, as a GM, I'm rather intrigued by the possiblities that it
brings.


> > > Be real.
> > > 
> >
> > It's a FANTASY club.
> 
> Where we use fantasy to project realistic (within the bounds of
> of gaming system) scenarios. Correct. FANTASY doesn't mean improbable.
> In fact we've been arguing for logic and consequences for a while. This
> thread is silly because now a couple of people have started to see
> something as possible and they'll move it to probable and then it'll
> happen for no reason other than they wanted it to.
> 
> At least stretch for something. Maybe someone from Attalia came
> through and went to some of the other worlds and started making
> alliances and enemies... and most importantly making everyone
> aware that holding the nexus gives them a tactical advantage in
> an inter-world war (not that anyone has the tech to wage war on
> their own world, let alone against others. Sheesh).
> 
> 						-Steve
> 

BJ