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From: laura@utcsstat.UUCP (Laura Creighton)
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Subject: Re: Kill Orcus with mirror of opposition
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Date: Sat, 8-Oct-83 03:06:17 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct  8 03:06:17 1983
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If you tried that stunt with me running Orcus, i would have the mirror
crack, or have Orcus cast no suitable reflectable image. (Probably crack
given anyone who is playing under my rules truly ought to know better.)
The nature of 'demon' and the nature of 'lawful good' are not mutually
compatible. You get the same sort of nonsense when people ask their
Gods to create 'a round square' or 'a rock that they cannot lift'
and other such rot. If you mean such things as intellectual exercises, fine,
but if you try to make them part of my magical continuum you are in for a
surprise...

Incidentally, if you tried to use a mirror of opposition to create any
'high level' character you are going to get into serious trouble. The
creation of beings is traditionally reserved for gods (with the notable
exception of golems, but have you read the mishrash detailing that?)
so you had better watch out... Also, you may not get what you expect.
For instance, if you create a 'good' creature by reflecting an evil
one you may get one that veiws its own creation as very evil, and it
cannot blame the innocnent evil that happened to be there -- but boy
will it be sore at you. Terrific. Now you have twice as much trouble
as you had before (given that you were to use the mirror as a weapon)...

laura creighton
utzoo!utcsstat!laura