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From: euren@ttds.UUCP (Leif Euren)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: Limiting Magic (A solution?)
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Date: Thu, 11-Apr-85 14:53:59 EST
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In article <500@udenva.UUCP> ttorgers@udenva.UUCP (Troy Torgerson) writes:

>I think that perhaps extending the material components idea a bit would be
>better.

>WHERE are the PC's going to get all the money to BUY all these things?

>go through several adventures just to get the ingredients for something, 

>Sure, if they show signs of only wanting to create something
>on a rare basis, you don't have to make it so hard to get the 
>things that they need, but if they want to abuse the system, then 
>you can too! 

This is, I think, the very good way to solve to the problem. And together
with requirement of heigh-level spell, it propably is the best.

In the British magazine White Dwarf issues 58-63 (Nov-84 to Mar-85) was a
series of articles called 'Eyes of Newt and Wings of Bat' explaining how to
make all those goodies of magic items listed in DMG. Not only were strange
and expensive ingriedients required, but also several 'Enchant an Item',
'Permanency' and 'Limited Wish' spells for _each_ item. Due to this rules it
is not impossible to manufacture magic items, but they will surely keep
low-level characters from it.

						Leif Euren  @ ttds