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From: eliovson@aecom.UUCP
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Subject: RE:current topics
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Date: Mon, 15-Apr-85 13:43:49 EST
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I must say, the discussions have been great.

AD&D is based on stories of fantasy.  The adapted usage  is  from
Vance (I believe) who has his collection of Mages who sit around,
do not like to be disturbed, and do  research  and  collect  IOUN
stones! They meet every so often when plots arise to gain an item
or to judge each other.  They all  carry  spells.   This  is  the
basis  for the MU's of AD&D.  If you want to use the Mana theory,
fine.  It is not "silly".  In the  story  I  read  the  mana  was
pretty  much  depleted,  but  I can readily agree that in a fresh
world this is fine.  In fact, you can adapt a  module:   your  +3
sword glows dimmer in this module...

I once went on this adventure and got hit with a beautiful curse.
We were picking thru the loot and we opened up the MU's spellbook.
Oops.  We rolled, since noone wanted to claim responsibility for
doing such a thing.  I was the lucky one.

	Goodbye: Cube of Force
		 Wand of Fire (17 charges...)

Start again.  We recently played the module by Gygax which is
the replica of Alice in Wonderland.  In this module you have
to shrink in order to go in- so you can't take your magic!
Further, since all the magic and treasure is small, the magic
can't be taken out, and the treasure is worth only 1/10th!!!

These methods both limit magic and fleece NPC's.  Permanency
drains a CON point.  If someone wears a Girdle, he runs a
good chance of breaking his hands unless he has Ogre guantlets!
Using NPC's or other PC's is standard procedure.

If you play, and you are really not challenged, you can Womp
everything you meet, you can't be touched, etc. it's time to
play a Tomb of Horrors module (Hi there, you nice sweet demi-lich)!


		I guess that's it.

		Merry Adventuring-
		Moshe Eliovson
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