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From: eliovson@aecom.UUCP (Moshe Eliovson)
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Subject: Re: Re: UltraSpells
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Date: Mon, 6-May-85 16:23:14 EDT
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> 
> Low level MUs combining power to produce higher level spells?
> 
> Hmm
> 
> Isn't there a saying, that goes something like:
> "Too many cooks cannot be coordinated, bungle the spell and turn each
> other into bald peaches."
> 
   Yes.


> But the idea has some distinct possibilities...
> the need for covens, large numbers of participants in rituals etc.
> 

   In one of the first Fafhard & The Grey Mouser stories The Mouser
   went to a Place of Evil (similar to Places of Power in other stories)
   and used this to cast a high level curse - of course it was killing
   him, I suspect burning his soul etc.  Covens and Places of Power
   enhance themselves by drawing on major benign/malevolent sources.
   I do not say all witchcraft does this though.  Further, this is why
   I say Clerical spell points will be more quickly restored in churches
   of the same alignment, etc.

> I would favour employing the Law of Diminishing Returns:
> 2 second-level MUs make one 3rd level MU
> 2 third-levels make a fourth level
> etc
> 
> maybe even more severe, as this makes 16 first-levels equal one 5th level,
> which is dubious.

    I never said this.  I go by your bungling rule above here.  High level
    spells require extensive training and mental discipline to control the
    spell's fabric and the forces it calls upon.  Therefore I said, the
    high level mage could call upon the "mental force / psychic link" or
    whatever to pour more power into his spells.  While a whole bunch of
    first level mages could possibly make an extensive magic missile, an
    attempt at a fireball would prove fatal to all- unless scroll rules
    apply.

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