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From: mccolm@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: UltraSpells
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Date: Tue, 7-May-85 19:44:26 EDT
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Posted: Tue May  7 19:44:26 1985
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Reply-To: mccolm@ucla-cs.UUCP (Eric McColm)
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Summary: 

In article <5093@ukc.UUCP> ncg@ukc.UUCP (Nigel Gale) writes:
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>Low level MUs combining power to produce higher level spells?

Keep in mind that some nerdly character will hire 2000 acolytes, just
to be able to enchant items at third level.

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

If you're running a spell-point system, the advantages of a
powerful magician getting mana from a lot of followers is
obvious.  But there should be some entropic effect, just
to make sure that the WHOLE human race won't become magician's
apprentices.

The concept of the congregation, the coven, the circle, and
other such *collections* of magically-oriented people has
no game-based foundation, except as a source of acolytes,
unless the leader of such a group can take advantage of the
power of the group to work mightier magic than otherwise
would be possible.

But it's a good idea that the leader of the group must have the
knowledge to cast the spell on his/her own, just so there's
some innate limits to such activities.
-fini-
			    -Eric
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