Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.games.frp Subject: Re: Inanimate ego/intelligence Message-ID: <566@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 14:57:45 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.566 Posted: Wed Jul 17 14:57:45 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Jul-85 05:33:23 EDT References: <122@uts.am.reading.UUCP> <6313@ucla-cs.ARPA> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcb.UUCP (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 34 Summary: In article <6313@ucla-cs.ARPA> mccolm@ucla-cs.UUCP (Eric McColm) writes: >About magic/egotistical swords: If the sword is capable of controlling the >character *all* of the time, this raises some problems for the campaign. >I don't propose to enumerate the problems ... We have this situation in the campaign I'm playing in now. In effect, we have a sword walking around wearing a hobbit thief. We know the hobbit won't be able to control the sword 'til he's become a Master Thief several times over (our party is about 4th-5th level right now). On the other hand, the sword has so many useful abilities that we'd really hate to lose it. (Telepathy, the ability to store spells for later use -- including two full wishes that we know of, and several thousand years of experience to draw on). The sword is purposed to protect hobbits, so it isn't entirely a bad deal for the thief. The way our DM is playing it, the hobbit has full autonomy subject to review by the sword. If he sets out to do something the sword objects to he's stopped. Most of the time, though, he can do pretty much what he wants (which has gotten us into trouble more than once (-: ). The sword generally doesn't offer advice unless asked and doesn't always know everything. The hobbit voluntarily took up the sword, knowing it would probably control him. So far we've had no reason to try to get rid of it and the sword has expressed no desire to leave. On the other hand, hobbits have been rarities in our campaign world so far. We have no idea what may happen if we run into a lot of them. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI Common Sense is what tells you that a ten 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. pound weight falls ten times as fast as a Santa Monica, CA 90405 one pound weight. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe