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From: oleg@birtch.UUCP (Oleg Kiselev)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: Re: Illusionists
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Date: Mon, 2-Dec-85 20:32:09 EST
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In article <674@k.cs.cmu.edu> tim@k.cs.cmu.edu (Tim Maroney) writes:
>I'd like to hear less about interpretation of the Phantasmal Force spell and
>more about how illusions ought to work in the best of all possible
>campaigns.  Remember, any DM can throw out or rewrite spells that she or he
>finds unworkable.

I may yet respond to the rest of the article in the future, but for now :
If you are interested in how ILLUSION should work a few examples spring to mind:
	"The Misenchanted Sword" and other works by Watt-Evans (?)
	"The Futurological Congress" by Lem
	"THe Knight of Delusions","To End As A Hero" and several other works
				by Keith Laumer
These books provide some very good ideas on how ILLUSION works and what it can 
be used for. Also ( especially in Lem) a number of ways the ILLUSION is rationa-
lized are discussed.

I, ofcource, have THE BEST and THE ONLY  R I G H T  idea on how these things 
work (;-)....

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