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From: berry@tolerant.UUCP (David W. Berry)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: Social implications of magic
Message-ID: <315@tolerant.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 28-Mar-86 08:31:24 EST
Article-I.D.: tolerant.315
Posted: Fri Mar 28 08:31:24 1986
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References: <9865@ucla-cs.ARPA> <386@weitek.UUCP> <1249@udenva.UUCP>
Reply-To: berry@handel.UUCP (David W. Berry)
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In article <386@weitek.UUCP> robert@weitek.UUCP (Robert Plamondon) writes:
>                                Armored knights would (by and large) be
>dogmeat when they encountered their first medium-level mage, so
>armored chivalry as the dominant force is highly unlikely.
	This by and large depends on who sees whom first.  Ever try to
get a spell off when 3 burly dudes are pounding on your poor robe clad
body.  Makes concentration very difficult.  The mage had better take
the knight out on the first try, he may very well not get a second
chance.

>My own campaign is a medieval campaign with custom rules, which (like
>PENDRAGON from Chaosium) has no PC spellcasters, and few NPC
>spellcasters. There IS magic, and it IS powerful, but very few people
>have the ability to use it. You have to be in the 99.5th percentile
>just to have measurable aptitude, but only with 99.99 is the ability
>very powerful.
	But the reason I play fantasy games is to escape from the boring
realities of this world.  I want to do something different.  Thus I want
to become a beautiful hobbit cleric, or perhaps an unwise mage.  Why
should I have to settle for reality?  Sure it's unrealistic, that's
why I like it!
-- 

	David W. Berry
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