Illusion Magic

From: David Cheng (drcheng@stern.nyu.edu)
Date: Wed 18 Oct 1995 - 19:07:16 EET


I'd like to take Robert McArthur to task over Illusion magic.

In V2 #154, he considers it a flaw that only Tricksters and Puppeteers get
illusion magic, lamenting the lost military value.

I consider the restrictions a _virtue_. It makes _cultural_ sense
that these rare practitioners get illusion magic.

I would very much like to avoid the thinking "hey, it would be great
if my soldiers could get this, and that, and a little bit of this
too..." This is just a little too close to the D&D fighter with his
Boots of Levitation, Ring of Spell Turning, Elven Cloak, Helm of
True-Seeing..., for my comfort level.

The pattern we see in Glorantha is 'people make the best of what
they've got.' The Lunars have one of the biggest empires, and they've

got a lot more than most already. We don't need to go out of our way
to give them even more.

- -DC

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