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
I consider the restrictions a _virtue_. It makes _cultural_ sense
I would very much like to avoid the thinking "hey, it would be great
The pattern we see in Glorantha is 'people make the best of what
illusion magic, lamenting the lost military value.
that these rare practitioners get illusion magic.
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.
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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