From: Alex Ferguson (abf@cs.ucc.ie)
Date: Fri 28 Jan 2000 - 06:41:35 EET
Nils:
> Another possibility is that the Zabdamar of today are
> very much into mysticism. If so, they won't take active
> action against intruding pirates
Sez the man who below, pioneers 'Mystic Fog-lamps' as a concept. ;-)
> they won't have much
In a sense, one might argue, the fog is a manifestation of this:
I think they definitely include mysticism in their practice (likely
somewhat unusually for merfolk, I'm guessing), though certainly
mixed in with lots of other stuff (like this is news, as previously
discussed, in re, oh, everywehere else). It's probably fairly manifest,
too, going by Kahar's exemplar.
> material wealth for the pirates to be interested in and
> they will be very well protected against agression.
concealment, illusion, as 'mystical side-effect' from the
circumstances of the area's origin, and the practices that
follow on from that, etc.
I don't see them getting robbed by the pirates, certainly: if they
have any rich settlements, I'm guessing they're either underwater, or up
in the fog-banks... Though allegedly there are some islands in there
somewhere...
> No no, the onboard mystic doesn't destroy the fog by
> refuting it, he just refutes its effect on his vision.
Ah, I see! So, that disposes of one problem, though what to do about
the Zabdamar chewing off the mizzen-mast? ;-)
Of course, the Z. aren't very numerous, so it's likely not quite
as dangerous as I'm making it sound. You *could* easily sail from
one side to the other, meeting no-one but barnacles, provided your
navigation is up to snuff. And the pirates there are almost certainly
not looking for *you*, so you could consider yourself very unfortunate
if they pillage your vessel and plank-walk you, purely opportunistically.
But if the Z. do decide to pick on you, in their own domain, I reckon
you're pretty hosed, at least if you're not Armed For Fireberg...
Cheers,
Alex.
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