From: Newton Hughes (C442196@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu)
Date: Mon 01 Nov 1993 - 23:04:34 EET
Graeme Lindsell asks what kind of result a call for divine intervention to
Thed would have: how about that gaping black hole that her priests drop
sacrifices into and summon monsters from?
Count me in on the side of the people who say the god's powers to DI must reflect his acts in Godtime.
I noticed in the Different Worlds index fragment an article on Dwarf Senses by our most prominent new subscriber to the digest. I never under- stood this Earthsense thing; it seems hard to explain and not too useful.
I just got done reading Aristotle's Parts of Animals, and was impressed by how much trouble he had with the concept of measuring heat. Certainly it would be a lot more significant for dwarves to have an infrared-type heat sensing ability? As I understand it the biggest challenge in forg- ing a decent steel weapon is knowing how hot the metal is, and anyone who could tell how hot something was just by looking at it would have a big head start in that skill.
Certainly d&d set a bad example by giving infravision to everybody and his dog, but in the case of dwarves isn't it appropriate?
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