Re: (TFT) CIDRI: Bigger than da average bear

[PTICHAM@aol.com]

11 March 2000

Dear Justin,

when i stated in the "unified Cidri" Proposal what i meant was the following:

- I totally agree with you that Cidri is a HUMONGOUS world, i think the 
precise ITL description was "Cidri is BIG. No complete map of its surface 
exists" 
- ITL also stated that it has alternate worlds ... another point for 
diversity of adventure ...

- Question: does this also mean that the metaphysics of one area or world 
apply to another ?  
    - Does this mean that the damage done by Great Sword in one world is 3D+1 
and in another, it is say 2D ? 
    - Does this mean that a fireball in one world does 1D-1 and in another 
does 1D ?
    - some would say - of course not ... while others - why not ... still 
some: sometimes or depends

- I do agree that in some areas of Cidri ... 
    - metal is scarce (i.e., basis of Security Station Adventure) ... this is 
due to the availability of the material ... geographic 
    - in an alternate world, gravity may increase or decrease weapon damages 
- all explainable
    - the fatigue to cast a spell in one particular area may be doubled in 
cost due to a Mnoren artifact which makes spellcasting difficult ... all in 
the story line 

- what i have difficulty in agreeing with is ... say ... when there is a 
breach on the Rule of Five (game balance)

- what works for one may not apply to the other ... house rules
    - please correct me if i am wrong, house rules are excemptions rather 
than the rule ...
    - thus, when you look at it,  it really boils down to house rules ... 
different house rules = different worlds ... 

- AM, AW and ITL Rules were established precisely to give the metaphysical 
bridge to all this diversity ... it bound the rules of what works and what 
doesn't in Cidri ... 

- TFT must have seemed encompassing in the 80's, but this has now been 
rendered wanting and incomplete by the introduction of new thinking from the 
group.
- the point here is not to curtail the diversity of adventure possibilities 
... 
- it is to determine what works or not in the vast expanse of Cidri ... 
- it does not and should not break existing house rules, in fact it 
strengthens it ... by sharing and documenting ideas
- in a way, it also succeeds in mapping some parts of Cidri ... 
- what the unified Cidri Paper hopes to do is - bridge the old and the new 
- i believe that this is already being done through the discussions over the 
tft net ... it is just a matter of putting it now on paper.

sorry if i seem to sound like a broken record ...

hope that i did not step on someone's toes ... my sincerest and humblest 
apologies if i did.

best regards,

Jaypus 
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