Re: Re: (TFT) Wizards at War

[Michael Taylor <MichaelTaylor1@compuserve.com>]

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>>>>>Conversely, in a world so wizard/magic poor that all a 
>>>>>baron could afford is a +3 sword, the man-at-arms 
>>>>>would never in his life have even a chance at a +1 sword.  

This is alot more like the way I run my worlds!

> But say someone (probaby a former player character 
> king) was going to  outfit an army of men-at-arms 
> with +3 swords. 

Okay.  Remember, this wasn't my idea.

>>>>>>>>Well I largely agree with this sentiment, but why don't
>>>>>>>>soldiers today just sell their weapons?  

Easy! Communications technology! You cant outrun radio. That's distinctly
different from a peasant who can sell the sword and to a far off mercenary
and can easily sink out of sight with thousands of dollars worth of gold. 

My only point is that all of the zillions of methods of "magic-item
manufacturing" I've heard over the years (for any game system) assume some
things I just  dont think will work. 

Magic ins't reliable enough and the society wont support an 'industrial
revolution' based on magic. 

Michael 
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