RE: (TFT) Reliability of flickering Gates

["rsmith" <rsmith@lightspeed.ca>]

	Yes there would be an adventure there if
a trade family didn't have their own gates.  
But competition pretty much FORCES everyone to
use the most efficient form of travel, which is
gates.

	I just think that mules, overland caravans 
and building and hiring ships is more interesting 
than calculating the price of having a wizard 
standing by with a bunch of apprentices and X
points of ST batteries, etc.

	Rick
	

-----Original Message-----
From: tft-owner@brainiac.com [mailto:tft-owner@brainiac.com]On Behalf Of
Mark Tapley
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 7:33 AM
To: tft@brainiac.com
Subject: RE: (TFT) Reliability of flickering Gates


R Smith wrote:

>"Hey
>gates only fail on a 18, that's a 1/216 chance of
>failure.  We can build a set of gates in a
>warehouse with a good wizard in the middle.  They
>will last long enough for him and his apprentice
>to run that far, and still have time to cast the
>spell twice incase he fails on the first try.  We
>can then put this trade family out of business..."

This suggests to me:

Angry trade family
Stealthy wizard or thief/Ninja type character (PC or NPC)
Gate Lock

	Sooner or later, that warehouse would become the setting for an
adventure. Considering the amount of money potentially involved, perhaps a
battleground. Remember, the Gate Lock would take down not only the primary
Gates, but their backups as well. Lots of travel to restore the network,
lots of opportunity for "accidents" to happen to travellers.
	And as soon as it's back up and working again...
	Maybe Gate Locks get hidden in a tunnel just under the warehouse,
so Gate spells cast in that spot in the warehouse appear *never* to work
(they work, they just get disspelled immediately).
							- Mark
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