Re: (TFT) For those who have ears...

["Jay Carlisle" <selfinflicted_wounds@boardermail.com>]

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Todd Roseberry" 
> 
> This issue makes me think of the first edition AD&D DM Guide I 
> referred to before. It had a section on just what magic was; I 
> don't believe the new ones do, although there's plenty of other 
> books you can buy to flesh out the magic user. In D&D, at least the 
> one I first played, by the use of somatic, verbal and material 
> components, you drew energy from another plane and manipulated it. 

Ah yes, and if one views a "plane" as an alternate Universe then I'd say that there is an actual limit on the total amount of energy that can be drawn from the plane.


> In TFT, the "magic" seems to be more mental, psionic like even. 
> TFT's magic isn't "pure" in that sense, some "traditional" ideas of 
> magic involving the spirit world and manipulation of natural forces 
> comes into play. I never thought it was ever fully defined in TFT. 
> A little wiggle room exists.
> 
> Aidan
> 

Good point here! It's an open enough system to tweak to taste so to speak.
If the Creation outta thin air bugs me, then scratch creation type spells.
This is more about me trying to "count" everything...

Jay

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