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Re: [CW] Too many wizards???
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 9 Feb 2000 18:33:29 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Franklin W. Cain writes:
The title of this thread reminds me of the excellent novel,
_Too Many Magicians_ by Randall Garrett (I think). It's a
classic 'locked-room' murder mystery with a twist - it
happens in a world where magic works, at a convention of
wizards. And yet, it's still a mystery how the murder is
committed...
> In a message in another thread,
> someone made a comment that we should not have
> too many mages/wizards in our armies.
That was me. I didn't want to stomp on any feet, so I'll
elucidate further below.
> Unfortunately, in the "army" (actually, population)
> that I'm building, I've already got a dozen or so wizards,
> most of them "bad guys", and I'm in the process of making
> a few more. • <snip>
> Thus, as I see it, if I want to build an army worthy of
> (in-character) respect, I'm stuck with using the wizards
> and dragons as the main source of strength for my army.
First, I don't *necessarily* see this as a problem. If
someone were fielding an army of a hundred troops *and*
said that every one was a trained master magician that
was the equal of Mephisto - then it would seem to me
like they were being a little bit unrealistic.
Remember that the chief goal of CW is for everyone to
have fun, and while one person may have fun having an
indestructible army of warrior-mages, it won't be fun
for the people who have to deal with them. (I realize
that's not what you're doing, Franklin, just making a
point.)
So I personally don't think your cadre of wizards is a
problem unless you want each of your wizards to also be
the most powerful mages on the planet. This is especially
true since your army has other weak points - it's size,
for example.
Perfect people and things are boring to write - or to read
- about. It is the flaws that make them interesting. 8)
J
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| (...) Which is why people can turn down Battle requests and can come up with a mutually beneficial outcome. :) (...) I'd say the more wizards you have, the less powerful the average wizards are. I would not bar powerful leader mages, though. Jeff (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| In a message in another thread, someone made a comment that we should not have too many mages/wizards in our armies. Unfortunately, in the "army" (actually, population) that I'm building, I've already got a dozen or so wizards, most of them "bad (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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