Re: Mages Guild Suggestion

From: Todd Woods <woods@cs.uiowa.edu>

Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000

JSSpear wrote:
>
> Todd
>
> A good idea, but is it relly neccessary? The whole idea of making a mages
> guild was to join the forces of all mages in a guild to create magic
> items. By allowing every mage in the guild to access the magic storage
> device for their own use could become devestating.

Actually the whole idea about the magic storage device "partition" was
to allow more people use of a magic storage device.  Since Hugh plans to
make magic storage devices available for sale, there would be no need to
split up a storage device.  If someone has the resources to conduct
magical research, then they can also get the
resources to buy a magical storage device.

>    What happens when a character decides he wants to create an item and
> doesn't have the neccessary skills, MP's, KP's or gold? An explosion might
> occour which wipes out not only his/her "partition" but also the main
> storage device itself. Giving free reign to every character, I beleive
> would not be benificial to the group. Remember what happened to Duncan the
> Darks experiments.
>
> Bastard of the Spear

Actually, I never heard what happened to Duncan's experiments.  Give me
details. :)
	I do like the idea of the mages guild, where everybody pools
their resources.  For people who can't afford the time/money/etc. to
do magical research/magical item creation on their own, the mages guild
is a good deal.  I also think there are several things that could
be changed about it (for one the ep skill requirement; enchanting items
and doing magical research take no EP, only KP, gold and MP).  Also I
think people should have the capability to research items on their own
if they so desire.  I've just been trying to figure out how to make
this a possibility given the way the mages guild and magical research is
currently run in AG.  The groundwork for this is being laid.  Characters
can (or shortly will be able to) commission the creation of magic
storage devices.  Also the Enchant an Item skill is still being worked
upon.  And Hugh is embarking upon the process of automating some of the
magical items research/creation.  Eventually this will be a reality
(well, in AG at least ;-), and I think will definately add something to
the game.

Later,
		Todd

References

Re: Mages Guild Suggestion
nigellucky@aol.com (NIGELLUCKY)
Wed, 27 Dec 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Mages Guild Suggestion
jsspear@aol.com (JSSpear)
Tue, 09 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000