Re: Where Olympia Wins Big

From: cedman@flagstaff.princeton.edu (Carl F. Edman)

Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000

In article <46p2ci$shp@saba.info.ucla.edu>, Rob Rodgers
<rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu> wrote:
> Several experienced players, some of whom I'm allied with and some I'm
> not, have assured me that BTA and has nasty crew can't blast EVERYONE, so
> there is safety in numbers.

We have heard that argument several times over the past few months, both
here and in the OT.  But strangely enough none of those clever people
making that argument seem quite willing to follow their own advise.  Make
no mistake -- over the past seventy turns some have stepped up and
challenged BtA for arcane supremacy.  Some of them did it unwittingly, or
out of ignorance.  Some of them were actually pretty smart.  What they
have in common is that they are now all very and permanently dead.

But what if all the little hostile mages got together and started to
be annoying at the same time ?  Could some or all of them survive ?
Could they maybe even neutralize BtA ?  Hard to say -- certain is only
that it would alleviate the near-terminal boredom which has struck BtA
lately.  To say exactly what BtA could do would be unwise, but if you
plan on such a venture, you should know that nothing which BtA has done
over the last couple years has even come close to taxing all of his
resources.  Also know that careful reading of the lore reveals more than
two ways of eliminating minor mages, and BtA can't wait to try out some
of the more imaginative ones.

In fact, BtA has been looking for an opportunity to demonstate the full
extent of his powers and a few new arcane stratagems for some time now.
All he's still lacking is a suitably large and well-defended enemy
target... now where does that "Bequeath Magic Lore" fellow live ?

Carl Edman (taking dictation from BtA)

References

Odyssey vs. Olympia (long)
Rob Rodgers <rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu>
Thu, 19 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Odyssey vs. Olympia (long)
Rob Rodgers <rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu>
Wed, 25 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Where Olympia Wins Big
srt@sun-dimas.aero.org (Scott Turner)
Thu, 26 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Where Olympia Wins Big
Rob Rodgers <rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu>
Thu, 26 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000