Quest Spells (was Re: QUEST and Digging)

From: joao@springer.watson.ibm.com (Joao M.C. Geada)

Date: Mon, 02 May 1994 14:07:00 +0000

|> : >Its nice you posted the deletions from the Quest FAQ but maybe if you'd
|> : >played the game you'd have realized the reasoning behind the deletions.
|> : >
|> : >The info is just plain inaccurate.  The spell numbers change from game
|> : >to game.  Some of them may match, but most probably don't.  Players who
|> : >use this info will probably be disappointed.

As far as I can tell, the only ways of discovering spells in Quest are
	a) random pot luck
		try a random combination of powders, see what happens
		There are 9 powders, combinations of up to 3 powders
		are legal => lots of combinations, most don't work &
		no guarantee that even if I try a legal combination
		that my mage will be able to cast that particular spell.
	b) magical research
		doesn't always work, very expensive (#gold required)
	c) talking to other players
		and I'm sure email & usenet count, right ?

So I am at a loss to explain how knowing & sharing the spells list
would decrease my (or anybody's) enjoyment. Definitly MY enjoyment of
the game would be increased.

As it is, the advantage lies with large alliances that can afford to
waste turns/orders (ie real money) discovering spells & sharing the
results with each other. Anybody that won't or can't join such alliances,
or makes an unfortunate choice of alliances is put at a (possibly) severe
disadvantage throughout the game. Not nice.

If the entire spell list were common knowledge, and if the ability to
cast a particular spell depended very strongly on the mage's skill level
and on having practiced the spell before-hand I believe (IMHO) that the
game would be more fun and thus more enjoyable.

What do you other Quest players out there think ?

Joao
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References

Re: QUEST and Digging
"Bob Cook" <p00661@psilink.com>
Mon, 25 Apr 1994 21:37:05 +0000
Re: QUEST and Digging
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 28 Apr 1994 01:27:47 +0000
Re: QUEST and Digging
seattle@cyberspace.com (David Gene Adams)
Sun, 01 May 1994 05:25:29 +0000

Referenced By

Re: QUEST and Digging
"Bob Cook" <p00661@psilink.com>
Mon, 25 Apr 1994 21:37:05 +0000
Re: QUEST and Digging
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 28 Apr 1994 01:27:47 +0000
Re: QUEST and Digging
seattle@cyberspace.com (David Gene Adams)
Sun, 01 May 1994 05:25:29 +0000