Re: Olympia: opinions on magical research

From: chuk@giskard.acns.nwu.edu (Chuk Craig)

Date: Fri, 01 May 1992 15:51:56 +0000

Rich Skrenta writes
> I like the magical research system in Olympia, but it's not quite
> there yet.  I'd like to hear what the players think of magical
> research.
>

I really liked the way T'Nyc did magic.  There were several spell "colleges" or
"specializations".  They were each skills. So you had Air Magic, Fire Magic,
Water Magic, Earth Magic, Summoning, Gatecraft, etc.  Each skill level, (or
every other skill level) you gained you got a new USE.  So maybe with Air
Magic 1, you can make a fog.  With Air Magic 3, you can create a breeze to
make ships go faster.  With Air Magic 5, you can fly yourself, and with
Air Magic 8, you could fly your stack.  Sometimes specific spell uses were
combat oriented, such as Fire Magic 5, Fireball enemy.  But usually, they
were just sort of factored in with the rest of combat.  You would expect that a
Fire Magic 8 person in combat with 5 guys with Combat 1 would toast them, and
he usually did.

chuk

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References

Olympia: opinions on magical research
skrenta@cbnewsg.att.com (Rich Skrenta)
Wed, 29 Apr 1992 22:09:50 +0000