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<LI><em>From</em>: "Jon A. Lambert" <<A HREF="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</A>></LI>
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On 9 Nov 97 at 11:00, Marian Griffith wrote:
> Why grant players powers above those the guards enjoy. If players can
> have little fortresses that others find it impossible to enter then
> why not a town as well?
Good point. The only answer I can think of, is that players have
feelings. Mud monsters, well, they're made out of rubber. ;)
> *shrug* there's numerous ideas that could at least overcome this in
> a way that fits in a magical world, including a magical trace that
> can be followed back to its origin (i.e. the mage). Retribution does
> not have to be immediate after all, declaring a player wanted might
> serve just as well. As long as a sufficient number of guards defeat
> even the most powerfull player -and- the consequence of defeat is a
> repellant to risk being killed then guards can arrest a player or at
> least drive her from town.
>
Speaking of magical traces. It occurs to me that each practioner of
magic might leave a unique signature in the residue of casting. A
kind of a fingerprint or DNA signature. If we could only register
all of these mages and develop proper detection devices. Maybe this
is could be made a requirement of the wizard's guild. Of course
there are those renegade wizards to worry about. And the problem of
getting the evidence admissible in the king's court.
--
Jon A. Lambert
If I'd known it was harmless, I would have killed it myself.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00238" HREF="msg00238.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fear of magic (was:Usability and interface)</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00243" HREF="msg00243.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fear of magic (was:Usability and interface)</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Wed 05 Nov 1997, 18:46 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00240" HREF="msg00240.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fear of magic (was:Usability and interface)y</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com">nightfall#user2,inficad.com</a>, Wed 05 Nov 1997, 08:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00261" HREF="msg00261.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fear of magic (was:Usability and interface)</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Sun 09 Nov 1997, 16:34 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00268" HREF="msg00268.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fear of magic (was:Usability and interface)</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 10 Nov 1997, 02:07 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00581" HREF="msg00581.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fear of magic (was:Usability and interface)</A></strong>,
coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Tue 09 Dec 1997, 18:37 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00586" HREF="msg00586.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fear of magic (was:Usability and interface)</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Tue 09 Dec 1997, 19:50 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00624" HREF="msg00624.html">Players as Monsters/NPCs</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Wed 10 Dec 1997, 07:09 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00651" HREF="msg00651.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Players as Monsters/NPCs</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Wed 10 Dec 1997, 21:56 GMT
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