Scarred Lands: Ask the Sage

Nightfall · Dec 11, 2003

Okay folks with this provision in mind, ANY SL related Questions, I'll field here.

[Editor's note: I'm back. No vacation for me. But I'm here and ready to answer questions.]

BiggusGeekus · Dec 11, 2003

Nightfall said:
Okay folks with this provision in mind, ANY SL related Questions, I'll field here.

How come sorcery generates heat so the sorcerors have to wear lose clothing to disrobe? How come all the sorcerors are strapping young men and pert young women?

:: looks innocent ::

:: fails ::

Nightfall · Dec 11, 2003

BiggusGeekus said:
How come sorcery generates heat so the sorcerors have to wear lose clothing to disrobe? How come all the sorcerors are strapping young men and pert young women?

:: looks innocent ::

:: fails ::

Some how I figured this would come up.

It's only in Shelzar and Albadia. Otherwise you have lots of ugly people doing it. As for why, hey they are probably the best of the best!

Cthulhu's Librarian · Dec 11, 2003

Why is this in the Off Topic forum? It seems to be a very On Topic thread for the General RPG Discussion forum.

Nightfall · Dec 11, 2003

Two reasons:

1) The General Forum pushes a LOT of threads down.

2) I need an excuse for a "Ask Nightfall" thread in this forum. Why? Because I'm eccentric!

Ruined · Dec 11, 2003

Are you still reading any Scarred Lands story hours? *blink*

heh heh. I know I let 'the Scars Run Deep' die for a long time, but I'm back on the ball now.

Nifft · Dec 11, 2003

BiggusGeekus said:
sorcery generates heat

On a serious note: what are the non-obvious implications of the "magic generates heat" thing, and what kind of interesting effects has it had on specific games?

-- N

Nightfall · Dec 11, 2003

theRuinedOne said:
Are you still reading any Scarred Lands story hours? *blink*

heh heh. I know I let 'the Scars Run Deep' die for a long time, but I'm back on the ball now.

At the moment only Lars' I would read more...but I've had my vacation time to spend Ruined. (I still have great fondness for yours Ruined)

Nightfall · Dec 11, 2003

Nifft said:
On a serious note: what are the non-obvious implications of the "magic generates heat" thing, and what kind of interesting effects has it had on specific games?

-- N

Think of it a lot like acting like a minature microwave. You can't cook food with it however, but it will keep you from feeling a lot of the effects of cold weather.

As for specific games, while I've not run across them, I do know it can lead to interesting...results such as a one instance where I read about a female gamer who kept her character invisible just so she wouldn't have to show off that much. Course no one told her casting spells makes you visible when casting invisibility...but it was funny to see the look on one Hedradan guard's face when a topless Abalbian popped into view.

Ruined · Dec 11, 2003

For me, the magic-heat been mostly flavor. Recently, the PCs walked into a small inn room where an NPC had been Scrying for a lengthy bit of time. The room was sweltering.

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