Recent content by Eubani

I would reboot prior to death of the Sorcerer King of Tyr, back when the shadow of the Sorcerer Kings covered all hope and there was no thought that they would or could be killed. Any hope in the setting had to be created and harbored by the PC's.

Reboot time, Sorcerer Kings in charge and trying to become Dragons. Dragon at large and nobody knows what its goals are. Preservers have to hide in the shadows. The world is dying and life is cheap.

If you look at the page for the revised 2e Darksun effects of Preserver and Defiling magic I pasted above you can see the choice was made when memorizing the spell.

I corrected myself afterwards

It was tongue in cheek. A better way of describing it would be Theme no, culture yes.

For the Knights of Solamnia they were

So to be exact with defiling in the revised 2ED Dark Sun, when memorizing you make the choice to defile then make an Int check. On a failure lose effective spell level on spell. On a success cast as normal. On a success greater than amount based on local terrain, cast at higher spell level. Also...

This is from the revised edition

It's thematic in that it is easier and quicker to cast a spell when defiling. Add in the environmental destruction it is quite thematic. Also keep in mind I am dredging this up from memories 2 odd decades old