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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GhostShip Blue" data-source="post: 6134936" data-attributes="member: 6712370">I wasn't clear. There's a rationale inside Ars. Not one that bears any resemblance to anything outside of Ars, but there is a rationale at work, just one that I can't fathom. It bears no kinship to the Alchemical traditions and 11th century understanding of the universe it purports to.The platonic ideal of gold is value. The platonic ideal of steel is strength. They are both metals and one can be turned into the other. Muto Terram would work, and should work easily for MAGIC. Not the truth of alchemy as we have come to understand it, but for MAGIC applied to an understanding of the universe that allows for alchemy to be as rational as F=mv^2.But Ars has it's own, to me, cryptic application of those understandings and I confess, I just don't have the interest, time, money or energy to invest in it to unravel the enigma. I love gaming with my friends. Most of the time I like the games we play, just not so much when it's Ars.I think, with the help of all of you loyal Ars folk (gods love ya'), I've found some ways to enjoy the game rather than suffer through it.</blockquote>