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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 9513786" data-attributes="member: 3400"><p>It is a curious change - it's almost a direct reversal of the information in the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer where a small group of Baklunish surviving wizards brought down the Rain of Colorless Fire in retaliation for the Invoked (and enigmatic) Devastation.</p><p></p><p>You bring up some pertinent connotations, but I wouldn't consider a first strike with a WMD as a terrorist act in the midst of a war. It tends to be the kind of thing a side would <strong>resort</strong> to, which is thinking that has guided deterrence theory and NATO policy. Back in the Cold War days, NATO avoided settling on a "No First Strike" policy because it anticipated difficulty containing Warsaw Pact forces if a hot war ever broke out in Europe. It was envisioned as a tactic they might need the freedom to resort to if being routed out of West Germany. So, should we take the Rain of Colorless Fire to indicate that the Baklunish were being beaten by the Suloise and were feeling pushed to the brink? Hard to say - hard to say what they were thinking about this change without actually getting them to talk about it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="billd91, post: 9513786, member: 3400"] It is a curious change - it's almost a direct reversal of the information in the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer where a small group of Baklunish surviving wizards brought down the Rain of Colorless Fire in retaliation for the Invoked (and enigmatic) Devastation. You bring up some pertinent connotations, but I wouldn't consider a first strike with a WMD as a terrorist act in the midst of a war. It tends to be the kind of thing a side would [B]resort[/B] to, which is thinking that has guided deterrence theory and NATO policy. Back in the Cold War days, NATO avoided settling on a "No First Strike" policy because it anticipated difficulty containing Warsaw Pact forces if a hot war ever broke out in Europe. It was envisioned as a tactic they might need the freedom to resort to if being routed out of West Germany. So, should we take the Rain of Colorless Fire to indicate that the Baklunish were being beaten by the Suloise and were feeling pushed to the brink? Hard to say - hard to say what they were thinking about this change without actually getting them to talk about it. [/QUOTE]
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