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<blockquote data-quote="Echoes" data-source="post: 13268" data-attributes="member: 1187"><p><strong>Re: And to continue....</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Very true. I should have qualified what I was saying about writing spur of the moment poetry by noting that it is VERY hard to write a good poem without knowing about certain poetic elements. Also, I was going to bring up Eliot and Pound, etc. but I didn't want to get TOO into it. But now that we have, yeah. "The Wasteland" took incredibly long to write, it was a labor, and Pound helped Eliot immensely. And because of all this it is one of the best pieces of poetry ever written. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>But if you have a great command of poetry you can write a semi-decent poem pretty quickly, at least when the occasion strikes. It's almost like a trance, you know? I'm not sure how to describe it, but there are times where I'll sit down for an hour and end up with a very well done 60 line poem. Now, it won't be perfect, but it'll be serviceable. All poems take time to perfect, though.</p><p></p><p>NOW, back to the game <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Heh.</p><p></p><p>As far as sorcerors being "point and shoot" munchkins, I think that you need to have SOME intelligence to play one. After all, you do have to pick the right spells. I think being a munchkin is not the fault of the class as much as the player. I've played a sorceror with very little in the way of damage spells who ended up being a great asset to the party. I think it just depends on the kind of character you want to play. Granted, there will always be the pyro evoker/sorceror types whose sole contribution to in character conversation is, "I burn it." But I suppose the same could be said for any class, right?</p><p></p><p>Laters,</p><p>-John-</p><p></p><p>P.S. Guac, are you going to school in Chicago? I'm just up the road, so to speak, at Northwestern. At any rate, just curious.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Echoes, post: 13268, member: 1187"] [b]Re: And to continue....[/b] Very true. I should have qualified what I was saying about writing spur of the moment poetry by noting that it is VERY hard to write a good poem without knowing about certain poetic elements. Also, I was going to bring up Eliot and Pound, etc. but I didn't want to get TOO into it. But now that we have, yeah. "The Wasteland" took incredibly long to write, it was a labor, and Pound helped Eliot immensely. And because of all this it is one of the best pieces of poetry ever written. :-) But if you have a great command of poetry you can write a semi-decent poem pretty quickly, at least when the occasion strikes. It's almost like a trance, you know? I'm not sure how to describe it, but there are times where I'll sit down for an hour and end up with a very well done 60 line poem. Now, it won't be perfect, but it'll be serviceable. All poems take time to perfect, though. NOW, back to the game :-) Heh. As far as sorcerors being "point and shoot" munchkins, I think that you need to have SOME intelligence to play one. After all, you do have to pick the right spells. I think being a munchkin is not the fault of the class as much as the player. I've played a sorceror with very little in the way of damage spells who ended up being a great asset to the party. I think it just depends on the kind of character you want to play. Granted, there will always be the pyro evoker/sorceror types whose sole contribution to in character conversation is, "I burn it." But I suppose the same could be said for any class, right? Laters, -John- P.S. Guac, are you going to school in Chicago? I'm just up the road, so to speak, at Northwestern. At any rate, just curious. [/QUOTE]
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