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<blockquote data-quote="Osric" data-source="post: 85112" data-attributes="member: 3330"><p><strong>Non 3e-er</strong></p><p></p><p>Forgive the intrusion, I'm sure I'll make myself useful here one day, but as a Tolkienist RPer who doesn't know 3e: "<strong>What's ECL?</strong>"</p><p></p><p>Apart from stuff I might not understand everything here seems right on the mark (oh yeah, there's Celestial this and Celestial that, but those could take some explaining; don't worry, I'll get by on assumptions)</p><p></p><p>Just to share what happens to be latest on my mind this particular evening, what do people think about what I -- as an old AD&Der call verbal, somatic & material components? I've just been giving my notes on LOTR a run-through and a whole load of stuff seems to happen without any verbal, somatic or material requirements at all, unless you count eye contact as a somatic component.</p><p></p><p>These things might help, but don't seem to be essential, and even when the central characters would have every reason to want all the bonuses they can get, they don't necessarily start spouting rhymes in Quenya, waving their arms about or crushing gemstones... A whole load of the subtler stuff, and possibly the majority of all magic in the texts on M-e seem to happen without any rigmarole. When you describe on the website what spells are allowed and what are not, have you given any thought to what is possible to a caster who remains silent and doesn't wave his hands about?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Osric, post: 85112, member: 3330"] [b]Non 3e-er[/b] Forgive the intrusion, I'm sure I'll make myself useful here one day, but as a Tolkienist RPer who doesn't know 3e: "[B]What's ECL?[/B]" Apart from stuff I might not understand everything here seems right on the mark (oh yeah, there's Celestial this and Celestial that, but those could take some explaining; don't worry, I'll get by on assumptions) Just to share what happens to be latest on my mind this particular evening, what do people think about what I -- as an old AD&Der call verbal, somatic & material components? I've just been giving my notes on LOTR a run-through and a whole load of stuff seems to happen without any verbal, somatic or material requirements at all, unless you count eye contact as a somatic component. These things might help, but don't seem to be essential, and even when the central characters would have every reason to want all the bonuses they can get, they don't necessarily start spouting rhymes in Quenya, waving their arms about or crushing gemstones... A whole load of the subtler stuff, and possibly the majority of all magic in the texts on M-e seem to happen without any rigmarole. When you describe on the website what spells are allowed and what are not, have you given any thought to what is possible to a caster who remains silent and doesn't wave his hands about? [/QUOTE]
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