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<blockquote data-quote="physicscarp" data-source="post: 1702605" data-attributes="member: 7207">Fluff or Crunch?Are you interested in incorporating QM fulff or crunch?Quantum mechanical fluff is the material you read about in books like <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1570625190/qid=1092234895/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/102-4653500-8946521" target="_blank">The Tao of Physics</a> or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1571743324/qid=1092234942/sr=1-9/ref=sr_1_9/102-4653500-8946521?v=glance&amp;s=books" target="_blank">Physics of the Soul</a> .&nbsp; Typically, books such as these will take the scientifcally confirmed ideas of quantum mechanics and attempt to apply it to a macroscopic, and often very human, scale.&nbsp; It sometimes makes for interesting reading, but more often than not it's no more applicable than applying D&amp;D alignments to real people.IMHO, quantum mechanical crunch is far more interesting, as it describes measurable, detectable results.&nbsp; I used Liboff's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0805387145/qid=1092235124/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-4653500-8946521?v=glance&amp;s=books" target="_blank">Introductory Quantum Mechanics</a>&nbsp; as an undergraduate, but I also prefer <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/047187373X/qid=1092235257/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-4653500-8946521?v=glance&amp;s=books" target="_blank">Eisberg and Resnikc's QM book</a> .&nbsp; Make no mistake about it, QM crunch leads to some counterintuitive and down right strange ideas, but these things describe electrons and protons, and at most atoms or molecules.&nbsp; Once you start, saying, &quot;Well if we treat each spell level as a particular magic &quot;shell&quot; surrounding the wizard, then only so many &quot;spells&quot; can fit inside each shell.&quot; you're heading back into the fluff region, as wizards are not atoms, and spells are not electrons.Oh, and beware having someone at the table that understands QM, as it may just backfire on you.&nbsp; It's why I never play superheroes with gravity or electromagnetic powers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="physicscarp, post: 1702605, member: 7207"] [b]Fluff or Crunch?[/b] Are you interested in incorporating QM fulff or crunch? Quantum mechanical fluff is the material you read about in books like [URL=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1570625190/qid=1092234895/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/102-4653500-8946521]The Tao of Physics[/URL] or [URL=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1571743324/qid=1092234942/sr=1-9/ref=sr_1_9/102-4653500-8946521?v=glance&s=books]Physics of the Soul[/URL] . Typically, books such as these will take the scientifcally confirmed ideas of quantum mechanics and attempt to apply it to a macroscopic, and often very human, scale. It sometimes makes for interesting reading, but more often than not it's no more applicable than applying D&D alignments to real people. IMHO, quantum mechanical crunch is far more interesting, as it describes measurable, detectable results. I used Liboff's [URL=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0805387145/qid=1092235124/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-4653500-8946521?v=glance&s=books]Introductory Quantum Mechanics[/URL] as an undergraduate, but I also prefer [URL=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/047187373X/qid=1092235257/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-4653500-8946521?v=glance&s=books]Eisberg and Resnikc's QM book[/URL] . Make no mistake about it, QM crunch leads to some counterintuitive and down right strange ideas, but these things describe electrons and protons, and at most atoms or molecules. Once you start, saying, "Well if we treat each spell level as a particular magic "shell" surrounding the wizard, then only so many "spells" can fit inside each shell." you're heading back into the fluff region, as wizards are not atoms, and spells are not electrons. Oh, and beware having someone at the table that understands QM, as it may just backfire on you. It's why I never play superheroes with gravity or electromagnetic powers. [/QUOTE]

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