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Residuum: A Re-Fluffing
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TheWyrd
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I feel that the thing people don't like about Residium is that they envision it as an object all its own. Some sort of fairy dust you scrape off. What if it was instead a term for a class of objects. Jewels, Pheonix Feathers, Basalisk Venom, and yes, Fairy dust.. that was used in the creation of magic items. By taking that stuff back you can use those rare components in the creation of new magic items and thus save yourself some of the cost of a new item. Otherwise you'd have to buy some more eye of newt and that can get expensive.
hong said:
Hmm?
1. I think I've about residuum in old 70s fantasy novels...I definitely knew about residuum before the mid 80s...
2. Looking at the dictionary, the origin is traced back to 1660s...Isn't this still considered the proper milieu?
3. Is this like Supernal where people don't realize it's an actual word. Just because D&D hasn't been using a word doesn't mean it doesn't eist
Tortoise said:
Prosecutor: Your Honor, I object. As established in 4E v. Vancian Casting and Mearls v. Sacred Cow, the existence of a particular concept in previous editions has no bearing whatsoever on the question of whether that concept is a good one.
Judge: It's well established that earlier editions are admissible evidence under certain circumstances.
Prosecutor: But none of those circumstances apply. This court is addressing the question of whether residuum is a good concept in and of itself, not how it compares to the systems used in previous editions. Nor has defense counsel put forward any claim as to whether residuum-like mechanics worked well or poorly in those editions. This whole line of questioning seems intended merely to establish that residuum existed in previous editions, and as such, I move that it be stricken from the record.
Judge: Hmm. I'm inclined to agree. Does the defense have any argument for why the existence of a residuum-like mechanic in previous editions has any bearing on 4th Edition?
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