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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5486849" data-attributes="member: 6669384">Actually, if you check the placement of commas, you'll see that Moment of Prescience applies to "opposed ability or skill checks".  All one clause.  Opposed checks, not just any checks.Read it as written, not just the way you wish it was written.Regarding the Spot Check:  You'd need to cast a Miracle or Wish for every one of your minions to be able to see their target.  Regarding the Attack Roll:  Each mirror would have to make a separate attack roll.Regarding the Plutonium:  It's as valid as the idea of an orbital platform.Regarding doing it as a geosynchronous platform:  Sidereal motion still applies.  That is, the sun is shifting across the sky, even if the planet isn't shifting beneath you, so your targeting system need to compensate for this constantly.  Regarding the idea of replicating technology with magic:  Can you use Magic to mass produce Magic items?  Obviously not. Technology can be used to mass produce technology, however, so I'll argue that the two aren't interchangeable.  In summation, while it's theoretically possible to come up with enough Wishes, Miracles and Limited Wishes to make it work, you'd end up spending so much money/exp that it would have been easier to just wish for your own kingdom.Regarding time travel calculations and Intelligence:  There are these things called Skills.  Perhaps you've heard of them?  Many are "trained only".  Including some Knowledge skills.  That means that, no matter what Ability modifier you care to apply, you still can't do it unless you actually have the skill.  So you can't just presume, "A 34 Int can do anything".  Regarding starships, computers and Spock:  If you're going to bring in gear from other settings, why not just bring in the Enterprise, and use the Phaser banks instead of your unworkable mirror array?  I mean, once you start ignoreing the rules, why be a piker about it?  Go all the way.Here's a thought:  Next time you want to try a thought experiment within a game setting, try giving a thought to the actual rules of that game.  Doing things within the rules is what makes them a challenge.  Ignoring the rules just makes it line noise on the internet.</blockquote>

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