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<blockquote data-quote="JoAT" data-source="post: 1696953" data-attributes="member: 16942">Well, yes, it can be all of those - aside from &quot;Magic as ultratech&quot;, since the whole magic as ultratech is about as prevalent as it would be in any other D&amp;D setting - it's closer to magic as... well, it's common magic.&nbsp; Magic that's used.&nbsp; Pulp heroes and swashbuckling are pretty much the same thing, and both tie well into medival fantasy, and the post-WWI angst... well, it's not really angst here - the whole noir genre isn't about angst, but about shades of grey.&nbsp; So, can someone play a game where magic is common-place and used logically, hereoes tend to be larger-than-life, the world isn't painted in black and white, and is still fairly medival, culturally and techologically?&nbsp; I'd say the answer is yes.As a side note, your above statement about it not being just for 14 year old power gamers seems to be saying that ic can be for anyone of three groups - 14 year olds, power gamers or 14 year old powergamers.&nbsp; You sure that there's no-one else it'll appeal to?&nbsp; (though, to be frank, I really don't see how the whole power-gamer thing even works, given that most things which can be abused have some fairly serious limitations on them, like an inablity to be healed, or the ability to only be at an increased power level for maybe 4 rounds, 3 times a day...)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JoAT, post: 1696953, member: 16942"] Well, yes, it can be all of those - aside from "Magic as ultratech", since the whole magic as ultratech is about as prevalent as it would be in any other D&D setting - it's closer to magic as... well, it's common magic. Magic that's used. Pulp heroes and swashbuckling are pretty much the same thing, and both tie well into medival fantasy, and the post-WWI angst... well, it's not really angst here - the whole noir genre isn't about angst, but about shades of grey. So, can someone play a game where magic is common-place and used logically, hereoes tend to be larger-than-life, the world isn't painted in black and white, and is still fairly medival, culturally and techologically? I'd say the answer is yes. As a side note, your above statement about it not being just for 14 year old power gamers seems to be saying that ic can be for anyone of three groups - 14 year olds, power gamers or 14 year old powergamers. You sure that there's no-one else it'll appeal to? (though, to be frank, I really don't see how the whole power-gamer thing even works, given that most things which can be abused have some fairly serious limitations on them, like an inablity to be healed, or the ability to only be at an increased power level for maybe 4 rounds, 3 times a day...) [/QUOTE]

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