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    Brian Stoner
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    Adurian power

    I was thinking, if we suppose (for sake of argument) that Aduria does
    not have (or has very few) True Wizards capable of casting most magic
    and has few empowered priests (as they may still look to the old gods),
    this leaves the Adurians with a great deal less power than the
    Cerilians... Now, to make things interesting, we DMs want to make the
    Adurians a possible threat to Cerilia. To provide this threat, and
    create a balance, I propose the following possiblities. Perhaps, as
    someone else has said, the Adurians have access to psionics. Or maybe,
    they have limited knowledge of firearms. If they have one or the other,
    it could make for an interesting situation for higher level campaigns
    when the Cerilians are invaded by these Adurians with strange powers or
    weapons. I am wondering what everyone's thoughts on these are. I know
    that some people are against the use of firearms in a fantasy setting
    and I respect that opinion. However, there are ways that it could be
    dealt with so that it wouldn't upset the overall balance and fun of the
    game. Therefore, if one accepts the possibility of firearms or psionics
    in fantasy settings, what do you all think of using one or the other in
    some sort of higher level epic adventure involving an invasion by the
    Adurian Empire?

    Brian

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    rhammond@mail.eclipse.ne
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    Adurian power

    At 10:17 PM 10/21/97 -0700, Brian Stoner wrote:

    > However, there are ways that it could be
    >dealt with so that it wouldn't upset the overall balance and fun of the
    >game. Therefore, if one accepts the possibility of firearms or psionics
    >in fantasy settings, what do you all think of using one or the other in
    >some sort of higher level epic adventure involving an invasion by the
    >Adurian Empire?

    The single biggest problem I could see with introducing even crude
    firearms (i.e., arquebus and simple bombards) is technology transfer. Once
    the Cerilians are aware of the existance of these things, what is to stop
    them from divining, mundanely or magically, the nature of their operation
    and turning their own church bells into cannons? In short order the
    Cerilians, or at least the Anuire, Brecht and Khinasi, who appear to have
    the necessary metalworking and (al)chemical skills, would be in possesion of
    both true magic and firearms.

    Robert Hammond
    rhammond@eclipse.net

    "Chemists do not usually stutter. It would be awkward if they did, seeing
    that they have at times to get out such words as methylethylamylophenylium."
    -William Crookes, 1865

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