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  1. #31
    Daniel McSorley
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    Elves and Realm Spells

    >Ok. This I can see. the "IF" part being the elf wizard has a Realm Spell in
    >their spellbook and they could read it. Can magic-users (as a class) read
    >magic that is beyond them? Can a Magician read a 5th level spell of the
    >Necromancy School?
    >
    I don't think so. They can recognize it as a spell, perhaps even
    determine what school it is, and roughly how far it is beyond them
    (spellcraft proficiency check?). But, they can't add it to their spell
    book, as they have to "know" it to do so. A read magic spell would probably
    let them determine what spell it is exactly, but other than that, it would
    be like me sorting through a bunch of machine code: I could recognize it as
    machine code (probably), but to figure out what it did? Alter it? Use it?
    No way.
    Daniel McSorley
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  2. #32
    Neil Barnes
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    Elves and Realm Spells

    On Sat, 7 Mar 1998 relve@Otdk.Helsinki.FI wrote:
    > So, an elven mage must be blooded in order to cast a realm spell.
    > I accept it but still I would like to know WHY a bloodline is
    > necessary?

    Because without a bloodline, you can't manipulate RPs (which are a
    pretty intangible thing) without wich you can't power realm spells.

    neil

  3. #33
    Neil Barnes
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    Elves and Realm Spells

    On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Brandon Quina wrote:
    > The rulers of kingdoms had the divine right. The 'pope' in real
    > life was said to be gods hand on earth.

    And when he speaks 'ex cathedra' (I think) he speaks for God, as far as
    the Catholic Church is concerned.

    neil

    Sidenote: Has anyone else been following the news about the proposed
    changes to the laws of succession in the UK? If the Bill is passed, the
    crown will be passed to the Monarch's eldest child, rather than to the
    eldest son. Not that it's ever likely to become an issue...

  4. #34
    Neil Barnes
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    Elves and Realm Spells

    On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, James Ruhland wrote:
    > Yep; one of my initial posts on this topic made an initial stab at this.
    > Perhaps Pre-Deismar magic worked under slightly different "Laws". Perhaps
    > Realm Spells could be cast by Elves, using Blood Points, not Regency
    > points. I.E. perhaps they powered the spells using sacrifices (no, no;
    > we're talking ELVES here, right? so they didn't use REAL people to power
    > their spells; only goblins & humans, not Elves ["real people"]: after all,
    > goblins & humans are cute and all, but they're more akin to smart animals,
    > they're not realy sentient creatures, and they have no spirit, like "real
    > people [Elves] do. . .

    Damn. I had this idea a while ago, and forgot to post it...

    I've been thinking about researching Realm Spells which use buildings as
    part of the spell. For example:

    A Realm Spell that summons a massive spirit-creature-thing using
    something like the Nazca lines in Peru.

    Or

    A specially prepared wall is built along the northern edge of Mesire,
    but concealed within it, along it's length, are special foci which would
    allow an improved version of Warding to be cast along the wall.

    Or

    A castle is built with an array of hundreds of large polished steel
    mirrors. These can be focussed to burn ships out of the sea, and a Realm
    Spell can be cast to make this more effective.

    Obviously the Spell would be pretty specific to the building, and it
    would increase the construction costs, but has anyone got any
    suggestions for how it would operate? I'm going to mull this over
    beforte attempting to bash my GMs over the head with it.

    neil

  5. #35
    Rasmus Juul Wagner
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    Elves and Realm Spells

    On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Neil Barnes wrote:

    >
    > On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Brandon Quina wrote:
    > > The rulers of kingdoms had the divine right. The 'pope' in real
    > > life was said to be gods hand on earth.
    >
    > And when he speaks 'ex cathedra' (I think) he speaks for God, as far as
    > the Catholic Church is concerned.

    ...The main difference being that blooded rulers have facts to back their
    claims. Go insult a magnificent scion of anduiras and feel the effects of
    Divine Wrath and Animal Affinity (great) combined...:-)

    >
    > neil
    >
    > Sidenote: Has anyone else been following the news about the proposed
    > changes to the laws of succession in the UK? If the Bill is passed, the
    > crown will be passed to the Monarch's eldest child, rather than to the
    > eldest son. Not that it's ever likely to become an issue...
    >
    >
    >
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