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    Ryan B. Caveney
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    On Mon, 18 May 1998 carla@maxisp.com.au wrote:

    > Mages do get tax as normal from a domain if they are its regent don't
    > they? And likewise with guilds?

    Yup. Holdings give regency only to certain classes, but anybody
    can make money. =) Mages with very powerful sources (level 7+) can also
    use them to make trade routes; however, since the province level on at
    least one end is then probably going to be quite low, they may not make
    very much money from them.
    Here's a thought: do you need the source (7) to *maintain* a trade
    route, or just to make it? For example, if the province increases in
    level, or you made the route in the first place after using Enhance Source
    and/or a mebhaighl stone?

    - --Ryan

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    carla@maxisp.com.a
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    >> Also, regarding mages with source domains, how do they make any GBs?
    >> They have no tax revenue, and no tithes to rely on, and no guild
    >> profits, do they simply rely on the good will of the others in their
    >> domains? At first level they can't even hope to create magical items to
    >> sell.
    >
    >They have three choices:
    >1.) Adventure. A lot.
    >2.) Use the Alchemy Domain Spell to convert some RP into GB.
    >3.) Ally themselves with someone richer.
    >
    >The third option is the one most PC wizards end up using (which is
    >generally convienent for the DM). Thus we get "court wizards" which are
    >semi-independent of the regent they are working with, but largely have
    >coinciding interests.

    I assume by this you are talking about Mages who control only source and do
    not actually rule a domain? Sorry to sound dumb but Mages do get tax as
    normal from a domain if they are its regent don't they? And likewise with
    guilds?

    (Just getting a little confused as I am new to this)

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    Trankel Al Ker
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    mages GB`s

    At 06:37 AM 18/05/98 EDT, The Motive wrote:
    >And speaking or sources...
    >
    >What are these sources like? Are they massive founts of energy in the middle
    >of a primieval forest? Or is the whole province considered "magical"? And
    >these ley lines, what do they look like to someone who casts "detect magic"?
    >Are they beams of deep red plasma that hum through the air from one source to
    >another, or are they rays of light that are invisible?
    >

    In the Illien Sourcebook, they show a Source and it looks like Stoneage
    (well, you know, the druidic rooks that're in England). I would say that
    the whole province has its magic that can be used only if you control a
    special place where you can tap (or untap) the magic.
    Trankel Al Ker
    Lord of the Brotherhood of the Black Tulipan

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    darkstar
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    The Motive wrote:
    >
    > And speaking or sources...
    >
    > What are these sources like? Are they massive founts of energy in the middle
    > of a primieval forest? Or is the whole province considered "magical"? And
    > these ley lines, what do they look like to someone who casts "detect magic"?
    > Are they beams of deep red plasma that hum through the air from one source to
    > another, or are they rays of light that are invisible?

    Sources are the places where the magical energy of the planet collects
    and can be tapped. mebhaighl exists across the whole planet however in
    certain places rich in magic it collects enough to be tapped by a
    wizard.
    They way I like to look at is to see mebhaighl as a stream of life that
    flows across the world and sources as deep pools in that stream where
    the flow stops and swirls around. Then you look at a wizard as a
    fishermen who is fishing for eels, which can be found only in the deep
    pools. So he throws in his fishing line (creates a source) and can catch
    the eels (tap the source).
    And when the population level of the province goes up these pools are
    drained, or dry up and the wizard can no longer tap them.

    Hmmmm just remembering the days back in New Zealand when we used to
    catch eels in the creaks. Yummy, smoked eel.

    - --
    Ian Hoskins

    e-Mail: hoss@box.net.au
    Homepage: http://darkstar.cyberserv.com
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    Gary V. Foss
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    mages GB`s

    The Motive wrote:

    > And speaking or sources...
    >
    > What are these sources like? Are they massive founts of energy in the middle
    > of a primieval forest? Or is the whole province considered "magical"? And
    > these ley lines, what do they look like to someone who casts "detect magic"?
    > Are they beams of deep red plasma that hum through the air from one source to
    > another, or are they rays of light that are invisible?

    Hmmm. That's interesting. What do sources and ley lines look like? I haven't
    seen anything official that would answer this question, so from what I can tell
    we are well into the vast, uncharted Realm of Opinion here. Here's what I think:

    Is the whole province considered magical? I'd say no. Mebhaighl courses through
    the ground, but I don't think that means it can be detected to someone with a
    simple Detect Magic spell. Otherwise, the whole area would light up like the 4th
    of July when a mage used one, right? I think only the regent in control of a
    source should be able to see the actual magical power. Sure, anybody can see the
    circle of stones, sylvan spring, mountainous peak, etc. that provides the source,
    but I don't think any old mage/magician could see the actual magical power. It's
    a higher form of magic that should require not only a bloodline but regency to be
    able to detect. An investiture spell, the transferal of regency to an heir, the
    creation of a new source holding, stuff like that.

    What do ley lines look like? That's a little tougher. Personally, I don't think
    someone other than a regent could see a ley line either. First, I think it would
    be invisible for the same reasons noted above for sources. Second, I think it
    would probably travel through the earth rather than through the air. Since the
    land itself is magical, wouldn't the transfer of energy travel through the earth
    rather than above it?

    I suppose one could try to intersect the ley line and dig a hole to find it, but
    I don't know that that is really how a ley line works. It need not be a laser
    like beam of light. It could be spread thinly over an area of land so that even
    if one could detect it, it would seem like a vague, shimmery glow or look like
    just the dew on the grass.

    I kind of like the idea of a ley line having a physical manifestation. I think
    it should be something natural, though. The stream running down from the sylvan
    spring, the wind rushing through an ancient forest. That's kinda cool.

    "Ever since that wizard showed up the fog comes in off the lake every mornin'
    regular as can be...."

    That works for me. But I don't think the actual magical energy could be seen by
    nonblooded, nonregent, nonmage characters.

    Laters,
    Gary

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