From: Naron (naron_at_bigpond.net.au)
Date: Sun Oct 05 2003 - 09:16:46 BST
No, this is the first time I have gotten it. I will take a look at it
tonight and get back to you tomorrow?
Thanks
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Constable" <john_at_kript.net>
To: <naron_at_bigpond.net.au>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 1:58 AM
Subject: Fwd: Continuance
> Hi there,
>
> Did you get this message first time round? I've been having problems
> with my sending of emails, and haven't heard back from you on this one..
>
> Cheers
>
> John
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: John Constable <john_at_kript.net>
> > Date: Mon Sep 29, 2003 12:34:05 am US/Pacific
> > To: Naron <naron_at_bigpond.net.au>
> > Subject: Re: Continuance
> >
> >
> > On Sunday, September 28, 2003, at 01:53 pm, Naron wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>> OOC: I clean forgot that 2nd ed requires you to spend points to learn
> >>> spells.. Curses! :-)
> >>> I really must get a copy of a 2nd ed rulebook..
> >>>
> >> LOL - and I keep forgetting that it is not part of first ed. Sorry!
> >> Still,
> >> rules is rules and the universe will fall apart without them!
> >
> > Of course! I just forgot in my power mad rush for spells.. ;-)
> >
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Ah well, it was worth a try. Maybe next time I'll have come up with
> >>> some more wonderous stories to try and tempt him.. :-)
> >>>
> >> You get the distinct impression that he is skilled in this sort of
> >> negotiation and it may be a professional deafness he hastaken in your
> >> attempt to get more spells.
> >
> > Curses again! Another merchant! :-)
> >
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Pean is interested, and points out areas that may be of help in his
> >>> own
> >>> knowledge, and also points out that something would need to taint
> >>> astral space, to allow the Scourge to begin in the first place, if
> >>> the
> >>> Books of Harrow are to be believed, and it is cyclical..
> >>>
> >> He believes that the Books of Harrow may have been a magical
> >> trigger/trap
> >> designed to start this corruption, or just the fact that negative
> >> emotions
> >> can trigger tainting if held long and strong enough so it may be a
> >> check on
> >> name givers behaviour rather than tied to a magical cycle. (You
> >> begin to
> >> get the idea that he has some eccentric ideas on many issues)
> >>
> >>> OOC: Do you use the 2nd ed rules for spell design in the Companion?
> >>> I'm
> >>> interested in putting together a few of my own - he should be able to
> >>> charge more for unique spells, surely.. (goes to show - you can take
> >>> the elf out of the merchant business, but you can't take the merchant
> >>> out of the elf.. :-)
> >>>
> >> Put together your spells by either Magic: A Manual of mystic Secrets
> >> or
> >> Companion II. I have both and can judge what you have done
> >> accordingly as
> >> long as you let me know which you have used.
> >
> > Hmm. Strike that. The 2nd ed companion hasn't got any rules for
> > spell design, so its back to M:MMS. This says he needs to be 5th
> > circle, and have the spell design Knack so thats out, unless its
> > changed for 2nd ed that you know of? (This settles it, I'm definatly
> > going to have to buy a copy! I was holding our for a hardback, like
> > my 1st ed, but that might be a while off, judging by the lists..)
> > Anyway, in my happy perusal of the M:MMS book (I love magic rules, and
> > Earthdawn is so wonderfully rich. Only Ars Magica outdoes it, as far
> > as I'm, concerned..), I came across the magic item creation rules.
> > Like the spell creation rules, I'd never really taken the time to sit
> > down and go through them properly, so it was interesting. Anyway, the
> > point of all this is that on page 51 it mentions how to create Spell
> > Matrix Items, and doesn't mention what rank spellcasters learn when to
> > do this, as it does all others. This seems to infer, to me, that all
> > spellcasting adepts learn how to do this at 1st rank. This would be
> > consistent with Adepts needing to use them before coming up with spell
> > matrixs, otherwise, how would they cast any spells safely?
> > The point of this rambling diatribe is to ask if this is the case in
> > your ED, and that if Pean could get the materials and time, could he
> > create a Spell Matrix Item at his current rank?
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > John
> >
>
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