| From: | "Jeremy \"Bolthy\" Zimmerman" <jeremy@***********.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Zeitgeists (Ghosts in Time?) |
| Date: | Sun, 3 May 1998 16:56:59 -0700 |
> I ahven't got to the Machine on that file yet, but imagine this: When
> you think of Math
> for Wisdom Lumini, think of Leonardo DaVinci hunched over a sheet of
> paper with a quill in
> his hand, designing one of his brilliant inventions, not in some
> computer calculating. Think
> of the entusiasm you feel when you solve a problem on your own, without
> technological help.
> This is the feeling those Lumini represent. It's the creative process
> rather than the final
> product.
>
I still wouldn't classify this as wisdom, though. Something more akin to
love than anything else, but the abstract world of numbers has nothing to
do with wisdom. There is many a college that has a healthy population of
people who do differential equations and linear series for fun, and are
most likely Mr. Science's illegitimate children. But they don't have the
common sense that god gave to a gnat. I believe my favorite quote about
this is the one from Jurassic Park: You spent so much trying to figure out
if you _could_ do it, that you never stopped to think if you _should_ do
it.
I can expand on this theme for a few more pages if you want. =) Perhaps
there should be a Lumini for "Creation" and a Lumini for "Destruction"
as
its opposite number?
> And about the stats, each individual spirit is quite unique, and
> since they represent emotions,
> what better thing than let their stats be created subjectively? :)
> Powers are used with Essence,
> wich is also TN for conjuring, Banishing, etc. And the GM determines all
> stats.
Well where's the fun in that? ;) Dunno... if I were to have something
like this introduced into my campaign, I'd want a pretty good idea of what
powers a standard non-free version would have. Even if it was nothing
more than giving them the stats of a "Spirit of Man" and a few common
powers that would go with it. I could probably cook something up if I
wanted to, but I think it's a big assumption to believe that all GMs are
that creative. =)
