| From: | Gurth gurth@******.nl |
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| Subject: | Magical SOTA? |
| Date: | Tue, 3 Oct 2000 10:46:39 +0200 |
was...
> Magic levels are constantly rising; there are numerous acidemic texts and
> wierdness magazines being published all the time that discuss new
> phenominon. I find magic SOTA one of the more plausable parts of the SOTA
> rules.
They say that the magic level is rising, but actually hardly anything has
really changed since first edition (the game mechanics are different, but
magic hasn't become more powerful IMO).
> For example; I have a crate of 100 Heavy Pistol rounds sitting in my flat.
> Armor comes up on the STOA roll, so these 100 rounds suddenly become more
> effective against armor!?!
Only against older types of armor, not against the new models :)
> >If there is a SOTA for magic, how is it explained? Furthermore, can someone
> >give me a brief description of the various things that "degrade"?
>
> Magical Theory and hermetic librarys.
If there is one thing that should be subject to SOTA rules, it's Knowledge
skills and libraries (of any kind, not just magical ones). Some would
degrade faster than others -- for instance, today a library of computer
books will be out of date much faster than one on cooking -- but in any
field for which new things are developed should be subject to SOTA for its
related knowledge skills. It would require a re-write of the SOTA rules,
though.
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