These are the Consequences of our Actions - Exile 3: Ruined World

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Cheez: Apr 29, 2013; Someone doesn't like a shitty gimmick I like?

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berryjon posted:

In Exile, the only mages who can be said to have really gone off the reservation is Linda who has had plenty of contact with Demons. Certainly many are arrogant, or otherwise anti-social, but they're not completely crazy like she is.

You say, as you've cut down dozens of mages and implied crazy mage cultist types over the course of the trilogy.

Anyway, the point seems to center around the fact that magic is a touchy subject compared to priestly stuff. Magic is putting a gun in a room with a toddler, and everything else is a lot safer in comparison. Remember when the portal device kinda blew up and nearly destroyed everything, had it not been for the intervention? That was a product of mages.

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Cheez: Apr 29, 2013; Someone doesn't like a shitty gimmick I like?

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Kinfolk910 posted:

A whole bunch of stuff

I'd just like to point out that in-universe, priest spells seem to revolve around asking (a/the) god(s) to do a thing for you, whereas magic is this crazy thing you can cook up in your basement and do the unspeakable, provided you have the tools. The existing, common spells aren't the limits of magery, and only scratch the surface.

Mechanics-wise, isn't there some benefit to joining and ditching the Anama immediately under certain conditions? I thought there was.

# ¿ May 17, 2016 23:59

Cheez: Apr 29, 2013; Someone doesn't like a shitty gimmick I like?

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thetruegentleman posted:

The Mages know drat well even basic magic is dangerous, and prepare accordingly:

So what the hell kind of spell was the mage trying to cast, and why were so many people living in a house being used for magical experiments? Sorry your cousin died while trying to make some magical version of crystal meth, or maybe an IED, but bad poo poo happens when you fail basic safety protocols. Also, be sure to tell your other cousins not to drink Bathtub Gin so they don't all get themselves killed in a similar way.

The idea is that it's really easy to get into magic and also really easy to screw up. The way the thread is speaking implies that the only magic that gets practiced is by "actual" mages, and that only "dangerous" magic can have consequences. In reality, any magic that hasn't been pegged down perfectly (like your mage spell list) is a recipe for disaster in one form or another.

# ¿ May 23, 2016 23:18

Cheez: Apr 29, 2013; Someone doesn't like a shitty gimmick I like?

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I don't know if you've already tried, but do you think Jeff might be of any help in finding out what's wrong or giving you some other version of the game to test for the same error?

# ¿ Jun 11, 2017 06:52

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