Hmm, I think you're right. Now I'm going to go through and see if other Magic Items have similar implications. Imagine how even the "Inscribe" pen would change things? Rather than drab wattle and daub, you would find color, even billboards, vandalism... it would transform the libraries and recorded history... overload the paper industry... Hmm.
Thanks! -vk > > That is one of the things that enchanting an item may give you to > quote Magic p 16 "Some magic items permit the user to cast spells > that he does not know; others have a spell-like effect placed upon > them permanently; still others do various kinds of strange and > wonderful things." The first version of the enchantment for Inscribe > is clearly the permanent effect kind of enchantment. > > The second version of Inscribe is described as a "stylus, brush, etc. > that can leave inscriptions on anything, without ever needing ink or > paint." That sounds to me like another permanent effect rather than > being able to cast the spell since the effect of the enchantment > is "writes anywhere and doesn't need ink" rather than "allows the > mage to cast the spell". Casting the spell creates the inscriptions > over an area in a minute; with a minimum cost of 2 that gives a 2 > yards radius filled with script. I don't think that you can > reasonably require the caster to draw that large of an area in a > minute or less (particularly if their skill is high enough to cast > the spell in a few seconds) so the second enchantment option is not > the same as casting the spell. > > _______________________________________________ > GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> > http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
