Of course, then the paper industry is augmented by the Plant Spell College and what-have-you with respect to cotton or papyrus...
-vk -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "David Scheidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 8/27/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > > > Historically, the paper industry was already overloaded. Paper was > made from cotton and linen, mostly in the form of rags. After the > invention of movable type, there were great shortages of rags, and > their trade was controlled (exports prohibited, or heavily taxed). It > wasn't until the invention of wood pulping techniques, in the mid > nineteenth century, that paper became cheap enough to throw away. > Parchment and vellum are even more expensive and scarce. > -- > David Scheidt > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > 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
