Undines and Broos and Disease Oh My!

From: Shon Vaughan <oberon_at_autoiii.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 09:24:01 -0700


UNDINE IN A BOTTLE
>>"Instant water. Just add MPs."

>Okay, according to the rules, you can do this. But it feels somehow
>wrong, therefore there must be something wrong with the plan.
>IMG, that is. Maybe undines are not ingestible?

My theory as to why this isn't done regularly is that it was done by the Godlearners and EWF. Naturally, in the backlash of their destruction, innovations like this would be taboo. This is pretty much the same reason why undines don't power water-paddle mills or small salamanders aren't used as hearth fires. I consider most of my "wifty" uses of elementals to be clearly treading on GL knowledge and forbidden to those who could make use of them. I would make it a unique item like the heat storage units in Borderlands. If the unenlightened saw you use it they would react like they'd just seen a Godlearner.

BROO GESTATION Thanks to the excellent knowledge of the posters on this digest I have recognized my error and I am now doing a major rewrite on the first installment of a story idea; I will be adjusting for the longer gestation period. I am also downsizing the broo larvae to infant size but not helpless.

DISEASE CONTAMINATION Any opinions on adding a Detect Disease spell?

PAVIS SANITATION Any thoughts on the level of sanitation in Pavis?

If it is at the "dump the chamberpot out the window" level then is the disease infection rate as high as it was in medieval Europe?

Shon Vaughan
"Bring on the Gift Carriers. I'm certifiably GL."


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