> Peters and David :
>
> >>Plus it's probably simplest from a game point of view to use
> >>affinities and feats.
> >
> >In which case why not give everybody in the whole world
> >affinities and feats instead of mucking around with the
> >four magic systems?
>
> Sorcery reflects a "machine" approach much better than Theism, anyway.
> Spells do one thing, can't be improvised, etc. For Zistorites, I guess
> you'd treat each "spell" as a machine. Grimoires would be the instructions
> for building and operating them. Yep, there's no Read (Grimoire) ability
> for Zistorites, just Understand (Standards).
Having grown up in Monte-Carlo, my understanding of Zistorite machinism will always be linked with slot machines. Zistorite economics from this POV are based on getting people to insert coins into magic boxes for various hopes of pay-out, and distributing coins (instead of goods) as payment for services ; ob-Pavis, your Zistorite might then be involved with the Old Pavis Mint (a great big machine) and, more generally, be a monetarist, questing for a means of destroying the evils of barterism and 'black' economics.
Julian Lord
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