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Fred Hicks — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:43:07 GMT

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Re: Dresden Magic that damages (?) technology?

Ryan Adams — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:58:01 GMT

nay, DMK would be ok with the miss spelling (less chance of true name being used for malfeasance). And I guess talking to Agrippa would violate one of the

Re: Dresden Magic that damages (?) technology?

Keith Boyle — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:51:51 GMT

... Agrippa doesn't say much these days, being dead and all... Don Kraig would probably ask you to spell his name right. I'd look around on the web for

Re: Dresden Magic that damages (?) technology?

Ryan Adams — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:46:41 GMT

Ask me another time while I'm wearing my ceremonial magician hat and I might have a different focus, y'know.. lol, what WOULD Henry Cornelius Agrippa (or

Re: Dresden Magic that damages (?) technology?

Keith Boyle — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:34:32 GMT

... Which is why I gave the mechanics suggestion of it being a drawback/flaw. Granted, maybe it's one that pairs with taking a sorcery stunt and the

Re: Dresden Magic that damages (?) technology?

Jerry Dunsmore — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:01:41 GMT

As for Dresden philosophy or even in game ideas... Isn't magic a combination of some "Talent" and a mage's will? If so could the effect of magic on technology

Re[2]: [dfrpg-chat] Dresden Magic that damages (?) technology?

James Kent — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:36:53 GMT

Agreed. And yes as Harry has learned it can be suppressed. But As he states repeatedly through the books the more stressed, agitated, angry, or scared he is

Re: Dresden Magic that damages (?) technology?

The mighty poet ShadowDragon — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:22:20 GMT

I would agree that the effects on the game is paramount to most of the gamers out there. But, some of us are just as interested in the philosophy and science

Re: Dresden Magic that damages (?) technology?

Ryan Adams — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:23:41 GMT

I know a couple of times Harry has jinxed something (security camera, etc) to make it short out. I would think that the effect would be a random role based on

Re: Dresden Magic that damages (?) technology?

Marshall Smith — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:09:40 GMT

That's certainly Butters' opinion. However, for me at least, it doesn't entirely work. For one thing, an EMP pulse is just not likely to break, say, a

Re: Dresden Magic that damages (?) technology?

Ryan Adams — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:37:18 GMT

I know the conversation your talking about and I still think that fits with my interpretation. In this case the aura of a wizard intensifies with the more

Re: Dresden Magic that damages (?) technology?

James Kent — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:20:12 GMT

My Personal Opinion based off of a conversation between Butters and Harry is more like an Aura that acts similar to an Electromagnetic field that disrupts more

Re: Dresden Magic that damages (?) technology?

The mighty poet ShadowDragon — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:11:17 GMT

Well established tech is just something that the average person knows how it works and push come to shove most people could make. How many people reading

Re: Dresden Magic that damages (?) technology?

nestor42@... — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:39:22 GMT

I like that. So the fresher the technology, the more vulnerable it is to magic. It fits with the feel of the books, and also allows for the whole "medieval

Re: Dresden Magic that damages (?) technology?

Ryan Adams — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:44:11 GMT

My understanding of the magic/tech problem from the books goes something like this: Magic represents raw, unfiltered life. With magic you can make ideas into