tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33111903.post2331798158431737677..comments2023-07-30T04:12:33.367-07:00Comments on Have d20, Will Travel: The trouble with TlalocTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09129772985016857146noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33111903.post-43398466538425968432008-10-20T11:15:00.000-07:002008-10-20T11:15:00.000-07:00Thanks for the clarification, Geoff! In my haste ...Thanks for the clarification, Geoff! In my haste to summarize I believe I gave your setting short shrift, for which I apologize. <BR/><BR/>I find your treatment of magic rather refreshing in its return to an emphasis on the price that one pays to bend reality, as (indie games such as Sorcerer notwithstanding) fantasy roleplaying has been making magic less and less dependent on such considerations. The result is spellcasters who more closely resemble superheroes than they do the wizards and warlocks of genre fiction. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, thanks for stopping by and posting - I'm going to repost your clarification above the fold!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09129772985016857146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33111903.post-77908747800881095362008-10-19T21:14:00.000-07:002008-10-19T21:14:00.000-07:00Thank you for your interesting post on my book. Le...Thank you for your interesting post on my book. Let me offer a clarification on this part:<BR/><BR/>"McKinney has ignited the firestorm here by requiring such gruesome acts as the material components necessary for player character spellcasters, who are sorcerors in a creepy Lovecraftian mode."<BR/><BR/>Not all PCs on Carcosa are sorcerers. Some are fighting-men. Also, about one-sixth of the sorcerous rituals in the book do not require human sacrifice. It is entirely possible to be a Carcosan sorcerer who never sacrifices a human. In fact, since the rituals that require human sacrifice are more dangerous to the sorcerer than are rituals that do not, a sorcerer who does not sacrifice humans will probably live longer than the sorcerers who do. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com