robkelk Wrote:I was trying to see the general outlines of the UTM. Not trying to create 'hard and fast guidelines', more get some ideas for designing the sort of mage tech that engineering characters might want to construct. I think it is too early (for me, anyway) to attempt any real mage characters, that would fit in the general continuity.Ace Dreamer Wrote:... We're not really talking about a Universal Theory of Magic, unless 'Universal' in this context refers to the Fenspace universe.Oh.
We're really talking about the underlying meta magic from which people implement traditions. ...
I thought you were talking about the paradigm your characters were going to operate under.
For something this big, I refer you to this Word of Mod:
M Fnord Wrote:On Rules in a Meta Direction: I don’t want to tie Fen magic down with a lot of hard and fast guidelines, because I know that if I do agree to hard lines they’ll a) be in the wrong direction, b) get rules-lawyered to uselessness, c) eventually become obsolete, d) spark dozens of fun-killing arguments or e) all of the above. If necessary, I’ll make summary judgements, or I’ll delegate summary judgement duties to somebody I trust.
So, trying to think about things in as open a way as possible, then, think about some traditions or paradigms that might be fun to write stories about.
Of course, I'll probably make some really stupid mistakes along the way. [grin]
I've also got characters who will take a serious interest in the UTM and meta-magic. Could I be talking about Brains? No... [grin]
Edit: So, poke the problem with a stick, and see if it bites the end of the stick off. [grin]
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