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From: "Richard A. Bartle" <richard@mud.co.uk>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 09:18:25 -0000
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On 11th February 2004, Brian Hook wrote:
> As you wear more and more magical items, your allergic reaction
> starts having a debilitating effect -- lowered defense, movement,
> sight, healing, etc.
Items don't have to be magical to be over-powered. "Magic" is merely
a fiction used to explain why some items have features beyond what
makes physical sense.
The real question is why virtual worlds "need" super-powerful items
in the first place, magical or otherwise.
Richard
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