On Sun, 4 Dec 2005, Michael R. Stork wrote:
No, saying that only your version of a setting is logical is what bothers me. Saying that there can't possibly be magic shops is a silly abstraction we build on our medieval setting assumptions. There can be settings where things are as you describe them, where wizards are rare and secretive and magic is carefully doled out. There can also be settings where magic developed right along with civilization, it's common and in use as much as technology is in our frame of reference, and walking into your local magic shop and buying a magical doodad is as easy as walking into Radio Shack and buying a stereo.
In most environments, I think it would be more comparable to walking into a furniture (or other durable goods store) and buying something. If it is a common item, you can just pick it up. For something a little more unique, you have to custom order it. Not that it can't be as you said, that is certainly the environment from the Technomancer setting. It really depends heavily on the setting assumptions. -Bret ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bret Indrelee | 2b | ~2b = ff. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
