Hmmm.... After reading all the various responses it seems that the general answer would be: whatever works best for your plot.
And Amiga brings up a good point. Even if there is a 'quick reset' how would anyone know about it? Before the curse actually locks onto a person can a mage detect the curse 'working' on them? If so that would be an interesting use of mage abilities. Set up a 'Curse check-up station' for visitors and charge a minimal fee and have the mage say something like, you are about half-way to being cursed and/or should leave in X number of days to avoid being cursed. (This depends on what would be acceptable of course, and it could be something that some enterprising mage could set up themselves. IE future story idea, not something thats been around that nobody else noticed.) That was fun. A (small) story idea out of the blue. Kolrim On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 4:54 PM, AmigaDragon <[email protected]> wrote: > While we readers and authors are talking about counters and timers > because we have a good idea (with variants) how the curse takes effect, > where would the characters themselves get such an idea of a quick > reset letting them return in safety? > > Wednesday, September 9, 2015, 9:39:16 AM, Jack wrote: > > JM> I've absolutely got to have a character now who comes to the valley, > stays > JM> for 13 days and then leaves for half an hour thinking that'll "Reset > the > JM> clock." Oh God it would be fun to do a comedy story about something > like > JM> that, or someone trying to use science to approach a curse that runs on > JM> Plot. > > JM> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 4:53 PM, C. Matthias <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Keep in mind the travel times involved, and the amount of time and money > >> it took to mount a venture in the first place! Further, some of these > >> merchants will be carrying goods from Metamor down to places a week or > more > >> away from the Curse, Ellcaran, Kelewair, Elvquelin, even Marigund or > >> Salinon. It's at LEAST two months by carriage to Marigund in good > weather. > >> > >> May He bless you and keep you in His grace and love, > >> > >> Charles Matthias > >> > >> At 03:51 PM 9/8/2015, Ryx wrote: > >> > >> Stupid Yahoomail has the most inane editing interface in existence... > >> > >> Anyway, as to the argument about the time duration being too long: That > >> is exactly how it is supposed to be and should be. If people can just > flit > >> in and out every day without any fear or risk of the curse it looses its > >> impact. > >> And an outside estimation of two days beyond the curse per day spent > >> within - with the current manifestation time of 14 days - is merely one > >> month. That is not a great deal of time and certainly not onerous. > >> > >> > >> On Tuesday, September 8, 2015 2:49 PM, Ryx <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tuesday, September 8, 2015 12:41 PM, christian okane < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Didnt we have this argument a while back? I'm not sure what to make of > it > >> but waiting months between visits seems excessively long time. > >> > >> Chris > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> MKGuild mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.integral.org/listinfo/mkguild > >> > >> > > > -- > Best regards, > AmigaDragon mailto:[email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > MKGuild mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.integral.org/listinfo/mkguild >
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