GURPS Wizards

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OK, so you are a psi on Yrth, or even on Earth. Is "I am a wizard"
really a major delusion? Me, I'm thinking it's more like a quirk.

 

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David Johnston wrote:
> OK, so you are a psi on Yrth, or even on Earth. Is "I am a wizard"
> really a major delusion? Me, I'm thinking it's more like a quirk.

I agree, unless your Delusion means that you must utilize
elaborate rituals (chanting, gesturing) and trappings (e.g.a
5 carat opal) to use your "spells".

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David Johnston <rgorman@telusplanet.net> wrote:
> OK, so you are a psi on Yrth, or even on Earth. Is "I am a wizard"
> really a major delusion? Me, I'm thinking it's more like a quirk.

It depends entirely on how it's played. "I am a wizard" can be little
more than a quirk even when you're not a psi. Or it can get you confined
to the insane asylum, entirely depending on the circumstances, and how
the character deals with this delusion.


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On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 08:00:00 GMT, rgorman@telusplanet.net (David
Johnston) wrote:

>OK, so you are a psi on Yrth, or even on Earth. Is "I am a wizard"
>really a major delusion? Me, I'm thinking it's more like a quirk.

I agree.

Korin Duval

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"Truth requires a great amount of courage;
Fiction requires a great amount of maturity."

 

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On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:23:58 +0200, Peter Knutsen
<peter@sagatafl.invalid> wrote:

>
>David Johnston wrote:
>> OK, so you are a psi on Yrth, or even on Earth. Is "I am a wizard"
>> really a major delusion? Me, I'm thinking it's more like a quirk.
>
>I agree, unless your Delusion means that you must utilize
>elaborate rituals (chanting, gesturing) and trappings (e.g.a
> 5 carat opal) to use your "spells".

One of the characters has that delusion, plus a limitation on her psi
powers requiring her to use trappings. Another just regards the
Wizards Guild as being close minded for refusing to admit that his
healing and telepathyare a "special kind of magic" and I got to say, I
agree with him.

Incidentally one interesting character from Wizards is Georgia Bush, a
spy from Merlin (who I suspect would DNA test as being very closely
related to the American president) who is gathering intelligence on
Homeworld. She suggests that Merlin is shortly going to go into
competition with Homeworld, Centrum and Reich 5.

 

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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:24:53 -0500, Roger Connor
<raconnor@email.unc.edu> wrote:

>
>
>David Johnston wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 08:28:30 -0500, Roger Connor
>> <raconnor@email.unc.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>Roger wrote:
>>> Game wise, the odd motions & muttering and
>>>dancing around becomes interesting as well.
>>
>> Trivial.
>
>Not trivial when this makes you the target.

I think the guy standing around not doing anything will be the target
anyways when dealing with opponents familiar with wizards.

 

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rgorman@telusplanet.net (David Johnston) writes:

>On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:23:58 +0200, Peter Knutsen
><peter@sagatafl.invalid> wrote:

>>
>>David Johnston wrote:
>>> OK, so you are a psi on Yrth, or even on Earth. Is "I am a wizard"
>>> really a major delusion? Me, I'm thinking it's more like a quirk.
>>
>>I agree, unless your Delusion means that you must utilize
>>elaborate rituals (chanting, gesturing) and trappings (e.g.a
>> 5 carat opal) to use your "spells".

>One of the characters has that delusion, plus a limitation on her psi
>powers requiring her to use trappings.

How's it a delusion then?


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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:58:54 +0000 (UTC), jmbay@Stanford.EDU (Joseph
Michael Bay) wrote:

>rgorman@telusplanet.net (David Johnston) writes:
>
>>On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:23:58 +0200, Peter Knutsen
>><peter@sagatafl.invalid> wrote:
>
>>>
>>>David Johnston wrote:
>>>> OK, so you are a psi on Yrth, or even on Earth. Is "I am a wizard"
>>>> really a major delusion? Me, I'm thinking it's more like a quirk.
>>>
>>>I agree, unless your Delusion means that you must utilize
>>>elaborate rituals (chanting, gesturing) and trappings (e.g.a
>>> 5 carat opal) to use your "spells".
>
>>One of the characters has that delusion, plus a limitation on her psi
>>powers requiring her to use trappings.
>
>How's it a delusion then?

According to the rules, delusions can be true...

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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:19:59 -0500, Rob Kelk <robkelk@deadspam.com>
wrote:

>On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:58:54 +0000 (UTC), jmbay@Stanford.EDU (Joseph
>Michael Bay) wrote:
>
>>rgorman@telusplanet.net (David Johnston) writes:
>>
>>>On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:23:58 +0200, Peter Knutsen
>>><peter@sagatafl.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>>David Johnston wrote:
>>>>> OK, so you are a psi on Yrth, or even on Earth. Is "I am a wizard"
>>>>> really a major delusion? Me, I'm thinking it's more like a quirk.
>>>>
>>>>I agree, unless your Delusion means that you must utilize
>>>>elaborate rituals (chanting, gesturing) and trappings (e.g.a
>>>> 5 carat opal) to use your "spells".
>>
>>>One of the characters has that delusion, plus a limitation on her psi
>>>powers requiring her to use trappings.
>>
>>How's it a delusion then?
>
>According to the rules, delusions can be true...
>

But not when you can easily convince other people that they are true,
such as, for example, riding your broom around town.

 

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When considering disadvantages vs. quirks, the questions is how much of
a problem does it generate for the character? It will depend on the context
so an outsider really can't give you a hard and fast answer.

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detailed manual telling me what to do in all contingencies."
"David Johnston" <rgorman@telusplanet.net> wrote in message
news:424b2a70.43561936@news.telusplanet.net...
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:19:59 -0500, Rob Kelk <robkelk@deadspam.com>
> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:58:54 +0000 (UTC), jmbay@Stanford.EDU (Joseph
>>Michael Bay) wrote:
>>
>>>rgorman@telusplanet.net (David Johnston) writes:
>>>
>>>>On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:23:58 +0200, Peter Knutsen
>>>><peter@sagatafl.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>David Johnston wrote:
>>>>>> OK, so you are a psi on Yrth, or even on Earth. Is "I am a wizard"
>>>>>> really a major delusion? Me, I'm thinking it's more like a quirk.
>>>>>
>>>>>I agree, unless your Delusion means that you must utilize
>>>>>elaborate rituals (chanting, gesturing) and trappings (e.g.a
>>>>> 5 carat opal) to use your "spells".
>>>
>>>>One of the characters has that delusion, plus a limitation on her psi
>>>>powers requiring her to use trappings.
>>>
>>>How's it a delusion then?
>>
>>According to the rules, delusions can be true...
>>
>
> But not when you can easily convince other people that they are true,
> such as, for example, riding your broom around town.
>

 

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"Peter Knutsen" <peter@sagatafl.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> David Johnston wrote:
>> OK, so you are a psi on Yrth, or even on Earth. Is "I am a wizard"
>> really a major delusion? Me, I'm thinking it's more like a quirk.
>
> I agree, unless your Delusion means that you must utilize elaborate
> rituals (chanting, gesturing) and trappings (e.g.a 5 carat opal) to use
> your "spells".
>
> --
> Peter Knutsen
> sagatafl.org

Even more important would be if you realize that you are in a low mana zone
it casues you to perform your "magic" poorly and if in a no mana zone, your
"magic" is totally unusable.