Magical communication especially as a magic device, tends to be fairly cheap in most systems. I could see an entire enterprise existing in Karthun devoted to delivering messages, just like in the real world.
I once allowed a player to purchase a means, set him back 40k. Allowed him to send messages to anyone possessing a book forged in the series. A major plot point resulted from the fact that you couldn’t private message people with these unless you specifically purchased privately bound books.
Long story short, the enemy got there hands on it and suddenly the Dark Prophet’s prophetic visions got clearer.
This is all very interesting, but what I want to know about is Carlos’ character. He’s a member of the order of the book, which is devoted to Prathian the Sage, god of magic. So do they count as divine casters? If not how do they use magic without being magebound? Or do they even use magic at all? I NEED TO KNOW!
I’m all for anything that gets away from the usual magic mirror/crystal ball staples, and as a Star Wars fan I’m all for this. There’s also a short story by Bruce Sterling called “The Unthinkable” which is basically set in the early 90s if we had magic instead of technology, where one of the characters has a cutting edge magically inscribed piece of silk that acts as a mobile telephone 😀
Hey! Been awhile since I commented, but I still love your comic.
Just wanted to say, based on the holocrystal thing…I was always a fan of “if they have it, they will use it” in both sci-fi and fantasy. If wizards can do something, won’t they just do it all the time? I mean, imagine becoming a door-to-door wizard, selling cooling tech. You could offer the comfort of steady air temps, refrigerated pantries, ice cellars…
Your holo-thing reminded me how annoying it is when magic isn’t just used for everything. Why would they not?!?
Because creating magic items is typically an expensive and laborious process? Which is rarely suited for large-scale production lines? You know, the things that make real world technology so ubiquitous and affordable?
huh that’s pretty clever. we used something similar to deliver messages in one of our campaigns. it was a crystal of some sort that could send messages to and fro between major churches of various gods to let them know what’s up.
Yeah, time is a little fuzzy in d20Monkey with the publishing schedule and side arcs running. So in my mind, when real life got in the way, they took a break and focused on board games/video games/etc. off camera.
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HOVER-TEXT: Damn right Karthun has arcane/Star Wars/Hologram communication because I love it.
This is looking like it’s gonna be epic!
To clarify is this magical hologram a thing because they never ever had paper, or is that bit of SW silliness done away with?
I’m tempted to assume it’s because the tech is so kick-ass.
Magical communication especially as a magic device, tends to be fairly cheap in most systems. I could see an entire enterprise existing in Karthun devoted to delivering messages, just like in the real world.
In my homebrew setting, still a work in progress, they use this very same tech to communicate between cities or the wealthy with one another.
I once allowed a player to purchase a means, set him back 40k. Allowed him to send messages to anyone possessing a book forged in the series. A major plot point resulted from the fact that you couldn’t private message people with these unless you specifically purchased privately bound books.
Long story short, the enemy got there hands on it and suddenly the Dark Prophet’s prophetic visions got clearer.
This is all very interesting, but what I want to know about is Carlos’ character. He’s a member of the order of the book, which is devoted to Prathian the Sage, god of magic. So do they count as divine casters? If not how do they use magic without being magebound? Or do they even use magic at all? I NEED TO KNOW!
I’m all for anything that gets away from the usual magic mirror/crystal ball staples, and as a Star Wars fan I’m all for this. There’s also a short story by Bruce Sterling called “The Unthinkable” which is basically set in the early 90s if we had magic instead of technology, where one of the characters has a cutting edge magically inscribed piece of silk that acts as a mobile telephone 😀
Hey! Been awhile since I commented, but I still love your comic.
Just wanted to say, based on the holocrystal thing…I was always a fan of “if they have it, they will use it” in both sci-fi and fantasy. If wizards can do something, won’t they just do it all the time? I mean, imagine becoming a door-to-door wizard, selling cooling tech. You could offer the comfort of steady air temps, refrigerated pantries, ice cellars…
Your holo-thing reminded me how annoying it is when magic isn’t just used for everything. Why would they not?!?
Carry on with your bad self. 🙂
Because creating magic items is typically an expensive and laborious process? Which is rarely suited for large-scale production lines? You know, the things that make real world technology so ubiquitous and affordable?
huh that’s pretty clever. we used something similar to deliver messages in one of our campaigns. it was a crystal of some sort that could send messages to and fro between major churches of various gods to let them know what’s up.
Interesting to read that the group hasn’t adventured in Karthun since the Cinderhaunt quest.
Yeah, time is a little fuzzy in d20Monkey with the publishing schedule and side arcs running. So in my mind, when real life got in the way, they took a break and focused on board games/video games/etc. off camera.
Make this setting a real thing.