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Subject: Re: Lawrence Watt-Evans
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From: phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti)
Organization: El'n'tk National Spaceport, Mission Control
Date: 8 Nov 89 01:50:59 GMT



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In some article, CBTCC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Chris Thompson) writes:
>Original comment re _The Unwilling Warlord_  was:
>>>He has created a very unusual magic system, completely devoid of
>>>roleplaying potential, but very good for stories.
>It CAN be quantified and structured...
>From the descriptions and using a little imagination, it would be
>VERY easy to set up a magic system, with clear boundaries and distinct
>levels, in Watt-Evans' milieu.  It is actually quite reminiscent of
>AD&D...
     I included the original post to Lawrence in a recent letter and he
that he had actually used the _Unwilling Warlord_ system in a real-life
RPG (how's that for an oxymoron?) he used to run. To quote: "It's
incredibly complicated, but it worked."
     He also mentions in an interview we're running this issue that he
originally designed the world of Ethshar with the idea of gaming in mind, but
that it didn't work out and he decided to write novels there instead.
     I _THINK_ I remember him saying something similar about the _Lords of
Dus_ series, but that was a while ago and I'm fairly fuzzy on that.
                                                     - R'ykandar.
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