I have just starting to read the Dresden stuff so this kind of buzzle to me. How does the break up of technology work in books and game? There was a note in...
... Harry's magic doesn't always interfere with technology. In one of the books he actually uses a cell phone to call Murphy from O'Hare airport. The way it's...
I also started a community on Live Journal for discussion of this game if anyone is interested. http://community.livejournal.com/dresdenfilesrpg/ Stacey...
First, I'd like to throw in with the 'GURPS: Discworld' was done well. It was written for the GURPS system but was very open in the writing. I also picked it...
Like, "Evil Hats" off? Sorry... you know, whenever I think of 'Evil Hat', I feel like there should be a penguin in the logo somewhere. Maybe a red penguin? ...
It's also important to note how this destruction of technology works. It's a matter of increasing the odds that something that can go wrong will (hello...
Quick follow-up (wish you could edit your own earlier messages). An interesting point of note on this is that there is some question during the series as to...
It is interesting to think about the things that the average person could build and truly understands indepth in modern society. How many people reading this...
... Then why would it only affect technology that has an electronic base -- because it is active? Consider, on my desk there is a pen. The average person...
Well, I was referring to the Dresden Universe and I am not familiar with the series you are quoting. Every writer will have their own variations of how magic...
Well, Fred is unlikely to smack you around. Especially when debating a subject that is so tricky. Here's my take on it. Magic is fueled by belief. This is...
... That's the old, "You can't be a wizard and a swordfighter because you have to train exclusively in one to be any good," theory which even _then_, much like...
Well, it's a bit different. It's not just like saying you can't get two Master's degrees from MIT *and* be the European kickboxing champion. There is a...
I do see some truth in this, but that's also aiming in the science vs. Christianity direction, which is more possible than people believe. Personally, I'm a...
... 0 - Wikipedia? As a source? Pardon me while clean the coffee off my monitor... 1 - Personally, from the books I believe that Butcher is trying to convey...
My understanding of the magic/tech problem from the books goes something like this: Magic represents raw, unfiltered life. With magic you can make ideas into ...
I like that. So the fresher the technology, the more vulnerable it is to magic. It fits with the feel of the books, and also allows for the whole "medieval...
Well established tech is just something that the average person knows how it works and push come to shove most people could make. How many people reading...
My Personal Opinion based off of a conversation between Butters and Harry is more like an Aura that acts similar to an Electromagnetic field that disrupts more...
I know the conversation your talking about and I still think that fits with my interpretation. In this case the aura of a wizard intensifies with the more...
That's certainly Butters' opinion. However, for me at least, it doesn't entirely work. For one thing, an EMP pulse is just not likely to break, say, a...
I know a couple of times Harry has jinxed something (security camera, etc) to make it short out. I would think that the effect would be a random role based on...
I would agree that the effects on the game is paramount to most of the gamers out there. But, some of us are just as interested in the philosophy and science...
Agreed. And yes as Harry has learned it can be suppressed. But As he states repeatedly through the books the more stressed, agitated, angry, or scared he is...
As for Dresden philosophy or even in game ideas... Isn't magic a combination of some "Talent" and a mage's will? If so could the effect of magic on technology...
... Which is why I gave the mechanics suggestion of it being a drawback/flaw. Granted, maybe it's one that pairs with taking a sorcery stunt and the...
Ask me another time while I'm wearing my ceremonial magician hat and I might have a different focus, y'know.. lol, what WOULD Henry Cornelius Agrippa (or...
... Agrippa doesn't say much these days, being dead and all... Don Kraig would probably ask you to spell his name right. </joke> I'd look around on the web for...
nay, DMK would be ok with the miss spelling (less chance of true name being used for malfeasance). And I guess talking to Agrippa would violate one of the...
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