[TORG] Why don't wizards run around in tin cans?

[Dominick Riesland]

I can't speak for most wizards, but it seems obvious to me that the
chance of passing out would be more acceptable than that of dying
because there wasn't a hard thing between my soft thing and the
enemy's sharp thing.

Dominick Riesland, aka Rabbitball
Creator of the Cosmversal Grimoire
"There are always possibilities, my sergeant told me. But he never had
his possibilities torn away like wings from a fly."



On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Ryan Roth<rmr48 at columbia.edu> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Dominick Riesland <rabbitball at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> However, while this scenario is perfectly acceptable under the rules
>> as we know them, this is not Aysle. Aysle is perfectly happy having
>> spells that allow armor to be put on quickly, to be enhanced, to turn
>> normal clothing into passable armor, and yet it knows that wizards
>> don't wear tin cans and warriors do. There need to be reasonable
>> explanations for both choices, and none of the stated considerations
>> do that.
>
> Perhaps it has be Observed that Wizards disdain heavy armor :)
>
> Also, given that casting spells can result in shock damage via Backlash,
> perhaps mages are simply less inclined to wear something that has Fatigue
> penalties associated with it (thus increasing further the chance of passing
> out in a pitched battle)?
>
> Ryan R.
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