Re: Arcane helm monopoly...

>> What was the purpose in having the Arcane have a monopoly on helm
>manufacture?
>> Knowing TSR, I always thought it was just an excuse for having a
powerful
>> magic item available for cash, no questions asked.

Actually the Arcane only have a monopoly on major and minor helms and, I
believe, series helms. Mind flayers, I believe, developed pool helms on
thier own, while neogi developed both life & death jammers, humans have
developed furnace helms, grand helms, artifurnaces, and ki helms as well
as a variety of non-magic helms (a must for saragassos). I'll admit that
most human helms have problems in the flow, but the arcane do NOT have a
monopoly on helms.


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Thomas O Magann Jr
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