Re: Realmspace

> This sounds like a situation rife with munchkinism.  Now, before you get
> excited, I'm not calling YOU a munchkin.  It's just that if you put lots
> of "powerful wizards" in the same place, sooner or later a PC is likely to
> go there, just to "become more powerful" or "get more spells" or somesuch
> thing.  You don't want to make it too easy.  Also, think about the
> situation you've created.  Is it realistic?  I don't think it is.
> Powerful mages are, almost by nature, rather suspicious of other powerful
> mages.  Usually they have good reason.  I don't think that more than 2 or
> 3 mages, of whatever power level, could live in close proximity without
> squabbles breaking out (unless there is one "master" and the rest
> apprentices or something), and squabbles between powerful mages have a way
> of...  um... degenerating into wars.  Throwing fireballs isn't like
> throwing plates.  I really think you need to put a bit more thought into
> this.  (Just thought of an example:  Red Wizards of Thay.  There are a lot
> of them in close proximity.  What do they do on a regular basis?  Kill
> each other.  'Nuff said.)

I am afraid I must disagree with you here. I think it is quite feasible
for a community of wizards to live relatively close to each other (notice
that he didn't mention population density). Sure, they might have the
ability to throw fireballs at each other, but that doesn't mean they will.
Why not? It could be set up to resemble modern-day society: people don't
kill other people even if they want to because they will be caught by
others and punished. When there's a whole planetfull of wizards, using
magical means to catch and punish a rogue wizard becomes a lot more
likely. As opposed to normal AD&D campaign life, where one can kill
someone and no one much cares (as long as you're careful). You still can
have evil people, but they operate within the rules.

JMT
Hemlock