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Post by The GM on Aug 8, 2015 16:51:04 GMT
"Was he? The little boy without the shirt?" Xanthe says. "Well I guess we must understand other cultures if it is our destiny to rule them." He nods. "Precisely. Although I'm not sure what all their island has to offer other than the swordsmanship? And I think we can hire them anyways? No matter...any news on what happened to the headmaster?" "Nothing but superstitious rambling by commoners I fear. I swear someone must be trying to use their fear against them." |
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Post by Aryteneus on Aug 8, 2015 16:53:06 GMT
"It's how the masses are controlled. Someone should do something to reassure them..." He eyes the crayfish before taking one to try. "So...Rufius and Dierus - what do you do for fun around here?"
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Post by The GM on Aug 8, 2015 16:58:48 GMT
"It's how the masses are controlled. Someone should do something to reassure them..." He eyes the crayfish before taking one to try. "So...Rufius and Dierus - what do you do for fun around here?" "We have a chess club going, and I'm in charge of one of the debate teams." Dierus says |
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Post by Aryteneus on Aug 8, 2015 16:59:58 GMT
"Well that sounds fun. How does the debate team work?"
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Post by The GM on Aug 8, 2015 17:02:11 GMT
"Well that sounds fun. How does the debate team work?" "Each team is given a topic and must present their case to a panel of judges. The team who presents their argument best wins." |
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Post by Aryteneus on Aug 8, 2015 17:03:03 GMT
"Well that sounds fun. How does the debate team work?" "Each team is given a topic and must present their case to a panel of judges. The team who presents their argument best wins." "Sounds easy enough. Now why is dueling here different? Less rules? Or more of them?" |
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Post by The GM on Aug 8, 2015 17:06:46 GMT
"Each team is given a topic and must present their case to a panel of judges. The team who presents their argument best wins." "Sounds easy enough. Now why is dueling here different? Less rules? Or more of them?" "More rules. Mostly about when you can attack and when you must defend and all these rules to keep the dueling "safe". It's really kind of silly. Dueling shouldn't be a sport." Rufius snorts |
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Post by Aryteneus on Aug 8, 2015 17:07:34 GMT
"Sounds easy enough. Now why is dueling here different? Less rules? Or more of them?" "More rules. Mostly about when you can attack and when you must defend and all these rules to keep the dueling "safe". It's really kind of silly. Dueling shouldn't be a sport." Rufius snorts His nose crinkles as well. "A safe duel defeats the purpose doesn't it?" |
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Post by The GM on Aug 8, 2015 17:11:37 GMT
"More rules. Mostly about when you can attack and when you must defend and all these rules to keep the dueling "safe". It's really kind of silly. Dueling shouldn't be a sport." Rufius snorts His nose crinkles as well. "A safe duel defeats the purpose doesn't it?" "It does." "It does seem none of these commoners have the same respect of magic." Xanthe sighs between bites. |
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Post by Aryteneus on Aug 8, 2015 17:12:43 GMT
His nose crinkles as well. "A safe duel defeats the purpose doesn't it?" "It does." "It does seem none of these commoners have the same respect of magic." Xanthe sighs between bites. "What do you mean?" |
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Post by The GM on Aug 8, 2015 17:31:35 GMT
"It does." "It does seem none of these commoners have the same respect of magic." Xanthe sighs between bites. "What do you mean?" "Well take the duels for example. They think you can just play around with magic and not get hurt. They try to impose rules on it so that no one will be injured instead of teaching them that magic should be respected and controlled. If a mage cannot control his magic well enough to practice duel without rules than he is not ready to duel." |
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Post by Aryteneus on Aug 8, 2015 17:34:14 GMT
"Well take the duels for example. They think you can just play around with magic and not get hurt. They try to impose rules on it so that no one will be injured instead of teaching them that magic should be respected and controlled. If a mage cannot control his magic well enough to practice duel without rules than he is not ready to duel." "Do they not improve with the tutoring they receive here?" |
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Post by The GM on Aug 8, 2015 17:45:12 GMT
"Well take the duels for example. They think you can just play around with magic and not get hurt. They try to impose rules on it so that no one will be injured instead of teaching them that magic should be respected and controlled. If a mage cannot control his magic well enough to practice duel without rules than he is not ready to duel." "Do they not improve with the tutoring they receive here?" "They do improve of course. But they allow too many mages who do not have proper control to participate. And these rules aren't conducive to making mages learn control. They are like a crutch. They treat dueling more like it is fun than a serious business" |
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Post by Aryteneus on Aug 8, 2015 17:49:02 GMT
"Do they not improve with the tutoring they receive here?" "They do improve of course. But they allow too many mages who do not have proper control to participate. And these rules aren't conducive to making mages learn control. They are like a crutch. They treat dueling more like it is fun than a serious business" "Their deaths then one day." He shrugs. "Why bother letting in riff raff with no control anyways? One girl I half expected to set the ferry on fire." |
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Post by The GM on Aug 8, 2015 18:05:50 GMT
"They do improve of course. But they allow too many mages who do not have proper control to participate. And these rules aren't conducive to making mages learn control. They are like a crutch. They treat dueling more like it is fun than a serious business" "Their deaths then one day." He shrugs. "Why bother letting in riff raff with no control anyways? One girl I half expected to set the ferry on fire." "They believe it their duty to keep these people from doing such things. I guess I agree to some extent but they are far too lax." |
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