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Old June 9th, 2010, 10:18 AM

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Default Re: Official Vanilla vs CBM debate thread

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Originally Posted by Squirrelloid View Post
I'm not even sure what 'realistic' means in this context. As long as things follow rules, they're equally good fantasy.
What I mean is there are reasons not all magic is the same, Haruspex isn't in the same school as Dark Knowledge, and it costs 1 less gem, but requries one higher path. The game isn't made to be "completely balanced."

In a high-magic fantasy world with intelligent smiths and spell-makers, there's a good chance people would find ways of creating things that generate quintessential magic items (gem-gen). While it's not certain, but it's likely.

Basically, to me, CBM seems to be a (Conceptual) Balance Mod, while the original game's focus is more toward flavor (while of course trying to keep it from being overly unbalanced).
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