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	'''Jack Vance''' is an [[Appendix N]] author, which is to say required reading for the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] system. Most famed for the [[Dying Earth]] series which he'd inherited from [[Clark Ashton Smith]]'s Zothique.		'''Jack Vance''' is an [[Appendix N]] author, which is to say required reading for the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] system. Most famed for the [[Dying Earth]] series which he'd inherited from [[Clark Ashton Smith]]'s Zothique.

	Among /tg/, Vance pioneered the notion that magic is a tool usable by any adventuring party, rather than (as Smith) a ritual likely to ~~run~~ one's soul therefore fit only for NPCs. That meant magic needed at least to pay a respectful nod to the Thermodynamics. (His books also demand that his mages, like [[GM]]s today, learn mathematics.) Hence: [[Vancian Casting]], where the mage must learn a fixed number of spells per day and then fire them off.		Among /tg/, Vance pioneered the notion that magic is a tool usable by any adventuring party, rather than (as Smith) a ritual likely to ruin one's soul therefore fit only for NPCs. That meant magic needed at least to pay a respectful nod to the Thermodynamics. (His books also demand that his mages, like [[GM]]s today, learn mathematics.) Hence: [[Vancian Casting]], where the mage must learn a fixed number of spells per day and then fire them off.

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	'''Jack Vance''' is an Appendix N author, which is to say required reading for the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] system. Most famed for the [[Dying Earth]] series which he'd inherited from [[Clark Ashton Smith]]'s Zothique.		'''Jack Vance''' is an [[Appendix N]] author, which is to say required reading for the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] system. Most famed for the [[Dying Earth]] series which he'd inherited from [[Clark Ashton Smith]]'s Zothique.

	Among /tg/, Vance pioneered the notion that magic is a tool usable by any adventuring party, rather than (as Smith) a ritual likely to run one's soul therefore fit only for NPCs. That meant magic needed at least to pay a respectful nod to the Thermodynamics. (His books also demand that his mages, like [[GM]]s today, learn mathematics.) Hence: [[Vancian Casting]], where the mage must learn a fixed number of spells per day and then fire them off.		Among /tg/, Vance pioneered the notion that magic is a tool usable by any adventuring party, rather than (as Smith) a ritual likely to run one's soul therefore fit only for NPCs. That meant magic needed at least to pay a respectful nod to the Thermodynamics. (His books also demand that his mages, like [[GM]]s today, learn mathematics.) Hence: [[Vancian Casting]], where the mage must learn a fixed number of spells per day and then fire them off.

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	Among /tg/, Vance pioneered the notion that magic is a tool usable by any adventuring party, rather than (as Smith) a ritual likely to run one's soul therefore fit only for NPCs. That meant magic needed at least to pay a respectful nod to the Thermodynamics. (His books also demand that his mages, like [[GM]]s today, learn mathematics.) Hence: [[Vancian Casting]], where the mage must learn a fixed number of spells per day and then fire them off.		Among /tg/, Vance pioneered the notion that magic is a tool usable by any adventuring party, rather than (as Smith) a ritual likely to run one's soul therefore fit only for NPCs. That meant magic needed at least to pay a respectful nod to the Thermodynamics. (His books also demand that his mages, like [[GM]]s today, learn mathematics.) Hence: [[Vancian Casting]], where the mage must learn a fixed number of spells per day and then fire them off.

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'''Jack Vance''' is an Appendix N author, which is to say required reading for the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] system. Most famed for the [[Dying Earth]] series which he'd inherited from [[Clark Ashton Smith]]'s Zothique.

Among /tg/, Vance pioneered the notion that magic is a tool usable by any adventuring party, rather than (as Smith) a ritual likely to run one's soul therefore fit only for NPCs. That meant magic needed at least to pay a respectful nod to the Thermodynamics. (His books also demand that his mages, like [[GM]]s today, learn mathematics.) Hence: [[Vancian Casting]], where the mage must learn a fixed number of spells per day and then fire them off.

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