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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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Revision as of 17:59, 1 February 2021
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 GMs today, learn mathematics.) Hence: Vancian Casting, where the mage must learn a fixed number of spells per day and then fire them off.