Re: Idiot-Savant Assembly Line Wizardry

["jcorey30" <jcorey30@yahoo.com>]

I have only read your original post, and not all of the responses 
(though I will).  So I don't know if what I am going to say will just 
be covering old ground.

I had an adventure in my DQ campaign that was this same premise.  
There was a shaper who had a bunch of shaping slaves, who each only 
knew how to do one or two things.  It was exactly the assembly line 
appraoch you are suggesting. One of the slaves became a PC after the 
party raided his castle, and rescued him.

So I think it is a great story idea =8^)

John


--- In dq-rules@y..., "J. K. Hoffman" <ryumaou@s...> wrote:
> Okay, maybe it's because I'm out of work and have a lot of time to 
> think.  Or, maybe it's because I've been re-reading some of the 
Ethshar 
> books by Lawrence Watt-Evans and that got me thinking about how 
magic 
> should work in a fantasy world.  In any case, here's a concept I'd 
like 
> some opinions on...
> 
> Is there any reason an enterprising, and very skilled, wizard would 
not 
> be able to herd together some suckers, er "apprentices", and teach 
them 
> one or two spells that they learned to cast really well?  Then, put 
said 
> savants into an assembly line enchanting items?  What would prevent 
> something like that from happening in DragonQuest?  A person could 
make 
> a killing in the magic weapon business that way....
> Seriously, though, it occurs to me that the rules point toward 
setting 
> that up as a possibility.  Thoughts?
> 
> How about seeing that in a fantasy novel?  Would you believe it, if 
> enough back story supported the theory?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim
> -- 
> "What is impossible today may suddenly become possible tomorrow."
> - Thomas Merton