Re: Coming back to DnD

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 18:26:00 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David
Johnston) wrote:

>>>Actually these are not "brute force" solutions.  MR is a spell in Magic, 
>>>and in comics there are examples of devices or even training that make 
>>>people resistant to PSI: Magneto's helmet and Xavier's mental shield 
>>>training cases in point.
>>>
>>
>>What part of my last sentence didn't you read?  If something is only
>>balanced by a counteragent that isn't always present, it's not
>>balanced.
>
>Given a choice between having magic that is balanced by the presence
>of countermagic and no magic at all, I'll pick magic.  

Unless it's a given that countermagic is extremely common, then you
simply don't care about balance.