[crossfire] [IDEA] Reagents for cast magic

[Anton Oussik]

On 19/10/05, Brendan Lally <
     brenlally at gmail.com
     > wrote:
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      On 10/19/05, Anton Oussik <
      antonoussik at gmail.com
      > wrote:
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      > IMO this would make spellcasting less useful, as it would be easier to
     >
      > take a dragon and claw through armies of monsters, picking up reagents
     >
      > as you go. You can then sell the reagents to the poor spellcasters
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      > struggling to get enough for a zombie-killing cast.
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     >
      You make an assumption that it can't be balanced in game.
     
OK, but you would have to do it so as not to make alchemy even less
useful - would you either carry about one easy to find reagent or find
an easy to find ingredient, then a cauldron, and then risk your life
making something that can cast the spell for you?