ABR Discussion Thread MCMLXXXVIII: The Plot Pandemic

[MethosH]

What did everyone think of my review?

Inspiring.


Anyway...

I can't even BLINK and DLB and Grem are ALREADY fighting again? Dudes... WHAT THE ****!?!

[V'icternus]

It's their way of showing that they care. It's cute.

[Darklord Bright]

It's their way of showing that they care. It's cute.

Confound it! You've found me out! Come then, you vaudevillian habberdasher, let us engage in fisticuffs for my honour!

[MethosH]

It's their way of showing that they care. It's cute.

Do you think they are secretly in love?

[X2]

HA! I love it.

...And strangely enough, I feel like a lot of that has to do with me.

Why is that?

[MethosH]

Hey, anybody feels like reviewing a The Prestige comic before its up? I need someone to find my english mistakes

[The Gremlin]

Listen, I've already pointed out that even after the argument, you keep trying to stretch it on, and what do you do in response? Exactly that! Seriously, I'm trying to save you from embarrassing yourself as much as I am trying to end the argument, but it isn't working, so I've had to outright state the issue rather than allude to it in the hopes that you get it...

You're perceiving an argument! I've given up and compromised!
This isn't the Ogre debate, we aren't enemies. I was simply suggesting an idea and now you're on my case. I am prolonging no argument, because there is no argument.
EDIT: I'm trying to bow out, but whenever I say so, DLB yells at me.

[V'icternus]

@X2:

The Golccloak and the "Sick Ghost of Christmas past" are mine...

(Though they do both have names... )

Oh well.

[V'icternus]

Hey, anybody feels like reviewing a The Prestige comic before its up? I need someone to find my english mistakes

PM it to me, and I'll do it.

[kpenguin]

Halp! Tiff is sciencing us in the IRC!

[V'icternus]

I would, but I can't get there from here.

[MethosH]

PM it to me, and I'll do it.

Done

[V'icternus]

And done. Hope that helps.

[MethosH]

And done. Hope that helps.

Thanks : ) That was very helpful.

[V'icternus]

Always a pleasure to help others do stuff. ^^

It's what I do.

[BRC]

Thinking about a comic. Methos, can I assume that your characters have a Scribe-magic notebook for contacting headquarters?

[MethosH]

Thinking about a comic. Methos, can I assume that your characters have a Scribe-magic notebook for contacting headquarters?

Yes you can, they all have. But Isilbert have an untraceable one (also with cryptography), since he was a spy.

[BRC]

Yes you can, they all have. But Isilbert have an untraceable one (also with cryptography), since he was a spy.

Well It's not like they're radios. You can't just intercept or trace one (Well, you might be able to, I dunno).

Cryptography is definetally there though. Karrish, especially Scribemages, are Really good with codes.

[MethosH]

Well It's not like they're radios. You can't just intercept or trace one (Well, you might be able to, I dunno).

Cryptography is definetally there though. Karrish, especially Scribemages, are Really good with codes.

Well.. I've figured that Scribe Magic flows just like any other kind of energy. And may be intercepted.

[V'icternus]

Maybe it can, by especially skilled Scribe Mages. They know how it works, and can trap it, delaying messages, changing them.

[BRC]

Well.. I've figured that Scribe Magic flows just like any other kind of energy. And may be intercepted.

It probably could, I just can't imagine how you would do such a thing using Scribe Magic, though maybe certain scribe mages can do it.
Edit: in which case there is no such thing as "Untraceable" Scribe Magic communication, just notebooks that are harder to intercept.

[MethosH]

It probably could, I just can't imagine how you would do such a thing using Scribe Magic, though maybe certain scribe mages can do it.
Edit: in which case there is no such thing as "Untraceable" Scribe Magic communication, just notebooks that are harder to intercept.

Untraceable could be the reference to something that is actually theoretically traceable but practically untraceable... like... is possible to break any cryptography in world... but some would take you twice the age of the universe with the current technology.

Maybe Karrish actually see their magic as a complex science.

[V'icternus]

Maybe they created a closed link between two notebooks instead of sending it freely... making it harder, if not impossible, to intercept?

The downside being you can only send and receive to one source.

[BRC]

Maybe they created a closed link between two notebooks instead of sending it freely... making it harder, if not impossible, to intercept?

The downside being you can only send and receive to one source.

That's how the Notebooks work anyway. They're made in sets, usually of 2. Anything written in one appears in the other and vice-versa. There are some that can work in other ways, more like a phone, but it usually takes a scribe mage to "Dial" one. The simple 2-notebook version is the standard.

One advantage of this is that nobody bothers stealing one of these notebooks, because one is useless without the other.
Edit: And the Karrish do seem the type to treat their magic more academically than most. After all, the Karrish see Scribe Magic as a skill, not a profession. Most professional Scribe Mages hold some other job, like Librarian or Accountant (Both very important positions in Karrish society).

[V'icternus]

Ah, I see... well, then maybe they just use extra power to make it harder to intercept? I dunno.

I mean, imagine the recipient notebook is a computer, with it's own IP address. Someone wanting to get your message could magic their notebook to have the same IP address, if they were really good.

So, you use more powerful (and harder) magic, meaning it's harder for them to get your message!

[Mina Kobold]

What did everyone think of my review?

Are you realy that confused? or just kidding?

[MethosH]

Are you realy that confused? or just kidding?

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