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[Syannax the Changeling 101]

Lol i don't plan to do that

[Skullbuster 1,906]

so, because magic exists in this universe, generators and cars run off a form of expendable magic that powers them, and creates electricity, im calling it mana because why not lol

[Syannax the Changeling 101]

Lol, yeah, i'm use to calling it mana, because of the games i play. Heading back to play dungeon keeper, its pretty fun :3

[FractalMoon 378]

Lol, yeah, i'm use to calling it mana, because of the games i play. Heading back to play dungeon keeper, its pretty fun :3

Ooh... I got DK and DK2, but I can't play them on my main machine because DOSBox is a potato... I'm actually quite hyped for War For the Overworld

[Skullbuster 1,906]

because cars run on magic, a unicorn could blast a cars mana-battery with magic to get it running temporarily, but it takes a lot of energy to do, and it only lasts for 20 minutes

Edited March 26, 2014 by Skullbuster

[FractalMoon 378]

because cars run on magic, a unicorn could blast a cars mana-battery with magic to get it running temporarily, but it takes a lot of energy to do, and it only lasts for 20 minutes

So gas stations aren't so much actual fuel stations as they are locations with special equipment to pull ambient magic from the air (or ley lines if we're going with that system of magic) and coalesce it into a form that can be used to charge mana batteries?

[Skullbuster 1,906]

So gas stations aren't so much actual fuel stations as they are locations with special equipment to pull ambient magic from the air (or ley lines if we're going with that system of magic) and coalesce it into a form that can be used to charge mana batteries?

its more of fuel stations, they have equipment that can fuel large mana based devices, mainly vehicles, power plants are where mana is made and distributed 

@@Twinkfeather, 

 

its still a car it just runs on magic instead of gas, thats the only difference

[Twinkfeather 54]

its more of fuel stations, they have equipment that can fuel large mana based devices, mainly vehicles, power plants are where mana is made and distributed 

@@Twinkfeather, 

 

its still a car it just runs on magic instead of gas, thats the only difference

WHY THE HELL ARE WE CHANGING WHAT ALREADY WORKS FINE?!

no y'know what...I can accept someone being powered by magic

I am fine with the existence of magic

i can accept magic as a substitute for some small things that exist in real life

the phrase "don't fix it if i isn't broken", applies here

 

I quit. 

My personal rules for RP are 

A-don't screw with science unless you can provide me with the grand unified theory and modify it so that your universe works.

B-don' screw with the manner in which current tech works.

C-don't use "oh it's magic" as a cop out EVER.

Edited March 26, 2014 by Twinkfeather

[Skullbuster 1,906]

@@Twinkfeather,

 

its not a cop out, i just think its more fun, plus it makes more sense in a pony world,

 

i dont see what the problem is 

[Twinkfeather 54]

@@Skullbuster, 

you know how twilight was actually a decent story until the part about them being sparkly vampires killed the story?

 

or how superman was pretty cool until he started developing superpowers every time he met a problem he couldn't get past and that killed the story?

 

that is the problem, you killed the story for me.

[Skullbuster 1,906]

@@Skullbuster, 

you know how twilight was actually a decent story until the part about them being sparkly vampires killed the story?

 

or how superman was pretty cool until he started developing superpowers every time he met a problem he couldn't get past and that killed the story?

 

that is the problem, you killed the story for me.

twilight was never a decent story

 

superman has never just come up with powers, not out side the set he is always shown with

 

but if just a simple minute insignifigant change has ruined it for you im sorry, i just like exploring with this kind of stuff, i like thinking of how modern devices would work in a pony world, magic powered items are just more likely to exist in a pony world

[FractalMoon 378]

@@Skullbuster, 

you know how twilight was actually a decent story until the part about them being sparkly vampires killed the story?

 

or how superman was pretty cool until he started developing superpowers every time he met a problem he couldn't get past and that killed the story?

 

that is the problem, you killed the story for me.

Twilight was plagued by a cliched premise and terrible writing before the vampires showed up. They didn't actually make the story any worse.

 

I presume you're talking about Silver Age Superman, who is still better than the trite they came up with for the 'darker and grittier' crap that was Man of Steel.

 

I still don't get what really killed the story for you.

[Twinkfeather 54]

Twilight was plagued by a cliched premise and terrible writing before the vampires showed up. They didn't actually make the story any worse.

 

I presume you're talking about Silver Age Superman, who is still better than the trite they came up with for the 'darker and grittier' crap that was Man of Steel.

 

I still don't get what really killed the story for you.

see part B to my other post.

[FractalMoon 378]

@@Twinkfeather,

Ah. I can understand that. I was thinking there were actually more changes to the car, I wasn't aware that it was literally a car with magic instead of gas (technically diesel for the ambulance, but whatever). that kinda sucks...   

[Sekhayet 253]

Err... okay? What?

[Syannax the Changeling 101]

At least magic is more abundant than gas. i only skimmed... and also blind still :/ the words on the screen of my moms computer is blurry so.... yeah

 

I feel like discord today 

[Skullbuster 1,906]

Err... okay? What?

Nothing really happened, twink is made I made cars run off of magic instead of gas

[Sekhayet 253]

Oh no. I read that. I mean why is he dropping out because of it? We're in an RP with an undeveloped backstory. It's pretty much expected to do this kind of on-the-fly worldbuilding.

[Twinkfeather 54]

Oh no. I read that. I mean why is he dropping out because of it? We're in an RP with an undeveloped backstory. It's pretty much expected to do this kind of on-the-fly worldbuilding.

because cars work just fine the way they are, don't fix what isn't broken

 

if skull can give me one valid reason why we should do it with magic instead of gasoline or diesel fuel, i'll concede 

[Sekhayet 253]

Plot convenience. Frozen, given Missy has the knowledge to impart to her, can now partially repair or repurpose magical devices around her.

[Syannax the Changeling 101]

yup a lot of things that DM's do is out of plot convenience and have us use our critical thinking skills to get around the problem. Usually this kind of thing helps others get involved, think what we can salvage from a vehicle that runs on magic instead of fuel?

[Twinkfeather 54]

well I can work on cars, but I can't work on magic

if you ask me it's really incontinent 

how many unicorns do we have in our party?

 

now how easy would it be to siphon gas from any other car?

 

only ones who can really work with magic are the unicorns, so the fuel would only be siphon able by them

[Syannax the Changeling 101]

We could possibly of found our way in a city that was mostly unicorns, you know how ponyville is mainly a community of earth ponies, this could of been a city that was mainly unicorns, we could possibly run into a car that uses Ethenal gas instead of it needing magic

[Sekhayet 253]

Hell. I used Broken as a damn lightning rod. Expand on that. Magical energy conversion. Mana battery creation. Faction politics. Invention.

 

There are ways to use this- just got to be creative.

[Twinkfeather 54]

We could possibly of found our way in a city that was mostly unicorns, you know how ponyville is mainly a community of earth ponies, this could of been a city that was mainly unicorns, we could possibly run into a car that uses Ethenal gas instead of it needing magic

two key words in this post

could and possibly

 

 

Hell. I used Broken as a damn lightning rod. Expand on that. Magical energy conversion. Mana battery creation. Faction politics. Invention.

 

There are ways to use this- just got to be creative.

i'm a scientist, I don't do creative, I do facts.

 

 

and I still see no advantage of magic cars over internal combustion