Yes, the 300 MPH will add additional problems. At this speed, it will, regardless of it\'s brain\'s computation speed, not be able to maneuver around objects, except in a desert environment or in vast plains. Otherwise, it\'ll just have to slow down to less than 30 MPH in almost any area, even if being used on paths, since they aren\'t vast (especially not in medieval times) and there will always be obstacles that are hidden or that \"jump\" onto the \"path\".
Due to the mass associated with their size, they\'ll not be able to break or move around anything, just like a car (imagine driving a racing car through a pedestrian precinct). Therefore, it\'s brain doesn\'t need to be any faster than usual (the body wouldn\'t be able to follow it\'s directions anyway). I don\'t know how fast the fastest animal can go, but I\'d be surprised if it were more than 80 MPH.
Originally posted by Adeli
Seytra, I did not intend that comment for you. I have never read so many posts by one person who always gives a reason to his opinions. Added to that is the fact that they are always well thought out and reasoned. I highly enjoy reading your thoughts on a given topic.
Don\'t say things like that, it makes me blush. (thanks anyway!)
However, I\'m really not that special. It is just my opinion that giving reasons to one\'s statements and opinions is a must, since others need to be able to see where one is coming from.
Originally posted by Adeli
However, I do not see the difference with our points, one impossibility is no different to another. A \"race\" in fantasy is the same as an \"alien\" in science fiction. There is no evidence they are real, or will ever be possible. This is not like real life, we have many races, but they are all human.
That isn\'t my point, however. My point was that if you
cannot incorporate an impossibility into the finished world (thus making it possible). If you do, you actually alter the world, on a much greater scale than just some additional creature being in it(which would be only a minor change). If you declare something possible (which you do when adding something that would be impossible IRL and with the
current game world), this will have effect on everything else in the game world. It\'s like adding magic to RL.
If you are in the process of creating the world, that\'s fine, but if you are merely populating an existing (i.e., already designed world like PS), it\'s not fine, as it would
- inevitably change the world and thus
- require the world-invention process to be redone, at least partially and thus
- makes much of the work that has been done based on the existing concept useless.
Originally posted by Adeli
The word \"race\" in PS is inaccurate except for Xacha and Ylian as Humans, and Dermorian and Nolthrir as Elves. Otherwise, they are different species, not races, as they are not breeds of the same species. The Kran are by no means a race, evolution does not apply to them, Talad created them.
Yes and no. There are some that sound very possible to me because they really have only minor differences to humans (elves and dwarfs), and also the Enkis would be possible if cats would have evolved the way apes did. The Klyros are a bit tricky but they also
might be feasible. There is no doubt that the Kran are based on the
highly theoretical assumption that silicon
might be able to act as replacement for carbon in life.
And yes, it is my impression that the term \"race\" is commonly misused to refer to what in fact are
species. This may be due to the problem that most of the time, both are grouped together in one section. This section should IMO be called \"race/species selection\" to be scientifically correct.
Originally posted by Adeli
Lack of ethics fits perfectly with medieval. Leeches anyone?
The application of leeches is lacking ethics? I don\'t know much about it, but I don\'t see a problem?
Originally posted by Adeli
Danny, I still destest this creature... one point... if magical manipluation is at play, why is the expossed brain necessary? Wouldn\'t a magical headbrace serve just as well.
The magic approach seems acceptable. One can explain the requirement for the globe by the fact that this enchantment is supposed to be permanent / long-duration, as opposed to the usual mind control spells (which are short-duration). Therefore, you\'d need very very much magical energy to have these spells las that long, which is why you
- reduce distance to an absolute minimum (i.e., touch)
- remove any obstacles (like skull) and maybe even have the globe itself distribute the magic flow better
thereby reducing the amoutn of magical energy required.
So here we see a good example of one altered property of the world affecting things by making impossible things possible: while I couldn\'t accept the poking controller, I have to accept the magical controller.
So if you can resolve the speed vs. mass problem (no, magic is
not the way to go this time
), I, as much as I hate to say it, see no problems with this thing being added to PS.
