I think the same basic principles would govern, yes, until you got down to the actual physics, quantum mechanics, or other low level science dealing with WHY those principles are in place. I don't think chemistry works exactly the same, for example.

Nerdgasm.

True. Sipping a potion, lighting and smoking a pipe, eating an herb, applying a salve, swinging a sword, and removing three or four items from a bag all in the same moment surely violates some basic law of physics....

Not to mention all the things that can somehow fit in your hands while you're still able to do things with them like they were empty. All the thousands upon thousands of pounds you can haul around like it was air.

I don't think most of them can explain WHY they are the way they are - simply that they are that way. They can explain why this is this way (because that is that way), but the point of origin for physics and the like is likely vague. And I can't see an argument as for why chemistry wouldn't work the same - nor arguments that the basic principles of chemistry do not apply to Lusternia. I remember a very old thread discussing things like if molecules/atoms exist in Lusternia, if DNA/RNA exist, etc - I think the end result of it was the answer I normally give when these discussions come up 'Discuss it in-game! Write on it!' etc. Similarly, all the same laws of chemistry apply - conservation of mass, conservation of energy.

In fact, if nothing else, Lusternia simply takes nuclear chemistry to a more prevalent level! Or something.

Yes, but if everything is a mixture of the four elements, you have to rethink how chemical bonds and such work. Taking a world so heavily grounded in magic and saying everything works the same way for the same reasons is really, really lame.

You can pretty much assure that it doesn't work the same way. It's all backed by at least some variant of Platonic Formalism, as evidenced by things like enlarge/diminish, alchemy, the entire Healing skill, and reincarnation into identical bodies with a natural base state. There's still a billion different ways to run with that, though! Knowing one aspect doesn't tell you much of what is, even if it does tell you a lot of what isn't.

The Librarian Siam Talnara Award for Outstanding Achievement.

Meh. I feel like an idiot now, regardless.

Curiously enough, getting real world recipes and some decent cooking tips while playing Lusternia.



Who knew?

Ouzo + forums = fun


I'm just sayin'.

Dylara <3

A fat sheep-shaped scroll. Totally made my night .

You weirdo Gaudi thing.

I told him that he had to have 99.99% before he could kill me to get demigod, and he did it. I think he really, really just wanted to kill his teacher. Heh.

I think we got another prominent demi the same way. Even though that's technically illegal...

Ya'll at least took the opportunity to turn it into a nifty ceremony or ritual or something, right?

It's not illegal, since the Leaves say 'mutual consent' in them. (I checked because I thought it was illegal at first, too.)

We didn't do a ritual, per se, but it was a nice personal moment for us.

Hadrian killed me for Demi when he was SS Champ