Posted by Nallokin on September 22, 1999 at 07:29:54:
In Reply to: Re: Has the help file changed? posted by Ob'ing Ob'er on September 22, 1999 at 06:50:01:
> You point out an obvious difference. Of course I'd expect Twist's followers to act
Simply put, destroying Nature is not Tower policy. So, anything done to that effect by various Masters should reflect on those individuals, not the Tower. Just as Arbiters, Entropies, Initiates all have the options of attacking others or not, so do Masters. Nallokin chooses not to attack Warders for several IC reasons. My point is that, for the Tower as a whole, right now the only thing we all (100% of us) do about our views is defend them, not impose them. I will grant you that a seemingly large number of the older members seem fixed on the war against Nature, whereas I've seen a lot of the newer ones chosing to sit the sidelines on that one.
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Twist's religion, in a nutshell and from someone who hasn't read the helpfile in what seems like millenia, is magic for the sake of magic. Nothing else matters. Masters are about just that... mastery. It doesn't matter why you want it, you just want mastery. Be it love of magic, ego, or lust for power that, though restained, is considerable when you need it. In fact, I'm rather dismayed in that 99% of the Masters around seem to only want to master magic for their love of magic, while only a couple truly follow Twist. I would prefer to see more variety in WHY they want to master it.
And yes, my reason is unique to myself (as far as I can tell), though nobody knows what it is because nobody has really asked. Most just accept that I want mastery of my magic without knowing why. But hey, that's for an in-game discussion, eh?
As an aside, this is much in the same way you could have a mage-hating Arbiter. Didn't kill them in the cities, but camped out with villagers whenever possible, for example.
> aggressively toward nature. On the other hand, it is still very much a part of the
> Tower credo that nature is the true enemy of the Tower, and magic on the whole.
> Whether or not you choose to act against it is left to the individual. Wouldn't the
> actions of non-Twist followers attempting to destroy nature reflect on the
> Tower as a whole?
I like to know why you think it doesn't. This is something of an odd statement. The
> Tower is very much a reflection of Twist's religion. There are inherent beliefs common
> to both.