Posted by The Arcane(VIP) on October 29, 2000 at 11:31:44:
In Reply to: Magic or no magic? posted by Confused on October 29, 2000 at 09:08:45:
> -Leather traveling boots-uber-comfortable boots that "refresh" your movement. Not flagged magic according to identify/lore. Magic or no? No. > -crystal pendant-reflects sunlight in order to blind people. Magic or no? No. > -cloak of bear-kin-fills you with the spirit of the bear. Magic or no? I don't know the item, sorry. I'm becoming obsolete. *sniff* > -shield of darkness-surrounds you with darkness making you resistant to certain attacks...magic or no? No. > -ivory troll amulet-makes you more like a troll-speeds regeneration...magic or no? Yes. > -horn of the tritons-weakens and deafens through blasts of sound...magic or no? Yes. > -ice-rimmed shield-surrounds you with ice and makes you resistant to certain attacks...magic or no? No. > -seaweed-when eaten it makes you unable to breathe underwater...magic or no? Store-bought, no. The pill form found on the ocean is a pill, so yes. > -those wings that allow gnomes/svirf to fly...magic or no? No. > -charred leather bracers-do absolutely nothing but are covered with magic runes...magic or no? Shouldn't be, but are by current Rager dogma. It's a fucking awful item description. Descriptions shouldn't tell you what to think, just what you see. How is a charred piece of leather sooo clearly magical, but a sword that is perpetually flaming isn't? Anyway... as it's defined in the CF world, you have to consider it as magical, but it's dumb. > -obsidian eye amulet-permanent infravision...magic or no? Yes. > -amulet of clarity-magic or no? Yes. > hundreds of other things that could go either way...magic or no? Consider the origins of the item, the language that describes its effects, whether said effects work in no_magic rooms or can be spellbaned, and so on