[UA] All Humans are Liars

[Royal Minister of Stuff]

--- "Joe Murphy (Broin)" <broin at notzen.com> wrote:
(snip: some good bits about magic in UA and how there
is, in fact "otherness")

> 
> But then, obviously, I realised that was the point.
> The UA schools aren't
> just another fanboy's cheesey idea for 'death magic'
> or 'money magic' or
> 'fate magic'. They're just *new* cultures, no
> different, say, from
> Kibologists, Discordians, or otaku. You can follow
> their culture back 10,
> 20, or 50 years, but not much further.
> 
> And that's fine. There's a lot of consensual culture
> despite their newness.
> 
> Joe.

The other good thing about UA is that Kibologists,
Discordians, otaku or even hentai otaku would each be
a viable basis for a magic school.  If you can work in
a twisted paradox, you can make ANYTHING magic -which
is just about right to those of us who've seen CIRCUS
of DR. LAO too many times.

=====
-- Rp Bowman, Royal Minister of Stuff
The Electronic Nation of Yokeltania:
http://www.geocities.com/yokeltania/

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