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07-18-2016, 06:35 AM | #22 | |
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07-18-2016, 06:52 AM | #23 |
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Re: [Magic] The weakest golems - The worst of ideas
I have wondered if golem programming might not have quite a lot in common with coding for computers - certainly in the right kind of setting, with golems run by a sort of magical AI, and proceduralised magic, there should be an established theory of programming them whilst avoiding the sort of logic conflicts that make them become rampageous.
Of course, if you go with the "golem operated by bound spirit" or (China Miellville style) "spontaneous and temporary golems as an extension of the creator's will" ... let alone "historical" theurgic golems ... things may be different. |
07-18-2016, 08:56 AM | #24 |
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A Tech Level 2 or 3 Imp driven Personal Organiser or Personal Trainer in Medieval ( if this is an Information Age , MediaEval ) London could be hilarious , helpful or inconvenient .
An Imp Food Taster for the Royalty could have easily have changed history : Sickly Charles IX of France life saved by his Medical Imp going onto to leave a strong Dynasty of descendants for example .
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A Tech Level 2 or 3 Imp driven Personal Organiser or Personal Trainer in Medieval ( if this is an Information Age , MediaEval ) London could be hilarious , helpful or inconvenient .
An Imp Food Taster for the Royalty could have easily have changed history : Sickly Charles IX of France life saved by his Medical Imp going onto to leave a strong Dynasty of descendants for example .
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07-18-2016, 11:17 AM | #26 |
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Wasn't being a supernatural PA, life coach and advisor* traditionally the job description of a familiar?
*albeit a giver of very bad advice... and noting that the familiar didn't actually work for you but for your patron... |
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