[ArM5] Preparation of a talisman for enchantment

[Tim O'Brien]

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From: "Andrew Gronosky" <agronosky at comcast.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: [ArM5] Preparation of a talisman for enchantment


> Tim O'Brien wrote:
>
>> A dispute has risen in our troupe about preparing an item for enchantment 
>> as a talisman. I don't recall this being discussed on the list, and can't 
>> find it in the FAQ or Errata. Apologies if it's already been discussed in 
>> detail and I forgot.
>
> You don't need to apologize for asking questions, especially not on this 
> list. :-)
>
>> Party A is of the opinion that you can take an item, declare it your 
>> talisman, spend a season attuning it as a talisman and have a blank 
>> talisman. This preparation takes minimal, if any, vis, and is governed by 
>> the rules Talisman Attunement, p. 98, starting on the last paragraph of 
>> the first column. Party A points to the rules in that paragraph that says 
>> that talismans can be opened a bit at a time and claim that this 
>> supersedes the usual enchantment rules.
>
> They are overlooking the second paragraph under "Talisman Attunement," 
> which starts off, "[y]ou can only attune an item as your talisman if you 
> prepared it for enchantment yourself."  I think this pretty much shoots 
> down Party A's argument - it says in black and white you have to have 
> prepared the item.  Preparing, to me, means the same as "opening for 
> enchantment."  Perhaps it is unfair to ask you to defend Party A's 
> position (since you don't seem to be espousing it), but what do they think 
> "prepared for enchantment" is supposed to mean?
>

I am not espousing it. I am, however, trying to be as fair as I can be to 
both sides.


>> Party B is of the opinion that a talisman must be prepared  as a normal 
>> invested item, "opened" with whatever the appropriate shape and material 
>> requirements are for a thing of its kind and then attuned as a talisman, 
>> thereafter turning it into a talisman in a different season and gaining 
>> the benefits listed under Talisman Attunement.
>
> I think Party B is correct - especially since their argument includes the 
> very sentence that I think Party A is overlooking or misinterpreting.

Duly noted. Thanks.

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TSOB
Timothy Squire O'Brien