Questions?

Dworkin Has Answers!

Do you have lots of Warfare but don't know what to do with it? Were you exploring the finer subleties of the Logrus but keep getting thwacked? Is there some spell that just doesn't seem to work as advertised? Are you just confused? Ask Dworkin!

Here are questions and answers to how the rules work when applied to potential situations. The examples were created in order to provide insight into the rules and aren't necessarily taken from actual situations. Any resemblance to actual situations is purely coincidental.

Dear Dworkin,
I'm a shapeshifter but it's not like I'm a master or anything. They tell me I have to conserve mass when I shift. Does this mean I can turn into an ultra-dense mouse?

Dear Mouseketeer,
Nope. But you can turn into a really big mouse.

Q: What does the 200 lb mouse say?
A: Here kitty, kitty.

Dear Dworkin,
She never answers my calls. Can the person who initiates a trump contact tell if the far end received the contact but chose not to respond? If there is no response, can the initiator tell if the far end is asleep, unconscious, or dead?

- Frustrated

Dear Lazy Trump User,
Who do you think you are? Me? Here, I'll make it easy. Think of it like a telephone. When that fails, get off your duff and go in person.

PS If she's "not home" everytime you show up, you've been dumped.

Dear Dworkin,
I keep trying to use the Logrus in combat and before I get anywhere near bringing it to mind, I've been beaten about the head and knocked out by these guys with swords.

Dear Slow-with-Logrus,
Get a clue. Buy some warfare. It takes a couple of minutes to bring either Pattern or Logrus to mind.

Dear Dworkin,
Is it a good idea to buy major powers before you get your EP's?

Dear Excessive-badstuff,
What, are you a masochist or confused about the meaning of the "bad" in "bad stuff?"

Dear Dworkin,
How much bad stuff is too much bad stuff?

Dear Tempted,
Ask Dave Modiano.

Dear Dworkin,
Can you explain what's happening? Every now and then I get a tingly sensation in my head and then I wake up somewhere else.

Dear Knocked Out Over Trump,
Buy some psyche. Being in contact with someone else's mind can be dangerous, sonny. If you're psyche's that low, perhaps you should avoid trumps altogether; invest in a psyche barrier.

Dear Dworkin
I tried using sorcery to make myself invunerable, but now I'm bright blue.

Dear Bright Blue,
That didn't work for the Picts either. If you don't heck the magic of the shadow before you go casting spells, you deserve whatever you get. Not all failures will be dull either.

PS. Buy some psyche.

Dear Dworkin,
How long does it take to figure out how the magic works in a particular shadow?

Dear Impatient Mage,
A couple of days or less. Shorter if you've got a major power or a high psyche. Typically the way to determine the magic of shadow is to try casting a bunch of test spells. It takes a minute or so to cast cantrips: temporarily change colors, light a fire, etc. You can use these to test the magic of a shadow. Or you can wing it and see what happens...

Dear Dworkin,
Can I look at people through Logrus tentacles?

Dear Spy In Training,
You need Advanced Logrus to spy remotely through a Logrus tentacle. With standard Logrus mastery you can only look with Logrus sight at things in your presence.

PS. Buy some warfare.

Dear Dworkin,
I keep trying to use the Logrus to spy on people but as soon as I send the tendrils over, they stop talking and look at me funny.

Dear Unsubtle,
Just because you don't see something, doesn't mean someon else can't. Get ranked, buy some warfare. And some psyche.

[Logrus is visible but not obvious. At best, it's visible as a slight distortion of the air even to regular humans. At worst, it's way obvious to person with high psyche and the opposite power. It looks like a lot like a more transparent version of the water creature from the movie "Abyss".]

Dear Dworkin,
I wanted to find a shadow where I'd never been before so I drew a trump of it and went through and ended up somewhere odd. What happened?

Dear Lazy Trump Artist,
Visit the place before you draw it's trump, or who knows what you'll get.

Dear Dworkin,
I wanted to find a shadow where I'd never been before so I drew a trump of it and it didn't work. I tried several more all with the same result, nothing. Why is this?

Dear Disappointed Lazy Trump Artist,
Not all failures are spectacular.

PS You could have been there, drawn the trump and been back by now.

Dear Dworkin,
I make wings and flap real hard but don't go anywhere. What's wrong?

Dear Fly Boy,
Buy some strength. Get a rank.

Dear Dworkin,
My family doesn't approve of the friends I bring home. How can I tell them that feuds are old fashioned?

Dear Impudent Young Whippersnapper,
Do I look like my name is Miss Manners?

Dear Dworkin,
I did the Logrus hokey pokey and it turned and spit me out. What is this all about?

Dear Young Know it All,
Hard as this may be for you to believe, your elders do know more than you. When someone tell you to follow instructions or something bad will happen, don't be surprised when it turns out to be true. You're lucky to be alive. Don't play games with the Logrus. It'll beat you every time.

Dear Dworkin,
Two questions: The other day I tried growing myself some wings but something grabbed me from behind and squeezed me. It must have been invisible because I didn't see anything behind me. So I tried really hard to grow the wings and finally got a decent pair after whatever it was that was grabbing me let go. (I bought up my strength, thanks.) Is there an easier way to do this?

Secondly, I've been going through a lot of clothing recently. My shirts all have these huge gaping holes in the back...

Dear Incredible Hulk,
That wasn't an invisible assailant, that was your shirt. Take it off before trying to shapeshift. Clothes don't change when you do unless they can shapeshift too.