These lines—and the reasons behind them—really resonated with me:
“So if some intrepid explorer like Frieren comes along and rescues your book from obscurity before it rots away in an abandoned library, and that story still resonates hundreds—or even thousands—of years later, that explorer will have extended your legacy. And your goodness will echo on.”
I often ask myself—or get asked—“Why do you write?” And honestly, this is one of the best and most meaningful answers I’ve come across. When writing isn’t just a means to an end, like making money, it takes on a whole new depth. It becomes something lasting, something that carries weight beyond the moment.
>seemingly useless spells as rewards, such as a spell to remove rust from bronze, or make sweet grapes taste sour.
I recall a conversation had on a gaming Discord about an archlich's most valuable spell, after many decades of research, trial and error, centuries of perfection... "Cheese to Different Cheese". Sure sure, biggest fireball is important when you face down armies of mooks... or that demon-killer spell when you face archdemons... but the knick-knack utility spells is where you really find things shine.
The vast utility! You could turn cheap cheese into expensive cheese and turn a healthy profit. You could turn moldy cheese into fresh cheese. You could age cheese willy-nilly. You could turn any hunk of cheese into a tactical stink bomb. Wallace would likely go ham turning everything to Wensleydale.
These lines—and the reasons behind them—really resonated with me:
“So if some intrepid explorer like Frieren comes along and rescues your book from obscurity before it rots away in an abandoned library, and that story still resonates hundreds—or even thousands—of years later, that explorer will have extended your legacy. And your goodness will echo on.”
I often ask myself—or get asked—“Why do you write?” And honestly, this is one of the best and most meaningful answers I’ve come across. When writing isn’t just a means to an end, like making money, it takes on a whole new depth. It becomes something lasting, something that carries weight beyond the moment.
Good word, my man!
>seemingly useless spells as rewards, such as a spell to remove rust from bronze, or make sweet grapes taste sour.
I recall a conversation had on a gaming Discord about an archlich's most valuable spell, after many decades of research, trial and error, centuries of perfection... "Cheese to Different Cheese". Sure sure, biggest fireball is important when you face down armies of mooks... or that demon-killer spell when you face archdemons... but the knick-knack utility spells is where you really find things shine.
The vast utility! You could turn cheap cheese into expensive cheese and turn a healthy profit. You could turn moldy cheese into fresh cheese. You could age cheese willy-nilly. You could turn any hunk of cheese into a tactical stink bomb. Wallace would likely go ham turning everything to Wensleydale.