[CF-Devel] lanterns unlock/fuel

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You are assuming that the lanterns use oil or some such flammable substance,
but actually they work just like the streetlights in the cities, and are
powered by magic.  If they used a flammable oil they might be used a weapons
or something equally dangerous.  You wouldn't want people throwing around
flasks of flaming oil or tossing their lanterns into a room now would you?
Thankfully, the modern day lantern (or streetlight)  is powered by a tiny
enchanted glowcrystal.    The problem of course is that eventualy the
glowcrystal becomes used up and must be replaced and of course, a lantern
crystal runs out faster than a street light crystal since they are much
smaller.  Since most of the cost of a lantern is the price of the
glowcrystal, it is more cost effective for the merchant to simply supply new
lanterns than provide a service to replace the crystal. By the way, if you
think lanterns are expensive, you should see the bill charged by the various
magicians guilds for supplying the larger streetlight grade glowcrystals to
the city of Navar...
It is rumoured that there was a magician from Port Joseph who constructed a
rechargable glowcystal.   This is uncomfirmed however and the man has since
mysteriously vanished.  The Port Joseph Wizards local 233, the first and
only group to have had a demonstration of his invention and reputedly the
last people to have seen him, is quoted as saying, 'it was a fraud, a fake,
it never happened and furthermore no one saw anything unusual later that
evening.'

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Rightnour" <
     
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Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 1:09 PM
Subject: RE: [CF-Devel] lanterns unlock/fuel


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      On 12-May-03 Bernhard Kuemel wrote:
     
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      > So I kept my (bright) lantern lit so it would not unlock and for a
     
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      > long time I thought it would burn forever. But my father who is
     
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      > playing more had his lantern burnt out so the problem is not solved
     
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      > (worked around) this way. Or is there somewhere cheap fuel available?
     
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      > A fuel lantern should be refillable, shouldn't it? We could buy a
     
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      > bottle of fuel, mark a lantern and apply the fuel or such.
     
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      No, there is no lantern fuel.  There could be.. but I didn't program it.
     
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      the rediculous amount of money in the game, buying another lantern isn't
     
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      bad.  The point of them is more that they last a really long time, and can
     
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      extinguished for stealth purposes.
     
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      The regular lamp lasts alot longer than the bright one, FWIW.
     
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