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My first AJAX!


It is an Enchanted Device Generator for Ars Magica (4th Edition). It’s built using PHP and Sajax which is a free AJAX toolkit.

It’s been quite an enlightening experiment. The buzz and hype generated around AJAX is quite something, so I thought I’d give it a shot. I started with an idea, a simple script that takes in a few values and does some calculations and presents the result to the user. But, I wanted the user to be able to tweak the values and see the results immediately. That sounds like something AJAX is perfect for.
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Supernormal Characters or Super-Characters?


I recently had an argument with some old friends while roleplaying. My Ars Magica character wants to expand his magic. I was criticised for playing an ‘empty’ character, a character with no real goals, and that just started a whole can of worms…

But something did come out of it. Most of our roleplaying games are based on humans who have supernatural powers but I realised that there is a distinction on how people perceive ‘powers’ and their characters.
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