Submitted by chacham2 t3_11xipsj in WritingPrompts
librarian-faust t1_jd3xl1n wrote
Reply to comment by chacham2 in [WP] The wizard is actually not immortal. Instead he steals just a minute from everyone every few thousand years or so (justifying it to himself by all the good he does for them). Though everyone loses consciousness for a moment, nobody talks about it, and it is soon forgotten. by chacham2
Surely if he can manage "steal a minute from this person" cast en masse, he can work out a "is person sleeping?" check first... and plumb those two together...
I mean, it's also reasonable that this might not be a thing that's allowed under the magic system, but... /shrug
chacham2 OP t1_jd3y1pg wrote
The idea was a whole world massive spell. Perhaps via some items. The original idea was just one second from everybody. That would give him a couple hundred years.
librarian-faust t1_jd3zzj8 wrote
Right, makes sense. Thank you
MilkLover159 t1_jd41gwy wrote
That’s about 15000 years with todays population
chacham2 OP t1_jd41y9r wrote
So, the original idea was one second. I switched it to one minute so he could get that long, especially with earlier generations. Ion any case, a story with either one would make me just as happy. :)
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