Chapter 1427 Industrial Design, Standard Equipment
"But sir, there are not many such people even in the territorial guards!"
Gibb was originally the commander of the Territory Guard, and the training for Territory Guard members in using magic items was provided by his life-and-death brother Ava. He knew the true situation of the Territory Guard better than anyone else.
When it comes to how many people in the Territory Guard today are proficient in using magic items, Gibb knows very well that there are less than a hundred, and he can even tell the names of those people one by one.
As for the situation at the security station, apart from himself, only a few subordinates he brought over from the Territory Guard could use magic items.
In Gibb's view, to defend a long passage of 25 miles and ensure that it is foolproof, even if all 100 people are brought over, it may not be enough.
After all, magic items have limits of use, and their modes are fixed, making it difficult to adapt to changes.
Unless these one hundred people are all mages and can cast spells freely.
Thinking of this, Gibb couldn't help but his eyes lit up, thinking of the Tower of Time mages who were following Atwood to organize the pioneers in the north of [Bactria-Saville Passage] recently.
If some mages could be sent to him, perhaps such a task would not be difficult to complete.
It's just this thought that Gibb can't express. Even if he can understand the lord's desire to treat the mage as an ordinary person, that's the lord. For him, the mage is still an existence that he only dares to look up to.
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I can only think about this in my mind. If I really say it out loud, even if the lord is unified, he himself may not dare to command one or more official mages.
But for Chateau, when he raised this matter, he had already prepared countermeasures. The manpower shortage problem mentioned by Gibb was not a problem at all in his opinion.
"The tools prepared for you this time will no longer be some basic magic scrolls, but real magic equipment, enough to enable a few people to have quick reactions and powerful combat capabilities."
"Sir, I don't know what kind of tool it is. If the operation is too complicated, we can't use it!"
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Gibb spoke of a problem that ordinary people cannot avoid when it comes to the use of magic items. Generally speaking, being able to use magic items means having the ability to cast spells.
And if you can use complex magic items, you have the potential or talent to become a real spellcaster.
It is not impossible that their potential and talent will be buried, but these are already adults and have not been exposed to magic for a long time. They have only received some assault training in the past year or two. What is the probability that they can catch up quickly?
Therefore, for ordinary people, especially adults, learning to use magic scrolls with relatively fixed operations is already the limit.
If they can also learn more complex magic items, such people should probably develop directly into spellcasters.
However, since Xia Duo said it was a new tool, he would not fail to consider these things.
Under normal circumstances, except for a few passive synchronic magic items, most magic items are not designed for ordinary people, but his new tool is not.
Although it may only be the current generation, Shado will also consider their spellcasting limits and make special usability optimization designs at the operational level.
In fact, even if the number of spellcasters increases in the future, simplicity and ease of use will be the development trend.
This is actually the concept of industrial design. In the current era of Netheril, naturally not many mages consider this. What they consider more is the actual effect of magic items.
As for the user experience, energy consumption, materials, appearance, and even whether it will cause irreversible damage to the surrounding environment, etc., unless the objective conditions are really unavoidable, they are generally not considered.
Maybe I just do it casually and rarely do special design.
In this regard, elves have obviously taken the lead. At least in terms of user experience and appearance, elves' magic items are far ahead of humans.
Although the new tool promised by Shado has not yet been produced, the design had already begun when he arranged for Ava to train members of the Territory Guard to use magic items.
Basically it can be regarded as the standard equipment for security guards and soldiers in the future territory.
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"Gibb, you don't have to worry about the new tool. As long as you can use the magic scroll skillfully, the new tool will only be a handy tool for you, rather than a hidden danger to your life.
"As for what the new tool is, since it hasn't been made yet, there may be changes, so I won't talk about it for now, but the general direction has been determined. Let me give you a hint. What ability do you envy most in a mage?"
After saying that, Xia Duo glanced at the other people in the conference room and said, "You can also take a guess."
"What ability do you envy most?"
Gibb frowned and thought hard. If he wanted to say what ability he envied the most in a mage, it would undoubtedly be the ability to cast spells. As long as he had this, he could learn whatever spells he wanted.
However, he also knew that what the lord wanted to say was definitely not this. It should be some kind of specific spell, which made people very enviable.
Combined with the garrison distance of 25 new miles, a thought suddenly popped into Gibb's mind. At this moment, he was so excited that he could hardly speak:
"Sir, could it be - the ability to fly?!"
Others were also thoughtful and looked at Xia Duo, hoping to get an accurate answer from the lord.
"Yes, it is indeed the ability to fly!"
"real?!"
Gibb suddenly screamed with excitement. As a ground creature, flying is almost every human's dream. Especially when you know that there is a similar species that can fly freely, this desire becomes even stronger.
But unfortunately, unless it is carried by a spell caster, it is almost impossible for ordinary people to realize their dream of flying.
Although flying scrolls are relatively rare on the market, they still exist, and the price is not out of reach for Gibb, even when he was in Savileland in the past.
But just like the fireball scroll, its scarcity is not due to low production, but due to low sales. This type of scroll has a high threshold for use and is also quite dangerous.
Like the fireball scroll, if you are not careful, it is not the enemy who will die, but you.
The same goes for the flying technique. If something goes wrong while flying in the sky, as an ordinary person, there is no other way but to wait for death.
Basically, this type of magic scroll is used by the caster himself, because if there is a problem, it can usually be solved by himself.
If any ordinary person dares to use it at will, he is either short-sighted or he is at least a senior expert in the experience of using magic items.