New Posts For Thread: 07/11/2012 Uncharted Realms: "Chronomaton"http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29227949/07112012_Uncharted_Realms:_ChronomatonThis thread is for discussion of this week's Uncharted Realms, which goes live Wednesday morning on magicthegathering.com.But he was characterized as being a clockmaker who'd turned his skill with clockwork to other uses. He used clockwork to sustain his life, and he used his own hands and eyes to make that clockwork. There was no indication that he was actually a wizhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29227949/07112012_Uncharted_Realms:_Chronomaton?post_id=521818001#521818001But he was characterized as being a clockmaker who'd turned his skill with clockwork to other uses. He used clockwork to sustain his life, and he used his own hands and eyes to make that clockwork. There was no indication that he was actually a wizThu, 12 Jul 2012 18:22:57 -0500Are you really asking questions like this in a universe with artificers, phyrexians, and being who create other beings from purely mana? I mean seriously, this was a short story, not a novel. I'm sure he could've written a much longer story about juhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29227949/07112012_Uncharted_Realms:_Chronomaton?post_id=521817489#521817489Are you really asking questions like this in a universe with artificers, phyrexians, and being who create other beings from purely mana? I mean seriously, this was a short story, not a novel. I'm sure he could've written a much longer story about juThu, 12 Jul 2012 18:08:43 -0500The twist also didn't work for me. I was enjoying the story up to that point, though.The implication also seems to be that the arm and head were the only parts that were still human. The torso contained that intricate clockwork and those two partshttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29227949/07112012_Uncharted_Realms:_Chronomaton?post_id=521817003#521817003The twist also didn't work for me. I was enjoying the story up to that point, though.The implication also seems to be that the arm and head were the only parts that were still human. The torso contained that intricate clockwork and those two partsThu, 12 Jul 2012 17:56:15 -0500That's a pretty strong endorsement....Except that now I'm imagining you struggling to keep your robot arm from lopping off your head. And all your posts after that point just consist of ticking and whirring sounds.I can't tell if this is terrifying ohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29227949/07112012_Uncharted_Realms:_Chronomaton?post_id=521813221#521813221That's a pretty strong endorsement....Except that now I'm imagining you struggling to keep your robot arm from lopping off your head. And all your posts after that point just consist of ticking and whirring sounds.I can't tell if this is terrifying oThu, 12 Jul 2012 16:11:36 -0500With googly eyes, I presume?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29227949/07112012_Uncharted_Realms:_Chronomaton?post_id=521789199#521789199With googly eyes, I presume?Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:35:33 -0500