"All righty ighty.  Anyways, I propose that what you want is a Mysterious Function with the following property:"

\x y.  MF(x*y) = MF(x) + MF(y)

"And, again, can you make up some particular xs and ys and MF-values that obey this rule?"

"Alllllll righty ighty then.  Anyways, I propose that what you want is a Mysterious Function with the following property:"

\x y.  MF(x*y) = MF(x) + MF(y)

"And, again, can you make up some particular xs and ys and MF-values that obey this rule?"

"Alllllll righty ighty then.  Anyways, I propose that what you want is a Mysterious Function with the following property:"

Whiteboarding:  \x y.  MF(x*y) = MF(x) + MF(y)

"And, again, can you make up some particular xs and ys and MF-values that obey this rule?"

"Alllllll righty ighty then.  Though one observes that if there's a function from 'how much does this increase Intelligence' to 'how much does this cost', there is generally some inverse function that goes from 'how much money do I have to spend' to 'how powerful of a magic item can I get'."

"Anyways, I propose that what you want is a Mysterious Function with the following property:"

Whiteboarding:  \x y.  MF(x*y) = MF(x) + MF(y)

"And, again, can you make up some particular xs and ys and MF-values that obey this rule?"

"Alllllll righty ighty then.  Though one observes that if there's a function from 'how powerful is this magic item' to 'how much money does this cost me', there is generally some inverse function that goes from 'how much money do I have to spend' to 'how powerful of a magic item can I get'."

"Anyways, I propose that what you want is a Mysterious Function with the following property:"

Whiteboarding:  \x y.  MF(x*y) = MF(x) + MF(y)

"And, again, can you make up some particular xs and ys and MF-values that obey this rule?"

"Alllllll righty ighty then.  Though one observes that if there's a function from 'how powerful is this magic item' to 'how much money does this cost me', there is generally some reverse function that goes from 'how much money do I have to spend' to 'how powerful of a magic item can I get'."

"Anyways, I propose that what you want is a Mysterious Function with the following property:"

Whiteboarding:  \x y.  MF(x*y) = MF(x) + MF(y)

"And, again, can you make up some particular xs and ys and MF-values that obey this rule?"

"Alllllll righty ighty then.  Though one observes that if there's a function from 'how powerful is this magic item' to 'how much money does this cost me', there is generally some reverse function that goes from 'how much money do I have available to spend' to 'how powerful of a magic item can I get'."

"Anyways, I propose that what you want is a Mysterious Function with the following property:"

Whiteboarding:  \x y.  MF(x*y) = MF(x) + MF(y)

"And, again, can you make up some particular xs and ys and MF-values that obey this rule?"