Michael Mattoni writes: >>The quote is "Because she's better than I am." or a minor tweak of >>same. No "better at this" involved. >Perhaps this is best thought of in the context of a law firm. There are >partners (gods) and there are associates who might be elevated to partner >(like Sethra) based on ability/senority/whatever. <laugh> I don't see how this is more true for a law firm than for any other company...but yeah. Being a god may very well confer certain powers (like bilocation) and immunities (being controled)...but it doesn't make you better at -everything- than -everyone- else. >Sethra was probably content to pull the strings from Dzur Mountain >and didn't want to put up with all the b.s. that comes along with >being a god. And possibly there are penalties (free will?) to being a god that you don't get if you're not one. >Power is power. Again, we are assuming that a demon like the Necromancer >wouldn't necessarily be as powerful as a god like Verra. Well, we would, except that in at least one extent, we've been told otherwise. Which totally floored Vlad, of course. >While it is stated that a god can be in two places at once while a >demon can't, No, both can bilocate; Jenoine can't, but both gods and demons can. >there may be things demons can do which gods cannot. Be controled? In any case, I think it comes down to individuals -- most demons are probably no better at sorcery than one of the Lords of Judgement, and probably far worse (after all, IIRC most demons aren't -interested- in the whole Jenoine/LoJ fight, and probably don't hold truck with the Orb or amorphine either). >That doesn't necessarily imply a limit to the potential of either >demon or god compared to each other. Nope. What's interesting is that while the Necromancer is fairly high-status among the Dragerans, she's of -far- less status than, say, Verra...but she's got so many special things about her that one might think it would be higher. How much -do- we know about her, anyway? -- Joshua Kronengold (mneme at io.com) "I've been teaching |\ _,,,--,,_ ,) --^--him...to live, to breathe, to walk, to sample the /,`.-'`' -, ;-;;' /\\joy on each road, and the sorrow at each turning. |,4- ) )-,_ ) /\ /-\\\I'm sorry if I kept him out too late"--Vlad Taltos '---''(_/--' (_/-'