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?
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