David Silberstein wrote:
> Note: spoilers below.
>
> Summarizing previous messages:
>
> Jag wrote:
>
>> [Why didn't Aliera and Adron psionically communicate about her
>> arrest?]
>
> Another possibility that occurs to me is that Aliera may have been too
> proud to tell her father about the arrest, since that might have a
> taint of cowardice ("Oh Daddy, I've been arrested, come save me!").
>
> But maybe not. See below.
>
> Gametech wrote:
>
>> [The prisons have black phoenix stone, which prevents such
>> communication.]
>
>
> On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Andrew Bailey wrote:
>
>>
>> Not really. Given that they are different buildings :)
>>
>> They may have used Black Phoneix stone in the old building, but then
>> they may not have, since psionic communication wasn't particullary
>> common.
>>
>
> It was uncommon, but it was known. There may have been some
> situation, early in the history of the Empire, where the ruler needed
> to be sure that prisoners who were also sorcerors were unable to
> communicate at all with the outside, and the only way to do that was
> to use black phoenix stone. So it may be a traditional component of
> all prisons, not just the one in Adrilankha.
>
> Indeed, perhaps gold phoenix stone is used as well. After all, if
> there isn't anything, what is to prevent a sufficiently competent
> sorcerer from simply breaking out?
I'd fugure a teleport block at least, and a damn good one. I think something
more effective though would be removing one's link from the orb while in
custody, becuase if it can be given, which clearly it can -- Vlad has access
because of his house association, it can at least be restriced from a
persons use, likely there is someone who serves the Empire who'd be
responsible for doing such a thing if it did indeed occur. But on the
flipside Gold phoenix stone would do a nice job as well of course.