On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 17:38, lazarus wrote: > On 12 Mar 2003 10:56:37 -0500, you wrote: > > >On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 22:29, Ryan wrote: > >> >Great Weapons can hold souls locally, much as the gods hold souls > >> >in the Paths. Both GWs and the gods can release the soul for use > >> >in a body. This explains what has happened with Lady Teldra, and > >> >it explains how Aliera was preserved by Pathfinder. It might also > >> >explain how Alieras soul was placed into the staff. > >> > >> I was always partial to the thought that Morganti weapons drew their > >> power from the souls they had consumed, I'd think GWs work similarly, > >> those just a theory. > > > >Its an attractive theory, but there's a major problem with it. All the > >MW's were made by Serioli. And the Serioli have stopped making them as > >far as I know. If nothing else, no one knows where to find Serioli to > >get more MW's from them. So, if MWs feed off of souls, then 1) someone > >would have to lose their soul just for a MW to be made, 2) MWs would > >have to destroy souls regularly, thus rapidly reducing the total number > >of souls, or rapidly reducing the number of MWs. > > > >As for 2, we don't really see evidence of either. If the total number > >of souls was decreasing, I expect the Gods would step in and do > >something. And considering how many of the weapons people like Morrolan > >collects, I somehow doubt the number of MWs is decreasing either. > > > > Both of these arguments assume that MWs require regular feeding. What > if they don't? Their power could still be related to how many souls > they had "fed on". That idea I'll agree with. The original wording made me think it was feed on in such away that if they didn't feed they wouldn't work.