Wands serve a double purpose; they focus energy like a magnifying glass does sun, and they are themselves a focus for the magician's intention. Not to mention a sword-wand would be able to do a good number of other things. :P I mentioned in a private email that I meant to send to the list that I wouldn't be surprised if Sethra gave Vlad the blood of the goddess knowing it would formulate teh only possible way to get morrolan out of the paths. Jon <html><DIV> </DIV></html> ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Derrill 'Kisc' Guilbert" <kisc at insaneninjahero.com> To: "Dragaera" <dragaera at dragaera.info> Subject: RE: Great Weapons ( LoCB spoiler) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 12:29:56 -0600 > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Hart [mailto:philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU] > Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 12:22 PM > To: Jose Marquez > Cc: Dragaera > Subject: Re: Great Weapons ( LoCB spoiler) > > On Sat, 16 Aug 2003, Jose Marquez wrote: > > > This last comment reminded me of Verra's conversation with the gods > > regarding Morrolan (dammit, why am I always away from my books when I > > get these thoughts?!), in which she mentions his sorcerous potential and > > how it could go further into the study of Pre-Empire sorcery. One of the > > gods mentions that Morrolan won't be able to create chaos (alluding, I > > assume, to that ability that seems restricted to the e'Kieron line), but > > Verra replies that they might find a way to work around that. All of the > > sudden, I wonder about that vial containing the blood of a goddess and I > > wonder what the exact origins of the chaos-creating ability might be. > > Maybe Verra spawned that particular line, and so the e'Kierons are able > > to create chaos because of Verra's blood. Or maybe Devera is the goddess > > (hey, it could happen! Time travel!) whose blood Morrolan assimilated, > > and thus he might get the double benefit of leaving the Paths alive as > > well as the ability to create chaos. > > Maybe BW ate an e'Kieron... Note that in _Phoenix_ we see Aliera using PF > in some capacity when she does pre-Empire sorcery. > > Doesn't Morrolan say something to Vlad about BW being his witch's familiar at one point? Perhaps Aleira uses PF in that sort of capacity for pre-empire sorcery as well. You know what I'd like to know, I'd like to know how wands help channel power and whatnot. Do they take some of the load like Loiosh does, thus allowing a more powerful spell to be cast? Do they function more as a point of focus for the power, and if so, why? Then, what limitations does Black Wand have which the ring/wand of M's would not (aside from being less useful in extra-planar situations... and why is BW less powerful in extra-planar situations?) Kisc _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail