On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 21:26, ReVibe68 at aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 11/2/03 8:49:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, > toubib21 at yahoo.com writes: > > > > Question- Where does it say the Orb was improved while > > it was in the Path of the Dead? Where am I missing > > this little kernel of knowledge? > > > > > Sorcery was limited pre-interregnum. Teleportation was very hardso as not to > be practical..Witness that in PG and FHYA Khavvren and Crew travel the Empire > on horseback. Revivication was not possible. either. My guess would be that > the Orb was somehow enhanced Post-Interregnum because where there used to be ONE > sea of Chaos now there are Two. Which would mean one EXTRA source of Amorphia > for the Orb to draw on. Actually this was said in one of the books, but for > the life of me I cant remember which one > Maybe Phoenix or one of the Khavvren Romances. It was definately mentioned in at least one of the Vlad novels that sorcery is a lot more powerful and easier to use post-Interregnum. As for when it changed, in PotD, one of the scenes with the Gods involves them talking about altering the Orb themselves before it is reclaimed. There may also be conversations among the Gods about it in LoCB.