--- David Silberstein <davids at kithrup.com> wrote: > On Sun, 2 Nov 2003, Toubib wrote: > > > >Personally I think it's more likely that wizards > during the > >Interregnum got stronger from the strain of > preforming the most > >minimal task during the Interregnum. > > [...] > > >But you are correct that in POTD the Lords of > Judgment say they have > >an opportunity, although it's not clear if they > took it. Perhaps the > >increase is a combination of both better sorcerers > and a altered Orb. > > I believe that this last is what certain scenes in > LoCB (ch 46, pp > 155-156, & ch 47, 159-161) were meant to portray. > > Consider: Oidwa, a sorceress who had not used any > magical arts > whatsoever since the Disaster, drew on the power of > the Orb once it > had returned, and used it, with no problems. > > On the other hand, Tazendra, who had been relying on > Elder Sorcery all > that time, tried to make a fire, and caused a > combustion which was a > bit more rapid than she had intended. For that > matter, she even went > so far as to state definitively that the Orb had > changed, and, well, > since she had been practicing magic of one sort or > another for the > past 800 years (or so), I should think that she > would have the > experience on which to base that assertion. > > And to hammer the point home: Grassfog, who knew > some healing sorcery > before the Interregnum, agrees with her entirely. > (LoCB, ch. 47, pp > 161-162) > Yea, I was afraid of something like that. I forgot to qualify my statements with the facts that I had not read LoCB yet, and thus did not know of those statements. But I stand corrected that the Lords of Judgment did tweak out the Orb. ===== Doc www.toubib.us __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/