it's encryptonite! ... must ... reach ... reply/all key .... ...getting weaker.... W > -----Original Message----- > From: bonham15 [mailto:bonham15 at cox.net] > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 5:12 PM > To: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Re: Some thoughts on the Orb > > > must kill this one... the reason sorcery got so advanced was > simply this... > people had essentially been lifting sorcerous weights during the > interregnum, trying to do fractions of what they could before... > the people > themselves had more knowledge due to the intense period of study > etc etc... > > andy > > > > > > > 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. > > > > >