--- Damien Sullivan <phoenix at ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote: [snip] > Which makes sense -- for most people, the Orb > doesn't make sorcery easier Actually that is exactly what the Orb does. The Orb is really just a power regulator for amorphia and amplifier for mental energy. It takes the small psionic energy in the mind of a human or Dragaeran thru the necrophia veins and releases power from the amorphia in the Great Sea. Without the Orb you would have to have enough mental power to directly release power from the Great Sea(or any other source of amorphia I presume). The problem with dealing with amorphia directly is that there is no control other then your mind. That's where necrophia comes into play on the back end. It controls the release of amorphia power. So anyone can try to control amorphia directly, but without proper training they will probably do what Vlad did in Jhereg and have some uncontrolled amorphia consume everything in it's path. Which therefore also negates the fact that others then those trained in Elder Sorcery can't work with amorphia directly. Vlad did it with no training other then the knowledge that his soul could. Elder Sorcery is one step away from what he did. ===== Doc www.toubib.us __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/