On Feb 16, 2004, at 9:16 AM, Casey Rousseau wrote: > A) Could be that it has been tried in the past and fallen out of favor > because of the relative ease of countering. (See _Dragon_ for > discussion > of uses of sorcery in combat.) It's been a while. I'll look it up, Thanks. > B) I'd think that self-levitation to the degree of acrobatic > maneuvering > you describe would require an inordinate degree of concentration. It > might make it hard to _fight_ effectively. The only self-levitation > we've seen has been fairly slow moving. I agree, though I might again imagine a Dzurlord or two (or even a school of them) who would take up and hone this particular fighting art. Dzurlords have little personal affinity for magic from what I read, but magic that assists the particular proclivity for hand to hand martial combat would probably have some attraction. Though perhaps the flying bit would cause concern that they'd be mistaken for Tiassa (assuming the respective descriptions are close enough to correct). > Help! - or an amazing beer. (What Noam Raphael Izenberg is in desperate need of right now)