On Feb 16, 2004, at 9:34 AM, Noam Izenberg wrote: > > 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) > > I suspect that Tazendra would take pointed issue with your analysis. Not to mention those portions of Sethra Lavode that remind one of a Dzurlord!