Section 3 (Background and Out of Character)

[Kheldarson]

I'm mostly lurking right now.

[Mytical]

How mages and sorcerers (arcane casters) differ in my world then most.

The power to cast a single spell would turn a caster to dust, so they need a catalyst to help diffuse this. Most use crystals, the purer/bigger the crystal the more strain it can remove from the caster. The higher level the caster, the more efficiently they can use catalyst also. No words or gestures need be made however. Though such can be catalyst to reduce the strain.

The lower the spell, the more the strain can be defused also. Each spell cast does have a level of drain, depending on the level of spell (if you need a spell list just let me know ). Arcane casters usually carry small gems in a pouch to keep the major stones they have from having too much strain put on them and cracking/breaking. 1 small stone will turn to dust for each level of spell cast. Such stones are cheap, and can be of poor quality (think about 1silver a piece at most).

Don't worry Amy is rather..wealthy in this world and will supply just about anything you need (magical items besides stones however not so much).

[Mytical]

I'm mostly lurking right now.

*nods* Which I feel is my fault .

[Kheldarson]

Not your fault. But I will admit to not having a real connection to the current storyline, which is cool. It happens.

[Kanalah]

Stupid painful GERD. Ouch.

*hugs Khel* Kate doesn't want to do the druid thing?

[teh_blumchenkinder]

Kanalah: thanks for the hugs a few days ago (super-happy I don't have GERD. Also, I seem to be doing better, I blame it on the Swedish Bitters I'm taking... but it's not all gone. So I still want to see the doc, but that won't be until the 25th or someone cancelling. ick )
Sarlon: ... Ananda has ... awkward powers. Lemme find the link...
http://www.customerssuck.com/board/s...2&postcount=10
there is more elaboration after... also, more info about the others back there too. It's in the first few pages of this monster-thread.
I should be on more now.

[Mytical]

Teh is now a Drow

[teh_blumchenkinder]

eeee~ :3 I am fine with this.

[Kanalah]

uh oh, don't drow and wood elves not get along?

[Mytical]

Drow and the air don't get along. Drow don't normally even get along with Drow...

[Sarlon]

teh is a drow, I'm supposedly a grey elf.....which is a high elf......

[teh_blumchenkinder]

Typically. But it's not like they haven't been known to get along in various flavors, even in WoC cannon-source books. (Both good and evil, and besides, Ananda could always claim she worships Ellistraee... if she exists here, that's going to be the next question )

[Mytical]

They reason they are called 'grey elves' is the color their skin is. High elves are the 'nobility' of the elves, normally very stuck up/elitist.

[Sarlon]

elves are according to the PHB considered "high elves", grey elves get their own catagory, as well as wild, wood, and drow.

[teh_blumchenkinder]

Granted, most elves have something of a superiority complex, as a race... and I presume racial traits are in effect? >_> at least the ones that are more blanket than others...