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Originally posted by Lord Karsus

-Ed Greenwood replies, I believe. Relatively old one(s).

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O Lady from the Hood, I've been a bit too nervous to post before now, but your chaste nature and innocent soul have lured me here. I’ve got a few mojo-related questions, so I won’t beat around the bush (so to speak). 1) Mystra controls the Weave and her absence causes magic to go wild, but if she were to somehow be destroyed beyond recreation, could mortals eventually learn to adapt their spells to function normally?

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1. Probably, given your use of the word “eventually.” However, until a new deity rose to control whatever new system of magic replaced the Weave (remember, Mystra IS the Weave; for her to be destroyed “beyond re-creation,” Azuth and all of Mystra’s Chosen, in whom parts of her power reside, would have to be destroyed, too), magic would be wild or simply wouldn’t work. Probably magic items would do SOMETHING when their stored powers were unleashed, but not function as their wielders expected them to (and not under any precise control or exhibiting any consistency of effects).
It’s doubtful if most spell-using beings would survive such a cataclysm. None of them would survive it unchanged, to be sure. Nor would the Shadow Weave just ‘step in and take over’ if Mystra were destroyed utterly, because the Shadow Weave depends on the Weave; without the one, the other (which opposes it, and is ‘balanced’ to do so) will inevitably collapse too.
So the gods who remained would probably battle for control of magic, in a world in which all magic will have a governing tendency to ‘go wild.’ Farewell Realms as we know them, and so on.
We’re both curious: why do you ask this? :} Is a particularly foolish PC in your campaign planning to assassinate Mystra? (And if so, HOW?)

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Originally posted by Thente Thunderspells

Huh... just found this in the 2004 thread as well from November:

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O Lady from the Hood, I've been a bit too nervous to post before now, but your chaste nature and innocent soul have lured me here. I’ve got a few mojo-related questions, so I won’t beat around the bush (so to speak). 1) Mystra controls the Weave and her absence causes magic to go wild, but if she were to somehow be destroyed beyond recreation, could mortals eventually learn to adapt their spells to function normally?

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1. Probably, given your use of the word “eventually.” However, until a new deity rose to control whatever new system of magic replaced the Weave (remember, Mystra IS the Weave; for her to be destroyed “beyond re-creation,” Azuth and all of Mystra’s Chosen, in whom parts of her power reside, would have to be destroyed, too), magic would be wild or simply wouldn’t work. Probably magic items would do SOMETHING when their stored powers were unleashed, but not function as their wielders expected them to (and not under any precise control or exhibiting any consistency of effects).
It’s doubtful if most spell-using beings would survive such a cataclysm. None of them would survive it unchanged, to be sure. Nor would the Shadow Weave just ‘step in and take over’ if Mystra were destroyed utterly, because the Shadow Weave depends on the Weave; without the one, the other (which opposes it, and is ‘balanced’ to do so) will inevitably collapse too.
So the gods who remained would probably battle for control of magic, in a world in which all magic will have a governing tendency to ‘go wild.’ Farewell Realms as we know them, and so on.
We’re both curious: why do you ask this? :} Is a particularly foolish PC in your campaign planning to assassinate Mystra? (And if so, HOW?)

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Some game designer sneak in under alias and start planning her downfall this long ago perhaps? Interesting when you look back and see things like this.

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Originally posted by Dennis

Besides, why would a WotC staff visit this site only to ask that question, when he had all the time in the world to ask Ed personally?

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Originally posted by _Jarlaxle_

One of Mystras Devine powers was to Deny other beeings (even dities) access to the weave, thats why she was so powerfull. At least before everyone could cast magic without a weave in 4e

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Originally posted by Dennis
I think it's just a coincidence. There were a lot of people outside WotC's umbrella who wanted to try to kill Mystra, either for just the fun of it, or for some grand scheme of theirs which they found necessary for their story.

Besides, why would a WotC staff visit this site only to ask that question, when he had all the time in the world to ask Ed personally?

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Originally posted by Thente Thunderspells

I haven't been around much/for long, but can someone disclose why the "So Saith Ed" archives stop in 2008? Frustration at the Shattered Realms debacle? I know that there are still 2009-2011 threads for Ed.

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Originally posted by Kuje

Nothing as sinister as that. :) They were stopped because I was the one who was keeping the logs and then putting them into HTML files. However, much like my NPC lists, I got busy with school, then life, then other things and so I handed them off to Alaundo or Sage took them over. Alaundo STILL hasn't, after years, updated my NPC file with the excel spread sheet. And well, we all know Sage and his project list and how it is it's own black hole. :)

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Originally posted by Thente Thunderspells

I haven't been around much/for long, but can someone disclose why the "So Saith Ed" archives stop in 2008? Frustration at the Shattered Realms debacle? I know that there are still 2009-2011 threads for Ed.

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