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Dennis
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 Posted - 01 Jun 2012 : 02:53:29
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Originally posted by jerrod
Speaking of the shadowweave unravalling....isn't telemont composed entirely of shadow magic? Why is he still in existence? It doesn't make sense.did the wizards of the coast over look this detail?
I have some conjectures. One that I believe most likely is the case is this: Telamont bore witness to the Fall of Netheril, and knew well its cause. Magic is power. But it's 'regulated' by a higher being (deity) whose life is never secured. When the goddess of magic dies, the Weave unravels, rendering magic undependable. Telamont cannot depend on the fates of deities. Even Shar may die. As part of his contingencies, he must have researched and found alternative sources of magic---in the event the Shadow Weave collapses. It could be some negative energy from an unknown plane of existence which funneled through Shade's mythallar. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 28 Oct 2012 : 02:11:25
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Originally posted by Eldacar
I believe it was a beam of fire (cosmetically silver-white) with a forward-facing antimagic beam at the tip that shut down the shadow shield (the beam was triggered upon impact with a spell-shield), and then resumed the fire effect which continued onward to hit the Prince... a relatively complex-sounding spell effect, if I do say so myself.
It was not sufficiently elaborated. We just know that somehow Telamont managed to counter a supposed to be 'un-counterable' force. Here are a couple of relevant lines from Troy Denning's The Sorcerer:
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...Khelben raised his hand and loosed a stream of the shimmering magic fire at Telamont.
Crying out in rage and disbelief, Telamont had no choice but to lift both hands and raise a spell shield before him. Freed of the Most High's grasp, Galaeron plummeted toward the bottom of the basin and barely had time to cry out a spell of soft falling before the air erupted into whistling white sparks and cracking lances of black lightning. He brought his legs around beneath him and landed atop the mythallar itself—just in time to turn and see Vala come tumbling into Telamont
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What happened next was impossible to say. He saw Telamont’s shadowy feet fly, Vala's sword arc, and a black arm whip into the crackling air. All of them dissolved into shadow.
The blow of a tremendous hammer shook the mythallar...
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"Harper hag!" Malik croaked. "I ought to tell them just for spite!" Again, his face contorted into a conflicted mask, and he added, "Except that after what happened in Shadowdale, I know no Chosen would ever be foolish enough to fling a bolt of silver fire into a being of pure shadow essence."
Galaeron did not realize Ruha's threat had been a ruse until he saw her exchange congratulatory glances with each of the Chosen.
Laeral said, "Not very helpful, Malik."
"Actually, we've already tried silver fire," Storm said. She didn't explain that the attack had only been a ruse designed to buy time for Vala. "Telamont blocked it with a shielding spell."
In fairness to the Chosen, although it was just momentarily, Telamont actually had to let go of his control over the mythallar to use both hands to erect his shield. Which only goes to say that the said unexplained shielding spell is far more complex and probably more energy-draining than controlling the flow of magic around the city's mythallar. |
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Did the shadow weave suffer during the spellplague
