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Vangelor
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 Posted - 28 Jun 2005 : 00:52:52
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Human mythals are as well... They simply have not had as long to go bad, or been subject to the accumulated stresses of the years.
The First Flowering of the Elves was a long, long time ago. By comparison, Cormyr was founded just yesterday. The human kingdoms where such effects are employed (surely Thay is capable of arranging something of this sort through Circle Magic) are simply not old enough for their standing wards to have stood the test of time.
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Kuje
Great Reader
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Posted - 28 Jun 2005 : 02:12:08
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Originally posted by Fletcher
On a side note, I always wondered why the elven mythals were subject to decay and corruption, yet the human mythals were not. Any ideas?
I thought that true mythals were not subject to decay but wizardy one's were. :) |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 28 Jun 2005 : 02:31:04
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Originally posted by Kuje
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Originally posted by Fletcher
On a side note, I always wondered why the elven mythals were subject to decay and corruption, yet the human mythals were not. Any ideas?
I thought that true mythals were not subject to decay but wizardy one's were. :)
I always assumed that both were subject to decay. However true mythals degraded at a significantly slower rate compared to those created by wizards because wizardly mythals were not considered "fully functioning". After all, Myth Drannor's mythal is described as a true mythal and it has degraded dramatically in only 600 or so years.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 28 Jun 2005 : 02:48:24
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I think a large factor in mythal decay isn't as much the origin of the mythal, as it is what happens within the mythal. Myth Drannor's mythal is decaying, as has been pointed out. However, that mythal has seen the deaths of countless residents, warfare against very evil foes, incursions from the lower planes...
Mythals are designed, in part, to foster life. Events that run counter to that are liable to upset the fabric of the mythal. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
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Posted - 28 Jun 2005 : 02:54:17
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Originally posted by The SageI always assumed that both were subject to decay. However true mythals degraded at a significantly slower rate compared to those created by wizards because wizardly mythals were not considered "fully functioning". After all, Myth Drannor's mythal is described as a true mythal and it has degraded dramatically in only 600 or so years.
Myth Drannor's is a wizardy mythal, so says page 142 of Cormanthyr. Evereska's is a true mythal. There is a difference.
And Cormanthyr explains the break down: Wizardy one's fail because the magic fails. High Magic one's, I.E. true mythals, fail less so because they draw from nature. They only break down if nature becomes despoiled otherwise they last forever unlike wizardy ones. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 28 Jun 2005 : 03:19:54
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Thanks Kuje  . I remember now... I got my references all mixed up  .
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I think a large factor in mythal decay isn't as much the origin of the mythal, as it is what happens within the mythal. Myth Drannor's mythal is decaying, as has been pointed out. However, that mythal has seen the deaths of countless residents, warfare against very evil foes, incursions from the lower planes...
Mythals are designed, in part, to foster life. Events that run counter to that are liable to upset the fabric of the mythal.
That's a good point.
The intimate connection that the mythal shares with the life energy within it has the potential to cause a degradation within the very mythal itself if the energy it draws upon is disrupted.
So in essence all mythals, whether true or wizardly, decay -- or rather, have the potential to degrade. So aside from their actual origins, a major factor in the consideration of that decay, is the life energy used to raise them.
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Beirnadri Magranth
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 26 Dec 2005 : 18:25:02
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The Nether Scrolls were created by the ancient creator race, the Sarrukh. The Nether Scrolls were originally call the Golden Skins of the World Serpent and penned by a group of the Sarrukh called the Ba'etith. The scrolls were then conviniently left for the Netherese to find by the Sarrukh called Arthindol, known to the Netherese as the Terraseer, a lich ruler of Oreme.
where is this information in canon material???????
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
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Posted - 26 Dec 2005 : 18:56:23
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 26 Dec 2005 : 18:59:06
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'Tis indeed in Serpent Kingdoms.  |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 27 Dec 2005 : 02:29:47
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Originally posted by Beirnadri Magranth
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Originally posted by Sandhrune
The Nether Scrolls were created by the ancient creator race, the Sarrukh. The Nether Scrolls were originally call the Golden Skins of the World Serpent and penned by a group of the Sarrukh called the Ba'etith. The scrolls were then conviniently left for the Netherese to find by the Sarrukh called Arthindol, known to the Netherese as the Terraseer, a lich ruler of Oreme.
where is this information in canon material???????
THats incredible
Also, if you perform a search through the archives here at Candlekeep, you'll find several scrolls already set aside for discussions about the sarrukh and Nether Scrolls.
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Beirnadri Magranth
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Posted - 16 Jan 2006 : 06:33:03
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