> >Sorcery is very badly crocked. At high levels sorcerers are deadly
> (see
> >the example in STRANGERS IN PRAX) but at low level they are easy meat
> and
> >not at all likely to live long.
>
This comment is somewhat tangential, but I could never figure out how
Arlaten, the magus in Strangers in Prax, could generate the high
manipulation values he had. With an 18 Free INT, he should be able to
manipulate up to 18 magic skills, but some of his spells required
significantly more manipulation. Only the "Intensity doubling" or
"Intensity adding" crystal vaguely referred to in the supplement could
account for the effectiveness, but what little text there is
inconsistent with the actual spells in his repertoire. The difference in
RQ3 between 18 levels of manipulation and 24 is positively amazing and
is at the core of the reasons why RQ3 sorcery is "broke" to the extent
that they had to give Arlaten a key magic item to make him a truly
impressive sorceror.
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Chris Pearce
cpearce_at_selsius.com
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