Me on Delecti:
> > Delecti of course was a great archmage of EWF. He definitely was
> more of
> > a sorceror than a theist, but I don't think one should take Delecti
> as
> > an example of a vampire.
>
> Especially as Greg's said he's not exactly a vampire. He possesses a
> new corpse each time the old one wears out. Unlike Pharoh, he has to
> use freshly killed corpses.
>
> Neither alive or dead, that's how he managed to outwit all the curses
> and nasty stuff that took out all his EWF comapdres. I sort of think
> of him as being more like Vincent Price than Bela Lugosi.
>
> He does create vampires as his servants and lovers, though. =)
>
> > Infact. I'd say that Delecti is an example of one of the options
> > available for the EWF dragonlords.
>
> Possibly! OR at least, he's one of the only ones who escaped. I
> think he's stuck with a quick decision he made 400 years ago.
This is exactly what I think. I think the option to give up much of yourself, and move outside of the cycle of life and death (or life/death/rebirth) was always there for the greater dragonmages. This is analogous to the phenomenon of dragonewts seeking alternate (faster) paths, and ending up as wyrms or dinosaurs.
> > Delecti was a Dragonmage, whose powers over both life and
> > severance/death were great. (As witnessed by his work with the
> stiching
> > zoo, piecing together new creatures from several other ones)
> >
> > Delecti took a choise, and burned out most of his emotions (Sandys
> > Dragonewt rules), and turned himself into a parasitic creature.
> Delecti
> > does not worship Vivamort. He is a draconic vampire.
>
> VERY good analogy. I like it. But I think his 'sacrifice' was a
> last
> minute thing.
Thank you of reminding me of that. I forgot to mention it, but yes. It was something he was forced to do to survive the downfall of EWF. Delecti did not go gently into that good night, but took what desperate and final measures he had to to survive and save his students. Parhaps Delecti also saved the Ducks, who may well be his creations too. At least the ducks still seem to thrive near the upland marsh, and the undead of the marsh are known to have helped them against land stealing orlanthi (KoS, I think)
> > The theistic feats as presented in RQ-2 worked very well tho. The
> zombie
> > creation and such were very cheap, compared to other religions that
> > could manage it. Powerful vampires should have such control over the
> > unded as an innate ability (runepowers), and not have to learn them
> from
> > a sorcerous grimoire. At least, in Dragon Pass.
> >
> > -Adept
>
> It may be a combination of a "natural" magical talent. But I think
> its a part of some Terrible Life Sucking Powers grimoire
>
> Jeff
The Book of Drastic Resolutions would be a good place to start looking, if one wanted to turn into a selfmade vampire, I think.
Bowing to Jeff,
-Adept
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