> Bryan Thexton:
>
> >
> I'd agree that the Loskalmi are the closest in the West to using
> Lunar-style mass magic (although I think the Lunars are generally
better
> at it, at least at the beginning of the Hero Wars). Cultures
throughout
> the West use magic to support their military, but its typically a
> haphazard thing, much like Ohorlanthi storm voices helping out the
> Heortling warriors, or else Be Obeyed type leadership spells. What
the
> Loskalmi also have IMO - besides a generally more efficient and
better
> organised army - is a professional order of wizards dedicated to
> artillery support. Not quite a Lunar College of Magic (certainly
> smaller, for one thing), but very handy to have on your side
nonetheless.
>
> There won't be room for them in Heirs of Malkion, since they're
really
> too specialist for that, but hopefully they'll appear in some
future
> Loskalmi book.
Thanks for the info! That was about how I figured it. In Rokari
lands teh wizards will be at least nominally following the orders of
the nobles, so won't generally be working en masse. I figured that
in Loksalm the wizards would also for the most part be used in
individual capacities.....but given the nature of the culture,
including that all of them spent at least some time as a "soldier", I
figured it was a certainty that at least a couple of schools would
have developed mass magic. I figure dealing with the kingdom of war
may be inclined to bring this more to the forefront in the future....
--Bryan