>Skipping from the peasants to the Western upper classes who actually
>fight the barbarians, there seems to be a belief that you've got the
>Abiding Book (just how official is this book?) with plenty of awesome
>spells to protect you from the brute pagan barbarians.
>
>But in the Sartar books (currently on loan, hope I remember right)
>the Orlanthi tactic against western style knights and sorcerers
>explicitly emphasizes the use of lightning bolts to take out their
>magi. And this must work fairly well, since the western types are
>*not noted* as unusually tough enemies, unlike the Lunars.
>
>If the powerful magi can't protect themselves, these arguments that
>their magic is so infinitely superior ring false.
The argument is complicated by the very limited contact between Sartar Orlanthi and Western types.
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