Re: What magic does the Red Emperor use?

From: valkoharja <rintasaa_at_45xFfSvbxXp2lUO3TQidwncwZ0GRrZVUN36ChkESYoqBwd5la-iLLnDwoKS0rTakSWw>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 07:53:46 -0000

[Greg]
> His primary job is to coordinate, to direct, to focus.

[Adept]

>> Are the powers of the various lunar deities at his beck and call? 

>
> They could be, but he'd have to prepare beforehand to use them. And
> he'd go through the cult strucures, not to the deities themselves.

So he can't just decide to emulate Yanafal Tarnils on the fly. What he can do, if I get this right, is to do some ritual magic get Yanafali magic going.

[Greg]
> He has everything that a human can do, jacked up. He is extra
> strong,extra fast, extra acute in his perceptions, etc. He was a
> great warrior and magician in his own right, so knows many personal
> spells and can wield a weapon in an emergency.

Ok, this helps put it into perspective.

> He is particularly good at coordination, planning and directing. He
> would ell the leaders of the field school what magic to use, where
> to direct it, and he's also attach special units, or even entire
> cults, to support them.
>
> His importance is not as an individual being, but as the center of
> a vast web of power.

As "the emperor" indeed. Excellent. I think I have all I need with this now.

  -Adept