On 2/8/2011 3:57 AM, Kevin McDonald wrote:
> Well, perhaps since caste was created by Malkion fairly early on the
> laws of caste are fundamentally "hard coded" into the Laws of the
> Universe - and thus wizardry. It would take creative reinterpretation
> (Hrestol?) to even bend those laws.
I don't think Malkion invented the castes. He created positions of
responsibility on an ad hoc basis but it was others (ie Zzabur and his
brothers) who derived a systemic model of society from his actions.
Secondly hard-coded laws of society that don't have any effect other
than make a wizard respect caste? I think that if there is a reason for
the wizards in obey caste then it should be a beneficial (or negative)
magical force that they are aware of and find it easier to work with
rather than against. Otherwise caste law smacks of the artificial class
restrictions of D&D.
--Peter Metcalfe