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<blockquote data-quote="Khorod" data-source="post: 2100478" data-attributes="member: 1636"><p>I don't think C4-wired uniforms are the way to go either.</p><p></p><p>Looking at the full development of the Praes Thanatos, they are </p><p>1) Magic Police, </p><p>2) Defenders against Strange Threats,</p><p>3) Deal with Elven Legacy Issues, </p><p>4) Have probably got the third or fourth largest army in their command, </p><p>5) Are considered absolutely (or nearly absolutely) loyal by the Pillars, </p><p>6) Are considered unnerving by everyone anyway.</p><p></p><p>I guess it might help if someone came out with a specific document of powers and responsibilities granted, along with historic interpretations.</p><p></p><p>The Praes Thanatos doesn't need an emergency detonation system because they are so thoroughly entrenched. Even if they screwed up and allowed the Praetorii Arcanae to gain headway against them, they could go out with a war that would destroy Eyros- in other words, they are either a power to ally with or a power to be feared, but a power nonetheless.</p><p></p><p>The Praetorii Arcanae as a bureaucracy I like. As the wizard power-house of the senate it does not make sense to me. The feel of the setting is that the Grand Monarch is 1st amongst equals with the Pillars, and the Senate is where the Pillars get their official politicking accomplished. It might be ideologically the counterbalance of the Grand Monarch, but it certainly doesn't seem that way.</p><p></p><p>It was no contribution, but I personally figured the Senate would be guarded by a team of Imperial and Pillar Masks in the same way as the Grand Monarch is. Formal Troops don't need to be spellcasters then.</p><p></p><p>However (and this is more a rules thing, but I think it feeds back into this argument), the specific training of most of the Praetorii Arcanae guards might be mostly combat, a little magic, and some specialized training in magic-supported bodyguarding.</p><p></p><p>I never suggested that human spellcasters might be put to death, I assumed that they might need a license. And that every Elven spellcaster would be found as a child and Masked immediately. The Arcanaem might even be in charge of teaching the young Masks- I can well imagine the host of semi-effective children's games a bunch of theoreticians with minimal practice have devised over the years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Khorod, post: 2100478, member: 1636"] I don't think C4-wired uniforms are the way to go either. Looking at the full development of the Praes Thanatos, they are 1) Magic Police, 2) Defenders against Strange Threats, 3) Deal with Elven Legacy Issues, 4) Have probably got the third or fourth largest army in their command, 5) Are considered absolutely (or nearly absolutely) loyal by the Pillars, 6) Are considered unnerving by everyone anyway. I guess it might help if someone came out with a specific document of powers and responsibilities granted, along with historic interpretations. The Praes Thanatos doesn't need an emergency detonation system because they are so thoroughly entrenched. Even if they screwed up and allowed the Praetorii Arcanae to gain headway against them, they could go out with a war that would destroy Eyros- in other words, they are either a power to ally with or a power to be feared, but a power nonetheless. The Praetorii Arcanae as a bureaucracy I like. As the wizard power-house of the senate it does not make sense to me. The feel of the setting is that the Grand Monarch is 1st amongst equals with the Pillars, and the Senate is where the Pillars get their official politicking accomplished. It might be ideologically the counterbalance of the Grand Monarch, but it certainly doesn't seem that way. It was no contribution, but I personally figured the Senate would be guarded by a team of Imperial and Pillar Masks in the same way as the Grand Monarch is. Formal Troops don't need to be spellcasters then. However (and this is more a rules thing, but I think it feeds back into this argument), the specific training of most of the Praetorii Arcanae guards might be mostly combat, a little magic, and some specialized training in magic-supported bodyguarding. I never suggested that human spellcasters might be put to death, I assumed that they might need a license. And that every Elven spellcaster would be found as a child and Masked immediately. The Arcanaem might even be in charge of teaching the young Masks- I can well imagine the host of semi-effective children's games a bunch of theoreticians with minimal practice have devised over the years. [/QUOTE]
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