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<blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 1974388" data-attributes="member: 5948">Interesting stuff here.&nbsp; A couple of observations.&nbsp; You've got Abross becoming the Behemoth in order to defeat K (excuse me for not copying his full name down here!), rather than afterward to keep him imprisoned (as was the case with Dark Sun.&nbsp; Is there a particular reason that he was able to keep his transformation secret, so that K simply didn't crush him beforehand?&nbsp; Also, in Dark Sun the fact that the dragon transformation requires a period of insanity and the ravenous consumption of an enormous amount of life-force effectively limits the world to a single Dragon.&nbsp; Is there a similar constraint here?&nbsp; Any would-be Dragon in Dark Sun post-Borys would be put down like a dog by his fellows (in self-preservation) during his insanity period unless he (like Kalak was hoping to do) managed to suck down enough lifeforce to do it completely and perfectly in one go.&nbsp; What is stopping any given Spirit-Eater transforming himself into a second Behemoth?Second, you've got a nice possible way of limiting the power of the spirit-eaters here.&nbsp; You say that the spirits are dwindling in number - perhaps too many have been burnt up to fuel the Spirit-eater's sorceries?&nbsp; Since a Spirit-Eater can only call on one particular variety of spirit, he has to husband his resources carefully.&nbsp; He can't simply have a glabrezu on every street corner and an entire army of babau, because if one dies performing such a non-critical duty he can never get them back.&nbsp; So he has to rely on his populace for such everyday matters - mortal guards, servants, and enforcers are the norm.&nbsp; Of course, when a Spirit-Eater is truly pressed he can pull out all the stops and darken the skies with vrocks and balors, but it will really cost him later...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="humble minion, post: 1974388, member: 5948"] Interesting stuff here. A couple of observations. You've got Abross becoming the Behemoth in order to defeat K (excuse me for not copying his full name down here!), rather than afterward to keep him imprisoned (as was the case with Dark Sun. Is there a particular reason that he was able to keep his transformation secret, so that K simply didn't crush him beforehand? Also, in Dark Sun the fact that the dragon transformation requires a period of insanity and the ravenous consumption of an enormous amount of life-force effectively limits the world to a single Dragon. Is there a similar constraint here? Any would-be Dragon in Dark Sun post-Borys would be put down like a dog by his fellows (in self-preservation) during his insanity period unless he (like Kalak was hoping to do) managed to suck down enough lifeforce to do it completely and perfectly in one go. What is stopping any given Spirit-Eater transforming himself into a second Behemoth? Second, you've got a nice possible way of limiting the power of the spirit-eaters here. You say that the spirits are dwindling in number - perhaps too many have been burnt up to fuel the Spirit-eater's sorceries? Since a Spirit-Eater can only call on one particular variety of spirit, he has to husband his resources carefully. He can't simply have a glabrezu on every street corner and an entire army of babau, because if one dies performing such a non-critical duty he can never get them back. So he has to rely on his populace for such everyday matters - mortal guards, servants, and enforcers are the norm. Of course, when a Spirit-Eater is truly pressed he can pull out all the stops and darken the skies with vrocks and balors, but it will [i]really[/i] cost him later... [/QUOTE]

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