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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hellcow" data-source="post: 3636292" data-attributes="member: 15800">Eh, just a few thoughts. In general I agree that wands would be specialist weapons similar to rocket launchers or mortar - used by specialists attached to a squad, but not carried by common soldiers. Beyond this, I'll note that a few large-scale weapons have been suggested in the past that just got overlooked in FoW. According to the ECS, Zilargo did provide Breland with "elemental weapons" towards the end of the Last War. These have never been clearly defined, but in my opinion are artillery channeling the power of elementals - not using alchemical substances (though the Zil are skilled artificers as well) or firing solid shot, but things like water cannons or flamethrowers. The Dreaming Dark novels also talk about siege staves, which I was seeing as tree-trunk scale staves sacrificing mobility for increased range and area of effect. DD also mentions the use of blast disks (from Heroes of Battle) I'm a firm believer in the idea that war breeds innovation. We know that the Last War has been responsible for the development of warforged, eternal wands, and airships (though rarely used in the war itself, certainly it was hoped that they could be - and finding a safer form of travel was also a paramount concern). I'll also assert that *I* believe that the Last War has produced a host of new spells. This includes spells from non-core books like the Spell Compendium or Heroes of Battle, but there's no reason to assume that thhe wizards of Galifar knew all of the spells listed in the Player's Handbook one hundred years ago. Perhaps the magi of Aerenal or the ancient giants knew the secrets of sending, but it's entirely possible that until the Last War, the only people in the Five Nations who could do this were the House Sivis heirs with the Greater Dragonmark of Scribing. From chain lightning to something as simple as wind wall, it's possible that spells we take for granted were developed by the people of Khorvaire during the Last War... and subsequently stolen by spies of opposing nations or duplicated after they'd been seen in the field.</blockquote>

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