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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Irda Ranger" data-source="post: 390251" data-attributes="member: 1003">Re: Infrastructure for the Spell Pool SystemI really need to read some Vance. Hmm, where would a person who could level cities with a blow fit into politics? The same place I imagine a 500 lb Gorilla would <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> But seriously, I liked one of the answers "Elminster" gave to why Epic spellcasters don't do a lot. It was something to the effect of "Because the other Epic spellcasters might try to stop me." Basicly, when you're that powerful, you don whatever you want without alerting/ alarming your peers as to what you are doing. Elminster and Blackstaff are cancelled out by Manshoon(s), and the Simbul is cancelled out by Zsass Tam. Status quo is most effectively altered by the people who can fly under the radar (PCs). As I am sure you have read before, read Piratecat's Story Hour for some great "How do High Level PCs fit into the world" stuff.Unfortunately, these are all details that Tome & Blood failed to address. I would be very interested in knowing. Personally, I am not sure where I  would even begin. It seems like it would have to be a Major Artifact. It wouldn't be as powerful as the Mythal in Forgotten Realms, but nothing to sneeze at either. As for someone stealing it, I think that would be like stealing a Nuclear Reactor. It just ain't something you can walk off with.As for the SysAdmins of the system, I imagine that they would be the government. Most fantasy realms aren't democracies you know. You just can't "vote" someone into be a 20 level Sorcerer. You either have worked at it for decades, or you haven't. In a Kingdom like Thay, there are no checks and balances. The Zulkirs do whatever they want, so long as they don't so somethting so nuts the other Zulkirs all gang up on them and kill them.In Waterdeep, the Masked Lords are led by a Paladin. In fact, the only thing I imagine that would keep a cabal of Sor10/GldMg10's in line would be a deity. A loyal cabal who acknowedges and honestly swears fealty to a non-Mage king would be rare, and I think, not long lasting.Ever wonder why in the Realms Cormyr was about the only Kingdom not ruled by a Magic User? And even then, it couldn't happen without the loyal War Wizards.Irda Ranger</blockquote>

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