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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Hope" data-source="post: 3327319" data-attributes="member: 27051"><p>I'd say no, not without the kind of massive conflagration of energies that accompanied the attachment of the first vortices (which required the Dark Lens, an artifact that is well out of reach of most Athasians and may even be destroyed - the DS material is a bit unclear on this point). However, there are other uses for Living Vortices, if you can catch one. Check out <em>Dregoth Ascending</em> for more on this (specifically part III).</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Psionic Artifacts of Athas</em> has Kalid-Ma's spirit being fragmented and embedded in five obsidian orbs (originally intended to assist Kalid-Ma in becoming a full dragon). A widely accepted retcon has Kalid-Ma's body ending up in Ravenloft, with his/her spirit remaining on Athas in the orbs (which are now psionic arifacts). If an epic-level defiler/psion consumes all of the orbs, Kalid-Ma will take control of that character's body and be reborn.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes to all of the above. Templars seem to get their power from all of the elemental planes - their spells cover a broad base of powers.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It's an ancient form of genetic manipulation based around a kooky material called pith. Its precise knowledge is long lost, but some lore is ritually preserved by descendants of the original rhulisti (plus there are the zik-chil, who seem to be able to do something similar to it as well). It uses womb-like pods and living devices (much like 3e's grafts, actually). Check out <em>Windriders of the Jagged Cliffs</em> and <em>Psionic Artifacts of Athas</em> for lots on lifeshaping.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, there are spellcasters who can draw spell energy from the Black (called Shadow Wizards), from the Grey (called Necromants) and from the Cerulean Storm (called Cerulean Wizards, imaginatively enough). The Cerulean Storm is a truly bizarre melding of elemental rain and sun, powered by the Dark Lens, the disembodied spirit of Tithian and other strangeness, and is located out in the middle of the Sea of Silt. It periodically spins off smaller storms that ravage the Tablelands, and it can be tapped by arcane spellcasters. These are all late additions to the DS setting and don't appear in the vast majority of DS products.</p><p></p><p></p><p>No, not really. There are repeated references to a lost pantheon of Athasian deities, but given that Athas never had any real deities, it is likely that these deities were completely fictional, or that they were elemental powers or spirits of the land. There is also a solitary reference in TotDL about a rhulisti and a kreen Great One who together can grant spells to their followers, but this is somewhat apocryphal and has no parallels elsewhere.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Hope, post: 3327319, member: 27051"] I'd say no, not without the kind of massive conflagration of energies that accompanied the attachment of the first vortices (which required the Dark Lens, an artifact that is well out of reach of most Athasians and may even be destroyed - the DS material is a bit unclear on this point). However, there are other uses for Living Vortices, if you can catch one. Check out [i]Dregoth Ascending[/i] for more on this (specifically part III). [i]Psionic Artifacts of Athas[/i] has Kalid-Ma's spirit being fragmented and embedded in five obsidian orbs (originally intended to assist Kalid-Ma in becoming a full dragon). A widely accepted retcon has Kalid-Ma's body ending up in Ravenloft, with his/her spirit remaining on Athas in the orbs (which are now psionic arifacts). If an epic-level defiler/psion consumes all of the orbs, Kalid-Ma will take control of that character's body and be reborn. Yes to all of the above. Templars seem to get their power from all of the elemental planes - their spells cover a broad base of powers. It's an ancient form of genetic manipulation based around a kooky material called pith. Its precise knowledge is long lost, but some lore is ritually preserved by descendants of the original rhulisti (plus there are the zik-chil, who seem to be able to do something similar to it as well). It uses womb-like pods and living devices (much like 3e's grafts, actually). Check out [i]Windriders of the Jagged Cliffs[/i] and [i]Psionic Artifacts of Athas[/i] for lots on lifeshaping. Yes, there are spellcasters who can draw spell energy from the Black (called Shadow Wizards), from the Grey (called Necromants) and from the Cerulean Storm (called Cerulean Wizards, imaginatively enough). The Cerulean Storm is a truly bizarre melding of elemental rain and sun, powered by the Dark Lens, the disembodied spirit of Tithian and other strangeness, and is located out in the middle of the Sea of Silt. It periodically spins off smaller storms that ravage the Tablelands, and it can be tapped by arcane spellcasters. These are all late additions to the DS setting and don't appear in the vast majority of DS products. No, not really. There are repeated references to a lost pantheon of Athasian deities, but given that Athas never had any real deities, it is likely that these deities were completely fictional, or that they were elemental powers or spirits of the land. There is also a solitary reference in TotDL about a rhulisti and a kreen Great One who together can grant spells to their followers, but this is somewhat apocryphal and has no parallels elsewhere. [/QUOTE]
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