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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GothicProphet" data-source="post: 4773240" data-attributes="member: 62507">Some of these ideas have a lot of merit, and I might be using some of them as I work to construct my own "Sword of Truth" style world, but instead of viewing the show for information, I'll be going back to the original series and taking notes.And, I apologize in advance to anyone who has not yet read the source material, but I think there are a few matters that should be cleared up and these will contain spoilers for that material... so please, if you're interested in reading it, do so before reading my post any further.***************Spoilers Ahead!**************[spoiler]On the "Con Dar" (Blood Rage): can only be used in the defense of the Confessor's love (possibly true love, I'll poke around the Terry Goodkind boards for confirmation on that).  Kahlan was not taught this ability, and didn't even know it existed because her mother died before she could teach her and it's apparently something only a Confessor's natural mother can teach their child.  She learned it through instinct when she thought Richard was dead.On recovery time: male confessors need no recovery time to reuse their powers; they are incredibly dangerous, and nearly all become corrupted by their powers (Absolute power corrupts absolutely, as they say.)  Most female confessors take a day or more to recover their powers, Kahlan is an exception to this rule and can recover her power in about 4 hours.On combat: Most Confessors didn't wield weapons as they had Wizards to guard them against such threats.  Also related to this, in the books (and possibly the show - have to watch again) Zedd says something about not even plate armor is enough to protect against a Confessors touch.  Kahlan knew how to fight because her mother commanded her father (a King now Confessed) to teach her everything he knew about fighting and being strong - or something like that - and Richard later improved her technique with a sword by building on what her father taught her, and using her agility rather than strength to her advantage.On the power its self: It is permanent.  One of the things that bothered me so much about the show was they nerf'd the Confessors' powers down to release the affected once the Confessor dies.  Once touched by a Confessors' power, the only 100% release is death.  You can, however, be partially released from it by being polymorphed into something else (another reason they had Wizards with them.)On Armor: Confessors wear cloth.  Kahlan later dons leathers when she's involved in heavy melee combat, but otherwise it's her Confessors dress.[/spoiler]****************Spoilers End************Hmm... I think that's all I can think of for now, but if anyone has questions about creating this character concept from the source material, please feel free to ask me for details... I own all of the books and have read them many, many times and I look for just about any excuse to read them again.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I'll keep an eye on this thread though, because like I said, there are some very solid ideas so far.Also, if anyone has write ups for Mord-Sith, DreamWalkers, a Sword of Truth magic weapon, etc from the Sword of Truth universe, I'd love to see them!</blockquote>

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