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<blockquote data-quote="TwinBahamut" data-source="post: 5968022" data-attributes="member: 32536">Actually, in some quantitative ways D&amp;D Wizards surpass Zeus. There are some myths that say that Zeus was actually severely restrained in his ability to throw lightning around. He could throw out one bolt on a whim, a second bolt only under limited circumstances, and a third only with the permission of gods more hidden and powerful than himself. It's sort of a mythical justification of the the &quot;lightning never strikes twice&quot; saying.Since D&amp;D Wizards can throw lightning around far more than three times in a day (and a heck of a lot more in one round if they Time Stop), then they can actually throw it around more easily and more often than Zeus himself. And of course, they can do a lot of things that Zeus never did in any myth just as easily, without any serious drawbacks or difficulty. Zeus throws around lightning as his sole special combat trick, but for D&amp;D Wizards it is just one more trick in a very, very large arsenal, and in 3E it is actually one of the least effective.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TwinBahamut, post: 5968022, member: 32536"] Actually, in some quantitative ways D&D Wizards [i]surpass[/i] Zeus. There are some myths that say that Zeus was actually severely restrained in his ability to throw lightning around. He could throw out one bolt on a whim, a second bolt only under limited circumstances, and a third only with the permission of gods more hidden and powerful than himself. It's sort of a mythical justification of the the "lightning never strikes twice" saying. Since D&D Wizards can throw lightning around far more than three times in a day (and a heck of a lot more in one round if they Time Stop), then they can actually throw it around more easily and more often than Zeus himself. And of course, they can do a lot of things that Zeus never did in any myth just as easily, without any serious drawbacks or difficulty. Zeus throws around lightning as his sole special combat trick, but for D&D Wizards it is just one more trick in a very, very large arsenal, and in 3E it is actually one of the least effective. [/QUOTE]

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