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Post by Storm Dancer on May 15, 2004 13:40:30 GMT
If you come across a passage of text that describes a large period of time (eg. days or weeks) passing, would you restore your health to maximum?
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Post by Storm Dancer on May 15, 2004 13:56:59 GMT
Another slightly-cheaty-but-in-the-spirit-of-the-books question. The Magnakai disciplines are supposed to come through absorbing lorestone knowledge, rather than practice or anything, right?
So when the text tells us we've absorbed one, shouldn't we add a new skill immediately?
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Post by KaiLord on May 15, 2004 14:16:11 GMT
To me, it would seem logical to do that. I like what someone else posted here somewhere in regards to healing. They only add a point back when LW is in a section where he could be in a relaxed or focused state of mind. That is, not being chased or in the middle of battle, etc.
KL
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Post by Storm Dancer on May 16, 2004 14:27:10 GMT
Come to think of it, surely Lone Wolf should be a Grandmaster by the end of TEXT?
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Post by Drear on May 16, 2004 16:37:55 GMT
The lorestones are a difficult proposition. I figure LW needs to meditate a while on them before gaining the benefit. Remember: You get the last two in book #11... that would mean going into #12 with all disciplines.
Btw, anyone notice that the lorestone in #6 transferred all its wisdom to you, becoming a dead stone, while the others glowed on despite your having found them. And, it seems the others helped their poor Varettan cousin back to a healthy glow, too... =)
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Post by Relenoir on May 17, 2004 5:40:12 GMT
I always figured it had something to do with them being in the presence of one another, as if their proximity energized them like in (I know there was something in a movie like this, but at 1:30 in the morning I just can't remember what it was. . . ) wait, GOT IT! The Shan-kara stones (spelling?) in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. By the way, good thing Joe Dever didn't make you count each Lorestone as a special item in the Magnakai series. I can see the dilemma now: Sommerswerd or Lorestone? Silver Bow or Lorestone? Dagger of Vashna or Lorestone? Silver Helm or Lorestone? Dammit! How many of these freaking things do I have to carry anyway! What I wouldn't give for a UPS delivery station right now. . . ship 'em straight back to the Monastery!
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Post by Storm Dancer on May 17, 2004 7:14:07 GMT
Bloody HTML - my last post was meant to say LW should be a GM by the end of Prisoners of Time, 'cos he's absorbed all 7 of the lorestones, which are supposed to be where the knowledge comes from.
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Post by deiseach on May 17, 2004 16:51:40 GMT
Does it say anywhere that the knowledge comes specifically from the Lorestone? I understood that LW acquired his skills through training, learning and meditation. The Lorestones gave him increased potential (and restore your EP - particularly useful in book 7) but he still had to 'learn' the skills himself
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Post by Storm Dancer on May 21, 2004 11:13:16 GMT
But most of the Magnakai books pick up where the previous one left off - Lone Wolf hasn't been training as such in the books (and even if he had, why would he just suddenly get the benefits of it when he was, say, falling through a shadow gate?)
But yeah, I thought it made it pretty clear - every time you absorb one you get all sortsa funky new knowledge and strength in the text, and most of the time it happens right at the end of the novel.
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