Mistwall
Mistwall
How hard would it be for an individual lux-user/other type of 'wizard' (if there are any other types) to counter the confusion and fog effects of the wall of mist so they could get through? Would it be a reasonable amount of energy, or would they basically be fighting against a sizable fraction of the output of the Luxfont as the spells increased their strenght in reaction to the attempt to fight them? On another note, how hard would it be to use Lux to fool the spells into thinking that one had the purest of intentions (like Mr. Longscript aparently did) or was a Rac Conan Daimh? Would the caster have knowledge of Rac Conan Daihm's (I hope I got the plural right) that would only be found in a few books based on anchient wizard's notes (some human wizards had a nasty tendency of vivisecting Rac Conan Daihm), or would come from having actually met one? The first approach is brute force, the second is like trying to pick a palmprint reading lock I should think (which is much easier to hotwire with a laptop that transmits the correct data than to make something that can fool the sensor itself).
Actually, that points out another question - in reference to human wizards and other magic-users mentioned in TOTQ, are they actually using lux, or some other form of power entirely?
As for the mistwall - I seem to recall that it took a great deal of effort, using many Rac Conan wizards, to put the spell in place. I imagine that it would take more effort than any human wizard could possibly muster to 'brute force' an opening. As for 'tricking' the wall into letting someone pass through, that would depend on the sensitivity of the warding spells (how 'deep' they look into someone's mind). I would think that the Rac Conan Daihm would have made the wards as sensitive as possible, to preclude just such trickery from working.
As for the mistwall - I seem to recall that it took a great deal of effort, using many Rac Conan wizards, to put the spell in place. I imagine that it would take more effort than any human wizard could possibly muster to 'brute force' an opening. As for 'tricking' the wall into letting someone pass through, that would depend on the sensitivity of the warding spells (how 'deep' they look into someone's mind). I would think that the Rac Conan Daihm would have made the wards as sensitive as possible, to preclude just such trickery from working.
When trouble arises and things look bad, there's always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is insane.
All real mages in the Questorverse use lux.
Ennias Longscript got through... but to this day noone's sure why. Most trace it to a random fluke... As it was he nearly got eaten by gators, so most folk didn't worry about it much.
Ennias Longscript got through... but to this day noone's sure why. Most trace it to a random fluke... As it was he nearly got eaten by gators, so most folk didn't worry about it much.
"What was that popping noise ?"
"A paradigm shifting without a clutch."
--Dilbert
"A paradigm shifting without a clutch."
--Dilbert
Not necessarily. Building the Great Wall of China took much more effort than (the still sizable) effort necessary to demolish a gap big enough to walk through at ground level using a pickaxe.Mad Mike wrote: As for the mistwall - I seem to recall that it took a great deal of effort, using many Rac Conan wizards, to put the spell in place. I imagine that it would take more effort than any human wizard could possibly muster to 'brute force' an opening.
RH - didn't you mention somewhere that the purpose of the Mistwall is not so much to provide an impenetrable barrier, but to cloud the vision of any non-Rac Conan that wanders in? It was my understanding that anyone who enters the Mistwall from outside is surrounded by a cloud of mist, no matter how far he travels inside the barrier - given that the traveler cannot see, he is helpless to keep himself from falling into water or being eaten by dangerous animals, so he succumbs quickly to the first danger he comes across. The fluke for Ennias Longscript was that the mist DIDN'T cloud his vision...RHJunior wrote:Ennias Longscript got through... but to this day noone's sure why. Most trace it to a random fluke... As it was he nearly got eaten by gators, so most folk didn't worry about it much.
I could very well be wrong about this - this was merely the impression I received from the data on the UBER CD.
When trouble arises and things look bad, there's always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is insane.