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Anymore info on the upcoming book?

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Any info on the upcoming book for Elemental?

I always like a good book and there have been some good ones based on the lore of a game. The game Myst had some pretty good books. I read them a while ago so maybe my tastes have changed. Read alot of Stephen Hunt and Stephen Erickson like books now so I am personally hoping it will be kinda like that.

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Reply #26 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Wintersong, reply 25
A male Sovereign could spam many children. Quite more faster than a female one (without magic methods used).

Yeah, you would have to alter yourself to become some sort of twisted brood mother that lays many eggs.

Reply #27 from Elemental Forums Top

Yeah, you would have to alter yourself to become some sort of twisted brood mother that lays many eggs.
Not really....... just accelerate gestation/mensturation to unreasonable speeds, and let nature take its' course. (I get the distinct impression that it's actually a bit more complicated than that, but we don't really cover "creative biology" in health class, and I'm sure you all get the gist.)

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Reply #28 from Elemental Forums Top

Not really....... just accelerate gestation/mensturation to unreasonable speeds, and let nature take its' course. (I get the distinct impression that it's actually a bit more complicated than that, but we don't really cover "creative biology" in health class, and I'm sure you all get the gist.)

Surely a mistress of Life magic would be able to cast spells to ovulate as large a group of ova in one cycle as she liked, selectively fertilize each one using a handy supply of men or the necessary fluids, and teleport the individual embryos into host mothers. No need to go all insectoid or disrupt more than one menstrual cycle...

Reply #29 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting GW, reply 28

Not really....... just accelerate gestation/mensturation to unreasonable speeds, and let nature take its' course. (I get the distinct impression that it's actually a bit more complicated than that, but we don't really cover "creative biology" in health class, and I'm sure you all get the gist.)


Surely a mistress of Life magic would be able to cast spells to ovulate as large a group of ova in one cycle as she liked, selectively fertilize each one using a handy supply of men or the necessary fluids, and teleport the individual embryos into host mothers. No need to go all insectoid or disrupt more than one menstrual cycle...

So you say it might be possible to be a kind of "Octomom".

Reply #30 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting cephalo, reply 29
... So you say it might be possible to be a kind of "Octomom".

Well, I was mostly being silly because I don't expect to see much reproduction-oriented magic in the initial game. But yea, a female sovereign with Life magic strenght should be able to make herself an 'octomom plus,' the plus being she can outsource some or all of the gestation work. Not the best way to build a loving family, probably, but could provide an edge in a dynastic competition...

Reply #31 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting GW, reply 30



Quoting cephalo,
reply 29
... So you say it might be possible to be a kind of "Octomom".


Well, I was mostly being silly because I don't expect to see much reproduction-oriented magic in the initial game. But yea, a female sovereign with Life magic strenght should be able to make herself an 'octomom plus,' the plus being she can outsource some or all of the gestation work. Not the best way to build a loving family, probably, but could provide an edge in a dynastic competition...

Oh, I wouldnt' call it silly. These are all problems that need solutions!

Reply #32 from Elemental Forums Top

I'm sure all this is already decided, but I was thinking that one way you can fictionally avoid all these breeding mechanics, is to have the channeler not be the actual sovereign, but actually a respected, immortal servant of a normal royal house, kindof like a Merlin type character. The kings think that the struggle is all about them, but really it's a battle between wizards.

If the channeler needs a king for legitimacy, then all of a sudden you have a reason for sons, daughters etc.

Reply #33 from Elemental Forums Top

That is a neat idea. Having a Merlin type character would allow him to wander the world influencing events for the good of his kingdom and fellow man or the opposite if he is fallen. Another idea would be to have the channeler not even known by the normal populace. To them there is a big castle somewhere and decisions get made there every day.

They are happy to have enough food and to drink at a bar. I know that might be a little harder to fit in because news of these godlike rulers may filter down to them through traveling minstrals and such. The common person wouldn't have to much access to a Merlin type char.

Or since the channelers are primarily magic users of some form maybe the magic acts like radiation and makes them impotant or that they can only breed once in a while like when the planets are in align and it creates a mana flux or something to interupt the flow of magic.