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marycatelli) wrote2023-01-01 11:55 pm
marycatelli) wrote2023-01-01 11:55 pm
hedge witchery and the limits of power
How powerful does a wizard have to be to make a magical knight?
Security through obscurity can only do so much. As can the use of exotic and expensive ingredients. Especially given that wizards and knights are a long standing institution.
It could be a lot weaker for a weaker wizard. Then the very best wizards see variations in their knights, depending on what they try to get them to do, and how well it suits them.
I think there shall definitely be rumors of hedge wizards who make weak knights. Useful for insults, and an explanation why there are knights with no known wizard behind him.
Still, I suspect I shall decree that there is a limit past which it is just silly.
Security through obscurity can only do so much. As can the use of exotic and expensive ingredients. Especially given that wizards and knights are a long standing institution.
It could be a lot weaker for a weaker wizard. Then the very best wizards see variations in their knights, depending on what they try to get them to do, and how well it suits them.
I think there shall definitely be rumors of hedge wizards who make weak knights. Useful for insults, and an explanation why there are knights with no known wizard behind him.
Still, I suspect I shall decree that there is a limit past which it is just silly.