: Now I'm not interested (though anyone who wants to would
: be welcome) in guessing, at the moment, on how many RM
: (Real Myth, as in the actual setting) warriors and
: Myrks there were there, if there's a difference. But
: being able to slay a number at once just by taking a
: funny stone from your pocket and staring really
: hard...I think that's pretty "nigh
: omnipotent", for Myth.
: Anyone have any other thoughts?
Remember the space weapon in "Ender Game", which created a disintegration field that spread from one ship to another every time it dissolved a spacecraft and gained energy from it? The weapon was nicknamed the Doctor Device. Alric's spell, which works similarily, was called the Disperal Dream. Note that they have the same acronyms.
Going back to Alric and Mazzarin, remember that they had a limited amount of D.D. stones on hand, and that they could easily devastate entire armies, but only if they stand close to each other. After they use the D.D.'s up, they are just warriors with a very good sword attack. I wouldn't say they are omnipotent. (How exactly do the D.D. stones work? Do they recharge a while after you use them, or do they just become dead weight? If the later, where do the mages find new stones?)
Finally, why are many of the big spells and magic workings in Myth involve dreams (Dispersal dream, Blinding Dream, Dream Duel, etc.) Is the magic in the Mythverse based around dreaming, like some fantasy magic is based around music?
respectfully,
Anarchist Dwarf