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Re: SB, not Shiver, made soulless?
Posted By: SiliconDream =PN= (as3-2-188.HIP.Berkeley.EDU)
Date: 7/19/2001 at 2:31 a.m.
In Response To: Re: SB, not Shiver, made soulless? (Lord Raven)
: Not necessarily, when you look at Soulblighter's
: portfolio of experiments. From what I can guess, he
: also was the first to create and/or use Ghasts, which
: aren't known for their prowess. Mauls and Myrkridia
: aren't his experiments, just allies, so really, he
: created two things. Ghasts and Souls, and we know
: which of those are better.
Drawing somewhat on GURPS, it seems that Ghasts were historically just kept around until they turned into Wights. Soulblighter's innovation was to teach human mages (like Baron Kildaer, perhaps) to create Ghasts *for* him and use them offensively. Ghasts make lousy soldiers, but since Soulblighter didn't have a large group of Shades and Fallen Lords to mass-produce better undead like Thrall and Soulless, it was a good way to bulk up his army and terrorize the peasantry.
: Yah, old Deceiver didn't create anything, poor sap.
Indeed; he specialized in other areas. He clearly had much more interest in living creatures--and in how they could be twisted and used--than in the undead.
: SHIVER
: 1. Wights
: 2. Ghasts- As they were part of the creation process
A mild bit of in-game evidence for Shiver's Wight association--the first time we see Wights is in Shiver's army, on the Siege of Madrigal level. And there's a *lot* of Wights there.
--SiliconDream
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