SzordrinZaphresz wrote:@Moric, aside from blood affinity, we don't see water being used too often, maybe it's a really weak affinity, like 'calling water out of the air' weak, or 'pulling water uphill' weak. Even blood affinity doesn't allow you to go all "blood bending" on people.
Honestly, between the fact that most violence is physical, and between other drow, there isn't enough info to really debate what can be done. For all we know, perhaps there's a "save roll" available to aura-bearing creatures? It's not like we've seen Chrys'tel going blood affinity on goblinoids, so it's kind of hard to know.
SzordrinZaphresz wrote:Why would dehydrating or drowning a wolf in its own saliva work?
Rapid extraction of water from the body out the mouth/nose/pores? Sounds painful.
Near nstant mummification and a pool of water next to it? That'd be scary.
Air tight bubble/film preventing air from entering the trachea? A little slower, but lethal.
Extracting enough water from blood to cause the blood solids to cause multiple embolisms? Ick.
Heck, massive increase in the strength of surface tension in the dew on the grass to immobilize? Not as lethal, but still useful.
Water sorcery is not shown that much, however Olin thinks that
a handful is enough to kill.
SzordrinZaphresz wrote:Hell, Chiri, the master fire specialist needs an external flame or foci to use her ability well.
A known weakness of fire sorcery, but a verdant surface colony in the midst of a spring thaw sounds like an optimal setting to show off water sorcery. Well, okay, other than actually swimming in a lake that is.
SzordrinZaphresz wrote:The only ability that we've seen use directly on other drow is empathy, or something combined with empathy, and there's major drawbacks to that. Not many empaths remain sane, for starters.
Direct damage via sorcery is possible, but it's not as heavily used as sharpened metal under muscle-power.
Air -
direct asphyxiationBlood -
At least in cameo concepts it worksIce -
Frostbite attackFire -
Yeah, this.Light -
Not great, but blades and blindness work.Metal -
Only works well with armor.Shadow -
Why concentrate on Naal's abilities when Momma is so much scarier?Sound, Bone, etc. don't have enough info on.
Junglefowl26 wrote:Moric wrote:Junglefowl26 wrote:Let me guess - what they see next is an army.
Let's hope their beastmaster isn't too pissed.

Isn't one of the Alliance cameos a Ssu-hater too?
I don't remember any of them being that.
Though my legion cameo is a devout nine glories believer who looks down on Sharess worshipers, so I suppose it works out similarly...though it is less murderous hatred and more condescension.
According to the wiki:
Adira "Boob Window" Vlos'tah is a Drowolath supremacist.Also, cool Nine Glories retro idea. Were I not tapped out, I'd have submitted a bookish Kyorl that manages to secretly engage in ancient elven sun worship. Either that or a metal-absorbing, semi-intelligent, slavishly-loyal "Hunter" Ver'aku.... (Ariel: Ewww! What am I going to do with a demon!? Fame: At least it's house-trained.)