They say blood makes you related but
loyalty makes you family
At Deimos’ question, Loren nodded. ”I do. Both real and imagined. So, again, creating life, at least of a sort, whereas you take it away.” The Launceleyn realized how critical that might sound, and hastened to add, ”Not that there’s anything wrong with life drain of course! Most of my family has destructive magic. Well...okay bad example, I know that, given recent events. But there is a place for it, obviously.” The information about healing not being effective against the dark magic caused the summoner’s brows to furrow. ”Really? Are you sure it wasn’t just a differential in power? Not that I doubt you, I just didn’t know about that. And I can’t begin to imagine why that might be the case.” It was certainly a magical puzzle, and Loren had forgotten how much he enjoyed taking those apart. Of course, the only way to test that would be to have someone use life drain against him, and he thought asking Deimos to do that in the woods was quite a bad idea.
When the warrior commented about his control, the Launceleyn shook his head. ”It’s not your control that’s in doubt, it’s your target. An illusionist is skilled at making you think friends are foes and foes are friends, so unless you are absolutely sure you are attacking the right person, it’s best to disable their magic by shattering their concentration or knocking them out. That’s why blanketing the area with non-lethal spells or other techniques to disable mages is my only general tip.” Hopefully he didn’t have to explain to Deimos the horror that came from killing one’s own allies because a mage’s eyes and mind betrayed them.
Then the warrior was asking about items that could pierce the illusionist’s veils, and Loren had to think about that. ”I have lenses that let anyone who gazes through them see through visual illusions. And I’ve heard of swords that can cut through or reflect illusions when swung. But that seems less ideal given that someone needs to know the illusions are there to begin with.” No doubt there were other ways and other items, but those two were the only one the Launceleyn knew for sure.
When the warrior commented about his control, the Launceleyn shook his head. ”It’s not your control that’s in doubt, it’s your target. An illusionist is skilled at making you think friends are foes and foes are friends, so unless you are absolutely sure you are attacking the right person, it’s best to disable their magic by shattering their concentration or knocking them out. That’s why blanketing the area with non-lethal spells or other techniques to disable mages is my only general tip.” Hopefully he didn’t have to explain to Deimos the horror that came from killing one’s own allies because a mage’s eyes and mind betrayed them.
Then the warrior was asking about items that could pierce the illusionist’s veils, and Loren had to think about that. ”I have lenses that let anyone who gazes through them see through visual illusions. And I’ve heard of swords that can cut through or reflect illusions when swung. But that seems less ideal given that someone needs to know the illusions are there to begin with.” No doubt there were other ways and other items, but those two were the only one the Launceleyn knew for sure.
LOREN
