Nilaz

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

Here's a question for you all.

We know that sorcerers are not tolerated anywhere.

We know that the common elements, including Drovians, are accepted, as much as can be possible, in Allanak.

But what about Nilaz? Are they, of nessessity, as hidden as sorcerers? And I don't mean this terms of the commoners knows. I'm asking this from the perspective a player wondering about making one.

[Larrath]

Nilazi aren't always as hidden as sorcerers, but they often are.
As for Nilazi gemmers in Allanak, suffice to say that they are very rare - especially since other elementalists don't tend to like Nilazi, and that can pose a very serious threat to an unprepared Nilazi.

[spawnloser]

I will also note that there is no Temple of Nilaz in Allanak...they have fewer resources (in that respect) than the other elementalists that hate them.

[Socko]

Nilazi, as a general rule, are shunned and, if possible, destroyed by any means necessary. Their very being is dangerous.. Nilaz is a force that cancels out all other elements, and unravels the very fabric of reality.

For that reason alone, I would hasten to say that Nilazi are one step below Defilers/Sorcerers, if not on equal ground with them. Some groups will find great use for a Void Elementalist, but those that would stay behind and be taken in as a tool for a specific organization, let alone survive long enough to, would be few and far between.

The vast majority of people know little to nothing about the ways of the Void; it's a rare and relatively undocumented subject, and for very good reason. The Nilazi brand of magick could potentially warp the psyche and alter the forms of those that dare to harness it. Why? It's a very volatile, abstract, and utterly destructive element. It is the absence of life, death, and the reality in-between; a place where one can forge their own rules and physics and dominate reality.

[Cyrian20]

Nilaz: not being, death, the end

LOLOL! You know why I am laughing, and if by some ungodly reason you don't.... you will......

[Anonymous]

Heh. No, I know. Mistake not my attempts at deliberate misdirection, friend. I am a big proponent of keeping the magick system a mystery. Unless a mage teaches you this kind of thing IC, there should be no reason for you to know every detail. It makes it more fun when you find out IC ;)

[Cale_Knight]

my attempts at deliberate misdirection, friend.

Yes, because deliberately lying to the playerbase is absolutely the way to go about making this game better.

[Anonymous]

I haven't lied to anyone. I admit freely that what I posted is fiction. Read closer, CK.

[Cenghiz]

Calm down... anyone knowing about magick philosophy in game won't be sending it here. So we should already guess all what's sent is fiction.

And a lot are totally wrong...

[Socko]

There's nothing wrong with a lack of information here. The concept is simple-- everything you -need- to really know is in the help-files; everyone, including me, is just clarifying and extending on what they say.

[Yokunama]

Yeah, but the problem with discussing this in-game is that it could lead to a shorter life span for your character. Characters don't always react kindly to magickal curiousity. It could add an interesting wrinkle to your RP, but sometimes you don't want that.

It really depends on 'WHERE' this type of discussion is happening. A lot of discussion goes on about it, and the end result never comes to a shorter lifespan.

[Angela Christine]

Here's a question for you all.

We know that sorcerers are not tolerated anywhere.

We know that the common elements, including Drovians, are accepted, as much as can be possible, in Allanak.

But what about Nilaz? Are they, of nessessity, as hidden as sorcerers? And I don't mean this terms of the commoners knows. I'm asking this from the perspective a player wondering about making one.

http://www.zalanthas.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18194  Apparently gemmed nilazi are legal, but very, very rare.