I don't!
They're a macguffin (okay, macguffin isn't really accurate, but I like the way the word sounds, and its close enough!) and not one I care for. They seem to enter the story primarily as a means for the WoL to become *insert thing that hasn't existed for thousands of years* or to otherwise avoid the realistic training time abilities would otherwise time to achieve.
I do realize that they have broader lore support than that, and are available to NPCs as well, but that is nonetheless the feeling they give me: "we were too lazy and wanted to make this easy to stuff into the story."
I'd just rather they didn't exist! As far as other people use them for their own character story, and whatnot, to explain their acquisition of abilities and power, that's all fine and well I guess I don't much mind if characters have become capable through training, so what's the difference in becoming capable by magical macguffin instead. I'll just nod and play along like I usually do!
They're a macguffin (okay, macguffin isn't really accurate, but I like the way the word sounds, and its close enough!) and not one I care for. They seem to enter the story primarily as a means for the WoL to become *insert thing that hasn't existed for thousands of years* or to otherwise avoid the realistic training time abilities would otherwise time to achieve.
I do realize that they have broader lore support than that, and are available to NPCs as well, but that is nonetheless the feeling they give me: "we were too lazy and wanted to make this easy to stuff into the story."
I'd just rather they didn't exist! As far as other people use them for their own character story, and whatnot, to explain their acquisition of abilities and power, that's all fine and well I guess I don't much mind if characters have become capable through training, so what's the difference in becoming capable by magical macguffin instead. I'll just nod and play along like I usually do!