(05-12-2015, 04:42 PM)Yazi Wrote:(05-12-2015, 10:21 AM)allgivenover Wrote:(05-12-2015, 10:12 AM)Yazi Wrote: I actually had a question myself about Conjury, if I can ask here! ^^;
This may seem like a silly comparison--still new to the lore in this game. But do Conjurer's work similar to Avatar's benders (stay with me) in that they can only borrow aether to bend elements that are physically around them?
For example, say Y'shtola is on an airship being attacked. Could she summon a hunk of rock to knock an attacker off the side, even though there is no real rock around to use? Similarly, could she summon a blast of water to knock someone against a wall while inside a cave, even if there is no huge source of water nearby? Yes, caves are damp and there would be water in the earth, but it seems pretty impressive to be able to gather all of that into a 30+ gallon smackdown in a matter of a split-second, hehe.
Alternatively, I think I read something where Conjurers (and Thaums for that matter) shape the borrowed (or snatched for Thaums) aether into the form of the actual elements for their attacks, not actually using the physical matter around them...
Which one is it? And sorry for making a comparison to a completely unrelated show, hehe. I know Hydaelyn casting is compleeeeetely different from bending, it was just an easy example to convey the idea.
In conjury spells are cast by concentrating ambient aether with a focus until it becomes the spell you need it to be, I don't think you actually have to be standing on ground to cast the spell 'stone', as the caster is making the element out of the ambient aether around you.
That's actually what I was hoping, hehe. Thanks for the reply!
So would the pseudo-stone (or insert other element manifestation here) dissipate back into aether after the attack is spent and the spell is released? For example, in the airship scenario would Y'shtola's stone poof back into aether after she releases the spell, or would the aether-stone material fall to the ground below and just be stone forever?
I'd be tempted to say it'd dissipate once the spell was done. ...but that gets awfully close to "looks like game mechanics" territory for me. ...but it would also be weird if one could conjure a stone that would last forever. (or we'd have land issues)
