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A "battle mage" would be any wizard trained in combat.  You know, like, say, one who'd taken a Sword and Staff class.

David has been demonstrating combat magic to us from year one.  There is no special school or class to go to for "battle magic".  Pretty much any hex can be used as part of fighting tactics.  Those interested in becoming warrior mages would join the Callamandian military, to be trained in combat tactics, but there would be little new magic taught.  Most wizards interested in that sort of thing would already know the magic they needed.

There is a basic premise in a lot of these "sword and sorcery" stories that somehow there is special magic that applies to fighting.  My personal feeling is that this concept is flawed, at least, if not outright failed.  Sure, there are some hexes that lend themselves only to combat (a killing hex comes to mind), but for the most part, a hex is a hex is a hex, and in the midst of battle, you use whatever magic you know you can execute properly to take your opponent out.  Virtually every wizard in the military would be weapons trained, and their combat tactics would reflect that.  Wizard combat would, generally, follow a "distract and dispatch" model:  Distract your opponent using magic, and then dispatch him using your weapon.  If you can manage to disarm or disable him with the magic, then great, but remember, you're fighting someone else who also has magic, and so you can't rely on your spell being stronger than his protections.  Unless your battle is one-on-one, you don't have time for a lengthy back-and-forth of spells: you need to take him out just as fast as you can manage.

So, you want to see a battle mage?  Look at the main character.  He's been training for combat from the very beginning.

Eric Storm

Because he doesn't want to know what his dream is about.  He just wants it to go away.

Delving deeper into this nightmare is the very last thing he wants to do.  Yes, logically, knowing what the dream is trying to tell him might make it leave, but on the other hand, it means consciously putting himself back in that situation, and doing so not once, but three times: once to dream it, once to relive the dream in trance, and then a final time to interpret the dream.  And there is no guarantee that knowing what it's all about would, in fact, make it stop.  Given that, he's not motivated to "investigate" this dream.  Especially knowing that the dream catcher will intensify the dream as he's dreaming it.

In short, he is emotionally unwilling to face the situation head-on.  If he was willing to do that, he probably wouldn't be having this kind of nightmare about it in the first place.

Eric Storm

Dragons can speak vocally when they are adults.

Bisperion is not an adult.

(Yes, I knew where you were going with that question.)

Eric Storm

Okay I know that I don't gain anything lurking here waiting for the next chapter to be posted but I can't help my self. I'm beholden to Eric's brilliance.

Well, OK....I guess my asking about help from the earth agencies (already explained before I read this chapter by Eric) meant nothing heh...I really like the way the story is progressing as a whole, and things are getting more interesting as it goes. Can't wait for next month's chapter.

(posted from Chapter 5: October)

Last edited by StoryJunkie (2016-05-01 07:03:54)

The separators have been fixed.  And they weren't "broken".  It told you what separator it was... it just didn't show you the pretty picture.


Eric Storm

good stuff!

I really liked the interaction with outside agencies in this episode,
as well as putting a cap on last years issue

But why do I get a sneaky suspicion that we haven't seen the last of The Clan?!?!?!


You keep writing, I'll keep reading

-tyme

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Personally, I am waiting for the dead bodies to be associated with a ritual by the Werewolf mages to bring down defenses or open a giant portal for an invasion.

Unfortunately for those of us reading/following this excellent series we have to wait a month for the next installment.  Most of us read faster than a good writer can write.

(posted from Chapter 1: June)

First, thank you.

Second, and I point this out just to prevent confusion:  It was a Golden Clit, not a Silver.  (The silver is a wholly different, monthly, award.)  And I didn't actually win, I came in second.  Still not bad, especially for someone who wasn't even paying attention... 

Thank you to everyone who voted for me.
Eric Storm

*nods*

There was a time when the Clitorides meant something, but the Internet was different back then.  I won a Silver Clit at one point, I think... and I won a Gold Clit for CAMP as "Classic" erotica (Classic in this sense meaning "not posted this year").  Nowadays, I don't even pay attention to them.

Still, it's nice to almost-win...

Eric Storm

Great story thus far as usual, Eric.

I don't know why I had not thought about this a long time ago, but as the tent scene zipped by, it dawned on me that David could not get an erection unless he used his blood potion. Scientifically speaking, the sports spongiosum ( tissue that give you and erection does so by engorging in blood) could not work without blood (David can't blush either..so stated in several chapters) except magically since he is a magical being?

Best wishes,
JJ

Jus a random thought. 🤓

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