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Yes, dimensional manipulation... but the dimension in question is the size of a walk-in closet.  Keep in mind that, at its core, Conjuring does only one thing:  It moves an item from point A to point B, without moving through the points between A and B.  The Conjuring Room is a VERY small segment of... subspace, neospace, hyperspace... whatever you want to call it.  It's a small piece of emptiness created by a wizard to hold their junk.  Having said that, the Conjuring Room is really nothing more than an alternate "Point B".  So while, sure, you could look at it as dimensional manipulation if you wanted to, that is making it into a far more grandiose thing than it actually is.  And keep in mind that the Conjuring Room itself is not something that all conjuring wizards are capable of, so to research beyond that would help fewer and fewer people, anyway.  Consider:  Delquin Quayde held his job because the school couldn't find another qualified instructor.  That speaks loads about how many strong conjurers there are.

Eric Storm

PS: To be clear, Conjuring that does not involve the Conjuring Room isn't dimensional manipulation at all.  It is the conversion of mass to energy and back.

Oh Yes - times are getting really really interesting (in the chinese sense of course)
Cheers

(posted from Chapter 7: December)

I'm... not sure that's the word you meant to use, Kiwozi.  ("pentecostal", that is...)

Oh, and his name's not "Wasted", that's his rank.  His name is right above that, just like yours is above "Tipsy".

Welcome to The Pub,
Eric Storm

Eric Storm wrote:

Yes, dimensional manipulation... but the dimension in question is the size of a walk-in closet.  Keep in mind that, at its core, Conjuring does only one thing:  It moves an item from point A to point B, without moving through the points between A and B.  The Conjuring Room is a VERY small segment of... subspace, neospace, hyperspace... whatever you want to call it.  It's a small piece of emptiness created by a wizard to hold their junk.  Having said that, the Conjuring Room is really nothing more than an alternate "Point B".  So while, sure, you could look at it as dimensional manipulation if you wanted to, that is making it into a far more grandiose thing than it actually is.  And keep in mind that the Conjuring Room itself is not something that all conjuring wizards are capable of, so to research beyond that would help fewer and fewer people, anyway.  Consider:  Delquin Quayde held his job because the school couldn't find another qualified instructor.  That speaks loads about how many strong conjurers there are.

Eric Storm

PS: To be clear, Conjuring that does not involve the Conjuring Room isn't dimensional manipulation at all.  It is the conversion of mass to energy and back.

"conversion of mass to energy" you mean one of the things that could be only experimented with after the construction of The Large Hadron Collider I don't think that is a lesser subject and if I am not wrong the theory of the atomic bomb is based in the concept of "conversion of mass to energy" so if you say that there is no importance or fields to do magical research in there I can only say ok

Thanks for the corrections Eric.

In terms of Pentecostal. It is strange what the mind will do at times. I recently finished a book where the Pentagram and Hexagram were used for both the traditional religious (including Pentecostal ceremonies) and occult uses. I guess I just got a little confused. I did actually l mean a Hexgram and its use for occult and magic purposes.

In terms of using Wasted instead of Rescue 25, well lets be honest here and say I was the wasted one at the time and when what I saw was transmuted into my all seeing eye, it really turned out I was blind drunk.

Anyway this is a fantastic series you have here and well worth a donation to get thing hot off the  press(fingertips).

(posted from the Item Information Page)

The bit about personal teleportation was mentioned in book 3, the scene with the mestapirs.

Eric Storm

We have not, and he hasn't been.  It's a sticky issue for the guild, they're trying to work through it in their bylaws.

Eric Storm

1. The Dalmajak Cynosure was not admitted as EVIDENCE.  It was admitted as "probable cause".  The EVIDENCE was the fact that the man had the scroll in his possession when he was stopped.

2. The recorder was certified by a royally certified diviner.  Such recorders have tamper-resistant features that are very hard to break.  Much like the trace (another divinatory tactic), these methods have been perfected over centuries to be as foolproof as possible.  As such, they are permitted as evidentiary.

In the wider sense, yes, divinatory objects do get a bit more leniency than actual diviners.  Why?  Personal divination is open to interpretation by the diviner, AND the diviner is the only one who sees such divination.  A divinatory object divines whatever it was designed to divine, without interpretation, and its divination is able to be witnessed by anyone.  It can still be fooled, however, which is why most will still not be admissable as evidence in court.  Divinatory objects will often be admissable, as the Cynosure was, as probable cause for a further investigation by the Rimohrs.

Eric Storm

Honestly, I still prefer emails, as it allows for more personalized responses, but I'm happy to get whatever feedback I can.



Eric Storm

Everything past chapter 1 of year 6 is currently in PRM (Pre-release Material).  If you would like access to this, you can do one of three things:
1. Donate to Eric's site to gain access (I believe $6 is enough to gain...six months? of access)
2. Wait until next month and then Chapter 2 will be available, because it takes that long for things to fall out of PRM and Eric posts a new chapter on the first of every month.
3. (The most difficult way) Become an author on this site.

I hope this has answered your query.

What they said.



Eric Storm

PS:  Becoming an author on the site is no longer a way to get PRM access.  Too many authors here post a story, but then never say anything again.  Otherwise, what was said was correct.

Hi Eric, just wanted to start by saying that I enjoyed every story that I have read so far. Please keep up the good work.

You have created some very interesting story arcs, which I am looking forward to reading more of. From what I read, you are planning to coninue with WA until year 8...at least. And there are enough loose ends for you to write spinoffs in this universe.

What I am most curious about are the following questions (which I do not expect answers to, as those will need to be answered in the following chapters/books):
How will the relationship between between David and Olissa develop in the future? As you already commented on Sam having a sex scene soon, the question about exclusivity should already be answered.
What kind of relationship to David is Emile really looking for? From his point of view it is most likely just like with all women, that he will follow her lead and take what she is willing to give, even if she is some kind of replacement mother for him.
Where are his limits as wizard?
What will he really do as a job (i honestly don't see him becoming a Rimohr, as it would limit the character too much)? Even if he doesn't want to teach, would he be able to turn Emile down, if she asked him to stay?

Now something you might be willing to answer?
As you pointed out, Conjuring currently has a max rank of 5, but being more or less open end. If a level 4 conjurer is not able to grant level 5 to a clearly more skilled wizard, will a level 5 conjurer be able to grant level 6? Let's hope for some loophole in their by-laws.

Take care.

Actually, fenixreign, none of those four wizards is still alive.  It's not "four living wizards".  It's four wizards, EVER.

Sniper:

1. Olissa and David's relationship:  This will be cleared up for you in the January chapter.
2. David and Emile's relationship:  This is Need To Know, and you don't... yet.    I will say this:  The primary driving force in their relationship is respect and trust.  Take from that what you will.
3. David's limits: He's a demighost.  He will live, literally, forever.  The likelihood is that he and his kind do not have limits until the limits of magic itself are reached.  Of course, what you'll see within the story is somewhat different.
4. David's Job: First off, you see Rimohr as "limiting to the character"... but he will not have a career within the series, so how it would reflect on the books is not important.  But the question is sort of silly.  You expect David to have only one career... forever?  David's "Job" will be a many and varied thing over the coming millennia and eons.  Yes, at some point he will be a Rimohr.  At some point, he will teach.  At some point, he will go work in Earth.  At some point, he might even be King (though I doubt it).  If you mean "what job will he take on right after school?"... that question is more complex than you might imagine.
5. I never said that Conjuring had a "max rank" of five.  I simply said that there was no one present at his test to give David a rank above four.  And no, a level 5 in the guild would not currently be able to grant level 6.  It's a flaw in their system that has come about due to the extreme rarity of the higher level conjurers.  David would be one of less than fifty level 5 conjurers in the guild's history.  Were he to progress to level 6, he would be one of a dozen or so.  The maximum ever attained by a conjurer would be level 7, and that would be one of those four that managed teleportation. (The other three died before the guild existed.)  As I said earlier, the guild is trying to rework its bylaws to cover an obvious flaw in the ranking system.  But level four is the... "common stopping point" for strong conjurers.  If you're really good at it, you can expect to attain level 4 eventually.  Only the very best progress beyond that point.

Hope that helps clear up at least some of the questions.  Thanks for your interest,
Eric Storm