Wizards go mad when they lose themselves

hcobb · 03-26-2022, 03:19 PM

It's a rare wizard who doesn't have any remote viewing spells.

Scrying, Zombie, Create Elemental, Summon Scout, even an Image, they all grant an out-of-body experience.

Perhaps being so many loosens the wizard's hold on the one they once were?

David Bofinger · 03-28-2022, 08:18 PM

There's an SF story Call Me Joe by Poul Anderson in which this sort of happens, the point is that the experience is better in the other body than in the wizard's own. A wizard who inhabits a bird might become attached to having eyesight that good and being able to fly, a wizard who inhabits a wolf might find his real life drab and uninteresting without that amazing sense of smell, etc.

03-26-2022, 03:19 PM	#1
hcobb Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Pacheco, California	Wizards go mad when they lose themselves It's a rare wizard who doesn't have any remote viewing spells. Scrying, Zombie, Create Elemental, Summon Scout, even an Image, they all grant an out-of-body experience. Perhaps being so many loosens the wizard's hold on the one they once were? __________________ -HJC

03-28-2022, 08:18 PM	#2
David Bofinger Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Sydney, Australia	Re: Wizards go mad when they lose themselves There's an SF story Call Me Joe by Poul Anderson in which this sort of happens, the point is that the experience is better in the other body than in the wizard's own. A wizard who inhabits a bird might become attached to having eyesight that good and being able to fly, a wizard who inhabits a wolf might find his real life drab and uninteresting without that amazing sense of smell, etc.