Ranalesyn wrote:
Seems as though "time magic" is a direct extension of the physical enhancements brought about by using one of the Durus Flamma itself, so it's likely not as important a factor as people think - the Ensigerum are only human, and in this setting cannot surpass elves in raw, arcane power...
Doesn't seem that way at all. Time magic is more likely the extremely-taboo-for-a-reason outright magical manipulation of time as an independant discipline.
If Warrel is one of the monks that Anita derides for slacking off on the physical component of Ensigerum training, yeah, maybe he's just tired. He was potentially waiting in a time fugue for Jon to fire so he could catch the bullet- Jon took his sweet time there, has been jumping around like a grass hopper, 'stick and move' against a six-shooter, more jumping around, getting tagged by a damned shotgun... bad landing, blood loss, lots more time-enhanced jumping around, followed by even more jumping around and a healing effort.
Imagine 30-year-old white-collar guy in the middle of an intermural basketball game. That's Warrel.
Against a WNBA starter. That's Sarine. But it's also Sara.
(Jon's the 30-year-old blue collar guy in the middle of the intermural basketball game. Same difference, but tends to look better sweaty.)
Young Asterisk wrote:
Ranalesyn wrote:
One advantage he has over her is the 'drunkeness', though. Not certain how much that really affects Sarine...
wait, Sarine's drunk? :o
Well, more it's like she's in a room with strobe-lights and a techno-beat track at volume '11'. Durus Flamma effect on elves.