History of Sporconid

[Ama]

<p>Got an interesting book from a quest in the Kunzar Jungle.  A poor Iksar father asked an adventurer to rescue his daughter from some nasty mushroom men.  As a reward the adventurer was given a book about the history of these creatures.  This tome will make a great addition to anyone's library of knowledge including the adventurer's.</p><p><img src="http://mmodomination.com/EQ2Lore/sp.jpg" alt="" width="587" height="679" border="0" /></p><p>Personally this reminds me of the insight <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?start=15&topic_id=385788" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vhalen </a>gave with the druidic powers that be. "There are eight of these druids each a specialist in one of the powers that create nature; Decay, Growth, Health, Ocean, Sky, Storm, Sun and Underfoot."</p>

[Wrapye]

Typically one would associate the power of decay with Bertoxxulous, which I suppose some druids might worship as a balancer of growth and fertility.  Was this form merely the result of the magic that they were studying, or did Bertoxxulous (who has no allies) not like having his subject area being so probed, and dealt with these druids in such a manner that no one else would dare do so again?

[Ama]

<cite>Wrapye wrote:</cite><blockquote>Typically one would associate the power of decay with Bertoxxulous, which I suppose some druids might worship as a balancer of growth and fertility.  Was this form merely the result of the magic that they were studying, or did Bertoxxulous (who has no allies) not like having his subject area being so probed, and dealt with these druids in such a manner that no one else would dare do so again?</blockquote><p>Well from reading it and trying to grasp what it says this is what I got.  The iksar were powerful druids and instead of trying to tap into growth they tapped into decay.  As said some wardens and furies tap into decay just a bit, but these guys tapped into it going far deeper than they should have.  This led them to a power that they should not have obtained.  Even though they gained something they lost something with this "something" being their minds.  At the moment from the sound of it the mushroom men these Sporconids are mindless creatures having only basic intelligence. </p><p>This does raise an interesting point though in how intelligent do you need to be to cast magic or can you use it on an unconcious/subconcious level? </p>

[Choombatta]

<p>Well, the book does state that they retained a minor amount of intelligence, and they still wield magic quite proficiently.</p><p>It also says, if they were to ever regain their intelligence, they would pretty much dominate Norrath.</p>

[Cusashorn]

<cite>Amana wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Wrapye wrote:</cite><blockquote>Typically one would associate the power of decay with Bertoxxulous, which I suppose some druids might worship as a balancer of growth and fertility.  Was this form merely the result of the magic that they were studying, or did Bertoxxulous (who has no allies) not like having his subject area being so probed, and dealt with these druids in such a manner that no one else would dare do so again?</blockquote><p>Well from reading it and trying to grasp what it says this is what I got.  The iksar were powerful druids and instead of trying to tap into growth they tapped into decay.  As said some wardens and furies tap into decay just a bit, but these guys tapped into it going far deeper than they should have.  This led them to a power that they should not have obtained.  Even though they gained something they lost something with this "something" being their minds.  At the moment from the sound of it the mushroom men these Sporconids are mindless creatures having only basic intelligence. </p><p>This does raise an interesting point though in how intelligent do you need to be to cast magic or can you use it on an unconcious/subconcious level? </p></blockquote><p>Think back to the original tutorial of the game. When you were on the ship and the Drakota attacked. That one NPC ended up putting out the fire without even trying, or realizing what she was doing.</p><p>I'd say it can come unconciously or submerge from certain stimuli, and then become actively used with a little focus.</p>

[Ama]

<cite>Cusashorn wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Amana wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Wrapye wrote:</cite><blockquote>Typically one would associate the power of decay with Bertoxxulous, which I suppose some druids might worship as a balancer of growth and fertility.  Was this form merely the result of the magic that they were studying, or did Bertoxxulous (who has no allies) not like having his subject area being so probed, and dealt with these druids in such a manner that no one else would dare do so again?</blockquote><p>Well from reading it and trying to grasp what it says this is what I got.  The iksar were powerful druids and instead of trying to tap into growth they tapped into decay.  As said some wardens and furies tap into decay just a bit, but these guys tapped into it going far deeper than they should have.  This led them to a power that they should not have obtained.  Even though they gained something they lost something with this "something" being their minds.  At the moment from the sound of it the mushroom men these Sporconids are mindless creatures having only basic intelligence. </p><p>This does raise an interesting point though in how intelligent do you need to be to cast magic or can you use it on an unconcious/subconcious level? </p></blockquote><p>Think back to the original tutorial of the game. When you were on the ship and the Drakota attacked. That one NPC ended up putting out the fire without even trying, or realizing what she was doing.</p><p>I'd say it can come unconciously or submerge from certain stimuli, and then become actively used with a little focus.</p></blockquote>I guess it is possible for magic to be practiced like fighting moves.  It becomes fluent to the point a person can look or point casting a magic spell at the intended target.  The interesting part is it says if they regained their intelligence they would be a true threat. 

[Urgol]

that's just a literary hyperbola imho