But this brings up the question- How powerful are ascendents? We see them firing CG bombs in darujhistan then being ambushed by marines. So a rethink
Ascendents are powerful. They have the power of atleast a couple of high mages i.e. they are more powefu than Tay or Cowl in most cases. As mentioned in ROTCG Rake held back rather than risk the destruction unleashed and opening a wound in the sky. Their power is immense and when unleashed is phenominal.
However we also have examples of serious beings being ousted in mundane ways. Poliel, Ruin even the sisters especially Sheltathta or whoever gets eatn by that bear Bonecaster. Theres numerous quotes about how gods in the mortal realm are always vulnerable( the only one that springs to mind now is Kallor in the MOI prologue saying 'one stray arrow...' as a risk to nightchills immortality.) People seem to have a problem with this simply because they have been built up as PWNAGE but realistically they are quite vulnerable defense wise as Toc mentions in MOI about Envy being vulnerable now that the soldiers know no escape is possible (when there marching on the Dmoin).
Therefore a rethink. Ascendents can unleash power and on occasion bring up wards that are incredibly powerful defensively but an ambushed being like silchas is vulnerable to munitions.
Ascendents can unleash power and can also take sorcerous power i.e. Spite vs Envy but are vulnerable to mundane ambushes
Any thoughts?
This post has been edited by Morgoth: 05 April 2009 - 09:46 AM