Ok, so aetherical magnitude is just a fancy way of saying power level, more or less, but... I just had this idea that came to me while I was completing the Fishing storylines.
We often see people compare Shards vs. Source power levels and come to the conclusion that those people separated into the Shards must not be that much weaker than Source counterparts until Source counterparts are beyond our current Rejoined stature.
I come to you with this half-baked thread to say that perhaps there is another axis to that graph based around the individual (Something the Convocation would rather not countenance).
All throughout Shadowbringers and even before now, the game has highlighted exceptional individuals as being sort of the status quo for each great guild whether it be for crafting, gathering, or fighting. There's always a mentor to surpass, always a hero of eld or fisher of eld who once fished a mighty leviathan from the unlikeliest of fishing holes.
It got me thinking that much of power must come from what a creature innately is, and I got this idea when I was looking at Yellow Pipira from The First, having fished the Pipira and the Pipira Pira on the Source. It's all the same family of fish, and they are all of similar predatory status. They're all known for their bite. There's something quintessential about the bite to all of these fish, however different each bite may or may not be.
My mind made the leap that this must be true for people. Each soul, however disseminated, must still possess its quintessential qualities. If one of these qualities was a prodigious power, skill with a line, or aptitude for magicks, then each shard would still have the same quality, even if said quality was reduced in some form.
Since the ability to grow in all aspects still exists on every shard, then each shard still has the potential the original whole still possessed. The limit is time...which is convoluted in Lordran
What do you think, am I onto something? Would you rather not discuss it at all? Should this have been in general, rather than in Lore? Please, speak at length!
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We often see people compare Shards vs. Source power levels and come to the conclusion that those people separated into the Shards must not be that much weaker than Source counterparts until Source counterparts are beyond our current Rejoined stature.
I come to you with this half-baked thread to say that perhaps there is another axis to that graph based around the individual (Something the Convocation would rather not countenance).
All throughout Shadowbringers and even before now, the game has highlighted exceptional individuals as being sort of the status quo for each great guild whether it be for crafting, gathering, or fighting. There's always a mentor to surpass, always a hero of eld or fisher of eld who once fished a mighty leviathan from the unlikeliest of fishing holes.
It got me thinking that much of power must come from what a creature innately is, and I got this idea when I was looking at Yellow Pipira from The First, having fished the Pipira and the Pipira Pira on the Source. It's all the same family of fish, and they are all of similar predatory status. They're all known for their bite. There's something quintessential about the bite to all of these fish, however different each bite may or may not be.
My mind made the leap that this must be true for people. Each soul, however disseminated, must still possess its quintessential qualities. If one of these qualities was a prodigious power, skill with a line, or aptitude for magicks, then each shard would still have the same quality, even if said quality was reduced in some form.
Since the ability to grow in all aspects still exists on every shard, then each shard still has the potential the original whole still possessed. The limit is time...
What do you think, am I onto something? Would you rather not discuss it at all? Should this have been in general, rather than in Lore? Please, speak at length!
Continue reading...