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Originally Posted by SDLeary
Actually, I'm pretty sure someone knew the implications. Other than buffing up a magic user, of what real use are INT and POW spirits (or other stat spirits for that matter) anyway? They seemed really really out of place in the RQ/Glorantha cosmology, and a simple crutch in game terms to help create powerful magicians.
SDLeary
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However, I'd put money they were designed to buff _spirit mages_ the same way that bound spirits used to. Remember, Spirit Magic required Intelligence points for storage too. It just didn't have the godawful consequences this did, since all it did was give you access to more (albiet possibly bigger spells). Honestly, I hit a few too many of the people involved at the time who were somewhat startled to see sorcerers with spirits other than elementals not to believe they really didn't think it through.