I been thinking all about the bits between bedlam and chaos. I do hear that bedlam are the kinder, gentler cousin o'chaos and therefore it be okay. It do all the same things--make you diseased or drained or lurch about looking for brains--but I do hear it do definitely not be chaos so we should be fine with it. That do seem weird to me.
The Shardmaster and the Blood Sage and Shennykins did talk at me at length saying bedlam not be chaos, it just be the opposite o'order. I think I do understand that, a bit - maybe. Me apprenticeship in Earth magics were quick and dirty, mostly with patching up sailors caught in the rigging, but it do include a bit about the Planes. Though, I do swear by my pinfeathers, I were lost completely when the Shardmaster do start talking that chaos do not MAKE anything, it just do exist and though necromancy do COME from chaos it not be CREATED by chaos. Do not be telling him this, but truth and all, it do drown out halfway through on account of his flopsy ears being too cute by half, I did lose meself in their pink tufts.
ANYWAY, me point is that I do not think I ever understand the difference, but me also think it do not matter. It do seem that bedlam can do things LIKE chaos and necromancy, and that be bad. Undead do be bad not just because they do taint the land, but because they eat your brain! Necromantic draining is bad because of Chaos, but also because flopping on the ground as your life ebbs away be awful.
I do be hearing a lot o'folk saying bedlam not be so bad because it not be chaos - and that do feel wrong to me. I know there be a lot o'folk who can talk me in circles and get me nodding that me tail be me top, but it just do not feel right. I be seeing more and more bedlam magic items with and folk using bedlam magic and it make me queasy. Be I the only one? It do seem like bedlam just be chaos with a bit of a hat and nice cravat, but still carrying a blackjack in his back pocket.
Ratite Hudsonia Zenorum the Only of his name
Valet and Livery to House Aviary
The Shardmaster and the Blood Sage and Shennykins did talk at me at length saying bedlam not be chaos, it just be the opposite o'order. I think I do understand that, a bit - maybe. Me apprenticeship in Earth magics were quick and dirty, mostly with patching up sailors caught in the rigging, but it do include a bit about the Planes. Though, I do swear by my pinfeathers, I were lost completely when the Shardmaster do start talking that chaos do not MAKE anything, it just do exist and though necromancy do COME from chaos it not be CREATED by chaos. Do not be telling him this, but truth and all, it do drown out halfway through on account of his flopsy ears being too cute by half, I did lose meself in their pink tufts.
ANYWAY, me point is that I do not think I ever understand the difference, but me also think it do not matter. It do seem that bedlam can do things LIKE chaos and necromancy, and that be bad. Undead do be bad not just because they do taint the land, but because they eat your brain! Necromantic draining is bad because of Chaos, but also because flopping on the ground as your life ebbs away be awful.
I do be hearing a lot o'folk saying bedlam not be so bad because it not be chaos - and that do feel wrong to me. I know there be a lot o'folk who can talk me in circles and get me nodding that me tail be me top, but it just do not feel right. I be seeing more and more bedlam magic items with and folk using bedlam magic and it make me queasy. Be I the only one? It do seem like bedlam just be chaos with a bit of a hat and nice cravat, but still carrying a blackjack in his back pocket.
Ratite Hudsonia Zenorum the Only of his name
Valet and Livery to House Aviary