That, or some sort of hyper version of Route Marcher. Since Mathilde would probably be a Legendary Lord anyways.
Okay, but what do the Dwarf books say about it? Does it ultimately just boil down the blurb that can be found about it in the wiki or do the Dwarves seem to have a more interesting explanation or justification than "it just be that way some times"?
Realms of Sorcery, page 89
Ultimately just speculation unless you factor in End Times. Posting it here because I'm guessing you'd be interested in it.
I am not sure how you would classify the race specific rituals or things like Devastation of Cities that Lord Kroak has that manifests itself as an enemy action then
. But yeah i suppose Mathilde would be a LL with better Forced March with the possibility to lose HP every turn its turned on.
To those curious, in End Times Teclis performs a ritual that binds the Winds to specific mortal "heroes" turning them into Incarnates of the Winds, granting them immense power. Some of these make sense, some are more... questioniable
The only time we see dwarves turning to stone in canon is in the specific case of Chaos Dwarves practising magic; it occurs in no other circumstance. The winds themselves turning dwarves to stone by simple contact is a Divided Loyalties thing.
The explanation given for why they turn to stone in the Old World Bestiary is that "Dwarfs were never meant to wield the Magic of Chaos and the price they pay is the Curse of Stone". Yes they specify Chaos here, but all magic comes from the realms of Chaos. Dwarfs can't cast magic, but if they did, the logical conclusion to come to is that they will turn to stone, just like the Chaos Dwarfs do.
Your eyes narrow as the silence stretches. "What did you say?"
Even with that inferring, the only thing you're getting is that dwarfs turn to stone when they do the specific act of doing magic, not simply being in contact with large quantities of the winds of magic, as any dwarf atop an arcane fulcrum or similar case would've been exposed to in canon. In Divided Loyalties we can assume the only dwarfs who go up on arcane fulcrums are the ultra-resistant runesmiths, and that any other dwarf up on them or otherwise exposed to high quantities of winds would've petrified, but Divided Loyalties is another story.
Turn them to stone, turn stone to gold, turn gold to living gold, do it quicker than their souls depart.
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Actually Gold Order already discovered Periodic Table and 90+elements, which means that they probably know about iridium (77) and osmium (76).
"Obviously, only Lord Magisters of the highest rank and experience are aware of these magnificent alchemical discoveries. Most initiates to the Order, not to mention the majority of its Magister Alchemists, still entertain various superstitious notions as to the elements of existence and the possibilities of science. Only the very greatest of these students of Magic and Alchemy will ever learn otherwise." Page 91 Realms of Sorcery 2E.
one thing (among many) that I like about what Boney has done with the quest is that just because Mathy is smart and 'liberal' (in the old sense, not the modern one) and the main character, that doesn't mean that she is free of the many preconceptions and views that would be expected of her 'time' and environment.
