Yeah, I wonder of that too. Do demons have exercises that enhances their abilities? Do they experience atrophy?

Hmm. Just as I suspect, the demon form is permanent and unchanging literaly. And they don't experience atrophy!

Well, makes sense. They don't really have physical bodies. Well, I guess they are pretty stuck with what they have. Makes me feel even more sorry to the first order demons.

Hmm. Taking it from another angle. Well, it seems mana is influenced by the mind and will. Since demons are mana constructs (or so it seems), will a collective mind be able to influence the demons abilities? Say, if a group of wizards are to focus their will into a demon, could they make that demon less powerful? If, yes, that might be a great way to defeat demons, especially the more powerful ones, right? Though, this could also work the other way. A collective will could make a weak demon strong.

That kinda reminds me of the Manga Nurarihyon no Mago:

http://en.wikipedia.org/...:_Rise_of_the_Yokai_Clan

There they have monster called Yokai. These monsters come to life from human fears. The more people believe in them the stronger they get. If people stop believing in them, they grow weak and even disappear. There is even an arc where a group of monster called The Hundred Tales Clan are spreading scary stories about monsters. When more and more people start believing the stories, the mosnters in the stories become real.

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My theory on the affects of worshiper to god power levels is that the prayers they get from their followers are somehow converted into God Mana and absorbed by the god in question and can be used by that deity to affect the plane it is getting the mana from. This would at least explain why a god's power level would change from plane to plane. It would also mean that by tapping into that mana and absorbing it from the god itself by pulling the mana through the channel the way Tom did would probably seriously piss off said deity.

Well, maybe the wizards can create a variation of the demon binding spell that essentially rebinds a demon to a weaker body. It seems possible based on the magic system here.

Hmm. Pipes. Like those 'umbilical cords' Tom have shunted? If there are more of those pipes them Tom have more to 'steal' mana from. Though if Tom needs those arrows to do the trick, it would just become too obvious and be easily averted. He needs a more subtle approach if the trick needs to work long term.

Still, Tom should consider a more invisible means of doing what he is doing. Even if you keep silent about it, the mechanics is quite obvious. Bringing attention to it by using very vissible arrows isn't really going to make it confedential. Arrows just basically say LOOK HERE. He really need to develop a more inconspicuous means of doing it.

He has a prisoner at home now for some practice ;)

@Tizzy

Any human would not be very fond of the Abyss.

Well here is my list:

1. The stench. When Tom first arrived in the Abyss, he tried breathing with his mouth to avoid it. While we are talking about it, I also noticed an inconsistency. People who arrive there (Jenn, Gastrope, Maelen, Rupert) never note it. A minor thing but still a flaw.

2. Lack of amenities. Even though there are amenities for demon kind, most of it is in the Court of Chaos, which means humans would not be able to use. There is also a decidedly lack of water.

3. Hostile terrain. With its lava, fires, jets and fireballs; the land is decidedly not a human would like to thread.

4. Demons. Humans fear demons in Astlan, any idea of visiting the demons land is out of question.

5. The heat. Even though some like Tallarius has an armour to protect him, and wizards could cast a cool spell, none of this would be comfortable or practical in the long term. Wearing the armor all the time just isn't practical and the catnip spell would soon give out.

Might have been a minor oversight.

They should do notice the stench. Talarious was able to pick it up on the Astlan side even when the portal has been closed for a long time. This oversight is relatively minor and quite easy to correct.

And I'm not being picky. Those are valid reasons not to go there.

I would love to go there just to meet you and Tom and Rupert. If I have more resources, I would also like to make and expedition there and study the Abyss. The nature of those fireballs would have been great interest to me.