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>>True enough, but I was looking at the time it would take to master all
>>(magic, psi, and the Force).
>
>While I won't deny that the idea of a person who's managed to go
>through training for all three disciplines is intriguing, it might be
>tougher to actually *write* this person. From my POV, this
>theoretical person is *way* too powerful unless you want to spend
>loads of time slapping on weaknesses to make them interesting. Does
>anybody *really* want to see a person who can handle *every* situation
>with an arsenal like that?
>

Ghidrah's claws, that would be annoying.

I was just pointing out that in the fairly improbable case that somebody had the potential to study all three, the person in question would be studying for most of his life, barring some form of immortality.

I also noted in my original post that any character with all this would be accused of being a SI character, regardless of any similarity or dissimilarity to the author.

>
>I guess what I'm trying to say here is that, while such a tri-talented
>character might be cool to think about, they would be a nightmare to
>write unless you handled them right. Balance things out in creating a
>character, and you'll save yourself ulcers and white hairs in the long
>run.
>

Oh, I've got a better idea. If I ever start writing a character like this, I'll hit myself with a baseball bat.

The closest I've come is a character who is a telepath and a mage, but his psi has a range of six feet, and his magic is not heavily offensive. The most powerful combat spell he has was adapted from "scramble an egg in the shell." It became "scramble the fluid in the inner ear."

Peter Eng