Re: The "Chosen of..." status
The posts above are on the right track... there's a good chance that the power of a Chosen is directly linked to the power of the deity.
The Chosen of Mystra are a special case, however... Not sure how much you know about the Weave, so we'll just have a quick rundown for people who don't know.
In the FR campaign, the Weave is the source of most magic... It surrounds and penetrates, kind of like the Force. Mystra is the goddess of magic and the source of the Weave. The Chosen of Mystra each hold a portion of the Weave in their essences- it's tied to them and they protect it.
They're immortal in the sense that they don't seem to die of old age- Elminster is the oldest, and then there's the Seven Sisters who came later- but I know they can be killed... One of the Seven Sisters was killed (I forget which one), and another one lost an arm recently (as far as the timeline goes).
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