[Alneyan]

Random paths are as random as they came, at least in the examples you give. Only the following characteristics can alter the distribution of random paths:

- Some units have Sorcery (Nature, Astral, Death, Blood) randoms, others have Elemental randoms, while most randoms are full randoms. A few units have both randoms (the Celestial Master among them, if memory serves).
- A few units do not have two randoms, but instead a random +2 level in the same path. This random could also be Sorcery, Elemental or a full random. Atlantis has a mage with this pattern: 3 water, and 2 randoms in the same path.
- Murphy's Law, obviously. If you need a fire random badly, you will never get that random. Ever. Your neighbours, of course, will have their hands full of Garnet Amazons, sages with a pick in fire, and things of the like. Should you attempt to "convert" their mages, you will end up taking their non-fire mages away.