Originally posted by Milkie
He does seem to be able to do some things on a whim. That brings me to the part where it's says he has the knowledge of every Shaman before him. Maybe some had a limit to what they could do and maybe there are some things he just cannot do because no Shaman has ever done it before. I don't know, am on to something or am I just talking?
The explanation they give is that each Shaman is more powerful than the last, and that they have the collective experience of those before them (thousands of years altogether).
So it doesn't mean it's impossible if no other Shaman has done something (Jeroen did a TON that the Stormwatch-era Doctor and the evil Doctor didn't do, for example). It just means it's less likely.
He definitely has limits though. He couldn't, say, transmute North America into pudding....but his power + versatility = lots better than any herald type (sans a speedblitz). Someone like Strange may have more total power, but the "think and it happens" skill is useful, and he's every bit Strange's equal in many areas.