----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Kronengold" <mneme at io.com> To: "Brad" <holden at salome.uchicago.edu> Cc: <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 12:57 PM Subject: Re: Vlad Interview Questions -- Final Version > Brad writes: > Mind, I've never been sure -how- a GW protects its wielder -- will it > actually stop pointy things thrown at you or increase your fencing > skill? Or is it simply that it makes you a lot harder to touch/stop with > magic, and the whole "kill with a scratch" thing? > I can't remember which Vlad book it is or even if it is Aliera or Morrolan who mentions that a GW can hold the soul of it's owner and thus prevent a Morganti weapon from destroying it. Ian