Dragaera

Paths of the Dead

Sat Dec 7 20:03:53 PST 2002

> From: Gametech [mailto:voltronalpha at hotmail.com] 

> Yeah, well I've got a sneaking suspicion about 'Great 
> weapons' and how they affect a persons lifespan (because of 
...(much speculation snipped)...

I've wondered the same... I don't recall anything indicative one way or
another.

I don't think the Great Weapon is the cause of Sethra's undeadness.
It's been indicated that she was alive for a very long time before she
became undead (without checking, I'd guess around 200,000 years).

However, Sethra has Dzur Mountain, which I've always suspected is what
maintains her life. :)

At a guess, I'd suspect she finally lost a fight in a way that she
couldn't be revivified, and so the gods let her come back as an
undead...it was either that or put one of her many apprentices in her
place (which, apparently, was the lesser choice).

However, it wouldn't surprise me that the other Great Weapons at least
_extend_ lifespan, possibly by slowing, arresting, or even healing (up
to a point) the effects of aging.