>From: Damien Sullivan <phoenix at ugcs.caltech.edu> >To: dragaera at dragaera.info >Subject: Re: Two words about two letters etc. (small PotD Spoiler) >Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 16:29:56 -0800 > >On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 03:42:48PM -0700, Andrew Lias wrote: > > > how many have weighed in). My only suggestion was that *some* sort of > > sorcerous counter-measure was developed. I was very careful to leave >the > > exact nature of the counter-measure unspecified. > >Didn't _Dragon_ tell us that metal could be dangerous in the presence of >sorcery, attracking charges or blasts? So Dragaeran soldiers wield metal >blades (non-metal hilts?) but leather/wooded armor and shields. > >And a firearm is made of... I am AFB, but that would provide an elegant solution to the problem if that is the case. Since the Dragons are the only ones I can see developing explosives technology in the first place, that would also explain why none of the other castes have utilized them. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus