Dragaera

A scene in My Mind

Derrill 'Kisc' Guilbert lister at insaneninjahero.com
Fri Mar 5 06:48:57 PST 2004

Kenneth Gorelick wrote:
> 
> On Mar 5, 2004, at 7:09 AM, Timothy Nelson wrote:
> 
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Philip Hart" <philiph at slac.stanford.edu>
>> To: <dragaera at dragaera.info>
>> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 4:17 AM
>> Subject: Re: A scene in My Mind
>>
>>
>>> LT may be able to switch off Morganti blades, given her main function,
>>> depending on the magic involved...  Certainly the Necromancer tells Vlad
>>> (_I_, pg. 253, hc), "Morganti weapons shouldn't frighten you as much."
>>
>>
>> I got the impression that a GW can (and will, if possible), act to 
>> protect
>> its wielder from soul-munching by absorbing said soul into itself. An
>> assassin could still stab Vlad with a morganti blade and prevent him from
>> being revived within the specified time limit.
>>
>> So (in my opinion anyway), he need not fear having his soul eaten, but he
>> certainly should be concerned about the subtle knife.
>>
>> Which raises another question...what happens if the body belonging to the
>> wielder-soul inside a GW passes the time limit? Is the soul trapped in 
>> the
>> GW ala Aliera in her staff?
>>
>>
> 
> The three-day limit has to do with the departure of the soul. If the GW 
> is holding on to it, it may not depart, leading to the interesting 
> option of revivifying a putrescent GW-bearer. On the other hand, guests 
> and fish begin to stink after 3 days, so why not souls?
> 
> 
> Ken Gorelick
> 
> 
> 

Undead, perhaps?