On 7/8/05, Scott Crain <s_thomas_crain at yahoo.com> wrote: > Instead of thinking of the Jenoine weapon that did the > damage as the bullet type, think of it as a sorcerous > tranquilizer gun. The tranquilizer was sorcerous in > origin, a pre-programmed spell, if you woould, and > being thus energy, would -- like any field of energy > that isn't constantly or consistently revitalized -- > obey the laws of entropy and thus slowly fade away, > disperse, or (as Sethra puts it) 'heal on its own'. > But until it DID finally fade away, it's still there, > still doing its job. RE: arm paralysis. (Issola 12). I said, "Spellbreaker didn't help?" "It isn't that kind of magic," said Verra helpfully. "Then what kind is it?" I asked, more because I was annoyed than because … > Godslayer, from Spellbreaker, is there to -destroy- > spells. Interestingly enough, from its Morganti > origins (recall the 'what is the soul' discussion?), > is constructed to consume/destroy sorcerous fields. > If the 'damage' done to Vlad's arm is a > slowly-dwindling spell effect, then of -course- > Godslayer could 'repair the damage' -- merely by > destroying the spell and/or consuming that sorcerous > field. HTH, Max Wilson -- Teach him horsemanship, and archery, and to hate every lie. -Herodotus, on raising sons