Howard Brazee <howard at brazee.net> Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info 06/07/06 07:01 AM To cc Dragaera List <dragaera at dragaera.info> Subject Re: Yuck >On 7:43 AM Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote: >> This is similar to the idea I had on the wiki that maybe he had >> enchanted >> himself to die if a morganti weapon ever came too close to him... A >> useful kind of self-defense spell for one skilled in necromancy. > >Can such a spell be smart enough to not kill him unless the threat is >high enough? He should be able to hold a Great Weapon without dying. Hmm... If the Great Weapon were bound to him, I don't see it being a problem. It could be worked into the spell. It the Great Weapon were *not* bound to him, I can't see it being too happy about the prospect, and thus, he might need that protective spell, after all. This does bring up an interesting point, however. Could Loraan have his own Great Weapon? (Mayhap that rune-covered longsword that Vlad noted in /Taltos/?) It might explain, by itself, how he survived the Blackwand encounter, and also why the gods might have been willing to let him return from the paths as an undead at some point. Certainly, since he had Spellbreaker in his possesion, we might conclude that he was gathering artifacts related to Great Weapons to further his own causes. Who's to say he might not have acquired a *complete* Great Weapon from somewhere? This, of course, leaves open the distinct possibility that Savn didn't actually finish him off, and that lovable Loraan is still with us. Majikjon