On 7/7/06, Ken Koester <kkoester at email.ers.usda.gov> wrote: > "Around Vlad's neck" might be the operatiing assumption here: if Vlad > were ever to have wrapped Spellbreaker around his neck, head, etc., > perhaps it would have done the same as the stone in the necklace. It seems improbable that placement is the only difference here: recall Morrolan's experiments with the Phoenix stone from the Imperial dungeons in /Phoenix/. It appeared to create an intereference field, even if it wasn't touching anyone. Furthermore, if the "around the neck" thing were important, the box of nevermind would be unnecessary to teleport since taking it off would be enough. Hmm. I can't remember--when Vlad takes off the black stone in /Orca/ to eavesdrop, does he say what he does with it? -Max -- Be pretty if you are, Be witty if you can, But be cheerful if it kills you.