"Louis Eastman" <almagaiz at gmail.com> Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info 07/08/06 05:40 AM To "Davdi Silverrock" <davdisil at gmail.com> cc Dragaera List <dragaera at dragaera.info> Subject Re: What are the obvious hanging plot hooks? >Well, the difference between a pendant you can hide underneath your >shirt and a rather large, heavy gold chain in respect to the amount of >attention you gather is rather more than Vlad desires. Suddenly imagining Vlad in a white leisure suit, exposing his hairy chest with heavy Gold Phoenix stone displayed prominently... <shudder> "Hey, baby, have you met my little jhereg?" >That brings up the question; in respect to the 'magic armor/weapons >nonexistent' in Dragaera that I brought up, would Phoenix stone armor >be considered useful? Especially gold phoenix stone. This sounds like a useful sort of thing--to a point. In an army it would probably be pretty unpopular, since the sorcerer next to you wouldn't be able to launch any magical attacks while you wear the silly thing. That's good if he's your enemy--bad if he's on your side. Majikjon