Re: (TFT) Swords'n'Sorcery Terminator

["Todd Roseberry" <paleryder1@verizon.net>]

Well,

It doesn't say that you can't make a zombie for a Troll corpse- but wouldn't 
it have to actually be dead first, and isn't this a problem? Flameproofing 
is a good idea. Iron Flesh...sadistic.

I have two thoughts. 1) when is a Troll "dead" for purposes of this spell 
and 2) if dead, can it regenerate?

It appears that you can kill a troll but not "permanently" unless you use 
fire. So what does this mean for a zombie spell? Is the troll dead as long 
as the zombie spell is cast before regeration brings it up to 1hp? Or, must 
the troll be burnt to death first, that is, be permanently dead before it 
can be made a zombie?

If permanently dead, wouldn't it lose its regenerative powers? The zombie 
spell says that wounds don't heal naturally but must rely on outside magic. 
Is healing and regeneration the same thing?

Inquiring minds want to know.
Aidan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Tapley" <mtapley@swri.edu>
To: <tft@brainiac.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:21 PM
Subject: (TFT) Swords'n'Sorcery Terminator


> All,
> sometimes I suddenly have an idea which I think it would probably be 
> better if I'd never had. Of course, I usually release those ideas on an 
> unsuspecting world...
> Here's my latest. The TFT equivalent of the Terminator. Combine the 
> following:
>
> Freshly-killed Troll (ITL, p. 54)
> Zombie (AW, p. 18)
> Flameproofing Item (AW, p. 32)
> Iron Flesh Item (AW, p. 33)
>
> DX 9 is gonna be painful, but the psychological impact could be pretty 
> good. Could add "Geas" just for good measure, but I don't see that it's 
> too necessary.
> In a siege, it would be great fun to fling one of these over the wall out 
> of a trebuchet. Of course the impact would kill it, but what of that? In 5 
> minutes of shamming death, it'll be back to full strength...
> Is this an old idea that I'm just re-inventing? Would it work?
> --
> - Mark     210-379-4635
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