> From: "Tim Ellis" <tim_at_...>
>
>> > A great troll in the WD scenario "Lair of the White Wyrm"
>> > (correct name?) has an enchanted iron Greatsword. Having said
>> > that, armour is somewhat different!
>>
>> Um, some of those early WD scenarios were... um... well... hardly
>> cannonical, IIRC. But I could be wrong.
>
>Definitely not canonical, I'd say. But I did have a thought in the
>bath last night - maybe there is a small herocult of Zorak Zoran that
>teaches Trolls a Heroquest that allows them to resist the poison
>effect of Iron. (In the same way that ZZ can already use Fire which
>is normally shunned by Trolls). I'd guess that this quest is very
>rare and very dangerous which is why we don't know more about it....
Ah ... the Asbestos Mittens magic weapon subcult.
Thom