Re: Digest Number 1071

From: Jeff <jakyer_at_...>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 13:02:20 -0000

> I think that we are missing a core item from the calculation.
> Assuming that the laws regarding the constant conservation of energy
even
> remotely apply within a Gloranthan frame then surely the energy
released by
> the combustion of the gasses in the horses internal tracts, whilst
not
> necessarily immediately killing the horse, (although I understand
that 3rd
> degree internal burns are a bit of a bugger), would inevitably cause
the
> horse to move forward thereby crushing the individual firing the
lightning
> bolt through its mouth. This being the case the degree of modifiers
becomes
> an irrelevance in anything but a last ditch suicide attack.
> Mind, the increased damage to the soldiers from a rapidly expanding
lance of
> super heated horse fart may improve the overall effectiveness of the
strike.
>
> Fistivos
>

Or, conversely, the incandescent gasses thus released can be used to power the Hw-Rules list....

Jeff

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