Posted by Radakh on March 28, 2000 at 14:46:48:
In Reply to: A little raid posted by Zarail on March 28, 2000 at 05:45:22:
Just wondering about the phylactory worn by Iolanthe. How is it
a rager can tolerate wearing something created only by a lich. As
far as I know they don't exist on mobs. So a rager is wearing something
created by one of the most magically infused creatures known in thera.
I'm sure they're nice armor and don't cast spells, but it just seems
completely wrong to be wearing a phylactory.
As far as courage shown or the questioning of it...
Courage is the ability to stand in the face of something which scares
you beyond measure and overcome it despite your fear. There's a line
between courage and stupidity. A cow can stand there and be beaten to
death by ten warriors. Is that courage? I doubt it. More like the
cow was too stupid to run and fight another time. In that situation
the courageous thing would be to get the heck out of there when all
hope was lost and then hunt down those who were there. There was no
chance at all of Iolanthe taking anyone of those down if he continued
the fight after the destructor fell. I don't consider his actions
cowardly in the least. Some of the other things I've seen Iolanthe
do were definitely questionable, but in this case he acted like any
smart warrior would have.