Posted by Iolanthe on March 29, 2000 at 06:51:51:
In Reply to: Re: A little raid posted by Radakh on March 28, 2000 at 14:46:48:
> 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.