Re: [DL] Aztec Mummies? (possible monster spoiler)

[Madwand <Madwand@sltic.com>]

At 09:51 AM 2/11/01 -0800, you wrote:
>One Word:
>
>Non-Lethal Brawlin:
>
>It only causes Wind Damage
>
>Patrick

Wind damage is a form of damage, therefore this fits the definition of a
"damage-causing attack".  Therefore,
the creature is immune to this.  Oh, and that's two words.  :)

>Soul Blast's minimum hand does only wind, IIRC.

>-Bryce

Ditto.

Remember, "a damage-causing attack".  I'll post it again... this is the
EXACT wording from the
book.

>Immunity: As long as a mummy has its jade stone, it is immune to all wounds
>and Wind from damage-causing attacks, including those on its heart.

(NOTE: this is an undead creature whose Focus is its heart, FYI.)

One would think that anything that would cause damage is effectively an
"attack", whether intentional, accidentlal, environmental, random
something-falls-on-your-head-from-a-great-height, or whatever.

<after some thought>

I'm beginning to think that the way it should have been worded is that the
thing is just plain unkillable unless you get it to cough up the stone,
period.  I can see perhaps that the creature can only be affected by attacks
that do no damage (restraint, pushing it off a cliff; of course since the
creature is being effectively
"attacked" by the ground due to that sudden stop, this doesn't help a lot
either).  However, that to me is a
given (most immunities don't say a darn thing about it providing immunity
to being tied up or what not), so
why the oddball wording with regards to _this particular creature_?  Why is
this one so different that
it requires this particular wording for its Immunity?  Anybody?  Unless you
can find some sort of
lucky-special-magic 'kill it by deteriorating its Traits' thing that
actually would work on something that's
dead already, which I'm not sure about.

Wonder if mebbe the posse's mad scientist will have to go into dentistry
just to pry th' thing's moutn open...
Any other ideas?