[HoE] Lost something?

[Abdullah Oblongota <toadpooka@usa.net>]

<<*sigh* I meant the rationale behind the "can't be fixed" aspect (which ties 
  in to the "if you fail to heal, it's permanently unhealable" concept in the 
  various healing abilities). Not the rationale as to why an arm was blown 
  off.>>
Most likely, the two can be related...if the arm was removed and the surrounding
tissue was weakened or damaged to the point that the body won't take to the
mount, for example.

  Since I asked for some rationales so I could compare and possibly pick one, 
  it's probably redundant for someone else to post to suggest I doing so. :)>>
Admittedly, many people went straight to the stage of attacking your logic on
this, but mixed in with the logic-attacking were a few golden suggestions that
may have been missed.

<<*sigh* Remind me next time I toss out a more-or-less unexplored or vague 
  concept in HoE as something for discussion and the comparison of ideas, not 
  to bother. While some folks such as Mr. Bright and a few others were 
  indeed very helpful in this regard, a response of "Use your imagination" 
  really doesn't contribute much to the exchange of ideas...>>
I'd have to say that the wording of the question was at fault here.  The
question sounded like you were looking for a reference to rules fiat, not a
brainstorming session amongst the other players.  Like I said above, there were
obviously quite a few great ideas for why the limb can't be fixed floating
around out there, so you wouldn't have come up short.

My contribution to why the arm can't be replaced: PRIDE.  The character sees the
lost limb as a symbol of what he's done and where he's been.  To cover that up
would defeat the purpose of ever being there in the first place.

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