[HOE] Questions about making a Doomsayer

["David L. Hoff" <dlhoff1@charter.net>]

Greetings all, and Happy Holidays!

I realize that almost everyone is away enjoying the holidays, but I work 
in retail so tomorrow is a work day for me again and I am stuck here in 
town. I am making a Doomsayer for the first time, and have a few 
questions. I am hoping someone could shed some light on these:

1) If I am reading and understanding it correctly, isn't the Lifetap 
hindrance (p. 48 of Children of the Atom) more like an Edge? I mean, it 
takes the cost of a spell and splits it amongst a Doomsayer's Strain and 
Wind. Since wind recovers at a point per minute, and since you can spend 
chips to negate/heal wind damage, doesn't this make it a bit abusive? If 
I had 12 strain and 12 wind, I could theoretically cast double the 
number of spells as a Doomsayer who had 12 strain and did not have the 
Lifetap hindrance. Am I missing something?

2) Does Molecular Bonding (p. 80 of CotA) act like light armor in all 
ways, i.e. an AP bullet goes right through it? Or does it simply reduce 
the final damage total, but isn't really considered armor?

3) I am having a little trouble understanding Molecular Cohesion (p. 80 
as well). If I am reading it right, the spell works by making the 
person's molecules reattach themselves into the shape they normally are 
in, but that this doesn't happen until *after* the wound has been taken. 
So, if a person with molecular cohesion active gets shot in the guts 
with a 12 gauge shotgun that does a maiming wound, for a split second 
there is a big hole there, with their guts being splattered about, and 
then (assuming the Doomsayer makes his faith roll) all the molecules go 
back into place, basically looking like someone stopped the action and 
then reversed it like it was on a videotape. Again, I understand that 
this is all happening in a split second... but wouldn't that hurt like 
Hell? Shouldn't there be a stun check or wind loss or something? Or does 
molecular cohesion make the persons molecular bonds so strong that 
(again, assuming he makes the faith roll) the shot can't penetrate the 
skin and simply bounces off?

Any info on these would be greatly appreciated.

--David Hoff
dlhoff1@charter.net