[projectaon] Re: Comment Period for Lone Wolf 1-7

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 8:27 AM, David Davis <feline1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Am I right in dimly recalling that the only allusion to the Silver Helmet's
> "magical" qualities is that it is described as feeling "remarkably light"...
> yet there's a Gary Chalk vignette of it that shows it as a massive great
> bloomin' thing with a dragon on top (lol to be honest, I think Lone Wolf
> would look a bit silly and ostentatious with that on his bonce!) ... since
> that mass of silver would in reality weigh several kilograms (10kg? 15kg?)
> one might cautiously infer it has some magical properties...
> ...also silver is a pretty soft metal, and probably wouldn't stand up to a
> sword or axe blow!
> e.g. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Silver
> it's "Mohs hardness" is only 2.5, which is totally rubbish :)
> wheras its density is 10½ grams per cubic centimetre - comparable to lead (
> http://www.lenntech.com/periodic-chart-elements/density.htm ... cf. steel is
> about 7.8 g/cm^3)
>
> It strains credibility that having such a large heavy soft thing on your
> head would improve your CS by 2 points due to its physical properties alone
> (unless it simply made your enemies laugh at how silly it looked :)

How about we just footnote the contest in Kingdoms? Or are there other
situations that we think should apply?

--
Jon

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