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 ~~~~~~ Manage your subscription at //www.freelists.org/list/projectaon