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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 5394226" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dragon Magazine Issue 213: January 1995part 5/8Fiction: Harvesting the boneflowers by Joe Lunievicz. Now this is one I've always loved. The curiously poetic and touching story of skeletons in an undead army, their interactions with one-another and the living, and the mythology they've been given. If you're used to thinking of the undead as mindless monsters, this is quite a refreshing spin on things, completely avoiding the sexy vampire trope. In a way, they are still just tools, worked until they break, and then thrown away. But from their perspective, it's quite a different matter, with the prospect of an eventual reward if they just hold out and be good. I guess it's like programming robots to believe in silicon heaven. It makes good sense, even if it's pretty hilarious from the viewpoint of an impartial observer. And of course, we can use this as commentary on the human condition, and our ability to treat one-another in inhumane ways by classifying certain people as nonpeople. So there's a lot of levels to appreciate this story on. I hope I've managed to catch most of them. Sage advice: Sage advice drops the bolding that makes it easy to distinguish question from answer. Who's dumb idea was that then? I shall have to be extra careful until I get used to this. How good is an amulet of proof against detection and location (pretty damn good. You'll have to consult gods to get round it )  Can detect magic detect invisible creatures (not precisely. All it'll tell you is that there's something magical going on in that general region)How do gnomes wield bastard swords (recycled question. Last time skip said use the worst of all options, this time, skip will be a little more generous.)Can shadow magic affect objects (yes, but they automatically disbelieve. If a tree in a forest is cut down by a semi-real creature and no-one is watching, it's still cut down, it just takes a lot longer)When a weapon loses it's pluses due to plane travelling, does it also lose it's ability to penetrate damage resistance (yes)Does a cloak of displacement work if you're invisible (no)Can golems ignore prismatic spheres (mostly)Can you memorize low level spells in high level slots (not without metamagic spells)What do you need to copy spellbooks (time, paper, ink. Very expensive paper and ink. )Is Gib Htimsen immume to delaying events (yes)Can you use assassins when you have no hope of winning (yes. That's exactly their point. )Are multiple surprise raids cumulative (yes)Does Mogadisho's horde force you to discard from your hand (no)</blockquote>

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