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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tortoise" data-source="post: 4223703" data-attributes="member: 146">In Defense Of Residuum ...(approaches the bench)Defender: Your Honor, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, Honored Guests,Defender: I will now present to you a defense of the concept that magical essence, call it Residuum, call it Mana, etc, can be drained from a magical item for use in some other fashion, has existed within this hobby referred to as Dungeons and Dragons, for a good portion of the history of the hobby, and that the idea of this Residuum is nothing new, except perhaps the name.Defender: I shall now call my first witness to the stand.Defender: Mr. Mordenkainen please take the stand.(murmur from the crowd as in a flash of light and puff of smoke the witness appears on the witness stand)(Judge to witness) Will the witness please affirm he will tell the truth.Mordenkainen: I will.Judge: Please state your name, place of residence, and occupation for the record.Mordenkainen: I am Mordenkainen, I live where my studies take me throughout the multiverse, and I am a wizard.Judge: (to witness) Thank you. (to defender) You may proceed.Defender: Thank you Your Honor.Defender: Mr. Mordenkainen, as a wizard would it be fair of the court to assume that you are well versed enough in all aspects of magic and magical lore that you can be considered an expert in the field?Mordenkainen: You may.Defender: Please enlighten the court with a list of your accomplishments to back this assertion up.Mordenkainen: Among my accomplishments I include creation of numerous spells that bear my name. My best known include Private Sanctum, Faithful Hound, Lucubration, Magnificent Mansion, Sword, and Disjunction.Defender: For the benefit of the jury would you repeat that last one with full title please.Mordenkainen: Mordenkainen's Disjunction.Defender: Thank you. Many of you in the court may recognize the name of this powerful spell and  even be aware of its effect. For those who are not, Mr. Mordenkainen would you please describe in layman's terms the effect.Mordenkainen: It causes spells and spell like effects to be separated into their component parts rendering the items they were enhancing to become inert or normal.(murmuring in the crowd)Defender: Now I will bring forth a piece of evidence for you to identify and for your further expertise to help illuminate for the court. If there are no objections ... (none are raised)(reaches for a blue covered book with artistic renderings on the cover and hands it to the witness)Defender: Please identify that tome, and its date of copyright.Mordenkainen: TSR Fiend Folio Tome of Creatures Malevolent And Benign. Copyright 1981.Defender: Please turn to page 27 of the tome and tell the court what creature is on the upper left of the page.Mordenkainen: It is a Disenchanter.Defender: A Disenchanter. Please describe for the court what this creature does to magic items.Mordenkainen: It feeds on the magical dweomer within an item by draining it with its snout.Defender: And what other names can magical dweomer be called by?Mordenkainen: Mana, energy, essence, and dozens of other names.Defender: Could it also be called Residuum?Mordenkainen: I suppose if it were the residual or trace amount remaining after something caused a removal of the dweomer from something, yes some might choose to call it that.Defender: (looking at the jury) You've just heard from an expert that the name Residuum could apply to the matter of which we are discussing.Defender: Thank you Mr. Mordenkainen. No further questions. (Looks to the prosecutor) Your witness.</blockquote>

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