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From: tim@unc.UUCP (Tim Maroney)
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Subject: Re: Kill Orcus with mirror of opposition
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Date: Tue, 4-Oct-83 16:44:14 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  4 16:44:14 1983
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If a Mirror Of Opposition creates an opposite for anything reflected in it,
it is not a valuable item for combat.  Yes, you create a duplicate, which
steps out of the Mirror, is reflected in it, and so on.  It would be a real
mess after a round or three unless the Mirror got nuked.  With four Mirrors,
it would be even worse.  There is no doubt that the chaotic evil Orcus or a
copy thereof would be the winner, since he (they) are on his (their) home
plane and the others are not.

I have some real hesitation about even allowing the Mirror to apply to
Orcus, or any other demon, devil, deva, etc.  If my high-level chaotic good
magic-user gets duplicated by a Mirror, what comes out is a real, possible
being, a high-level lawful evil magic-user.  When a demon gets duplicated,
you wind up with a lawful good being.  There is no such thing as a good
demon, so would the result have the demon powers?  I don't think so.  An
angel or cognate being might appear instead, but then the home plane
advantage is gone.  In any case, no magic item is potent enough to create a
new god, or a new artifact (remember the Wand!).

Once again -- if you think the fight with Orcus is winnable, you have not
played it while I was DMing.  No one beats a well-played lich, and Orcus
has scads of liches serving him.  Tiamat is another story....

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