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From: faustus@ucbcad.UUCP (Wayne A. Christopher)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: Re: command spell
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Date: Sat, 27-Jul-85 17:26:52 EDT
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> hogwash.  First clerics don't use edged weapons, so they won't "chop".
> Secondly, the command only lasts for a round.  Third, given the speed factor
> of clerical weapons, even a super strong cleric is unlikely to be able to
> finish the task in a round.  Fourth, the cleric will have to move to position
> where the "dieing" fighter is, taking time, thus making it impossible to
> use the "automatic killing of a sleeping/motionless opponent in 1 round"
> rule.

Use common sense - there is a guy lying in front of you, immobile, for
one minute. You have a common hammer or something like that. Do you really
think you wouldn't be able to kill him? If not, pounding on his face
for a minute with a hammer will at least make him unlikely to get up for
a LONG time...

	Wayne