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Originally posted by theifprowess:
And in real life any long blade can be vorpal style. and kill with one hit.
how is it dragons and other high lvl bosses are immune to vorpal attacks?
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Actually the story behind the Vorpal sword goes back to "Alice in Wonderland", or rather "Through the Looking Glass", the tale of the Jabberwock, only a "vorpal" sword could slay the Jabberwock, it was a nonsense word created by CS Lewis that Gary Gygax adapted into a sword with an excellent chance of instantly beheading things. As for why a dragon would be immune, say you're a DM, running a bunch of pc's through a dungoen, and at the end you know they're going to have to fight a dragon, there's no way in hell I'd let a lucky 20 kill MY dragon, it would be shamefull to let such a magnificent monster go down without a fight, and the same goes for bosses, if they fell like wheat to a vorpal blade why bother even making them bosses. or they might just have an iron collar preventing their heads from being removed
[ 07-11-2002, 11:29 AM: Message edited by: Morgeruat ]