On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, David Homerick wrote:

She could also try to march into Barad-dur and get down and funky with
Sauron himself.  If the story is going to work, Lina would have to know
Sauron outmatches her and Sauron + flunkies could stomp on her if they
really put themselves to it.

Lina blows up Sauron.  He comes back.  Lina blows up Sauron. He comes
back.  She blows him up again.  He comes back.  You gotta throw the ring
into the Crack of Doom, and the Ring can corrupt anyone, even a Maiar.  If
you don't destroy the Ring, Sauron comes back.  If you try to carry it to
the Crack of Doom, it gets stronger, and likely will take you over.  Lina
probably wouldn't last five minutes trying to resist its entreaties.  

That's why Lina doesn't just try to blow up Sauron.  Also, he's a fairly
scary character himself.


 > > > I think the CHARACTERS from

 Slayers with a much more low-key approach (toning down the blast radius on
 most spells is a good start, eliminating extreme stuff like the
 world-blasting Giga Slave and the city-busting Dragu Slave) 

I'd make the Dragon Slave her most powerful spell and give it about a
25-35 yard blast radius.  I'd also make it more or less not reducible,
and have Sauron able to sense it and instantly pinpoint its location.  

Yep.  Another reason Gandalf restrains himself.


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