• @Carvex@lemmy.world
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    234 days ago

    What’s the mythical-scientific reason for Thors hammer being immovable? Very high mass/density or protected by some invisible godlike force?

    • @kazren@lemmy.world
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      454 days ago

      In the movies, it’s a worthiness/ pure heart thing. In the comics it’s just really heavy. I guess the question is, is magic space metal ferrous enough to be magnetic?

      • @ulterno
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        164 days ago

        Enchantments are a one-off thingy. They don’t require the enchanter to stay alive.
        Otherwise, buying an enchanted sword from someone would mean, you would have to depend upon that person not getting killed by some random robber, when you are in the middle of battling the dungeon boss.

          • @ulterno
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            114 days ago

            No you don’t… Don’t apply enchanter DRM!!

              • @SSJMarx@lemm.ee
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                4 days ago

                Your characters walk into a magic shop, but instead of buying magic items the shopkeeper offers to sell them scrolls of ownership. “There are infinite number of these scrolls,” he explains, “but they all use a decentralized mechanism to determine ownership!”

                “Okay, I’ll buy one. Now where’s my +1 sword?” The fighter asks.

                “The scrolls say that you own it” the shopkeeper unhelpfully reiterates. “And every other scroll will be updated to agree that you own it.”

          • Prox
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            24 days ago

            Sounds like some artificier prestige class shit here.

      • @SSJMarx@lemm.ee
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        04 days ago

        I like this because then you can say that a non-worthy person can wield the hammer, if they’re stronger than Odin and can beat the enchantment. Magneto is probably on that level.