[Arryn]

Originally posted by Peter Ebbesen:

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Originally posted by Arryn:
I believe he was asking a serious question, worthy of a non-flippant reply.

Actually, if the continually flowing blood of the fountain is an essential part of the mana of the pretender, peeing in it just might be considered to poison it. I can very easily imagine a fantasy scenario (and it has been used in several books) where some spirit is weakened by desecrating/poisoning it by means of any number of substances injected into waters or blood.

On the other hand, if the blood is not an essential part, but merely the by-product of the spirit inhabiting the fountain, then the fountain should probably be poison resistant.

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Good points, Peter. The concept of defiling an 'altar', if one views the fountain as such, is very reasonable, and peeing on altars was one very common practice in medieval times when desecrating the places of worship of your enemies.

I guess KO's reply wasn't so flip after all. Sorry, KO. It just struck me that way.