Battle Afflictions: Gimp Gods

[Arryn]

Originally posted by Zurai:
Seriously though, why does a simple snakebite (or caustic gas, etc) kill something which has a body made entirely out of stone? Earth Elementals and the like are immune, why not the pretenders?

I checked before I posted and the rock gods (monolith, sphinx) are poison-immune.

[Zurai]

In a similar vein: Why on EARTH can an Oracle get Afflictions (other than Feeblemind I guess)? I had an Oracle with a limp in my Last game, I kid you not.

Oh, another question about the Oracle: Why isn't it Immune to Poison? How do you poison a stone fountain? I lost my Oracle that way (that's how it got the limp).

[PvK]

Could be an oversight.

Or, one could rationalize that medieval understanding of poison is in play here, rather than a more modern one, and certainly a fantasy/medieval understanding of fountain gods is in play - they have a spirit, and vital fluids, and are something that is vulnerable to desecration, so poking it with something poisioned, even a snake bite, might possibly do it harm. Five of nine medieval alchemists agree...

IOW, I could see it either way, really.

PvK