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Skingame - why was Nicodemus hurtable?
kbrizzle:
Or perhaps being that close to objects like the Grail & the Shroud severely weakened Anduriel & the protection he is able to provide Nic.
exartiem:
--- Quote from: kbrizzle on November 17, 2018, 03:01:20 AM ---Or perhaps being that close to objects like the Grail & the Shroud severely weakened Anduriel & the protection he is able to provide Nic.
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I like this theory. Another: the noose acts on lethal injuries or injuries that could kill eventually. Non-life-threatening injuries aren't covered, no matter how painful they are.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: kbrizzle on November 17, 2018, 03:01:20 AM ---Or perhaps being that close to objects like the Grail & the Shroud severely weakened Anduriel & the protection he is able to provide Nic.
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I think the near-instant healing factor is entirely courtesy of the noose, not Anduriel. Rapid healing would be an application shape-shifting, like Tessa's ability to reassemble herself from her bug swarm form, but Andy isn't nearly that capable at shape shifting. Unless Nic had some reason not to want Andy to repair the damage from the noose that Harry left on his through - and he had every reason to want to keep up the appearance of industructability in front of his squires - it seems that was outright beyond Anduriel even given years to work on it.
--- Quote from: exartiem on November 18, 2018, 01:05:05 AM ---I like this theory. Another: the noose acts on lethal injuries or injuries that could kill eventually. Non-life-threatening injuries aren't covered, no matter how painful they are.
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Maaaaybe ... but it would have to be pretty darn intelligent to tell the difference between a wound that would mean slow death over a period of days to intervene after, vs. one where the bearer would survive but be left crippled. That kind of borderline outcome is a matter of odds rather than certainty even in a hospital.
kbrizzle:
Here is another possibility - Harry specifically mentions a few times during the fight scene in Hades’ vault that he was fighting both Nic & Anduriel - meaning that each entity was fighting separate battles (Nic vs Michael & Anduriel be Harry). Couple this with the fact that the Swords basically remove any supernatural advantage an opponent has, and you have Nicodemus without any supernatural powers.
TLDR - Anduriel was too busy fighting to provide its supernatural cover for Nic, along with the fact that the Swords negate supernatural advantages
RobReece:
--- Quote from: kbrizzle on November 18, 2018, 05:05:19 AM ---Here is another possibility - Harry specifically mentions a few times during the fight scene in Hades’ vault that he was fighting both Nic & Anduriel - meaning that each entity was fighting separate battles (Nic vs Michael & Anduriel be Harry). Couple this with the fact that the Swords basically remove any supernatural advantage an opponent has, and you have Nicodemus without any supernatural powers.
TLDR - Anduriel was too busy fighting to provide its supernatural cover for Nic, along with the fact that the Swords negate supernatural advantages
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That was my thought as well. I think Nic was healed by the time he got to Michael's house, but Anduriel was otherwise engaged during the fight itself to provide his normal levels of protection.
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