[beowulf_of_wa]

Heh.  No, Simon just LOOKS a little like one.  He's still a changeling.  Changelings are, mostly in my unofficial opinion, the result of random bits of incomplete magical DNA that activated due to the unusual mana spike that happened during Year of the Comet.  In Simons case...  maybe it's coincidence. Maybe he had some T'Skrang DNA.  In either case, there's a reason he's both working for and under the watchful eye of Lofwyr. 

But I will reiterate...  Simon is a fun Easter Egg, but at the end of the day, he is a full-on SURGE Changeling. 

there is a term for anything born "early" compared the necessary mana level, a "spike baby" (SR1, Paranormal Animals of North America)
it fits for any metacritter, including the first newborn elves and dwarves. so it also fits for the first of anyrace brought back by a spike in the mana levels, be it the ghost dance or the comet.

[Ancient History]

Here I swore I wouldn't do this...couple years ago, back when I was writing SR, for Hallowe'en I posted my answer to the obsidimen question in SR, a short story entitled The Last Liferock. Not canon, but what is these days?

[Stahlseele]

Here I swore I wouldn't do this...couple years ago, back when I was writing SR, for Hallowe'en I posted my answer to the obsidimen question in SR, a short story entitled The Last Liferock. Not canon, but what is these days?

your stuff more than some of the "official" things in my eyes . .

[grimjaws]

Here I swore I wouldn't do this...couple years ago, back when I was writing SR, for Hallowe'en I posted my answer to the obsidimen question in SR, a short story entitled The Last Liferock. Not canon, but what is these days?

A great story filled with loss, it lends a bit more pathos to the SR setting.

[bigity]

Ah Obsidimen.  Always could find work grinding flour by using their butt cheeks if no adventuring work was to be had.

[Digital_Viking]

Not canon, but what is these days?

Was this necessary?

[Phylos Fett]

I've often speculated that there might be Obsidimen at Uluru - big rock, long revered as being a sacred place, in the middle of a place where there are frequent mana storms, and high levels of magic...

[CanRay]

Not canon, but what is these days?

Was this necessary?

Considering AH's history...  Probably felt so. 

[Charybdis]

I've often speculated that there might be Obsidimen at Uluru - big rock, long revered as being a sacred place, in the middle of a place where there are frequent mana storms, and high levels of magic...

Oh dear.

OZ Obsidimen? That will require one HELL of a beer!

[CanRay]

Then there's The Sleeping Giant just outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario.

[Phylos Fett]

I've often speculated that there might be Obsidimen at Uluru - big rock, long revered as being a sacred place, in the middle of a place where there are frequent mana storms, and high levels of magic...

Oh dear.

OZ Obsidimen? That will require one HELL of a beer!

Being an Obsidiman in the desert is thirsty work...

[CanRay]

Being anybody in the desert is thirsty work. 

[Earthshaker]

So what would you stat Obsidimen like?

Bod 6 or 7
Str 4 or 5
Armour 2 or 3
No Reach

[Phylos Fett]

Agility -2
Reaction -1
Strength +6
Body +6
Intuition -1
Logic -1
Willpower +0
Charisma -3

Movement Rate 8/20

Natural Armor +3

[Mason]

Not canon, but what is these days?

Was this necessary?

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