XPost: rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: davidjohnston29@yahoo.com   
      
   On 2019-12-12 11:10 a.m., Joel Polowin wrote:   
   > Hypothesis: Creatures of Faerie live via a nuclear fission/fusion field.   
   >   
   > Logic: They are poisoned uniquely by the presence of matter that   
   > contains no (or few) atoms that can be fused/split without loss of   
   > energy.   
   >   
   > Experiments to try:   
   >   
   > * Do they affect the half-life of (small) samples of fissile material?   
   > Tests should check for both detected decays and absolute decays.   
   >   
   > * Might they be useful fusion catalysts?   
   >   
   > * Could they be part of small nuclear devices, including small power   
   > sources as well as low-yield explosives?   
   >   
   > Joel   
      
   I haven't heard of them having a vulnerability to say, gold.  Or even   
   silver.   
      
   I have a setting where the "elves" just had a spell to protect   
   themselves that worked by repelling copper.  This would render   
   themselves night invulnerable to bronze weapons, but iron weapons came   
   as a shock.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)