Quick Update

[wpeters]

A quick update on stuff I've been doing recently before I head off and wrestle to the ground that most unholy and eldritch of horrors, the Housework - in preperation for the return of Elin and the Kids tomorrow (she's been away this week in North Wales with her folks).

Thanks to dame_habonde I've been reading Sabriel by Garth Nix and loving it. I was reticent

Comments

[pompe]

"necrosis" means the death of living tissue. You know, it can happen in certain infections.

"Necrotising" however I guess is D&D 4th edition's word for offensive magic with some sort of death magic or necromantic function.

[pompe]

Sorry, they talk about "Necrotic" too in a bit dubious manner.

[k_matic]

Yay for another Garth Nix fan!

I loved Sabriel, and the sequels Lirael and Abhorsen were excellent too. (Lirael is a bit more of a girl's book, IMHO, but still excellent).

And when you've got through those, there is the "Over The Wall" book of short stories set post Abhorsen, which is also worth a read.

[k_matic]

And: Necrotising: means it makes it necrotic(i.e. dead). It's mostly a medical term.
For example; Necrotising Fasciitis (sp?) is a nasty virus that kills off tissue. Or frost bite can leave tissue necrotic, due to lack of circulation.

:)

[evildrganymede]

Hey, I think I had that Earthshaker module! Or I got it for a friend for his birthday, I don't recall exactly :).

And yeah, "necrosis" is (as far as I understand it) basically "the rotting of living tissue" (because it's dead, usually). IIRC there's a spider (the Brown Recluse) whose bite causes that.

[epocalypse]

As above necrosis is cell death. Necrotising is used as a descriptor for several medical conditions, most famously necrotising fasciitis; the flesh eating disease. Nasty.