From:	Craig S Dohmen <dohmen@*******.CSE.PSU.EDU>
Subject:	Re: focus question
Date:	Fri, 8 Sep 1995 12:23:23 -0400

On Fri, 8 Sep 1995, David M Woods wrote:

> 1) As I read it oricalcum (I hope that's right :) is made
> with an alchemic radical of gold. It doesn't contain gold as such, so at
> the very least the allergy's damage code should be lowered.

On the other hand, one could argue that the radical form of the metal
is the pure or 'true' form and would make the allergy even worse. On the
other other hand, one could argue that once incorporated into the
orichalcum, the gold no longer exists as it is now part of a larger whole.
This is getting pretty metaphysical. :)

--Craig