As I read through this whole debate on pushing and staves, etc. I have been trying to think of a solution other than making push use balance. Being of the \"logical consequences\" bent, I think it would be kinda fun to have something like kural poison make you sticky so that when a person pushed you, they got dragged along because they were glued to you.

Granted, they wouldn't be affected by staves, but if it took a second or two of motionlessness to unstick themselves, they wouldn't be as likely to use fear runes to make you run through the stave forests because you would be free to twack away at them, but with their hands stuck to you, perhaps they couldn't.

Of course, easy for me to say since I don't do the coding. I just like the image of people being dragged along with their head bouncing off trees and rocks while they try to free themselves. Sure you stink and glow if you have kural on ya, but wouldn't that image be worth it?

Also, on a totally unrelated topic, someone mentioned how good it would be if loremasters could charge faster. If you are saying that, then your loremasters don't know what the heck they are doing. With the correct positioning of chargers and essencers, a handful of people can charge items fully in seconds.

Proteus

Written by my hand on the 1st of Agamnion, in the year 1130.