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Author: Arivne

Aug 27th 2013 at 2:02:11 AM

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* Literature/{{Xanth}} novel ''The Source of Magic''. Bink's companion Crombie has been shrunk down and trapped inside a magical bottle, from which he can be released by opening it. Then Bink causes all of the magic to leave Xanth. Bink decides not to open the bottle because without magic, Crombie might be squashed to death inside the bottle instead of being released.

[[AC:TabletopGame]]
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
** ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine #14 (May 1978) article "Lycanthropy - The Progress of the Disease". In order to avoid damage, when a lycanthrope (e.g. a werewolf) changes from human to animal shape they must shed any armor they're wearing.
** ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine #28 (April 1979) "Another Look at Lycanthropy". Lycanthropes get an odd sensation long enough before an involuntary change to take off any armor they're wearing and avoid damage.
** Gary Gygax anticipated that some players would try to "squeeze someone to death in their armor" by casting an Enlarge spell on them, so he specifically said in the ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' (1979) that the armor would automatically split off and fall away if this occurred.