I guess I wasn't explicit enough when I tried to warn you about that sword. I had age killed a character before with it after about two fights (it was close to con death anyway), but couldn't really say that so explicitly.

I thought about sacking it, but I thought maybe Melissa had given it to you to see if an orc could strip the blessing. Also, the axe you were using had a + age effect as well. I had been offered that axe as an orc before and turned it down because of all the examples around (well two or three) of orcs who used gear with age effect and age died around mid 200 hour range.