Talk:White/@comment-26207833-20170121182557/@comment-26484417-20170122033033

@Demotivator: I still maintain that it works like a game's 'checkpoint' does; specifically, I'd say it creates a backup of Karaka at the moment of the sphere's creation, so that when Karaka dies the sphere produces his backup version. There are two options how this works:  Karaka has to setup this in advance, in which case I imagine that if the sphere/s (if there can be more than one at one time) is destroyed before it serves its purpose, Karaka would be deprived of his "immortality". Also, this would mean Karaka isn't immortal, merely ultra-resilient. Karaka can invoke this technique at any time in any place and restore himself in any location of his choosing; i.e., whenever he judges the circumstances to be undesirable, he can reconstruct himself in perfect condition someplace else. This would make Karaka immortal at least for as long as he's conscious and can invoke the technique.  Speaking of White v Karaka, if Karaka's technique is something like #1, then White would most likely win for as long as he can locate Karaka's backup(s), but he would likely tie or lose if the technique is something like #2. These are predicated on an assumption that while the old White would be stronger than the current Karaka, the gap isn't large enough to prevent Karaka from tying or winning if it came to a battle of attrition.