====== Repairing Weapons & Armor ======

Repairing weapons & armor takes one minute plus one minute per point per weapon, shield, or segment of armor.  (//E.g.,// repairing leather armor for one arm would take 1 + 1 = 2 minutes.  Repairing metal armor for both arms would wake 1 + 2(2) = 5 minutes.)  Any character is assumed to be able to repair their own or anyone else's armor, but must have use of both arms to do so.

Note that a weapon that has been damaged by a //shatter// spell may be repaired this way, and is functional again once repaired.

Repairing magical weapons & armor:
  - The physical repair must be completed first, as described above.
  - To restore the magical protection of armor or a shield, a spellcaster who knows the spell must cast the //shield// spell on the armor or shield.  (//E.g.,// a +2 shield would require two points of //shield// spell to fully restore.)
  - To restore the magical damaging ability of a weapon, a spellcaster who knows the spell must cast the appropriate spell on the weapon.  Restoring generic magical damage ability requires the //missile// spell.  Restoring magical damage of a particular type (lightning, acid, fire, or ice) requires the appropriate spell.

Magical weapons & armor are powered by permanent enchantments.  The spell reactivates the enchantment that is already built into the armor, so it is not limited by the spell's duration; once the enchantment is reactivated, it is once again permanent until it is again taken down in combat.  (You can think of reactivating the enchantment like using a defibrillator on someone who has had a heart attack.  Once their heart is restarted, it continues beating as before.)

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Note that for safety reasons, any actual physical damage to boffer weapons used in game must be repaired before the weapon may be used again.