Quote:I am a destroyer of men!
Count my pieces, it will equal seven.
The first letter seen is my second.
exchange it with number fifteen
and I will be far less deadly
than I could have been.
What am I?
What destroys men? Let's go with the idea previously suggested that "time" is a solution.
The suggestion that "seven" refers to the days of the week seems to me not far of a jump.
Furthermore, the first letter (of the riddle) is "I". The second letter of the word Time is also "i".
If you replace the letter "i" with the fifteenth letter of the alphabet ("o") then you get "Tome" which is certainly far less deadly than it could have been.
I think that "Time" is really the answer.