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Message no. 1
From: William Monroe Ashe <wma6617@****.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: I thought vampires were dual natured "critters"
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 15:34:39 -0500
Sorry if I'm wrong, I don't have my stuff with me at work. I thought
that vampires, and wendigos were dual natured. That "ought" to be a tip
off right there :-) . If I have recalled incorrectly, just forget I said
anything at all.


Boy thesis writing sucks. I'm up to 75 pages (graphics included) wiht no
sign of slowing down.

Regards

Bill
Message no. 2
From: John E Pederson <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: I thought vampires were dual natured "critters"
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 22:14:28 EDT
On Fri, 22 Aug 1997 15:34:39 -0500 William Monroe Ashe
<wma6617@****.TAMU.EDU> writes:
>Sorry if I'm wrong, I don't have my stuff with me at work. I thought
>that vampires, and wendigos were dual natured. That "ought" to be a
>tip
>off right there :-) . If I have recalled incorrectly, just forget I
>said
>anything at all.


Nope. Vampires, Wendigos, Nosferatu, Goblins, Dzoo-Noo-Qua, Fomorians,
and Banshee are not dual-natured. Bandersnatches (vamped Sasquatch, I
think), and Loup-Garou I don't know about. Ghouls are dual.

--
-Canthros (and we all know about shapeshifters:)
I had rather believe all the fables in the legends and the Talmud
and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
--Francis Bacon
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Message no. 3
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: I thought vampires were dual natured "critters"
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 11:40:59 +0100
William Monroe Ashe said on 15:34/22 Aug 97...

> Sorry if I'm wrong, I don't have my stuff with me at work. I thought
> that vampires, and wendigos were dual natured. That "ought" to be a tip
> off right there :-) . If I have recalled incorrectly, just forget I said
> anything at all.

You have recalled incorrectly -- vampires, wendigos, and banshees are all
normal critters who happen to have a fluctuating Essence rating. Even
if they were dual-natured, though, David's suggestion that an astrally
perceiving character will notice something is wrong, but not what exactly,
is still valid.
All you should tell the player in such a case is that there's a
dual-natured human over there, unless the character has much experience
in recognizing vampires from the astral. With the next vampire the
character assenses, let him/her roll a Perception test to notice the
similarities between the aura of this person and that of the last one.

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Message no. 4
From: HAUPT ULRICH FB08 <sandman@****.UNI-OLDENBURG.DE>
Subject: Re: I thought vampires were dual natured "critters"
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 17:09:30 MEZ-1MESZ
> Sorry if I'm wrong, I don't have my stuff with me at work. I thought
> that vampires, and wendigos were dual natured. That "ought" to be a tip
> off right there :-) . If I have recalled incorrectly, just forget I said
> anything at all.

Vampires are not dual creatures but Nosferatu ARE! I don't know about
Wendigos.

Sandman

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