| From: | Ubiquitous <weberm@*******.net> |
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| Subject: | Re: [SR2] True Bug Names |
| Date: | Sun, 15 Sep 1996 16:23:09 -0400 (EDT) |
>> As a side thread, all spirits have true names right? Has anyone
>>thought of finding out the true name of insect spirits and trying to bind
>>it? Imagine the possibilities in Bug City...
>
>I suppose that's possible, but I'd make it extremely dangerous.
>After all, these are alien entities. They have less in common with
>metahumanity than even "normal" spirits.
I believe the Grimoire says something to effect, right? Something
about non bug shamans going mad on Astral Quests to the "Metaplane of
Bugs"?
>Also, I would only allow queens to be summoned this way.
I'd have to check the Grimoire again for confirmation.
>Don't forget that free spirits can easily be angered by this type of
>summoning, and will do their best to break free and harm the summoner.
>I'd double (at least) the chances for a bug queen to do so.
>Or maybe I'd just have her consent to sticking around and have her do her
>best to seduce the summoner and have him help start a new hive.
>Maybe this is how the hives get started in the first place?
>Actually it sounds a lot like the shaman's story from Queen Euphoria . . .
Nassssty DM! Nasssssty DM! *cringing with Peter Lorre voice*
Since Queens are sppsed to be treated as Free Spirits, does this mean
you have to do an Astral Quest to banish one, or is this just for
considering summoning and calculating the dice used for their powers?
--
"I dyde shyte thre grete toordes." Fables of Aesop,
Caxton translation,
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