From:	Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject:	Re: Insect Totems
Date:	Wed, 27 May 1998 12:10:28 EDT

In a message dated 5/27/98 12:44:00 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
dghost@****.COM writes:

> Hmmm...I think the "Worker Spirits" would be too close to the original
> Insect Spirits ... what I was just wondering was basically if anybody
> thought anything wrong with following an insect totem like a normal totem
> instead of like the standard rules ... (though if you say that Ant speaks
> to you, your gonna get a heap of trouble ... [though it'd be pretty funny
> if you said "Grasshopper says I have much to learn ..."])

NOT using the kind in the Voudon, the shells would have be specially prepared,
and the skills and/or other bonuses and Worker Insects get are a bit more than
a "Work Loa" IMO.

However, Grasshopper could get annoying...Toxic Variant, Locust...

> Hmmmm... making Insect Shamans Toxic? don't Toxics summon warped
> versions of what the normals summon? (I believe there is a mention in
> Grimmy about Toxic Insect Shamans...) I think if, this were done, Insect
> shamans should be a different tradition (ie, you have Hermetics,
> Shamans/Druids, and Insect Shamans)

They are given "Threat" ratings, and the section in the Grimoire is discussing
"Magical Threats" (ie; Insect Shamans and Toxic Shamans). However, the
"Druidic" forces, as well as ((*clears throat*)) -Other- organizations, might
very well have insect types amongst their numbers.

-K