| From: | Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Totems vs Dragons |
| Date: | Sun, 4 Jul 1999 00:11:30 EDT |
kismet_sr@*****.com writes:
> We happened upon a very interesting discussion in our
> game the other day and I want your opinion.
>
> Which is more powerful a totem or a dragon? In a fight
> who would win?
In a direct, one to one, kind of fight. The Totem. However, MitS introduces
the concepts of "Avatars", and those might be a defeatable force (given all
the right circumstances...for instance, the situation in the first trilogy
(Secrets of Power). IMO, that "Spider" was an Avatar of *SPIDER*, and not
Spider itself. And, when it mentions that *SPIDER* is diminished more, that
is true. One of the Avatars is no longer able to interact in a directly
manipulatable manner.
> If a shaman died would his totem avenge him?
IMO, NO!!! This opens the door to massive game play abuse. Reminds me of
the terrible rule in AD$D concerning "Divine Intervention" and a nasty
situation involving "Ares" and a Priest of Athena who had *WAY* to much time
on his hands....
> This is all purely hypothetical, but these questions
> really stumped me. I just finished reading Find Your
> Own Truth, and it took a minor ghost dance to take a
> totem down a peg. Would a Dragon stand a chance?
See above, and you might have a different view of the activities in those
books.
-K
