From:	Walter Scheper ratlaw@*******.com
Subject:	the Revenge of Poison Ivy (Re: Astral Defences)
Date:	Thu, 16 Sep 1999 08:56:06 +0100

At 08:40 AM 9/16/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>
>
>Scott W wrote:
>
>> "And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply to Wildfire."
>> ] Anyone remember those little sticky pods and burrs you'd pick up in
>> the woods
>> ] that stuck to your socks like crazy? What about an Awakened version,
>> that stuck
>> ] and didn't let go?
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> Well, remember that in the interests of believability through
>> versimilitude, the plant needs to have a reason to latch on to things.
>> Burdocks, those hooky little balls hat get into your socks, are seed
>> pods, I think. The awakened version needs a reason to grab stuff
>> too...maybe its deposting seeds in the fur/clothing/hair of its target,
>> and it lets go after a while? Or maybe the target has to rip the
>> tendrils loose, and thus spreads the seeds. Something along those
>> lines.
>>
>> -Boondocker
>
>Yeah, I know, couldn't really think of anything nifty. Since its primary
>goal was to be a real pain in the ass, I really didn't want it to grab onto
>things for essence, so maybe breaking the vine releases seeds or spores, or
>whatever it grows from, and since its dual natured, the vines can be broken
>in the astral or physical world.
>
>Wildfire
>
Well, since if its a gene-engineered plant then it doesn't need a survival
reason for why it attaches the pods to people, they just designed it that way.

Ratlaw