enq@completesystems.com.
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I haven't heard of such a case, but the idea sounds great. Mebhail, =
the power of the land that already manifests itself as various =
(traditionally powerful) places of natural significance - mineral - =
ancient mountains, volcanoes, waterfalls, etc, - vegetable - ancient =
untouched forests, and so on - why not an animal form? I wouldn't use =
an actual flesh & blood critter, but several Celtic tales come to mind =
of the 'un-catchable' fox or stag that becomes the obsession of the =
local lord who hunts it on and off for several years and in the end =
either 'catches' (or is caught by) it only to find it is the =
shape-changed ghost of spouse, spurned lover, the devil, God, some =
artifact, or even some magical entity.
I think I might just check over the party's mage and see if she has =
the hunting non-weapon proficiency, and then subtly work on a little =
obsession * evil grin * ;-)
Good hunting,=20
Dubhghaill (Doyle)
Victoria, Australia, 613 9563 5085
enq@completesystems.com.au
"War is the duct-tape stop-gap of diplomacy" - Graewolfe
From JD Lail
>Couldn't a source manifest itself as a living creature ? If so
>it might well be very hard to find and then you have to catch
>it ! As is usually the case with me if anyone else has proposed
>this before Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa. :)
From Ben & Amy
I've heard it mentioned that the bones of a dead dragon in an area =
or
something would influence the source level, but I don't know about it
working the other way. Were you listening to Enigma when you wrote that?
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I haven't heard of such a case, but the idea sounds great. Mebhail, =
the power of the land that already manifests itself as various =
(traditionally powerful) places of natural significance - mineral - =
ancient mountains, volcanoes, waterfalls, etc, - vegetable - ancient =
untouched forests, and so on - why not an animal form? I wouldn't use =
an actual flesh & blood critter, but several Celtic tales come to mind =
of the 'un-catchable' fox or stag that becomes the obsession of the =
local lord who hunts it on and off for several years and in the end =
either 'catches' (or is caught by) it only to find it is the =
shape-changed ghost of spouse, spurned lover, the devil, God, some =
artifact, or even some magical entity.
I think I might just check over the party's mage and see if she has =
the hunting non-weapon proficiency, and then subtly work on a little =
obsession * evil grin * ;-)
Good hunting,=20
Dubhghaill (Doyle)
Victoria, Australia, 613 9563 5085
enq@completesystems.com.au
"War is the duct-tape stop-gap of diplomacy" - Graewolfe
From JD Lail
>Couldn't a source manifest itself as a living creature ? If so
>it might well be very hard to find and then you have to catch
>it ! As is usually the case with me if anyone else has proposed
>this before Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa. :)
From Ben & Amy
I've heard it mentioned that the bones of a dead dragon in an area =
or
something would influence the source level, but I don't know about it
working the other way. Were you listening to Enigma when you wrote that?
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