[Glorantha] Re: Soul Wound and unhealability

In message <20060405070054.43038.qmail@web25710.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Jane Williams writes:

>> The way I see the void is a spiritual vacuum, it sucks away
>> spirits, souls, essences given the chance. A vampire
>> gives the void that opportunity when it bites
>
>Caveat - sometimes. I expect that's what you meant,
>but let's be sure. This has to be a deliberate act by
>the vampire.

I'm not altogether sure myself. Certainly some Gloranthans believe that any bite will turn you into a vampire.

>> and the victim is wounded. At that stage if the connection
>> to the void is severed a healer can treat the symptoms and
>> the body will recover.
>
>And here comes the interesting bit: can the party
>sever the connection fast enough?

And they don't know how much time they've got.....

>I think I might suggest that if some is still left
>(and if there isn't, there's no personality left to
>teach) the first act of feeding will "flush" out the
>last remains. Make that first feed a significant
>choice. This probably links in with the idea of the
>first feed being one of their own kin as a sacrifice.

I'm not sure that "soul" and "personality" are the same thing. If so as the original personality fades it should be replaced by a vampire one.

-- 
Donald Oddy
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