From: David Smart (jurrubin@earthlink.net)
Date: Tue 18 Dec 2001 - 05:31:37 EET
Brad Furst wrote:
>
> >A friend of mine has stated discorporate shamans can be Dominated
> >while engaged in spirit combat and forced into a Binding object. My
> >position is that even though the shaman can't use his fetch for
> >defense (according to RQIII), there is no spell for Binding such
> >body-less shamans because such shamans don't qualify as "otherworld
> >creatures", which Binding Enchantments are limited to.
>
> I agree with you. However, I think argument could be made that such
> body-less shamans are qualified as "Magic Spirits" as parameterized
> in the Creatures Book (and so are vulnerable to specific Dominate
> Magic Spirit spells or Control Magic Spirit or Command Magic Spirit).
> These are body-less, free-willed spirits, the same as body-less
> shamans. Some cultures may call them "demons."
Hmmm.
But the Binding Enchantment is the kicker. It's species specific so
you couldn't use a Bind (Demon) spell; it's not specific enough though
the Magic Spirit version is about as close as you can get.
It would almost require an adventurer to travel to another plane of
existence to find a species that considers humans to be "otherworldly"
and learn the spell from them.
Of course, the adventurer himself would be considered a fair target
by whomever (whatever?) he's trying to learn the spell from. <weg>
This could also provide a wild lead-in for adventures; an other
planar denizen travels to Glorantha and defeats one of a group
of PCs in spirit combat and takes him/her back to its plane as
a bound spirit. The rest of the group have to find a shaman
powerful enough to allow them to launch a rescue mission.
Sounds a bit like a HeroQuest, eh?
It would, I suppose, depend on how much loot the captive left
behind. <g,d,r>
David
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