Re: SV: [DL] Oldest harrowed

["Derek Bass" <wangenstein@mad.scientist.com>]

> --- Munch Wolf <munchwolf@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I'd have to disagree.  Not on the issue being
> > academic, but on all the harrowed collapsing when
> > the
> > hunting grounds was sealed off.  The wiggly worm of
> > a
> > manitou resides inside the harrowed, not in the
> > hunting grounds.  It would still remain inside the
> > person when the gateway was closed.  Now it might
> > get
> > starved, go dorment, or put the harrowed into torper
> > (vamp term), but it wouldn't die.  No new harrowed
> > would be formed during the time the area was sealed
> > (except by very powerful manitous), and no existing
> > harrowed if they remained awake would be able to get
> > more supernatural abilities.  Even though the
> > hunting
> > grounds were closed off, some energy leaked out,
> > because minor weirdness still existed.
> 
> I agree with this to a point. I think the little
> bugger squirming in there probably has enough power to
> keep the Harrowed active and more than likely heal him
> up unless he gets his arm blown off or something.
> However, without a direct link to the Hunting Grounds,
> I would imagine Harrowed using their powers would be
> hard to do. So you'd have a bunch of once dead guys
> walking around with no real extraordinary abilities.
> 

Unless the manitou figured out some -other- way to power itself. Since fear powers a lot of nasty things, perhaps the manitou would attempt to power itself through the creation of localized fear.

Derek D. Bass
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