Re: [HOE] A few questions

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

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>>>ideas
>>>for inspiration. I'm including spoiler space for those in digest mode who
>>>may see the responses. : }
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>>They become megalomaniacal as a result of that taint, due to the influence
>>of gun spirits.
>
>Is the taint just the influence of the gun spirits (I can easily imagine a
>junker becoming megalomaniacal just because he can build powerful gadgets)
>or is the a mystical 'tainting force' that the gun spirits inflict on the
>junker. Ie- is it magic tainting the junker or human nature? : }
>

Magic, i.e., the gun spirit itself.

>>Four of the five "pollution" spirit types are polluted derivatives of the
>>four elements (Radiation = Fire, Sludge = Water, Smog = Air, Trash =
>So are they more like mini-servitors, giving power to humans who wallowed
>in filth, or spirits that people have learned how to contact.
>

Some of both.  If you are heavily inclined towards doing heavy polluting of 
a certain stuff, you may spontaneously attract a pollution spirit of the 
appropriate type.  This leads to at least one odd quirk in Spirit Warriors:  
You'd think that Doomsayers would tend to attract a lot of rad spirits, but 
in general the two factions (Doomsayers and Toxic Shaman) don't seem to like 
each other.

On the other hand, you can also start as a Toxic Shaman, learn how to 
contact the spirits through traning.

>Are the toxic spirits evil, or do they just hate what humankind did to the
>planet (re- the 'kill humans' bit).
>

With the exception of Insect Spirits, toxic spirits aren't inherently "good" 
or "evil." Cleanser-shamans are...sorta good, as they try to transfer 
pollution from the real world to the spirit world (where toxic spirits there 
feed on it).  Corruptor shamans (sorta evil) try to pollute the real world 
more. However, the two groups are not directly opposed to each other 
according to the book (which strikes me as a little odd, but oh well...).  
Apparently one group is okay with the other reversing all the progress it's 
made. *scratches head*



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Steve Crow

"Worm Can Opener Extraordinare"

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