Re: [HOE] A few questions

[Michael <martin_etc@yahoo.com>]

--- Steve Crow <crow_steve@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>>Anyhow, on to the questions. For most of these, I don't need
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> 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*

Maybe they're like the DEA in the USA. Sure, it would be _great_
(cough) if they eliminated all the drugs, but then, if they did,
they'd be out of the job.

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Michael Shindler, ICQ #13820058
Daidoji Arichi, Scorpion Clan Bodyguard
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