Re: [HOE] Re: was Doomsayers - now Harrowed

["Sam de Smith" <sam.desmith@ntlworld.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Yates <jyates@poboxes.com>
> Yeah, my take too.  No lungs, no airflow.  No airflow, no sound.  No
sound,
> well, you get the idea
<snip>

Not strictly true, actually: a number of speech sounds are produced without
using any air from the lungs, but instead use air trapped in the mouth (try
saying "buttercup" without any vowels, with your hand on your chest, and
you'll see what I mean). What you could argue in terms of the Harrowed is
that, given that their musculature is intact (if not better), they are still
able to use their diaphragm effectively. Also, old habits die hard - if
you've spend you're life doing something, it's not just going to go away on
account of a little death. Hmm, now there's an idea for a Harrowed flaw: the
old grey matter's not what it might be, leading to you forgetting to do
things that help blend in as a "normal" person (breathing, blinking etc. -
do Harrowed blink? or indeed unconsciously breathe?), forcing futher Guts
checks, or modifying them...

Sam de Smith, allegedly a cunning linguist.

To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: [HOE] Re: was Doomsayers - now Harrowed


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gregg Gargano" <garganimal@yahoo.com>
> To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 3:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [HOE] Re: was Doomsayers - now Harrowed
>
>
> > Well, they may not need them to breathe but they
> > certainly need them (well, IMO) to force air through
> > the vocal chords which is what talking is. . .but, the
> > are un-dead. . .and they can do some amazing shit. .
> > .so, maybe the manitou just plays puppet master and
> > squeezes the words out?!
> >
> > -Gregg
> >
> > --- CDR <charliechan7@redshift.com> wrote:
> > > kay my mistake on spelling. but please tell me where
> > > it says they need there
> > > lungs to talk. if they don't need them to breath i
> > > doubt they need them to
> > > talk.