: M2 Shade flavor. “...Turquine so mistreated his subjects
: that even his personal guard abandoned him... he
: agreed to endure the indescribable tortures of the
: Fallen that he might have his revenge.”
Ah, cool. Should dig around in Fear again.
: True, but it's hard to come up with a plausible
: connection for the narrator's interacting with any of
: the Fallen Lords or Shades. It was easier in the Black
: Company, since its protagonist soldiers switched sides
: so often. They could end up under someone that really
: creeped them out, just because it was part of the
: current job. We sorta got this with Myrdred in M2...
Yeah, I've been trying to get my hands on TBC for ages. It's hard to find downunder, and I never have the cash spare to order it from the US. Maybe I'll put the hard word on my folks again, Xmas is around the corner.
: The TFL Manual calls them "reanimated corpses of
: long-dead Avatara." Of course this can't apply
: exactly to ones like Turquine or those described in
: GURPS, but either way they seem to be pretty much
: undead.
Yeah, that's what I'd assumed. Since they can't cross running water (which is a trait usually associated with vampires-undead), that would further my cause. I can't imagine a natural and living creature being unable to cross it. I mean, gorillas can't swim, but they can cross it. Or so I'd assume.
: I tend to think the Binding Dream works on any
: intelligent being; Thrall and Soulless and Wights and
: Stygs (barring M3's description of Soulless) don't
: have enough mind left to control. Myrms or Shades
: would both be Bindable, I think, undead or not.
Yeah, I could agree with that. I like how they limited power against larger and more powerful creatures by saying they had stronger will until injured. Otherwise we'd get the stupid 'why didn't Myrdred bind SB??' questions.
: Very possible, though who knows if anyone survived the
: Devoid explosion to see SB there. The Deceiver could
: probably figure out Balor's demise much more easily,
: since Balor had him under mental control to some
: degree and was probably channeling him power as well.
: (Plus, it may be that he saw minor undead falling
: apart all around him as soon as Balor died.)
Yeah, I was certain that Balor's destruction would have been common knowledge even without any link. Returning armies, lack of commands, and the like. I guess, looking at the facts, Myrdred would have very little knowledge of SB's return. I mean, you dig him up and he's pretty disoriented.
: --SiliconDream
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