Re: question

[Steve Ames <steve@ns1.cioe.com>]

undead have a 1d6 INT... more than enough for them to know not to 
walk off a cliff or into a fire. They'd get wacked by Orus.

Truly mindless creatures would have to be controlled by someone else
or have a hive mentality (with no base instincts).

					-Steve

> More of a thing for mindless creatures(undead) I'd think.
>
> Wright
>
> > > I've seen this played both ways, but about Orus spells, does the target
> > > have to have emotions for them to work?  I.e. Can you spurn a skeleton
> > > even though it has no emotions?
> > 
> > Its the casters emotions that cause the spell to work... for the most
> > part. There are other spells that play upon the targets emotions (fear,
> > loathing, disgust, etc...) that may not work on a target that does not
> > have emotions.
> > 
> > Unless a PC has been severely twisted (read much spell effects) he or
> > she has emotions and is susceptible to Orus spells, as are most living
> > creatures. Insects might be questionable but even their instincts can
> > be played upon to get an effect such as fear I'd think (difference being
> > they would just react without thinking why).
> > 
> > 						-Steve
> > 
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