Re: rent-a-bod

[Greg Mowczko <mooch>]

Why do people say that the imposed soul even gets a shot at possession?
It has no link to the body as Steve says. If you put a soul into 
something it just goes along for the ride. Unless that soul
specifically has the ability to possess at which point it has to
do whatever it has to do.
						Greg

> From: Orion Furmanski <thelaw@expert.cc.purdue.edu>
>
> On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Rick Myers wrote:
>
> > 
> > Interesting...does that mean if I forcefully jam a soul into the elfs 
> > body and then rip it back out the elf gets somehow tangled up in it?
> > 
> > Rick
>
> Sorry, man, but I have to vote "no."  When you implant the soul, it doesnt
> get intertwined with the pre-existing soul; it just hangs out in the body
> and fights for control.  They really don't mingle, which has led to some 
> pretty interesting plot points.  My character has performed Soulcatchers
> finessed for selectivity to pull out one of two souls in a body, rather
> than luck of the draw. I'm sure that soulcatchering the foreign soul would
> leave one happy elf. =)
>
> Orion
>
> > >Got it. Soulcather takes soul, mind and spirit but requires the
> > >soul as a latch point. Fair enough. That settled lets go back to
> > >what started us down this path...
> > >
> > >Anyone remember what that was?
> > >
> > >						-Steve
> > >
> > >> "The living target of this spell must have a soul and be touching
> > >> a stone with a weight of at least 10 pounds.  If he fails his RC the
> > >> essence of his being is drawn into the stone, leaving his body
> > >> as a living empty husk."
> > >>