Re: [DL] Keepin' the posse honest (spoiler)

["Nick Zachariasen" <zacharin@pluto.dsu.edu>]

> spoilers
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De: Munch Wolf [mailto:munchwolf@yahoo.com]
> Date: mardi 27 mars 2001 01:41
> A: deadlands@gamerz.net
> Objet: RE: [DL] Keepin' the posse honest  (spoiler)
>
> >
> > The way I see it, if its brain is damaged or
> > destroyed, the
> > harrowed/undead
> > is down for good. Isn't that stated in the main book
> > or book o' the
> > dead ?
>
> Yes, that particular abomination is gone and its soul
> goes back to the hunting grounds (BotD pg 102), but
> there is nothing saying ANOTHER manitou can't revive
> the body as an abomination.  Note this wouldn't be
> common, timely, and would probably involve outside
> assistance (voodooist re-raising a partially complete
> body), but it is possible.  The only thing that would
> completely stop the reuse of a body would be the
> blessed 'Final Rites'.

Actually, it's "Last Rites".

> Finally, Patchwork Science (RVC2, pg 82), "Meister
> figured out that by putting a portion of a single
> brain in each of the attached parts, reanimation was
> possible.  What she didn't know was that she was
> creating a type of walkin' dead that has brains
> everywhere in its body - not just the head!"
> Pieces of brain in all parts of the body ... and note,
> to kill the creature all body locations must be
> maimed.

I think this is because the manitou is actually a Legion, which is several
small manitous who act as one, albeit a highly discordant one.

Nick Zachariasen
Editor Emeritus
Trojan Times