RE: [DL] Skitzos and Manitou? (was: Re: [HOE] harrowed and spiritfetter)

[Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>]

> Hahahahaha!  If it were part of a mysterious past, the player wouldn't know
> about the presence of the Manitou.  If the player knew about the multiple
> personalities (heck, the player'd kinda have to know to help with the fun of
> that part), then each personality would have some blank spots in their
> memory when someone else was "in charge."  The best part would be that the
> whole collective would not be aware that some of the blank spots are shared
> by all the player's personalities (when the demon was in control).  Many
> multiple personality sufferers know that they are sharing their head-space.
> So the character would be expecting to not be the same person all the time.
> They'd never suspect the extra passenger!  Geesh, this idea just tickles the
> evil Marshal in me!

One thing I would do is make all the "other" personalities NPC's (well,
maybe MOST). That way the PC really wouldn't be able to figure out
(easily) which one is the manitou. Of course the manitou has full
knowledge of all the personalities so he can always masquerade as any one
of them...

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