RE: [HOE]FETTERS(NO GMS NAMED DEDALANDER)

["Clint Black" <cblack@ohtinc.com>]

>Then maybe I don't understand the whole debate taking place above.  As
>I recall - and it's been A WHILE since I read the Cyborg book, so I may
>be WAAAAY off - the unfettered merit just lets the Manitou give the
>borg "normal" harrowed powers like Ghost, or Unholy Reflexes, or what
>have you and try for dominion again.  It doesn't give the little guy an
>out.


Yep, it sure does.  Here's what I originally wrote on this subject with the
Cyborg book in my hands.


>Look under the Hindrance, Unfettered.  First of all, the
>manitou isn't trapped in the fetter; the fetter keeps it
>trapped in the deader's brain.  It's like a plug between the
>manitou and the hunting grounds, siphoning off energy to
>power the cyborg systems.  Take the plug away, and the
>manitou takes off, leaving one dead hombre.
>
>Which is exactly what it says under Unfettered; if you have
>enough levels to reduce the manitou's Spirit below a d4 for
>powering cyborg systems then it has broken free of the
>fetter, leaving a corpse to be buried by your buddies.


Of course, any Marshall can have a house rule on how fetters work, but
barring that, if the manitou becomes unfettered, you die.  And, yes, this is
different from how "normal" Harrowed work.  The only explanation is that the
fetter changes that "bond" between the manitou and its host.

Like I said, a Marshall can rule it however he or she wants, but I think
unless it's been addressed, a player should assume the rules in the books
stand as they are.



Clint Black

"You smell that? Do you smell that? ...Ghost Rock, son. Nothing else in the
world smells like that. I love the smell of ghost rock in the morning. You
know, one time we had a hill bombed, for twelve hours. When it was all over
I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' Yank body. The
smell, you know that sulphurous smell, the whole hill. Smelled like...
victory. Someday this war's gonna end..."