Well, someone had to... And it's a break from reading the Tricky Situations thread :-)
> So here are questions:
> Is this really the intent of the rule?
I didn't write the rule in question, but yes, that's the intent. The bundle acts as the "SuperFetish" for the Practice group. Losing the Bundle is similar to losing a fetish or charm - you can't contact the spirit(s).
> Can you contact majestic spirits without a medicine bundle, if you were
> never part of a practice group?
Yes. That's how you get a medicine bundle in the first place - a shaman (usually; a practitioner doesn't really have the right abilities to visit a MS) makes some sort of agreement with the MS and creates the bundle. The bundle "ties" part of the MS to the Mortal world and acts as a conduit to the MS (to keep the "Relationship with MS" going).
> What happens if you leave your practice group in the sense of abandoning
> membership, without leaving the practice?
Assuming you go to another practice group for the same practice, you'd simply add a new "Relationship to intercessor" ability to reflect the new Shaman/head practitioner (what happens to your old "Relationship to intercessor" depends on the story...). You'd have access to a different medicine bundle.
If there are no practice groups around to join, you're going to have to contact the MS and create your own Bundle. Lotsa luck.
> Can your practice group eject you in the sense of disrupting your
> relationship with the majestic spirit?
They can eject you and cut off access to *their* medicine bundle. They can send spirits/sendings after you (as if you left the practice, page 141). They can slander your name to other practice groups/shamans so they won't let you join. They *can't* cut you off from the MS (without a *great* deal of effort, I'm sure).
> What happens if you are just off on an adventure, and intend to come back
> some day?
> Does physical distance from the medicine bundle matter if it is not for a
> landscape spirit?
I think it does, but a Shaman should be able to make a "minibundle" for you to take along so that you can still use you Spirits' abilities.
> How does one create a medicine bundle for a majestic spirit? Can an
> individual do it? Can a non-shaman do it?
Yes and yes, but shamans have better abilities to do it (Spirit World Travel gets you to where the MS is so you can start a relationship with it. Shamanic Escape gets you *out* if things go badly). You cna't normally Open Spirit World to the MS's domain and talk directly to the MS.
> I'd assume that a landscape spirit medicine bundle looks pretty much like
> an embodied spirit when you have your spirit face on. What does it look
> like in the spirit world?
Each spirit is an individual. it might be a bunny, a bear, a rock face, or pink bubbles. A Bundle wioould look like all the spirits in it - possibly crammed together. Let your imagination run wild. (you'd probably want to go more with "natural things" rather than demonic images for spirits).
Hope this helps...
RR
He was born with the gift of laughter and the sense that the world was mad
R. Sabatini, Scaramouche
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