Re: Again with undead questions

From: Jeff Richard <richaje_at_Sls66_AYPKv30SDWKfnwP_3imTkD32Gh8rk4hW1H_uGqvLP8QTTmoO5Mre3OwV3iB_md>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:53:18 -0000


> >and say that they are mortal women who undergo a ritual
> >transformation upon attaining
> >rune level, rather as Draugr do (in the cult of Urain), or as
> >vampires once did (in the old
> >Cults of Terror version of Vivamort).
>
> Presenting the Draugr as a vivamortesque cult seems off to me as the
> act of becoming
> a Draugr IMO is a combination of having a bad spiritual flaw (the
> mark of Urain so to
> speak) and suffering an unclean death.

The cult of Urain writeup you are referring to is not only unofficial but factually incorrect("draugr" is just a generic term for undead. I like it but we are unlikely to use it because there are perfectly good English words that connote the same thing, like "wight").

Jeff            

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