Re: Ogre Is as Ogre Does

From: Philip Hibbs <101621.1264_at_CompuServe.COM>
Date: 14 Dec 96 17:46:24 EST

Nick Sez:
>If you act like an ogre, you might well "become" an ogre, though this
>wouldn't mean gaining additional stats. ... cannibals might
>risk "involuntary" Cacodemon membership, and all that ogrishness augurs.

IMO, Habitual eating of human flesh could result in transformation into an ogre, and eventually the stat gains as well, as the cannibal becomes more than human. They probably think that 'normal' humans are in fact watered down by all the crap food they eat, and that Ogre-level STR and CON should be the norm.

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