> With Fix/Release INT the target keeps the same INT, whereas with Allied
> Spirits it is supposedly a separate spirit that comes in and takes over
> the animal. Thus the two are quite separate effects. In one the creature
> itself is transformed, while in the other a spirit is effectively
summoned
> and bound into it.
This may be an RQ2/RQ3 problem - I don't keep track of who plays by which rules. In the GoG Cults Book p.20, the most recent word on allied spirits, it says:
: Allied spirits are specially awakened animals or spirits sent by the
deity
: to inhabit objects sacred to the cult. An awakened animal gains a
non-fixed
: INT of either 3D6 or its former INT, whichever is greater. Its POW
remains
: unchanged. A spirit sent to inhabit a sacred object normally has an INT
of
: 2D6+6 and a POW or 3D6.
Now, to me that looks like two quite separate effects: Awakened Animal Allied Spirits (in which the creature itself is transformed), and Object-Inhabiting Allied Spirits (in which a spirit is effectively summoned and bound into a sacred object). As the Waha-Khan's allied spirit is his riding animal, this would be the first type: not simply an INT-Released version of his former mount (a third effect: with Release Intelligence, the target's INT is transformed into normal INT, with the actual quantity of the stat not changing).
So I'll stick by my guns on this: many cults have access to a power which is (used on their sacred animals) similar to -- and, indeed, more effective than -- the Waha cult rune spell of Release Intelligence. I'll make no claim for Fix INT, nor am I saying this is how the Brainy Bunnies do their thing (as I prefer Sandy's version anyways, without the tedium of spell mechanics or cult membership). But I'm glad to have the chance to clear up this misunderstanding about Allied Spirits.
(BTW, in a discussion about bunnies, let's not talk about "splitting hairs" - -- too easily misheard, with horrendously disgusting implications).
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