Nick replies:
> > Being a cat lover I got to thinking about those Orlanthi shadow
> > cats. When you place an allied spirit into an animal what happens
> > to that animal's spirit? Is it completely replaced? Is it still
> > there but suppressed by the new spirit?
>
> In RQ3, the "allied spirit" is the Awakened spirit of the Shadow Cat.
> Your god miraculously awakens the intellect of the animal, such that
> it now has a non-fixed INT of 3D6 (or its own previous INT, whichever
> is the greater). POW remains unchanged. It's still your cat's spirit,
> only more so. See "Gods of Glorantha" for the straight dope on this.
> No extra spirit is involved.
Since many Gods can do this trick, it seem strange that Waha is the only
one who offers it as a spell (Fix/Release Int)... Of course, from a player's
perspective, I'm damn glad: it would be nasty if it were a Common spell!
Robert