reminds me of the introduction to Fall of the House of Malan at C2K. "There is rumoured to be a Shamen about, but no one knows what he looks like..." <everyone turns around to stare at the tall, masked figure sporting a magnificent set of antlers standing at the back of the room with the "Outsiders">
[Spirit Combat]
>
> I'm not at all sure a Theist should, or even could, be taught this
> skill, it's one of the defining bases of Animistic culture. Not
that
> heroes can't learn, but the common motley shouldn't WANT to.
>
That sounds fairly true to me, too (particularly the bit about not wanting too) - maybe for theists it is improved at a penalty (like misapplied worship? he says forgetting exactly what those rules are right now). Since Kolating must know Spirit Combat, however, I guess it must be possible for an Orlanthi to find someone to teach them (persuading them to do so is a whole other ball game mind you...)
> > ...Hmm, Spirit Trapping Crystal.
> > This Crystal must be attuned. It has it's own "Spirit Combat"
> rating
>
> I was thinking more of a much simpler idea, just a crystal you must
> put a spirit into (using your own abilities), which will 'hang on'
to
> the spirit, trapping it again after use. The crystal's rating is
used
> to RETAIN the spirit, but it doesn't trap it itself, and doesn't
help
> the Spirit Talker/Shaman do so.
That would work too, (and might be more common - maybe my version deteriorates into yours if it gets beaten too many times). I was looking for a way to allow the non-spirit-combat using theist a chance of capturing a spirit without recourse to a shamen. (I'm not sure it's a good idea, but since the GM will set the power of the crystal, and it's availability in the first place, and given the crystal can only hold one spirit (which I don't think I actually said, but I thought it (damn the PC isn't telepathic)) it shouldn't be too abusive).
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