Subject: Thanks for clearing that up! (nm)
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Posted on: 2018-10-28 22:05:00 UTC
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Could you exorcise Sues or Replacements? by
on 2018-10-28 18:18:00 UTC
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“Out, uncanon abilities and-slash-or powers!”
But seriously. Could you a dictionary to exorcise “illiterate influence”? And if you exorcised the uncanon abilities, then it would be much easier to kill the Sue, or you could recruit them. -
The short answer is no... by
on 2018-10-28 20:16:00 UTC
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But on the other hand, that's sort of what the Reality Room does. Drop a Suvian in there, and everything that doesn't make sense no longer functions. This may have the side-effect that the subject can no longer survive, which is why it's been used as an assassination method a couple of times. That works by isolating the Suvian from the Word Worlds so that their ability to manipulate narrative-based reality is denied. I don't know if there's a way to make that portable.
I think the reason a typical exorcism wouldn't work on a Suvian or character replacement is that, if you're going to drive out an evil influence, there has to be an influence-ee left behind that's worth saving. The whole conceit behind Suvians needing to be assassinated is that there's nothing salvageable about them. Suvians aren't under an evil influence; they ARE the evil influence. Charge lists exist to determine that this is the case, and that they're not just a mediocre character that could be improved with a bit of work.
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Thanks for clearing that up! (nm) by
on 2018-10-28 22:05:00 UTC
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