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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 18:37:39 -0500

Reply-To: jessh@white-wolf.com

Sender: "Discussion of White Wolf's World of Darkness"

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From: Jess Heinig <jessh@white-wolf.com>

Organization: White Wolf

Subject: Re: Avatar question

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Victor Miralles wrote:

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> The question is: how does this merit, the lesser Avatar tied to our

> Avatar, affect to the mage? Does it improve its Arete and Spheres? Or it

> depends on the mage??

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The "Avatar companion" merit indicates that some "soul" is linked to

yours; whenever you have a new "life," someone else with that linked

Avatar gets tangled up in it.

Think of the various companions in Moorcock's writing - Elric is the

Eternal Champion, and even when Elric dies the Eternal Champion role

will be filled by someone else. However, there is also an Eternal

Companion (or sidekick, if you will) who comes along for the ride, often

with memories of what has gone before.

Here's an example. Say you are playing an Order of Hermes mage with a

decent Avatar and the Avatar Companion Merit. You have a consor (an

aide/henchman) who helps you out, maybe doesn't do magick but is good at

sneaky stuff and things that you don't do. Your "Avatar Companion" was

with you in your past lives, too - if someone uses Time to look back

into the past and watch one of your previous lives, your Avatar

Companion has a form there too. More importantly, though, your Avatar

Companion *remembers* big chunks of these past lives! So your Companion

may tell you "Oh yeah, that's the vampire that you (in a past life)

burned badly back in 1500 in England" while you yourself (not having

memories of your past lives) are stuck wondering why that bloodsucker is

so angry.

Best,

Jess Heinig

Y eso es todo. Que cada uno saque sus propias conclusiones.