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Suzette wrote:Sorry if this was asked before and I missed it. Did look but am only human... lol.

If a killer's body is cremated how to they come back?

Batman wrote:Or maybe something like the reformation scenes in Hellraiser, That would be awesome.

Liam Goodryke wrote:

Suzette wrote:Sorry if this was asked before and I missed it. Did look but am only human... lol.

If a killer's body is cremated how to they come back?

I asked David a similar question due to Mircea and Chad Worthington III both dying 200 years ago and both being Killers. I believe his response was something along the lines of when the "spirit" of a Killer leaves the Shadow Realm, their essence forces the decayed or destroyed body to reform itself, opposed to other paths whose body is formed "of" the spirit, or at least that is how I remember it being explained.

Hope that answers your question.

Mooncalf wrote:

1.) What if a Killer's body is utterly destroyed? If Digo finds himself on the wrong side of a flamethrower, or someone decapitates him after death, or mails his arms and legs to the four corners of the world... in what condition does he return?

Paths are not quite as different from one another as some might assume. In essence, a killer is still a spirit made flesh, same as a shadow is. As such, a killer whose body is utterly destroyed would find it more difficault to return to life (and the process might take longer, roleplay-wise), but failing the ability to re-possess their own bodies, a killer would return to life in the same way a necromancer does (being the path's neighbor).

"Their rebirth is similar in this way; they return as little more than husks, and gradually build back to their full human visage."

Good question though. Made me think for a while.

2.) What if a Killer's body is removed from Harper Rock? Does the Killer reawaken in, say, France... or do they create a new body? Can they even find their way back into the mortal coil?

I'll leave that up to writer's choice. I would imagine it would take longer to re-possess a body that is physically a long way away, but it would be possible once the spirit had returned to the real world, as it was possible for the wraith guides to move to harper rock. But you could roleplay the alternative method of returning to life if you prefer.

3.) Does a Killer's body decay while uninhabited by a spirit?

Yes, but more slowly than normal, which could give a human a certain amount of pause, but wouldn't immediately violate the vampiric secret.

Enver wrote:Due to the new bound tome going around and some characters being bound, would a telepath be able to sense a difference or some connection between two characters that are bound, of it it's like....hey, don't ask, you don't know, is it legit?

Also, it's in read memories, I believe. So then telepath's can find out that way, right?

>.>

Mooncalf wrote:
- Your companion's name will show up on both of your character sheets. This cannot be hidden, and can be treated as IC knowledge as long as viewer knows who the companion actually is.