[UA] New Ritual : The Spider Curse

[Bastien Pilon]

On 6/20/06, Scott Dorward <scott at microwavesushi.com> wrote:
> It reminds me ever so slightly (well, in the use of spiders) of a ritual I
> put in an Over the Edge game, that could well fit into UA.  It had been
> carried out by a middle-aged woman, who was a former CIA operative turned
> freelancer, now working in Al Amarja.  Back in her Company days, she'd
> heard about a ritual, while travelling in South America, that would allow
> someone to become the centre of a web of perfect spies.

*snip* the oh so good stuff.

Consider this SO nabbed. I might just write up a version of it right
after breakfast, once I get a chance to look up some african Anansi
symbolism to weave into the ritual actions.

Strangely enough, military scientists have been working on using bugs
as spies. Here's an example :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4808342.stm

Mmmm, cyborg butterflies...

> Unnatural check. What about Helplessness-3 or
> Isolation-2 when everyone tales two steps back form
> the cursed? Like emergency services.

Eh, whatever floats your boat. I wasn't all that sure what additional
stresses to inflict besides the big U.

-- 
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the
forces of evil...prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom,
no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat
leaden death, demon...

Terry Pratchett