I am intending in a future version of FAangband to have Maiar (very different to the current player race) and spirits as playable races. How will this work? Let's ask them:
N: Give us a little background about your origins.
M: I am a "lesser god", one of the creations of Eru Iluvatar's thought from before Middle-Earth was made. I have chosen to be bound to Arda (the world), but am free to choose what shape I take.
S: I am the spirit of one of the Children of Iluvatar (elves, humans). My body has been destroyed. Although summoned to the Halls of Mandos, I have chosen to ignore the summons and stay in Middle-Earth.
N: What is your physical form?
M: Any basic form from among the creatures of Middle-Earth. The stronger I become, the stronger the forms I choose will become.
S: I have no physical form. I can, however, inhabit the form of another creature. The weaker they are, the easier it is for me to take control of their body.
N: Do you grow stronger over the course of your life?
M: Yes, I do.
S: No, I am as I am. I can only have the appearance of being stronger by possessing ever stronger creatures.
N: Can you die?
M: It is not known. Some say that the "death" of our body merely stuns and dispossesses us; some say that we are also weakened; and some say that we die indeed and leave the circles of the world.
S: No, I am already "dead". If the body I inhabit is destroyed, then I revert to spirit form, and must start again by possessing weaklings.
Well, I don't know how many questions that answered. The plan is to introduce Posband-like monster races, with Maiar shapechanging into them and spirits possessing them. Whether monster races will be playable as such is another question.
Thoughts, opinions, abuse etc welcome.
N: Give us a little background about your origins.
M: I am a "lesser god", one of the creations of Eru Iluvatar's thought from before Middle-Earth was made. I have chosen to be bound to Arda (the world), but am free to choose what shape I take.
S: I am the spirit of one of the Children of Iluvatar (elves, humans). My body has been destroyed. Although summoned to the Halls of Mandos, I have chosen to ignore the summons and stay in Middle-Earth.
N: What is your physical form?
M: Any basic form from among the creatures of Middle-Earth. The stronger I become, the stronger the forms I choose will become.
S: I have no physical form. I can, however, inhabit the form of another creature. The weaker they are, the easier it is for me to take control of their body.
N: Do you grow stronger over the course of your life?
M: Yes, I do.
S: No, I am as I am. I can only have the appearance of being stronger by possessing ever stronger creatures.
N: Can you die?
M: It is not known. Some say that the "death" of our body merely stuns and dispossesses us; some say that we are also weakened; and some say that we die indeed and leave the circles of the world.
S: No, I am already "dead". If the body I inhabit is destroyed, then I revert to spirit form, and must start again by possessing weaklings.
Well, I don't know how many questions that answered. The plan is to introduce Posband-like monster races, with Maiar shapechanging into them and spirits possessing them. Whether monster races will be playable as such is another question.
Thoughts, opinions, abuse etc welcome.
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