06-03-2009, 09:35 AM | #1 |
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Cops, SWAT, and Hellhounds in the Technomancer world
Someone recently asked me a question about the Technomancer world that left me stuck: in Merlin-1, you've got your regular cops. You've got SWAT (Special Wizardry and Tactics) who deal with the crimes SWAT does in our world as well as things like prowling undead, rampaging demons, hostage-grabbing wizards ("Listen up, pigs! Unless I get $10 million and a plane to Argentina in an hour, these ten first-graders I dominated with an Enslave spell will inject orange juice into each other's veins!"), and so forth.
Just what, then, do hellhounds do? They're supposed to be freelance 'monster hunters', but if the public can call the police for help when a demon starts eating the neighbors, why bother with a guy who's basically a bounty hunter? For that matter, how would real police get along with hellhounds, anyway? How do they deal with bounty hunters IRL? Thanks for any help. |
06-03-2009, 10:12 AM | #2 | |
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Re: Cops, SWAT, and Hellhounds in the Technomancer world
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You can ask the regular police to do these things of course but they'll use their priorites and not yours. When the demon is already (verifiably) eating the neighbors you'll get your police and they'll call SWAT. It's when you just _think_ their's a demon but there haven't been any unexplained corpses turned up yet that you need to call a hellhound.
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06-03-2009, 10:38 AM | #3 |
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Re: Cops, SWAT, and Hellhounds in the Technomancer world
Okay, thanks. That is a helpful answer.
Hmm, maybe I should find a book that describes just how one does 'bounty hunting'. Paladin Press probably has at least one on the topic. |
06-03-2009, 10:52 AM | #4 |
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Re: Cops, SWAT, and Hellhounds in the Technomancer world
Hmm, another hellhound-related question: does it seem possible that a hellhound could have a partner who's a 'supernatural'? I.e., a holo-ghost, 'tame' demon, or low-level spirit of some sort?
I see them as having some for contacts, easily (probably done as either Street or Supernatural Contacts) but actual allies might be hard unless their 'partner' can hide their real form from public view. |
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