Editing Questions/Question 16

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|QuestionFaqPage=FAQ/Main FAQ
|Topics=Natural souls,Homeworld powers, Reward system
|Link=https://alogos.dreamwidth.org/1341.html?thread=23357#cmt23357
|AskedBy=demandsatisfaction
|DateAsked=2025-03-02
|QuestionText=Since my character's familiar is a bird, would it be possible to smush their soul into the augmenter as a second natural soul, with a purchase from the treats page? I'm ok with the character arriving without access to her magic, as long as I have some option to unlock it later.<br><br>The amulet possibility seems fine also, but I think forcing them into the same body would be fun.
|DateAnswered=2025-03-02
|AnswerText=Thanks for waiting while we did some more brainstorming!<br><br>The treats page has a very distinct flavor of sampling from the world itself, alas. Things that are from 'home' are often replicas of them. Thus, if the goal is to try to bodyshare with their familiar...<br><br>Option one is going the amulet route, for the long haul option of first depriving your character of their magic and then granting it through questionable, experimental means. You character's familiar could be distilled into an amulet, rendered into just their magic... and your character won't get it back, which means that Patho-Gen wants to keep it. There will be opportunities to (oocly) volunteer characters for Situations involving Patho-Gen and their hunger for Science And Terrors, at which point they could mash the two together. This would at least provide a way to share a soul space, if you wished! (This also would not take any points to do, as it wouldn't be the same as a Natural Soul, nor would it behave like one.)<br><br>Option two: your character can arrive with their avian familiar pre-smushed into the augmenter, no redeems required! Consider it that Patho-Gen snagged more than they bargained for. The Natural Soul you select will be what dictates all of your character's features, however: the familiar will not dictate any of their traits, and will only be along for the ride (while granting your character their powers). Natural Souls are a bit more than they seem on the surface (<img src="https://emos.plurk.com/ae614ee6e6d6035afb3ad867b80774e3_w24_h21.png" class="imageshrink-actualsize">), which is why their traits manifest so starkly while another world's animal soul wouldn't have the same impact. (Of course, you could go the Aves route and have there be an Aves-type soul in there, the additional familiar soul, and then your character's soul, then see Bird Traits manifest. Three's a crowd...) These both have similar outcomes: the former has more suffering involved, and the latter is straightforward.
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