[Mirikon]

Now I have the urge to write up an adventure or something featuring a Dragon Wasp Shaman.

[Mason]

I know they are bad but why?

They aren't bad! They are happy wonderful fun times that eat your face and infest your children! Nothing wrong with that! All-American, even!

[CanRay]

They aren't bad! They are happy wonderful fun times that eat your face and infest your children! Nothing wrong with that! All-American, even!

As American as Wall Street!

[beowulf_of_wa]

as american as william shatner and tricia helfer!!

[Marak1972]

They aren't bad! They are happy wonderful fun times that eat your face and infest your children! Nothing wrong with that! All-American, even!

As American as Wall Street!

And apple pie

[CanRay]

They aren't bad! They are happy wonderful fun times that eat your face and infest your children! Nothing wrong with that! All-American, even!

As American as Wall Street!

And apple pie

Apple Pie™, please.  We don't want to get sued!

[CitizenJoe]

as american as william shatner and tricia helfer!!

[anti-joke chicken]Aren't they Canadian?[/anti-joke chicken]

[devil's advocate]
Note that the rumors talk about Ares doing hybrid experiments with insect spirits not actual bonding/possession.  That could mean something along the lines of grafting harvested tissue or pheromone glands.  A cyber spur made from a mantis chitin claw may actually work very well against all spirits, not just other bugs.  Likewise, bugs can recognize their own, so if you harvest that sensory organ, you can use it to detect hidden bugs.
[/devil's advocate]

[Cailieg]

I see where it could be construed that way.

Rumors are just that, rumors. I have seen "He is playing with insect spirits" "He is playing with hybrids" and "he may be doing more with the bugs than he let on" among others Leaves a lot of nebulous room.

I see him using Queen Derived pheromones implanted in female trained agents to control a hive minded type of spirit, then using prisoners who would be internally nixed under Corp law as "subjects" for said "soldierization".

But that is just me.


Alexis
*smiles*

[JustADude]

A cyber spur made from a mantis chitin claw may actually work very well against all spirits, not just other bugs.

So "Instant Weapon Focus, just add Karma", essentially?

[Morg]

The reason you should run from Insect sprits, imagine this at 20 times its size

[JustADude]

That beetle is strong enough that an average-size person could stand on one and it wouldn't squish. They weigh about 100g-120g and can carry 850 times their own body weight.

[Marak1972]

The reason you should run from Insect sprits, imagine this at 20 times its size

NO NO NO !!!

[Bruce]

I remember that the first introduction of the Insect Spirits (The Universal Brotherhood) creeped out my players in a way no other game ever had, with the exception of Call of Cthulhu(tm).

Spider shamans might not be your friends; but if you can assist them against a hive, they might be willing to help.  (Spiders are not insects, although they're not always friendly in the mythology.)

And it makes for a better story for Ares to think they can control their experimentation, and even have some successes against the bugs...right before it all falls apart.

[Morg]

Spider shamans might not be your friends; but if you can assist them against a hive, they might be willing to help.  (Spiders are not insects, although they're not always friendly in the mythology.)

in place of the spider I give you an Ant-lion. Go ahead hit it with your combat axe, remember they like nice big pit traps

[Patrick Goodman]

You guys can quit posting pictures of bugs any time now. Really.