<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=283008.msg13973494#msg13973494">Quote from: Kunoichi on 05-03-2018, 07:51:25</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">On a slight side note, this particular ability from the Manitou loumara is something I feel I could use some help figuring out.  It was printed in Dragon #359, the last printed issue of Dragon Magazine, so I get the feeling they had to pare some things down in order to make space for everything they wanted to cram into their last issue.  As a result, some of the Manitou's abilities are a bit poorly-defined.<br/><br/>For example, I believe that the Manitou's multi-target possession ability works a bit differently from most possession abilities in that the Manitou doesn't actually need to remain inside any creature it's possessing.  But what if a Manitou is possessing multiple creatures and tries to act as a controller for all of them?  Does it suddenly get extra actions in order to allow each creature to act?  Or what if it tries to act as a transformer for all of them?  Does one Manitou suddenly become two or more?<br/><br/>Though, a Manitou not needing to remain inside a creature it's possessing doesn't mean it can't then re-enter a creature it's possessing, so perhaps it's simply that the Manitou needs to specifically be inhabiting a creature in order to control or transform it, and is otherwise stuck acting as an ally for possessed creatures?  That could be one possible way to resolve it.<br/><br/>Thoughts?<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Well looking at how the possession rules work, once in control of a creature, you maintain control for at least 1/2 HD + charisma mod +1 for each previous time she took control.<br/><br/>I could sort of see it as the Manitou actively taking control of a creature with her standard action. Once in control she could move on, leaving the gostly vine attached. The possessed creature is then sort of left 'programmed' to act with the personality of the Manitou.<br/><br/>I mean, also note that possession automatically ends when they wander off outside the 1 mile link (I'm assuming 1 mile radius from the Manitou for simplicity?)<br/><br/>Otherwise it would be an extreme lot of micro management to keep ll those possessed in check and preventing them from simple walking away ^^