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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 7750260" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>With known critters, you might want to cast a broader net, going not only back to the original lore, but also to see how other cultures or writers have handled them.</p><p></p><p>There was some modern-day vampire movie where the heroes were big into the lore. The movie wasn’t that good, but one part stood out. The heroes had captured a powerful vampire they were...I don’t remember (like I said, not the best film). Anyway, the vampire started to break from captivity, endangering the heroes. So one of them pressed the panic button...</p><p></p><p>This released the contents of dozens of huge bags of rice into the room- hundreds if not housands of pounds of rice falling everywhere. This is because the legends stated vampires had an obsession with counting rice, and could not apchase or attack someone until all of the grains had been counted. IOW, this was meant to slow the vampire down enough for the heroes to escape the room.</p><p></p><p>The heroes breathe a collective sigh of relief as they turn to run for the exit, only to hear the vampire speak (paraphrasing), “Seven billion, four hundred sixty three million, two hundred ninety nine thousand, four hundred and five grains.” before they’ve taken more than a few steps.</p><p></p><p>The legends were right when they said they had to count the grains. <em>They didn’t say how fast they could count.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>***</strong></p><p></p><p>With zombies, what if they were like some of the old legends say, and repelled or held at bay by salt, the purer the better? Other defenses beyond total body destruction (say, by immolation) were merely an inconvenience. Even parts were dangerous.</p><p></p><p>(I was reminded of THAT lore in a dream. I intended to use it in a modern horror setting, with bloody scrawls like “The shore will set you free!” as part of the hints.)</p><p></p><p>Or what if they weren’t undead, but like some of the RW stories of zombies- persons debilitated and controlled by the drug cocktails of evil priests...</p><p></p><p>Borrowing a page from <em>Serpent and the Rainbow</em>, a pharma giant researches the cocktails in search of new treatments for diseases. But here, either a spill or a deliberate release of the cocktail variant (by a terrorist, zelot, or a black ops gov’t agent, take your pick) results in a zombie outbreak. The initial outbreak is closed-ended, but if any of the survivors report feelings of euphoria or hallucinations, some black-market chemist might gin up a further variant formula for his latest & greatest street drug.</p><p></p><p>Same could be done with a malfunctioning viral VR program.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 7750260, member: 19675"] With known critters, you might want to cast a broader net, going not only back to the original lore, but also to see how other cultures or writers have handled them. There was some modern-day vampire movie where the heroes were big into the lore. The movie wasn’t that good, but one part stood out. The heroes had captured a powerful vampire they were...I don’t remember (like I said, not the best film). Anyway, the vampire started to break from captivity, endangering the heroes. So one of them pressed the panic button... This released the contents of dozens of huge bags of rice into the room- hundreds if not housands of pounds of rice falling everywhere. This is because the legends stated vampires had an obsession with counting rice, and could not apchase or attack someone until all of the grains had been counted. IOW, this was meant to slow the vampire down enough for the heroes to escape the room. The heroes breathe a collective sigh of relief as they turn to run for the exit, only to hear the vampire speak (paraphrasing), “Seven billion, four hundred sixty three million, two hundred ninety nine thousand, four hundred and five grains.” before they’ve taken more than a few steps. The legends were right when they said they had to count the grains. [I]They didn’t say how fast they could count.[/I] [B]***[/b] With zombies, what if they were like some of the old legends say, and repelled or held at bay by salt, the purer the better? Other defenses beyond total body destruction (say, by immolation) were merely an inconvenience. Even parts were dangerous. (I was reminded of THAT lore in a dream. I intended to use it in a modern horror setting, with bloody scrawls like “The shore will set you free!” as part of the hints.) Or what if they weren’t undead, but like some of the RW stories of zombies- persons debilitated and controlled by the drug cocktails of evil priests... Borrowing a page from [I]Serpent and the Rainbow[/I], a pharma giant researches the cocktails in search of new treatments for diseases. But here, either a spill or a deliberate release of the cocktail variant (by a terrorist, zelot, or a black ops gov’t agent, take your pick) results in a zombie outbreak. The initial outbreak is closed-ended, but if any of the survivors report feelings of euphoria or hallucinations, some black-market chemist might gin up a further variant formula for his latest & greatest street drug. Same could be done with a malfunctioning viral VR program. [/QUOTE]
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