From my experience, Free Spirits are used by GMs to introduce challenges. Now today, I came across an interesting passage in Digital Grimoire:
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Though all the rare and elusive entities known as free spirits
are ultimately alien and mysterious, their interests and agendas are
mostly benign (or at least not malevolent).
are ultimately alien and mysterious, their interests and agendas are
mostly benign (or at least not malevolent).
Of course we do know, that a spirit's agenda can be as inscrutable as we can come up with, but apperantly they're mostly not with evil intent.
Another interesting fact, that I haven't experienced on any table yet, is the fact, that the Free Spirit types described in SM pp 92-93 interact with metahumanity a lot and often live among us secretly and disguised.
What I'd like to know from you guys, whether you came up with Free Spirit NPCs, that follow an agenda, whatever it might be (friendly, evil, incomprehensible, funny, etc). I'd also like to know, if you invented it yourself, or based on a book spirit.
Maybe you have an intersting or funny idea not yet used?