Editing Hangmaiden (section)

==Use by Practitioners==
A Hangmaiden and its variants are the type of other to prey on practitioners.<ref>[[Gone Ahead 7.x]]</ref> As [[Familiar]]s, they bring with them their natural ability with [[Sympathetic magic]], both potentially deployed on the Practitioner's behalf and usually bleeding over to the Practitioner. This makes them useful partners either for a Sympath who wishes to enhance their Practice, or someone clueless in the sympathetic arts who wishes to cover a weakness.<ref name=":6">As familiars, Hangmaidens act much as they normally would - they still need and want to feed, with months or years of languishing or idling, but the interim periods are spent in the practitioner’s company.  They are often flirtatious on the exterior and cold behind that surface.  They may have expectations of being given help when feeding, with the practitioner playing a role or selecting prey from the practitioner’s inner circle, and they may have expectations of a say in their master’s big choices.  A Hangmaiden familiar grants a passive knowledge of connections and interconnected relationships, as well as some limited combat ability in the above mentioned ‘leaf in the wind’ sense.<br><br>Hangmaidens are associated with sympathetic magic, with sympathetic mages having the resources to effectively counteract and undo a Hangmaiden’s work.  However, given their nature, a Hangmaiden is often an excellent choice as a summon or familiar (or as an Other a practitioner or family may go to to bargain for help on a task) if one focuses on something other than Sympathetic magic.  As a summon, they can sniff out connections and provide knowledge as a Sympathetic practitioner might.  As a familiar, they provide some limited ability as a sympathetic mage to their master. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/13PQED3MXbPT1aM_zDpBAcNU3tyDME18tgieUlyzlW4M Bestiary: Hangmaidens]</ref>