Uncontrollable Appetite

Base cost: -15 points; can be resisted
Uncontrollable Appetite is a supernatural mental Disadvantage where you consume something that you must obtain from other sapient beings through force or guile, and you have difficulty controlling your appetites.
==Bloodthirst==
Bloodthirst is a depreciated Classic disadvantage that was replaced by Uncontrollable Appetite (Blood) (12)
==Wendigo application==
H72's Wendigo has an Affliction which imparts Uncontrollable Appetite for Human Flesh.
Interestingly it can only target a possessed human. This raises the question as to why: when Possession has succeeded, the Wendigo spirit already controls the human, so why does it need to give the human a mental disadvantage?
If "the appetite can linger if the Wendigo is exorcised" comes to mind: not in this case, since Ends if possession ends is the Terminal Condition for the Permanent duration here, it's inextricably tied to Possession (advantage)
The purpose of instilling an appetite for human flesh appears to aid in fulfilling the requirement for using Alternate Form, which has Cannibalism as a trigger.
==Wendigo steering==
One possible explanation for this might be if Wendigo are able to cede control of their possessed body to the dormant mind without actually ending the use of Possession: this way they are able to influence the choices of the original mind while otherwise taking a "back seat".
This also makes sense for the GURPS Fantasy version of the monster, which can only use Mind Control on a Possessed subject.
==References==
*Basic Set p 159
*GURPS Update
Category:Disadvantages
Category:Supernatural Traits
Category:Mental Traits
Category:Replaced Traits