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03-02-2017, 01:50 PM | #42 |
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The Guardians would, of course, have additional rules exempting them, much like the secret police in typical dictatorships are allowed kill and torture people. I didn't think we were solely talking about one single society, though.
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03-02-2017, 02:50 PM | #43 |
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The intent of the Guardian was to be the ruling caste in an engineered society according to the description. Presumably that society would have institutions supporting the ruling caste.
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03-03-2017, 05:19 AM | #44 | |
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Second, much of the 'should/will these things become lawyered out of existence' (i.e. whether they are a violation) depends heavily on whether they are indeed closer to "like a pleasant voice" (or like modern chocolate shower gels and pheromone perfumes, only TL9-TL10) or "like subliminal messages" (but actually working). The local forum consensus seems to assume they're like the latter, but the texts seem to be written from a more neutral PoV. In fact, THS says that an aerosol that afflicts down to -10 points of Disadvantages is still a CR4 item, which seems to imply that they aren't considered all that bad. |
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03-03-2017, 09:50 AM | #46 |
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I also doubt that the Bioweapons Directorate cared much about moral panics, or morals, or panics, except as they could be weaponized, when they designed the Guardian.
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03-03-2017, 11:11 AM | #48 | |
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And if we don't accept that postulate, then you run into the situation that anyone with a modicum of charisma is a powerful willbender. Which is something that I'm willing to accept, but in that case the ship of will-bending has already sailed. |
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03-03-2017, 11:58 AM | #49 |
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The talker has actual skills (fast talk, diplomacy, etc). If you delete the concept of a reaction roll (there are only reaction skills) charisma becomes less silly.
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He's socially skilled, but I mean it when I say that he doesn't have to say or do anything for people to be drawn to him. Unless you want to posit a Sitting skill, he couldn't have been benefiting from anything but a base reaction roll.
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