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Old 10-18-2018, 04:56 PM   #1
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Default A more severe version of Fragile (Unnatural)

I originally asked this in the "Fragile as limitation" thread, but the thread went to other places.
If I'm reading the description of Fragile (Unnatural) correctly, it kills you once you fall to -1xHP; effectively, you automatically fail death checks. However, unless I'm misreading the 3e version (Unliving), worth the same, was a bit more severe: you die as soon as you go into negative hp. How much more should that version be worth?
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Old 10-18-2018, 05:07 PM   #2
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Default Re: A more severe version of Fragile (Unnatural)

As Bruno mentioned in the original Fragile thread, dying at 0 HP is basically "Double Unnatural", and Kromm confirmed its official existence in Magic: Death Spells, which prices it at -100 points, comparable to the highest level of Terminally Ill.
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Old 10-18-2018, 06:42 PM   #3
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Thanks! I'll check out that supplement.
Edit: hmm, the supplement doesn't give an official name for the variant, and "double unnatural" sounds kind of silly. What'd be a good name for it?

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Old 10-18-2018, 06:46 PM   #4
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Fragile (Dies at 0)?
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Old 10-18-2018, 06:48 PM   #5
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Default Re: A more severe version of Fragile (Unnatural)

Descriptive certainly, if a bit plain.
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Old 10-18-2018, 06:50 PM   #6
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What'd be a good name for it?
How about "Totally Unnatural"?
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Old 10-18-2018, 07:43 PM   #7
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As Bruno mentioned in the original Fragile thread, dying at 0 HP is basically "Double Unnatural", and Kromm confirmed its official existence in Magic: Death Spells, which prices it at -100 points, comparable to the highest level of Terminally Ill.
Really Quite Unnatural [-100]
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Old 10-18-2018, 08:22 PM   #8
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hmm, the supplement doesn't give an official name for the variant, and "double unnatural" sounds kind of silly.
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Old 10-18-2018, 09:44 PM   #9
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Super(un)Natural?

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Fragile (Flimsy) perhaps?

Fragile (Rickety). Fragile (Jenga). Fragile (Mook). Fragile (Glass Cannon). Fragile (Catastrophic Skeletal Failure). Fragile (Safety Glass). Fragile (Fracture Propogation).

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Old 10-18-2018, 11:29 PM   #10
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Fragile (Rickety). Fragile (Jenga). Fragile (Mook). Fragile (Glass Cannon). Fragile (Catastrophic Skeletal Failure). Fragile (Safety Glass). Fragile (Fracture Propogation).
Fragile (Precious Ming Vase on Wobbly Pedestal) ?

For a serious name, I can't come up anything besides "Unnatural + Intensifier", like Fragile (Unnatural, Enhanced). Boring...

Maybe Unnatural (Precarious)? Meh...
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