12-21-2017, 03:08 AM | #1 |
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Second soul that can take over in some situations
Hello everyone!
So I've wondered how the hell I should stat the following situation: Civvie character is host for a second soul that can take over his body. The second sould has his best interests in mind, but doesn't share the 1st character's inhibitions when it comes to killing. And then, the having two souls thing make the composite character more resilient to mind control as one would need to mind control both souls to effectively MC the character, as if one could is under MC it fights against it and can't control the body. So if the second soul is MC'ed, the character gets his inhibitions against killing back but can at least run or patch allies up with the First Aid skill or whatever. |
12-21-2017, 04:14 AM | #2 |
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Re: Second soul that can take over in some situations
Switchable Compartimented mind, with 'no kill' as a temporary disad limitation , and iirc there is a limitation, only to fight/resist mind control ?
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12-21-2017, 06:05 AM | #3 |
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Re: Second soul that can take over in some situations
Oh, this is certainly alternate form. I don' remember where its been done, but it does appear in an official work, probably a pyramid. The alternate form doesn't actually change the physical traits, only the mental ones.
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12-21-2017, 06:48 AM | #4 |
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Re: Second soul that can take over in some situations
I would suggest looking at Spirit Vessels in Thaumatology (pp. 211-214). They are just another type of Altered Form, though they are mental transformations rather than physical transformations, though they do give physical traits. They are expensive, but they are powerful.
What you are suggesting would probably require Altered Form with Reflexive and Reduced Time 2. The Altered Form would have Compartmentalized Mind (Resistance to Mind Control Only, -80%). The only question would be what else would the spirit possess? I would suggest a warrior spirit that grants +2 ST, +2 DX, and +2 HT. I would also give the spirit 80 points of advantages, disadvantages, skills, and techniques related to combat. It would probably be a 160 point template. |
12-21-2017, 07:11 AM | #5 |
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Re: Second soul that can take over in some situations
Does the second soul change any of the character's traits besides mental disadvantages? If not, I'd say this is Compartmentalized Mind (Mental Separation Only; Temporary Disadvantage, Split Personality).
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12-21-2017, 07:28 AM | #6 |
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Re: Second soul that can take over in some situations
Full build :
Compartmentalized Mind [28] Temporary disadvantage : Pacifism, cannot kill -15% Mental separation only, -80% Reflexive, +40% Switchable, +10% Remove Reflexive to drop the price to [10], but you need a ready action to switch it on/off in case of attack. |
12-21-2017, 07:33 AM | #7 | |
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12-21-2017, 09:15 AM | #8 |
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Re: Second soul that can take over in some situations
If so, I think the differences should be reflected in power modifiers rather than more explicit limitations.
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12-21-2017, 09:24 AM | #9 |
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Re: Second soul that can take over in some situations
Such as an Avada Kedavra ... If the setting have such, it may make sense to have a further power modifier limitation on the ability.
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12-21-2017, 09:27 AM | #10 | |
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