02-02-2010, 03:46 PM | #31 |
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Re: Why is Cursed so expensive?
Turin (assuming you mean Turin Turambar, from the Silmarillion) didn't really have Cursed in the GURPS sense, though. He had long periods of his life where things went quite well, and he was successful at what he was doing. And things would all go wrong... Turin's a good example of what a high-value Enemy can do to you.
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02-02-2010, 06:35 PM | #32 | |
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A bad Destiny character is going to have something in their life go horribly wrong. A Cursed character is going to have lots of things go horribly wrong on a day-to-day basis, though not necessarily to the same degree as a heavy bad destiny.
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02-02-2010, 07:48 PM | #33 | |
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02-02-2010, 08:04 PM | #34 |
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02-02-2010, 08:32 PM | #35 |
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Re: Why is Cursed so expensive?
The things that happened to Turin, and for that matter the terms of the Curse of the Noldor, both resemble Destiny more than Cursed, but they were inflicted as Afflictions. Obviously beings like Morgoth and the Valar are too powerful to be anything except NPCs and can do whatever the GM or author wants, but could a character take Affliction: Destiny as an attack form, or is that illegal and/or abusive?
That's only counting on the things he did to himself on purpose. If you add in every misfortune that just landed on his head, plus the very bad die rolls that killed Saeros and Beleg and led to the incest, it's a lot more than three. Still, it probably wasn't more than once a game session. And his bad Destiny seems to have been contagious, like the old Jinxed: his presence made Beleg slip with the sword, for example. But that's accounted for in the RAW Destiny disadvantage, where you can do things that curse your entire nation to destruction (which Turin also did). Last edited by Vaevictis Asmadi; 02-02-2010 at 08:41 PM. |
02-02-2010, 10:19 PM | #36 |
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Re: Why is Cursed so expensive?
I've apparantly planted the seed of that idea in a couple players heads. Add in some regeneration and other recovery stuff, generally with power modifiers or limitations. One potential player seems to really like the idea, too. We both like it because it lets me do some really fun evil-GM stuff ;>
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02-03-2010, 10:50 AM | #37 | |
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I had a (low powered) super hero character once whos sole power was ridiculous levels of regeneration - but they only kicked in after he died. IE, he'd resurrect at full HP a minute or two after being disintegrated, but if he cut his finger chopping vegetables it would still take a few days to heal, and if he caught the flu the only way to cure it using his superpowers would be to "commit suicide" and resurrect in full health. Arguably his pain tolerance was super-human, but not significantly more than High Pain Threshold (Cosmic: Resists Cosmic Attacks +50%) would get him - no Supernatural Durability. This was in a game with toho monsters as a regular feature. Generally the game plan was to strap dynamite (or worse) to him and try to feed him to the monster. With anything where the "feed Super to Dino, Explode" plan wasn't acceptable, he was pretty useless. I suspect the Cursed/Regenerating/Unkillable character would be a lot like him, only distracted by being Cursed - Unkillable and Insane Regeneration aren't much help if you're buried under a boulder. Or if a villain just flies over your head to beat up people behind you (or shoots through you!) or is too strong for you to grapple and too tough for you to even bruise...
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02-03-2010, 11:01 AM | #38 |
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Re: Why is Cursed so expensive?
Bruno: Sounds like Immortal Man from the Great Lake Avengers! :D Fun concept! (Who gained his ability to get back from the dead by beating up his imaginary friend as a kid and stealing it... best origin ever!)
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02-03-2010, 11:05 AM | #39 | |
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02-03-2010, 11:15 AM | #40 | |
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