10-25-2020, 07:13 PM | #1 |
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Divine Curse and Divine Blessings
Divine whims can be pretty darn whimsical. Really of course Curse and Blessing are a catchall category for any disad or advantage too exotic to be covered by the ones in the RAW regardless of whether they were literally inflicted by a deity. For example
Curse: Small reptiles fall from the victim's lips when she talks. Curse: People will be skeptical when the victim is saying anything they believe to be true. Curse: Cat magnet. Cats will always seek you out when you are within few hundred yards of them. Blessing: Nobody can ever accurately describe you. Blessing: Your body, clothing and implements will never become dirty or stained. In particular blood just flows off you without sticking at all. Blessing: Intoxication does not impair your dexterity. Got any ideas for more? |
10-28-2020, 11:13 AM | #2 | |
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One of the most classic Curses would be Lycanthropy. And don't forget cursed objects such as the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond. And then there's the hound of the Baskervilles.
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10-28-2020, 11:17 AM | #3 |
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Re: Divine Curse and Divine Blessings
I'd say that body, clothing, and implements all rolled into one has got to be worth more than a Perk, or even three Perks. We can call it the Lizzie Borden Special.
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10-28-2020, 01:17 PM | #4 | |
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Speaking of Lizzie Borden, there's another possible Curse: no matter whether you're acquitted or weren't even charged with a crime, people will assume you're guilty. (A Curse reverse of the Honest Face perk, although the curse I think would be worth more than -1, with price based on how it affects reaction rolls. I'm trying to remember if something like that is already in a GURPS book. The suggested skeptical curse above is similar.)
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10-28-2020, 01:28 PM | #5 | |
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10-28-2020, 01:38 PM | #6 |
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Re: Divine Curse and Divine Blessings
It is, but you can't afflict Reputation. I'm actually reminded of a recurrent character from Murdoch Mysteries who just rubs cops the wrong way. Every cop who has a conversation with him suspects him of any crime in the vicinity even though he's always innocent. Functionally it's a bad reputation with police, but not because word about him is getting around. He just seems sus.
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10-28-2020, 01:49 PM | #7 |
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That's the sort of disadvantage I'm thinking of, which could be a curse. You just "look guilty." It wouldn't have to literally be looks, just something about you that gets people thinking you're up to something no good.
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10-28-2020, 03:24 PM | #8 |
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Re: Divine Curse and Divine Blessings
Not by the letter of the rules (which specify "physical or mental" advantages and disadvantages), but I don't see why there should be an issue with it, at least in principle. It's no different than a sort of "anti-charisma", as it were, and you can Afflict Charisma, which is a mental advantage.
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10-30-2020, 11:09 AM | #9 |
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Re: Divine Curse and Divine Blessings
Don't know why this didn't pop into my head until now.
But one of my GURPS characters was interviewed online (along with me), and briefly contrasted curse and, well, technically not blessing, but wish. https://wyrmflight.wordpress.com/202...den-loveshade/
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10-30-2020, 01:54 PM | #10 |
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Re: Divine Curse and Divine Blessings
From a gaming standpoint, this might be a blessing for some characters, but I feel that this is a curse.
Think of some simple cases. You come back to your hometown after your father died to receive your inheritance. Too bad nobody can recall what you look like, so you get arrested as a fraud. You are speeding, and the cops pull you over. Too bad that when they try to compare you to your driver's license photo, nobody can describe you.
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