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12-30-2006, 01:39 PM | #32 |
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I’d suggest 2 perks: Sanitised Metabolism [1], and maybe “Doesn’t Scar” [1].
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12-30-2006, 11:41 PM | #33 | |
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I am just not comfortable with elves failing a will roll and then suddenly becoming older. To me the aging is a bit more voluntary than that, if it were going to happen. Also, I anticipated the thread would eventually venture into the nature of elven mortality based on the Glorfindel phenomena. I have read and participated in several different discussions on the subject elsewhere online, and so think that a judgment call would just have to be made for the purpose of the supplement I am writing. So my plan is for Glorfindel of Rivendel and Glorfindel Balrog Slayer to be one in the same with a footnote acknowledging the controversy and suggesting alternate interpretations. I think an elf returning from the Halls of Mandos would be GM fiat - a plot device. I don't see a need to make it a game mechanic.
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You might just have to invent a new limitation for unaging. I'd even say it's a 0% limitation.
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12-31-2006, 03:23 PM | #36 | |
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It goes on to say that as long as they dwell in Middle-earth away from Valinor that they would grow weary and feel the weight of regret. This implies that it's actually a very slow affliction caused by the Valar curse... thousands of years in the making. After that time they acquire a mental disadvantage which has something to do with returning to Valinor or letting themselves die. Given the no sickness bit and that only weapons, torment or grief can kill them, I would say they have Resistant: Very Common [Metabolic Hazards] (30 pts)... perhaps with a limitation that they have to mentally keep it on and it goes away when they start to feel depressed or start to feel that weight of regret Manwe was talking about.
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12-31-2006, 10:54 PM | #37 | |
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When I was originally creating the template, I considered the 30 point resistance, but discarded it. The reason is that the 30 point resistance also includes immunity to all poisons, and IIRC elves can be poisoned. This is why I went with the 15 point resistance that grants them immunity to all disease and environmental syndromes, but leaves them vulnerable to poison.
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Re: Lord of the Rings Elven Racial Template
A while ago a posted some brief thoughts on how to model elven magic in GURPS
http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread...eer#post332041 It seems to capture the spirit of the way elves did things, at any rate. Luke |
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