01-18-2019, 06:01 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Feb 2016
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Characters with Two Minds
So, I was wondering what would be the best way to represent a character with two minds (not two personalities), such as a spirit that permanently bonded with a living entity? Would it be a version of Alternate Form? Or would it be something else?
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01-18-2019, 06:06 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Yukon, OK
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Re: Characters with Two Minds
Depends what the effects are.
Delusion or Split Personality if its a problem. Alternate Form if only one mind is active at a time. Compartmentalized Mind if both minds are active, possibly tune with limitations. Spirit bonds I typically do as AF. That mode goes all the way back to GURPS Voodoo (at least).
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01-18-2019, 06:45 PM | #3 |
Join Date: May 2007
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Re: Characters with Two Minds
What would you do with a two-headed anything (troll, dragon, conjoined twins), if the two heads are separate people, and sometimes disagree?
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01-18-2019, 06:46 PM | #4 |
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lawrence, KS
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Re: Characters with Two Minds
Come up with a way to write them up as two characters.
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01-18-2019, 10:15 PM | #5 |
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Re: Characters with Two Minds
I think that it depends on the level of integration between the two minds. A synthesis may end up giving the host Compartmentalized Mind 1 (to represent the second mind), Reawakened (to explain the skills of the second mind), and Split Personality (to represent the frequency that the second mind takes control). For example, you could have the spirit of an 80 year old martial arts master creating a permanent synthesis with the mind of a 16 year old girl, granting her Trained by a Master and 160 CP worth of combat advantages, perks, and skills through the use of Reawakened.
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01-19-2019, 12:01 PM | #6 | |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Pittsburgh PA USA
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Re: Characters with Two Minds
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01-19-2019, 12:05 PM | #7 |
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Re: Characters with Two Minds
You might want to check out my thread "Two minds, but how? Ally? Compartmentalized Mind? Split Personality? Duplication?". Plus, I have links to other useful threads in there.
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