The One Ring...

[The Colonel]

Originally Posted by JoelSammallahti

Personally, I'd stat the One Ring as an enemy. What with the Afflictions and the Mind Control, a rather nasty one.

Perhaps a character in its own right? After all, its an ally to Sauron... and probably, in the short term at least, to anyone on his side.

[Wedhro]

Originally Posted by Bruno

Hm. Funnily enough, this sort of works well if the ring is a gadget Unwilling Ally, always defined as a percentage of the wearing chararacter's points.

Neat!
The One Ring should be an Ally with Unwilling, Special Abilities (all of them should be Uncontrollable, IMO) and suitable Gadget limitations.
Uncontrollable (defined as mischievous intelligence, as for Powers, p.106) should be fine to represent both the Bearer's compulsion to use the ring and the tragic outcome of its usage.
The special abilities granted by the Ring could be Modular Abilities with Cosmic Power.
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The more I think about it, the more it seems a pretty tricky task...
I have no idea about how to simulate the growing influence on Bearer's mind and soul, not to mention the Ring's "addiction"...

[zorg]

Originally Posted by Wedhro

I have no idea about how to simulate the growing influence on Bearer's mind and soul, not to mention the Ring's "addiction"...

What about giving the "Unwilling Ally" a "TD: Destiny (Will fall under the influence of the ring and turn to evil, -15%)"?

I like the idea to stat the Ring as a NPC, esp. as an Unwilling Ally with a fluctuating CP total, very much. Very neat!

[KlausPrinceOfTheUndeads]

Originally Posted by Wedhro

Neat!
The One Ring should be an Ally with Unwilling, Special Abilities (all of them should be Uncontrollable, IMO) and suitable Gadget limitations.
Uncontrollable (defined as mischievous intelligence, as for Powers, p.106) should be fine to represent both the Bearer's compulsion to use the ring and the tragic outcome of its usage.
The special abilities granted by the Ring could be Modular Abilities with Cosmic Power.
...
The more I think about it, the more it seems a pretty tricky task...
I have no idea about how to simulate the growing influence on Bearer's mind and soul, not to mention the Ring's "addiction"...

Giving Uncontrollable to the Ring's abilities would mean it coudln't use them at will, which is pretty strange... or is it so evil that it ultimately acts even against itself? ;-)

[jason taylor]

The Ring can be thought of as a DVD into which Sauron downloads his power and malice.
That is why it seems to have it's own personality. Sauron programed it to do so and it can act independantly of it's original programer just like a DVD can.

[Wedhro]

Originally Posted by KlausPrinceOfTheUndeads

Giving Uncontrollable to the Ring's abilities would mean it coudln't use them at will, which is pretty strange... or is it so evil that it ultimately acts even against itself? ;-)

Not really... Actually, you're talking about Unconscious Only.
Uncontrollable doesn't make the ability unusable at will. You can use them freely, but when you're experiencing a stressfull situation (self-control rolls, fright checks, HT rolls for major wounds etc.), you must roll versus your Will: if you fail, the ability turns on and acts at its own will!

[Anders]

Originally Posted by jason taylor

The Ring can be thought of as a DVD into which Sauron downloads his power and malice.
That is why it seems to have it's own personality. Sauron programed it to do so and it can act independantly of it's original programer just like a DVD can.

But is it region free? And does it come with cool commentaries and "Making of..." features?

[Akahige]

Ok, so it's an Unwilling Ally, possibly with Uncontrollable powers. But what does it do exactly? Does it grant Magery? Or is it perhaps Modular Abilities (Cosmic Power) with a focus on the personality and/or Talents of the user?

[JAW]

Well Obviously it giwes invisibility and unaging to anyone. I think it doesn't grant magery - rather it would grant additional powers to those with magery. It also giwes enemy - sauron - whose power depends on how powerful sauron is at the time - ranging from minor spirit (at the time Bilbo got the ring) to the ultimate adversary (for LoTR).. Also it woul dforce will rolls each time it's used and occasionally ewen if it's not used modified negatively by the bearers magery & general power level wich could result in the bearer "becoming evil" (make the bearer an NPC and/or rearrange his/her/it's psychological disadvantages dramatically.)

[transmetahuman]

Originally Posted by zorg

What about giving the "Unwilling Ally" a "TD: Destiny (Will fall under the influence of the ring and turn to evil, -15%)"?

I like the idea to stat the Ring as a NPC, esp. as an Unwilling Ally with a fluctuating CP total, very much. Very neat!

Hahaha, "temporary destiny", now there's something I never thought I'd see. Understand where you're coming from, just thought it was funny.

Originally Posted by Wedhro

Not really... Actually, you're talking about Unconscious Only.
Uncontrollable doesn't make the ability unusable at will. You can use them freely, but when you're experiencing a stressfull situation (self-control rolls, fright checks, HT rolls for major wounds etc.), you must roll versus your Will: if you fail, the ability turns on and acts at its own will!

This is why I'd prefer to see "Unconscious Only" renamed "Uncontrollable" and "Uncontrollable" renamed "Irrepressible". But that's a thought for a different thread. walks off, mumbling about "Honesty"...