Powered Animals [Fantasy/Powers/Supers]

AlexanderHowl · 10-14-2019, 03:42 PM

Powered animals have a long existence in human literature, with the Bull of Heaven being the first written example in the Epic of Gilgamesh (though they probably have existed since the first human told the first fictional story). I personally like them because they fit within practically any speculative genre, from fantasy to horror to science fiction. In particular though, they are suitable characters in supers games, as the idea of a talking ninja cat with the ability to teleport is not that strange compared to some super heroes (I have had players develop super heroes that were composed of tangible mathematical formulas whose powers represented using mathematics to alter the physical laws of the universe).

Do you use powered animals much in your campaigns? If so, do you use them as antagonists, protagonists, or both? Have you played a powered animal PC? If so, how did you make them different than the human PCs?

10-14-2019, 03:42 PM	#1
AlexanderHowl Join Date: Feb 2016	Powered Animals [Fantasy/Powers/Supers] Powered animals have a long existence in human literature, with the Bull of Heaven being the first written example in the Epic of Gilgamesh (though they probably have existed since the first human told the first fictional story). I personally like them because they fit within practically any speculative genre, from fantasy to horror to science fiction. In particular though, they are suitable characters in supers games, as the idea of a talking ninja cat with the ability to teleport is not that strange compared to some super heroes (I have had players develop super heroes that were composed of tangible mathematical formulas whose powers represented using mathematics to alter the physical laws of the universe). Do you use powered animals much in your campaigns? If so, do you use them as antagonists, protagonists, or both? Have you played a powered animal PC? If so, how did you make them different than the human PCs?