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Old 01-31-2012, 08:41 PM   #11
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Default Re: [Fantasy][Powers] Wendigo Possession in Unkillable Spirit Form?

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That's a big part of my issue, because that's how I read it too... letting the thing float around in an incorporeal, untrappable, indestructible form, all the while able to observe people (very useful in and of itself) and use mental abilities (like Mind Control) should be worth a major enhancement to Unkillable 3, maybe even on the order of +300%, if there even is a fair value for what'd amount to total invulnerability to all damage whilst being able to affect the world around you. But there's no enhancement that would justify this for the build working so differently from the RAW (worse yet, it saves points on the Reincarnation limitation which isn't even a limitation because it seems to get the ability to transform its new possessed victim into an exact copy of its old form).
I bought something similar with AF and reicpirical rest.
This does what I bought the AF to do so I see your point. I would not call it indestructible however.
The way I would run it is kill physical form and it releases the spirit form but that is in shock and took the damage so needs to heal.
Once it heals then it is aware and can use its howl to try and possess someone. But at this point is a normal spirit and can be attacked that way.


If I were to build the Wendigo I would build it as a spirit with spiritual possession and Unkillable.
But thats a lot of hindsight under the bridge so I dont fault the early design.
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Old 01-31-2012, 08:49 PM   #12
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That's a big part of my issue, because that's how I read it too... letting the thing float around in an incorporeal, untrappable, indestructible form, all the while able to observe people (very useful in and of itself) and use mental abilities (like Mind Control) should be worth a major enhancement to Unkillable 3, maybe even on the order of +300%, if there even is a fair value for what'd amount to total invulnerability to all damage whilst being able to affect the world around you. But there's no enhancement that would justify this for the build working so differently from the RAW (worse yet, it saves points on the Reincarnation limitation which isn't even a limitation because it seems to get the ability to transform its new possessed victim into an exact copy of its old form).
Instead of an enhancement to Unkillable 3, simply make such a character also purchase an Alternate Form (Spirit Form) with Nonreciprocal Damage and a big 'ol Accessibility or Trigger (depending whether you're a stickler for the 'use' from Trigger lasting only a minute, even then it's long enough for the change to the other form) for 'only when physical form killed/creamed past -10xHP'. That way, when the character's physical body gets destroyed, the Alternate Form gets activated at full HP and effectiveness.
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Old 01-31-2012, 09:05 PM   #13
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Instead of an enhancement to Unkillable 3, simply make such a character also purchase an Alternate Form (Spirit Form) with Nonreciprocal Damage and a big 'ol Accessibility or Trigger (depending whether you're a stickler for the 'use' from Trigger lasting only a minute, even then it's long enough for the change to the other form) for 'only when physical form killed/creamed past -10xHP'. That way, when the character's physical body gets destroyed, the Alternate Form gets activated at full HP and effectiveness.
Yep, thats pretty close to how I built my Shadownaughts aka White Wolf Mummies.
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Old 02-01-2012, 04:38 PM   #14
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Yep, thats pretty close to how I built my Shadownaughts aka White Wolf Mummies.
Where did you settle on the limitation "only when physical form killed/creamed past -10xHP"? -80%?

Presumably a build like this also would have Unconscious Only and Uncontrollable?
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Old 02-01-2012, 06:13 PM   #15
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Where did you settle on the limitation "only when physical form killed/creamed past -10xHP"? -80%?

Presumably a build like this also would have Unconscious Only and Uncontrollable?
Sorry, I didnt use that limitation.
They have the ability to change at any time in my setting.
I would have gone with -80% though.
Here is a link if you like, not very germane to this thread though.
http://forums.sjgames.com/showpost.p...1&postcount=25
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