06-11-2018, 11:46 PM | #11 |
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Re: Disadvantage for being none-human in a human-dominat setting?
Couldn't that be combined with an advantage in certain parts of town? Just like the concubine the French trapper won in a card game turns out to be the only one that can get them into the Shoshone camp on friendly terms?
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06-12-2018, 04:55 PM | #12 |
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Re: Disadvantage for being none-human in a human-dominat setting?
If you're really unusual, like the hexapodal purple alien being on Earth, then you might qualify for the equivalent of the Supernatural Feature disad.
I'd stay away from reduced/improved Appearance unless your appearance is attractive/unattractive to almost everyone in the game world. Even then, it might be the "Impressive" sort of good appearance. Likewise, I'd stay away from Unnatural Features just because an alien looks different from humans, unless there's no benefit whatsoever because of the alien looks. If Vargr can blend in with other Vargr just like Humans can blend in with other Humans then it's a Feature. If you're the only Vargr on Earth, or the only Swede in the Kingdom of Zimbabwe in a 13th century African campaign, THEN Unnatural Feature would apply. |
06-12-2018, 08:16 PM | #13 |
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Re: Disadvantage for being none-human in a human-dominat setting?
Speaking of that, what if slaves of a given species are so rare that only the King will have it, and if he or she or whatever is seen outside the assigned space is, everyone will know it?
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06-12-2018, 10:05 PM | #14 | |
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Re: Disadvantage for being none-human in a human-dominat setting?
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06-13-2018, 12:18 AM | #15 |
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Re: Disadvantage for being none-human in a human-dominat setting?
That sounds like the king has a kind of Distinctive Feature: always has super rare slaves.
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06-13-2018, 01:12 AM | #16 |
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Re: Disadvantage for being none-human in a human-dominat setting?
Can you PM the races you have created. I am interested in what other GMs do to create their own unique settings.
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It might also be a fetish, much as Circassians were once popular for harems.
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06-13-2018, 02:28 PM | #19 |
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Re: Disadvantage for being none-human in a human-dominat setting?
Also, not so different from the Renaissance-era popes employing Swiss mercenary guards, or Renaissance Venetians or Florentines preferring to use foreigners ("stranieri") as arbitrators.
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Re: Disadvantage for being none-human in a human-dominat setting?
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With the GM's permission, you could take two different levels of Appearance with appropriate limitations and sum the costs to get the overall price. For example, if you're an orc with huge fangs and lots of facial scars and piercings, orcs of the appropriate gender preference might consider you to be the sexiest thing on two bandy, misshapen legs. That's Very Handsome (Limitation: Orcs Only, -60%) [5 points]. OTOH, every other humanoid species might consider your appearance to be Ugly (Limitation: All humanoids except Orcs, -20%) [-7 points]. So, the overall cost for your appearance would be -2 points. Or, let's say you're an Elf who other Elves consider to be Transcendently Beautiful, but other humanoids consider to be merely Attractive. That's Appearance (Transcendent) (Limitation: Elves only, -60%) [8] plus Appearance (Attractive) (Limitation: All humanoids other than Elves, -20%) [3] = 11 points overall cost. But, limitations on Appearance implies that interspecies romance is common enough that it matters in the game, like in Star Trek or your typical fantasy setting. If you've got a Star Wars type menagerie of weird aliens, just use "They Look Like They Look" unless a significant fraction of the galaxy's species find you to be attractive/unattractive. Quote:
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