Grisly modular ability

Anders · 05-03-2011, 05:00 AM

A character I'm planning to build has a grisly ability - if he scalps someone and wears their scalp, he can access some of their skills. Switching scalps gives him a new set of abilities. How much should this cost?

Witchking · 05-03-2011, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Asta Kask

How much should this cost?

Well you would be getting a refund from the negative reaction modifiers...

Juca · 05-03-2011, 05:22 AM

Well, it sounds like Modular Abilities: Chip Slots, except that instead of using chips you will use, well, scalps. Also a huge odious personal habit...

Anders · 05-03-2011, 05:33 AM

Chip Slots might do it. Nuisance effect (-3 to reactions, 15%)?

Yeah, it's a villain.

Kuroshima · 05-03-2011, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Asta Kask

Chip Slots might do it. Nuisance effect (-3 to reactions, 15%)?

Yeah, it's a villain.

only -3? I would go for the full -4. Other than that, you might give him temporary disadvantage (phantom voices), to model that while wearing the scalp, the spirit of the dead will hassle him.

Anders · 05-03-2011, 06:32 AM

Very interesting idea. Yeah, -4 is probably for the best. Quirk-level Split Personality, for taking on mannerisms of scalp owner?

~~Peter Knutsen~~ · 05-03-2011, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Witchking

Well you would be getting a refund from the negative reaction modifiers...

I wasn't aware that scalping is an OPH in every single Human culture that has existed or can exist.

Harald387 · 05-03-2011, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter Knutsen

I wasn't aware that scalping is an OPH in every single Human culture that has existed or can exist.

That doesn't matter, and it doesn't need to be; provided scalping is viewed negatively in the game's primary culture, this would qualify as a disadvantage.

Inquisitive Raven · 05-03-2011, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter Knutsen

I wasn't aware that scalping is an OPH in every single Human culture that has existed or can exist.

Scalping may not be, but wearing the scalp on your own head, probably is, not to mention that it might look pretty disgusting. Also, even in cultures where scalping is considered socially acceptable, there are also acceptable targets, e.g. a Colonial government paying a bounty on American Indian scalps. If the character in question chooses targets based on potentially useful abilities without regard to who's considered an acceptable target in the culture, that would get a negative reaction.

Not another shrubbery · 05-03-2011, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Kuroshima

only -3? I would go for the full -4. Other than that, you might give him temporary disadvantage (phantom voices), to model that while wearing the scalp, the spirit of the dead will hassle him.

Hmm... Why is the maximum for Nuisance Effect -4, when Odious Personal Habit is capped at -3?

05-03-2011, 05:00 AM	#1
Anders Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden	Grisly modular ability A character I'm planning to build has a grisly ability - if he scalps someone and wears their scalp, he can access some of their skills. Switching scalps gives him a new set of abilities. How much should this cost? __________________ “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius

05-03-2011, 05:22 AM	#3
Juca Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Neverland	Re: Grisly modular ability Well, it sounds like Modular Abilities: Chip Slots, except that instead of using chips you will use, well, scalps. Also a huge odious personal habit...

05-03-2011, 05:33 AM	#4
Anders Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden	Re: Grisly modular ability Chip Slots might do it. Nuisance effect (-3 to reactions, 15%)? Yeah, it's a villain. __________________ “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius

05-03-2011, 06:32 AM	#6
Anders Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden	Re: Grisly modular ability Very interesting idea. Yeah, -4 is probably for the best. Quirk-level Split Personality, for taking on mannerisms of scalp owner? __________________ “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius