Pixie Haven [DF]

Sense of Duty (Kittens) · 09-18-2013, 07:08 PM

I have been trying to construct a pixie scholar, a character type seen frequently in video games. These games have an important albiet unusual trope that I don't know how to price. They can always find a safe place to go whenever combat starts, and the monstrers always ignore them. This is reminiscent of the Brotherhood Perk, but that does not incorporate the fact that the fairies do nothing during battle. How much should this advantage cost, if anything.

Kamickalo · 09-18-2013, 07:23 PM

Insubstantiality (Only During Combat -x% ; Can't Walk Through Walls -x%) ??

Turhan's Bey Company · 09-18-2013, 07:29 PM

The easy way to do this might just be for the pixie to use Stealth once stuff starts going down. He ducks behind everybody else and looks for a corner to hide in until it's over. He's small, so he can pull it off, and even if he's spotted, he's running away and too small to be a threat, so monsters will pay attention to the bigger, sword-and-spell-using guys.

robkelk · 09-18-2013, 07:39 PM

Nobody attacks the character, and the character attacks nobody - that sounds like a Seraph of Flowers from In Nomine.

GURPS In Nomine set that ability at 60 points, but that was for 3e... and it appears the price may have been set arbitrarily instead of being worked from existing advantages. (It seems a bit high to me for a defensive ability that's Always On...)

Jerander · 09-18-2013, 09:30 PM

Isn't there a spell in Magic that does something like that? Insignificance or something?

MatthewVilter · 09-18-2013, 09:48 PM

I second the "just use Stealth" option. What could possibly go wrong? ;)

Varyon · 09-19-2013, 10:30 AM

I suspect any cost for this trait will be offset a great deal by the Disadvantage Odious Personal Habit ("Hey! Listen!").

More seriously, a Pixie Haven is probably a highly-limited form of Jumper (the characters function more like summonable Allies), so [20] probably works. As for the problem with carrying books, they could probably store such in their Haven - model this as a limited form of Payload. For point-efficiency, you'll probably want to buy up Lifting Strength with a "Only For Calculating Payload" Limitation, although I'm not certain what would be a fair price here...

09-18-2013, 07:08 PM	#1
Sense of Duty (Kittens) Join Date: Apr 2005	Pixie Haven [DF] I have been trying to construct a pixie scholar, a character type seen frequently in video games. These games have an important albiet unusual trope that I don't know how to price. They can always find a safe place to go whenever combat starts, and the monstrers always ignore them. This is reminiscent of the Brotherhood Perk, but that does not incorporate the fact that the fairies do nothing during battle. How much should this advantage cost, if anything. __________________ Steal Energy- giving Dungeon Fantasy wizards a pretext to learn healing magic since 2004.

09-18-2013, 07:23 PM	#2
Kamickalo Join Date: Jan 2006	Re: Pixie Haven [DF] Insubstantiality (Only During Combat -x% ; Can't Walk Through Walls -x%) ??

09-18-2013, 07:29 PM	#3
Turhan's Bey Company Aluminated Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: East of the moon, west of the stars, close to buses and shopping	Re: Pixie Haven [DF] The easy way to do this might just be for the pixie to use Stealth once stuff starts going down. He ducks behind everybody else and looks for a corner to hide in until it's over. He's small, so he can pull it off, and even if he's spotted, he's running away and too small to be a threat, so monsters will pay attention to the bigger, sword-and-spell-using guys. __________________ I've been making pointlessly shiny things, and I've got some gaming-related stuff as well as 3d printing designs. Buy my Warehouse 23 stuff, dammit!

09-18-2013, 07:39 PM	#4
robkelk Untitled Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: between keyboard and chair	Re: Pixie Haven [DF] Nobody attacks the character, and the character attacks nobody - that sounds like a Seraph of Flowers from *In Nomine. GURPS In Nomine* set that ability at 60 points, but that was for 3e... and it appears the price may have been set arbitrarily instead of being worked from existing advantages. (It seems a bit high to me for a defensive ability that's Always On...) __________________ Rob Kelk “Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.” – Bernard Baruch, Deming (New Mexico) Headlight, 6 January 1950 No longer reading these forums regularly.

09-18-2013, 09:30 PM	#5
Jerander Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rochester, MN	Re: Pixie Haven [DF] Isn't there a spell in Magic that does something like that? Insignificance or something?

09-18-2013, 09:48 PM	#6
MatthewVilter Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Los Angeles County	Re: Pixie Haven [DF] I second the "just use Stealth" option. What could possibly go wrong? ;) __________________ Use Steam? Check out the GURPS Fan Club! Melissa - Lost in Dreams - World jumping engineering student. Greg - Day 1 - SFX expert, single father, and zombie outbreak survivor.

09-19-2013, 10:30 AM	#7
Varyon Join Date: Jun 2013	Re: Pixie Haven [DF] I suspect any cost for this trait will be offset a great deal by the Disadvantage Odious Personal Habit ("Hey! Listen!"). More seriously, a Pixie Haven is probably a highly-limited form of Jumper (the characters function more like summonable Allies), so [20] probably works. As for the problem with carrying books, they could probably store such in their Haven - model this as a limited form of Payload. For point-efficiency, you'll probably want to buy up Lifting Strength with a "Only For Calculating Payload" Limitation, although I'm not certain what would be a fair price here...