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Old 02-10-2015, 12:26 PM   #1
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Default [MH] Post your custom 200 pt Inhuman template

Basically, I'm curious if anyone else has made a lot of Monster Hunter Inhumans using costume racial templates, and if so then how did they model them? Here's one of mine:

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Attributes: IQ+2 [40]
Secondary Attributes: Will+2 [10], Per -1 [-5]
Advantages: Absolute Timing [2], Extra Life 1 (Requires ritual to be performed at a time when the stars align and in a place where Euclidean Geometry is weak -80%) [5], High Pain Threshold [10], Horrifying Window [66*], Higher Purpose 2 (Secrets of the Ancient Ones**, Broad Tradition +40%) [14], Magic Resistance 3 (Improved +150%) [15], Regeneration (1 hp/hour) [25], Resistant to Metabolic Hazards (+8) [15], Temporal Inertia [15], Terror (Confusion - Visual; Nuisance Effect: appearance changes to Horrific for 1 minute after use, 1 hour recharge.) [12], Unusual Background (Child of an Elder God: Access to the Path of Nonexistance') [1].
Disadvantages: Frightens Animals [-10], Weirdness Magnet [-15].
Traits: Affected by Path of Spirit in addition to Path of Mind and Path of Body.

*: Horrifying Window is from Horror p. 12.
**: This broad tradition applies to most rituals that use the Path of Nonexistance (Daath) and most psionic powers of the Madness Discipline (Horror, p. 32.)
': The Path of Nonexistance (Daath) is detailed on Ritual Path Magic p. 37.
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Old 02-10-2015, 03:44 PM   #2
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In part two of this month's Patreon Special I talk about this a bit with my "Tainted Blood" post.
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Old 02-11-2015, 11:51 AM   #3
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What's a "costume template"?
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I'm guessing oneofmanynameless means "custom"?

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Old 02-11-2015, 02:06 PM   #5
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I quiet like this. Thanks for sharing.

I have a couple of new were-forms for Monster Hunters, but I don't have access to them at this computer. Maybe I'll be able to post them later.
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Old 02-11-2015, 05:32 PM   #6
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It's similar to a World Jumper I started to create a while back. Each time he dips into his unnatural heritage, he loses more of his humanity that he must struggle to reacquire.

How would Temporal Inertia play out in a MH game?

In a world jumping campaign, I can see it as a disadvantage. Every parallel you reach will have a monstrous version of you with all the problems that entails. Very few, if any, of them would be as nice as the PC.
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Old 02-13-2015, 11:36 AM   #7
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In part two of this month's Patreon Special I talk about this a bit with my "Tainted Blood" post.
Awesome! Can't wait to see it!

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I'm guessing oneofmanynameless means "custom"?
That is what I meant. Sorry for the typo.

EDIT: I guess I could also have said home-brewed?

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It's similar to a World Jumper I started to create a while back. Each time he dips into his unnatural heritage, he loses more of his humanity that he must struggle to reacquire.

How would Temporal Inertia play out in a MH game?

In a world jumping campaign, I can see it as a disadvantage. Every parallel you reach will have a monstrous version of you with all the problems that entails. Very few, if any, of them would be as nice as the PC.
I actually only included Temporal Inertia because I included the Path of Non-Existence from Ritual Path Magic which has the power to retro-actively alter the world. I figured, for the sake of GM and player sanity alike, it would be easiest to run that if the character couldn't accidentally delete themselves by retconning something that would have given rise to them in the first place.
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Old 02-13-2015, 02:12 PM   #8
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Clothes that give you gadget-based traits. For instance, an impeccable suit may make you Very Handsome/Beautiful. :)
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I actually only included Temporal Inertia because I included the Path of Non-Existence from Ritual Path Magic which has the power to retro-actively alter the world. I figured, for the sake of GM and player sanity alike, it would be easiest to run that if the character couldn't accidentally delete themselves by retconning something that would have given rise to them in the first place.
Good point. Though how time manipulation works has to be heavily policed by the GM no matter how powerful the characters may be.
With or without T.I., I would still enjoy accidents leaving my character disadvantageously Zeroed. Family and friends don't know me and any effects I had on the world at large are erased or adjusted to have the same results but without my interaction.

Now that's a tragic backstory and good reason for why the character is loathe to use the power for trivial purposes.
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Good point. Though how time manipulation works has to be heavily policed by the GM no matter how powerful the characters may be.
With or without T.I., I would still enjoy accidents leaving my character disadvantageously Zeroed. Family and friends don't know me and any effects I had on the world at large are erased or adjusted to have the same results but without my interaction.

Now that's a tragic backstory and good reason for why the character is loathe to use the power for trivial purposes.
Yup. Love it. Especially in conjunction with the fact that his extra life is contingent on people in the world knowing that he exists and performing a ritual to bring him back! Could be a major problem.
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