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10-11-2014, 12:22 PM | #1 |
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Unearthly Beauty: as a bad thing.
The White Wolf game Aberrant had a disadvantage called Unearthly Beauty. Your character was truely beautiful but in a creepy "Uncanny Valley" sort of way.
In their game it would cover something like the superguy who is so perfect that he seems totally unreal. I could see the same thing in a horror or Unban fantasy game. Picture a little girl who has a doll-like beauty. A beauty so flawless you wonder if a real living child could be so flawless. In fantasy the cold beauty of the varrious "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" types stands out as an example. In science fiction the android or transhuman who is so perfect in the beauty they unnerve people around them. The idea of a kind of beauty, compelling and unnerving is common in a lot of fantastic literature. So...how would this work mechanically? Thank you for your help.
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10-11-2014, 12:28 PM | #2 |
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Re: Unearthly Beauty: as a bad thing.
If it's the same as the pre nerfed d20 nymph, it's a gaze based affliction of a Mortal Condition of your choice.
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10-11-2014, 12:53 PM | #3 |
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Re: Unearthly Beauty: as a bad thing.
Terror (Always On -20%) could be an alternate way of doing it. Possibly either the Awe or Confusion (see Powers) variant.
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10-11-2014, 01:03 PM | #4 |
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Re: Unearthly Beauty: as a bad thing.
I'd go with that too. Also, these characters often do not have an Appearance (dis)advantage either; being "beautiful" in a disturbing way is not at all the same thing. They may not qualify even in the normal sense of the word - they tend to be described in a way I'd label finely crafted or fascinatingly intricate more than beautiful.
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10-11-2014, 12:54 PM | #5 |
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10-11-2014, 01:48 PM | #6 |
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Re: Unearthly Beauty: as a bad thing.
Did you miss where I said if?
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10-11-2014, 01:51 PM | #7 |
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10-11-2014, 01:54 PM | #8 |
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Re: Unearthly Beauty: as a bad thing.
So you can disregard what I said and call it a day. I have done nothing wrong, and I even included a conditional qualifier in my post. Your attention to my post is unwelcome.
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10-11-2014, 04:47 PM | #9 |
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Re: Unearthly Beauty: as a bad thing.
As written in Uncanny valley Wikipedia article movement amplifies the negative emotional response.
So most uncanniness comes from skewed facial expressions and robotic movement. Until you see these real-life Barbie dolls. |
10-11-2014, 04:56 PM | #10 | |
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Re: Unearthly Beauty: as a bad thing.
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