The Witcher

[Grunker]

THIS THREAD IS HOPELESSLY OUTDATED, GO HERE:

http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=122204

:)

[Maz]

Witcher is a cool game, and a nice setting. You know, they are based on a couple of books right?
Those might give you more info and more setting details.


I would personally do Signs as Powers instead of Skills. It would make it much easier to balance them and get the effects you want.

Infertility is a 0 pts feature, sexless or neutered is a -1 pts quirk. infertility is "less" of a disad than those... unless it's really important to the campaign.
For Immunity to Disease you should look at Resistance... and then max it out.

I agree that mutagens woudl be best made as a template you add, after all you are not goign to lose it after you get it. You could make ruels for the dangers of using it, dealing toxic damage over a time and inflicting pain and requiring HT checks and so on... but I would just make it a speciel effect.

[demonsbane]

Originally Posted by Grunker

Want I am in dire need of is ideas for making mutagens. I considered making each mutagen an effect that applies a template when consumed. Would that work?

I'm sorry but you aren't cleared for that information until you have passed sucessfully the Trial of the Grasses!

[The Benj]

Originally Posted by Grunker

Also, I can't find any mention of Infertility as a disadvantage

It's a Feature. 0 points.

...or Immunity to Disease as an advantage

Resistance: Disease (Immunity) [10]

Want I am in dire need of is ideas for making mutagens. I considered making each mutagen an effect that applies a template when consumed. Would that work?

I guess, but given that each is (I'm going by the game here, things might be different in the books) such a specific effect, you can just say "You drink the potion, now you have this Advantage"
A lot of them are basically just bonus character points.

And by the way, does anyone know of a place where I can find a list of Witcher-immunities?

As I'm not even sure what this means, probably not. Sorry.

[Grunker]

such a specific effect, you can just say "You drink the potion, now you have this Advantage"
A lot of them are basically just bonus character points.

Most of them have disadvantages in the book, plus, my group only has one witcher. I don't want him to score a lot of free character points just because he got lucky and won the "witcher"-spot. So templates worth -5 to 5 points will be nice, I think?

About the list of witcher immunites: What I mean is, both the books and the game keeps saying the witchers have a long list of immunties, but all that's really ever mentioned, is their resistance to the toxin in their own potions, plus their immunity to disease.

[The Benj]

Originally Posted by Grunker

Most of them have disadvantages in the book, plus, my group only has one witcher. I don't want him to score a lot of free character points just because he got lucky and won the "witcher"-spot. So templates worth -5 to 5 points will be nice, I think?

I'd highly recommend "charging" him for whatever he gets. I don't think they should be free points. That's fine in a computer game where you're the only player, but not so much as part of a party.

Of course, making things that are balanced by Disads is also cool, as it means you can make things pretty cheap but still important.

About the list of witcher immunites: What I mean is, both the books and the game keeps saying the witchers have a long list of immunties, but all that's really ever mentioned, is their resistance to the toxin in their own potions, plus their immunity to disease.

Okay then. Everything I know about the setting is from the Witcher wiki. *shrug*

[Grunker]

I hear ya on both accounts. All additional knowledge I have is from The Last Wish and Blood of Elves.

And, sadly, the witcher wiki is limited at best compared to other wikis. Though I suspect it also very accurate.

I'm almost done, so I'll post the first result in a couple of hours.

[Maz]

Originally Posted by Grunker

Most of them have disadvantages in the book, plus, my group only has one witcher. I don't want him to score a lot of free character points just because he got lucky and won the "witcher"-spot. So templates worth -5 to 5 points will be nice, I think?

Another rute could be to make them as cool as they deserve and then take a look at this thread: Same group, different point characters?

But to be honest I am not sure exactly how "buffed up" witchers are compared to others. Outside of hard training and ther resistances to poisons/diseaces how much else does the mutagen really do?

[Grunker]

Oh, the plan is definetely to have different point-characters. I use a chart for dealing out character points, and players get points depending on their perfomance at each session. Besides, the players also start with different character points in this campaign, because the witcher and the sorcereress in the group, for example, are forced to do some things by me, resulting in a little extra to spend. I imagine something like 125 points for the sorceress, 140 for the witcher, and more or less 110 for everybody else (depending on the quality of their backgrounds).

As for the mutagens, they have extremely different effects, but they wont be included in v1 anyway.

[Grunker]

I'm sorry but you aren't cleared for that information until you have passed sucessfully the Trial of the Grasses!

Just noticed this now ;)

Anyway, it's here, yay!

Link is in my sig.

EDIT: Update. Now includes a setting (somewhat). You'll steel need basic understanding of the universe of the witcher to use it, but it explains things in a little detail. The setting takes place in Redania.

Check it out - leave comments :)

EDIT2: Just saw Maz' first post. Should have done the Signs as powers, maybe I will on a later date. I'm familiar with the books, and I have read them all :)