[UA] Archetype: The Eternal Soldier

[Kevin Mowery]

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> From: Michael D. Mearls 97 <Michael.D.Mearls.97 at Alum.Dartmouth.ORG>
> To: UA at purpletape.cs.uchicago.edu; UA at purpletape.cs.uchicago.edu
> Subject: Re: [UA] Archetype: The Eternal Soldier
> Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 6:31 PM
> 
> --- "Kevin Mowery" wrote:
> 	I liked the concept overall, but I felt that there was too much focus
> on
> defensive powers.  The Eternal Soldier may seek battle only as a last
> resort, but when it does, I figure the archtype fights like a cornered
rat.
>  Perhaps also something to do with the horrors of war.  Here's my
> suggestions:
> 
> <powers snipped>
> --- end of quote ---
> 
> I'm not sure that I agree with giving the Eternal Soldier offensive
powers.
> You'll notice that the archetypes in the UA book tend to take a single
idea and
> progress it to more powerful levels as the avatar skill increases. The
Eternal
> Soldier progresses from surviving combat (dodge), to escaping combat
(feign
> death), to avoiding combat (look harmless), to destroying combat. I think
the
> problem lies more in the name and the syntax I used to describe the
archetype;
> perhaps the refugee or the hunted would have been a better choice.

	Hm, those seem to imply other things, too.  The Peaceful Warrior, perhaps?

	I was thinking of taking my list of powers, since it was such a departure,
and writing it up separately as the Forgotten Casualty or some such thing.

> 
> - Mearls

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