[UA] Archetype: The Eternal Soldier
sp!ke
spike at memento-mori.com
Wed Feb 10 10:46:18 PST 1999
At 01:31 PM 2/10/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> - Mearls
disposable hero? (*air guitar*) of course, this would be different that
the "posable hero"
actually, the name i've liked the best is "the veteran." simple and to the
point -- gives a feeling that he's fighting because that's the only thing
he's ever known...institutionalized, maybe...
Jared A. Sorensen
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"I don't think there's anything man wasn't meant to know. There are just
some stupid things that people shouldn't do. "
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