[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
http://www.memento-mori.com

"I don't think there's anything man wasn't meant to know. There are just
some stupid things that people shouldn't do. "
- David Cronenberg




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