[UA] Archetypes: concepts as well as roles?

[Nick Wedig]

>It strikes me that "War" is a concept rather than a specific identity-role
>(which would be the Warrior or Soldier); consequently I'm toying with the idea
>of expanding the archetype/IC rules in my game to allow groups and concepts (The
>Conspiracy, The Bureaucracy, Drugs) to establish themselves in the Stratosphere
>as well as individuals. 

My impulse is to push the other way, to say that somewhere the archetype got misnamed and that it really is "The Warrior" and not "War" but that's just my preference, I think.  It avoids creating the sorts of questions and loose ends you're dealing with there.

Mr. Teapot
The Warrior

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