[UA] Quick Favor

[Joe Murphy (Broin)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ua-admin at lists.uchicago.edu [mailto:ua-admin at lists.uchicago.edu]On
> Behalf Of Gaston Phillips
> Sent: 02 July 2001 16:12
> To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
> Subject: re: [UA] Quick Favor
>
>
> Thank you's to Matt, Gareth, and Joe.  Much, much appreciated, all.
>
> Basically, I'd been reading through the two UA books I /do/ have
> (Statosphere and LG$) when a concept occurred to me.  I won't even pretend
> it's not cribbed from this list.
>
> The character needs a name.  Something really american.  Jake Burton.
> Jack Slade.  John Savage.  Something pulp.
>
> Anyway. The concept.
>
> Raised in L.A.  His parents were gaffers and foley artists. Grew up as an
> assistant to a famous Stage Magician. The taste of celebrity left him with
> a hunger for gambling and the acoutrements of wealth. As a teenager, he
> started working as a stunt double. He fell onto hard times. Ended up
> working as a getaway driver. One of the magician's old contacts hired him
> for a long run of jobs, during which he learned the basics of
> entropomancy. On his own, he struck out as a Grifter, working the short
> con, and became an avatar of the Two Faced Man.
>
> Picked up on the run, he works for The New Inquisition, but is still
> dodging a string of debts and markers out. He just can't resist flashy
> cars asking to be stolen, drag racing for high stakes, or gambling for any
> stakes at all.
>
> Body 60: Stunt Man (Gen'l Ath) 50, Stage Fighting 40 (Struggle)
> Speed 60: Escape Artist (Dodge) 30, Getaway Driver 45, The Way of the Gun
> 15
> Mind 35: Seen a Lot of Movies (Gen'l Education) 15, Counts Cards (Notice)
>     30, Hotwire 20
> Soul 65: Short Con (Lie) 30, *Ent'mancy* 30, Avatar:2FM 20, Hustle (Charm)
> 15

Excellent. =) Nice combination of school and archetype. And just the sort of
character who gets played in games. In fact, I can think of one of my
regular players who plays this sort of scoundrel a lot.

>
> Opinions?  Is it kosher to fudge the basic stats like that to make them,
> well, different?

Completely, the rulebook had a few similar examples. Changing 'Struggle' to
'Dirty Fighting' and so on.

You know... don't tell anyone... but I think those two authors don't
*respect* rules. They don't even *like* them. It's unprofessional, and
unbecoming of a game designer.

Joe.

--
Joe Murphy (Broin)
broin at notzen.com

"You'll regret being so damn abusive when
the electric UFO gods transphase in from
Dimension 10 to appoint me manager of
the universe."  - The Drummer, Planetary.



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