[UA] Evolutionary Archetype - the Next Step / New Model

[Nick Wedig]

>     I'd say that it'd be represented by freakish, but
>useful mutations.  There are two kinds of avatars, the
>born freak and the augmented man.  At one time,
>avatars of the New Model were all born genetic
>aberrations. Sometimes it was benign, like being born
>without an apendix or without wisdom teeth are good
>examples of qualifications for New Model status.  The
>more visible versions involve having extra fingers or
>toes.

>     What do you think?

Perhaps just make it 'the Freak' (not related to MH avatar of the same name) and allow folks who use body modification to make themselves inhuman (the guy turning himself into a reptile has probably got something going for him).  Fairly recently the shift in sideshows has gone from people born freakish to people who made themselves freaks, perhaps due to a godwalker ascension.  

I wonder if the archetype's too close to something like the Outsider though (though as the movie "Freaks" showed, the construction of their own subculture is quite possible, perhaps even involved with the archetype)

Mr. Teapot
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