[UA] Pyrrhic Victor - Archetype Write-Up (suggestions?)

[Gareth Hanrahan]

> More than this, I've never liked the "go back to zero" rule for changing
> archetypes. What about a Pilgrim whose master is killed and becomes a
> Masterless Man? What about a Demagogue who slips into more of a
> Trickster mode? What about a Necessary Servant who accepts the
> assignment of an assassination and becomes an Executioner? I'd like a
> more gentle transition for these people: maybe being able to transfer
> some of their points in some ritualized switch? Of course, here we're
> getting into AD&D Players' Handbook Appendix D territory: multi-class
> and dual-class characters, etc. Possible munchkin hazard.

I tried something like that in my Usurper archetype, on the UArchive. If the 
Usurper takes the place of a suitable archetype who has a distinct position 
(like the True King), he can swap his Avatar: Usurper skill for the Avatar: 
True King. 

Some of your examples, though, are probably more two-archetypes-in-conflict 
situations rather than transitions between paths. Just because a Pilgrim's 
master is killed doesn't mean he's got the Masterless Man's 
eternally-looking-but-never-finding-a-new-cause schtick. He can try to keep 
on Pilgrimming if he makes that choice.  Ditto the Demagogue becoming a 
Trickster.

It's a nice idea though...and might work well with "families" of 
archetypes....two or three related archetypes. Glancing over the UArchive, I 
note Jared Sorenson's already got something like this in the Gunslinger.
" he embodies the warrior ideal: strong, proud, honorable and compassionate. 
in fact, the gunslinger is often linked with another archetypal figure; that 
of the orphan. as a role-model and authority figure, he often becomes a 
father-figure to the orphan...eventually training him in the ways of battle 
so that someday, he may have a successor. "

> -Matt Norwood
Gar
http://www.mytholder.f2s.com

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