[UA] Cloudbusting and an archetype

[Nick Wedig]

>> I'm starting to like this whole Archetype thing. 
>> Grownups who Listen to Kids tend, in literature, at
>> least, to be able to change the kids into things. 
>> They shape the children into heroes or theives or
>> broken husks -like a miniature form of the IC shaping
>> the world.  There always seems to be some enormous
>> sacrifice involved, though.  Merlin was entrapped, Obi
>> Wan ate lightsaber, the Pied Piper dissapeared into a
>> mountain, and Gacy was jailed.  Yet, they still
>> influenced -even communicated- with their, um,
>> charges? Victims? afterward.  I don't know about
>> Wonka, though. 
>
>I'm not certain that this always happens.  It didn't happen to Wonka 
>or the inventor of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.  I can easily see them 
>being chased out of town, but that's different.

Wonka is planning ahead for his loss (death?) which is the whole reason for the tickets and everything.  

>The taboos are obvious acting too much like an adult, no regular 
>job, no sex...

Certain jobs are allowable, especially kid friendly ones.  Coaches work, but teachers have at best a hard time.  The Candyman works, as do toymakers/sellers, artists or other things.  Perhaps limit the taboo such that he can't act like an adult when around children, allowing for uncles with white collar jobs, but who are amazingly friendly with children.

>
>Also, it occurs to me that one of these folks would make a truly 
>awesome Mechanomancer.  The wacky gadgets clockworkers 
>make fit with this archetype perfectly, and I can even see one 
>forgetting portions his or her adult life to remain young at heart and 
>build cool stuff.  Such a character could easily be very sweet, very 
>creepy, or (if done really well) both.  This is the first concept for a 
>Mechanomancer I've ever really wanted to play.

Nice.  Very nice.  I've had a vision in my head for a character (not necessarily for UA) called the Toymaker, who is unclear whether he's good or bad.  This makes him work well as a character.

Mr. Teapot
toymaker

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