[UA] oh my goodness....

[Nyarly]

On Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 01:28 AM, John Tynes wrote:

>
>> Why, just today, someone asked about 'voluntary amputation,' and 
>> thanks
>> to the good people on this list, I was able to point him in the right
>> direction.  It's Apotemnophilia, by the way.
>
> Oh, what a lovely topic!
>
> http://www.johntynes.com/shortstories_comments.php?id=372_0_4_0_C
>

Um, this is kind of related, and might be a spoiler.  That said...

Okay, so two sessions ago I wrapped up "Eat It All" with a TNI gang, 
who were suitably confused and disturbed.  The aftermath has involved 
the ex-Stazi returning periodically to blackmail Andy and Marcy into 
turning over the rest of Clay's new book to TNI (the hook was that TNI 
was interested in Clay because of a passage in his last book where a 
man disappears completely and continues to narrate - an Ascension, or 
just trash pulp?), which will at least be pull over Clay's publishers.

Which leads to question: what sort of mystic purpose could a voluntary 
amputee and/or a cannibal (especially of a willing victim) serve?  I 
love the idea of throwing in offhand references to the German guy who's 
been getting answers to his classified ads for meals, and then later 
pulling back the curtain on a ritual or something that involves eating 
a voluntary victim - and how serendipitous would it be to have handy 
someone in the midst of such an act?

Also, incidentally, can anyone point out any rules recognition of the 
difficulty of attacking someone with a long point thing who's intent on 
preventing you?  Specifically, one of my players is running a guy who 
is obsessed with his swordsmanship, and was (understandably) upset when 
I told him that UA combat doesn't incorporate the idea of a parry.


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