[UA] Help with a new arquetype: The Lovers

[Alex Lampros]

Kill the first channel, move the others up one, and make an uberpowerful
fourth channel.  

I'd also be looking for a lover version of The Mother combat channel.  I
think most archtypes should have at least one blatantly powerful channel. 

I'd be more worried about the RP.  If both Lovers are PCs, it could be an
oppurtunity for some truly atrocious role play.  But it could also be
cool.  Goodluck!

I wanted to run something similiar.  A cabal of feminists + general
wackos was using the show "Friends" to put a "Ross-imposter" in the
statosphere.  They thought the vaguelly incompetant, but smart Male Love
Interest would replace the domineering Male Love Interest.  Of course,
they wern't happy about using Patriarchy-TV to do this.  But then they
had this balinese ritual that let you act out a well known story in a
public place, and alter the participants to fit the roles.  Orginally
used to grant Priests some of the powers of the god, now put to different
purpose.  It was fun, although I think I may have gone over the top with
the gay guy in Monica's body....

Yours,

alex

Alex


On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:26:15 +0100, jecouto at tiscali.es said:
> Hi
> 
> As always, I start things without a clear and defined plan and go along
> until I hit the wall and have to start laying down the details... yes,
> I'm
> that class of bad GM.
> 
> In this particular campaign, I've the clear idea from the beggining that
> 2 of the players are unknowingly channeling an "dual" archetype, The
> Lovers.
> They were in fact the defining members of the Clergy as The Lovers in a
> good number of incarnations of the universe (that is, they were in the
> Clergy
> when the 333 archetype ascended) and the Compte is particulary interested
> in having them again on board, as all those universes were in his view
> better
> than the current batch, where The Lovers are... Romeo & Juliet (not their
> names, the concept; that why all famous love stories have tragedy).
> Needless
> to say the current Lovers are going to be against them (because if they
> ascend is Renuntiation time for them... and you bet they arent going to
> be loving each other anymore)
> 
> All this is fine if I had an idea of what the hell does this archetype
> involves,
> so first, if anybody has something similar, please share, and second, I
> would like feedback on this idea.
> 
> Right now I'm thinking on 4 channels on the following lines:
> 
> - first one is basically enhancement over social skills; the presence of
> The Lovers makes people happy ("They are a wonderful couple, dont you
> think?")
> so its easier for them to Charm people into helping them. Mechanics-wise
> (and yes, I've to do the catalog of skill mechanics...) I'm thinking
> either
> of flip-flop or to add the Avatar to the skill when they are together or
> the context allows it ("if you give us that seems-to-be-dead potion we
> can
> fake our deaths and run away for our parents")
> 
> - second would be a form of "psychiatric help". As it is said in the
> manual
> that you can recover from a failed check if you get inmediate attention
> from somebody that cares for you and soothes you, the Lovers, while
> together,
> never get notches (they may fail and flee or they may pass and stay, but
> they arent going to get a failed or hardened notch), as long as they stay
> together and help each other. Still unclear if this would be by default
> or need a check...
> 
> - third one would be the classic "third sense" of Lovers. "I know she is
> in trouble" "Something is happening to him"... roll under Avatar and get
> a warning if your significant other is in danger, and maybe even clues
> about
> location, enemy, situation...
> 
> - fourth would be the classic "nothing can keep us apart" (like the
> Messenger,
> all barriers drop between you and you significant other).
> 
> Ideas, sugestions?
> 
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