[UA] First Campaign

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--- Chris Cooper <insectking at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Or even better. The tumour becomes animated because
> the writer had cancer of the soul too. The cancerous
> soul and tissue have fused together into some sort
> of
> parasitic, vampiric, fluid-dripping abortion.
> 

Interesting.  I had given some thought to the cancer
escaping, preying on rats, and eventually becoming a
duplicate of the character.  Possibly spawning
multiple duplicates.  I was thinking about working
that into Bi3P, if they failed to defuse a Bill.  Any
hand to hand fighting has the possibility of injecting
a small tumor into the PCs, which they can feel
wriggling around, etc. 

I like the idea of "cancer of the soul."  I'm going to
have to ponder on that one a bit.
 
> I wrote up an archetype for this called the
> Grotesque
> Libertine. It's somewhere in the list archives and
> in
> the UA website.

You know, now that you mention it, I think I've read
that.  I'll have to go hunt it up. 

> Start with the small ones at "witness level" start
> on
> the nastier stuff as the game goes on.

Do you think it would be a check to see the guy put
his hands into the character, and then another one for
the cancer crawling around? 

> Does the writer's cancer go into remission? Or does
> it
> start over from scratch. Doeshe start budding these
> hideous tumours regularly? Do they mobilse and
> attack
> people in dim porn theatres and under-street bars?

I just talked to the player, and the character is
going to have two tumors.  The primary tumor will be
gone (because it's running around somewhere), but the
other tumor will remain (the guy was interrupted
before he could take it out). 
 
> Running Man is the Pilgrim and Gambler or Judge
> fills
> the Advocate role.
> 

Hmm.  Running Man could be a new interpretation of the
Pilgrim I could use for a cosmic level game later
on...  I'll have to ponder on that one as well.  

As for the Devil's Advocate, I don't think the Gambler
really fits with what I have in mind.  The Judge may
or may not.  I don't really want the DA to do any
judging so much as find fault with everything and
always argue the opposite side.  I think the taboo
would be something along the lines of "can never say
what he actually believes," or some such.   

> Run it in your home town, or nearby city.

My home town is too small, I'm afraid.  The nearby
cities are relatively small as well.  The closest city
of any decent size is Cincinnati, Ohio.  I suppose I
could set it there.  Nashville, TN is not too far,
either. 

Another thing I meant to ask--What sort of payment do
you think the "healer" guy is going to want for his
services?  I was thinking of something along the lines
of a scalpel of a famous surgeon or some such
(preferably an infamous surgeon), but haven't really
been able to come up with much more than that.

Jonathan

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