[UA] Mess with this character, a lot

Christopher x-opher at bigfoot.com
Mon Feb 14 08:50:02 PST 2005


But really, if all this is about is a player who wants to flip-flop firearms
rolls, there are other ways to do it. Seems a silly reason to suddenly
become a Pilgrim, especially when you're having trouble rationalizing it in
your game.

Give him an artifact. A gun that he acquires somehow that allows him to
flip-flop rolls with it. Of course, this gun has a sordid past, used in some
heinous crime. And it wants to be used. Bad. You can do all sorts of things
with a nice little gun like that. It gives the player what he wants. And it
gives you some potential for fun, too. "C'mon, shoot that greasy little
fucker. You know you want to. Zipperhead's playing you. He doesn't respect
you. Hold me, big man. Squeeze me. That'll learn him. He doesn't fuck with
you, man. He doesn't fuck with *us.*" Makes it hard to interrogate someone
if there's a constant whisper in your head from that heavy lead weight in
your pocket. And when its bloody past comes full circle, the fun just gets
better and better. Who used it? Do they want it back? Who else is after it?

There are plenty of other options. I think someone mentioned the House of
Renunciation. There's any number of ways you can rationalize letting him
switch his obsession skill.

Christopher Smith Adair





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