[UA] Re: Adepts/Avatars (was Thoughts on Fan Based...)

[Chris Cooper]

--- "Joshua K. Knorr" <jkknorr at uchicago.edu> wrote:
But to move up the food chain power-wise, it
> seems to take a
> degree of sacrifice and unhinging that avatars don't
> necessarily have.

Sure, but I find the unhinging is also true for any
character who dips in to the underground.

You're fighting against your school's
> paradox every step of
> the way.  And the stronger you are, the more you are
> a generic target
> regardless of whether or not you're stepping on
> someone's turf (avatars
> have this problem too, but their power requires less
> sacrifice).

That makes sense. Always shoot the guy who chews his
fingers to the bone and can bite you across the room.
That's the joy of failing those Unnatural stress
checks.
 
I find it
> unfun (and very
> frustrating) to play mentally dysfunctional
> characters, which is why I
> pretty much swore of playing adepts a while ago in
> my UA career.

I think, as you said, that playing the adept charging
should be disturbing enough but it doesn't merely mean
they're all completely loopy mad.

> If you meet an adept who seems well-adjusted and
> stable, you have two
> possibilities.  

He also could be confident or he keeps his little
joyful secrets close to his heart and doesn't care to
show off his Kool Magic Stuff. But I also find that
the true reason for people, adepts or otherwise, is
how well you roll those Madness checks over play.

I think we are largely speaking about the same thing
just from different directions.

Cheers,

Chris.



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