Re: (TFT) new player wants an attack worthy animal...

[Sgt Hulka <hulkasgt@yahoo.com>]

Hilarious!

--- On Wed, 3/21/12, Mark Tapley <mtapley@swri.edu> wrote:

> From: Mark Tapley <mtapley@swri.edu>
> Subject: Re: (TFT) new player wants an attack worthy animal...
> To: tft@brainiac.com
> Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 7:41 AM
> At 0:57 -0400 3/21/12, Brett wrote:
> > When I played a GURPS version of this character, inns
> and cities were
> > a problem. Being a wolf, my character's companion was
> able to take
> > care of themselves in the woods outside of any inn my
> character might
> > stay in. And my character tended to not go to cities
> very often. When
> > we did, the wolf just stayed out of town until he came
> out.
> 
>     Brett's suggestion is good, but with a
> few more variants to blind-side the character:
> 
> 1) Owner forgets to make proper provisions.
> Wolf Owner: "We walk into the tavern..."
> GM: "Everyone in the tavern yells, draws, and lunges toward
> your wolf."
> WO: "Oh, he's not with us!"
> GM: "You didn't prearrange that. The tavern patrons get
> initiative."
> 
> 
> 2) Vet bills.
> GM: "Ok, this morning your wolf has very loose stools and
> vomiting. He's also looking a little "peaked". What do you
> do?"
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflammatory_bowel_disease
> 
> 
> 3) Unfair accusations.
> GM: "Farmer Dale's chicken coop was broken into last night.
> He wants you to pay for the chickens your wolf ate."
> 
> 
>     It occurs to me that a similar approach
> might work for lizard men.
> 
> 1) Cold-bloodedness.
> GM: "It's 0300 and you hear some noise in the brush. Oh, by
> the way, it's cold and the lizard man cannot move or
> awaken."
> 
> 2) Reptilian defense mechanisms.
> GM: "OK, you disengage from HTH ... leaving your tail."
> 
> 3) ...
> GM: "Your throat flaps start swelling. She doesn't look that
> cute to anyone else, FWIW..."
> 
> 4) Subtle dietary requirements.
> GM: "The quiche in the inn tonight is spinach."
> Players: "We all dig in!"
> GM: "Fine."
> ...
> GM: "The lizard man, since the spinach is interfering with
> calcium uptake in his intestine, has a splitting headache,
> heart palpitations, and tremors; -6 adjDX. Oh, and the
> bandits are breaking down the door."
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uromastyx
> (see "Nutrition")
> 
>     Hope this helps.
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