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

[Brett Slocum <brett.slocum@gmail.com>]

All very good ideas. Lizardmen also have trouble finding first aid and
medical help, since most chirurgeons don't study reptile anatomy and
physiology. Perhaps a vet would be a better choice.
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Brett Slocum <brett.slocum@gmail.com>




On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Mark Tapley <mtapley@swri.edu> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
> B  B  B  B 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."
>
>
> B  B  B  B 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")
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