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RE: (TFT) new player wants an attack worthy animal...
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- From: "John Linzy" <juzjohn@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:51:04 -0400
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Oh you evil, evil GM
I love these!
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From: tft-admin@brainiac.com [mailto:tft-admin@brainiac.com] On Behalf Of
Mark Tapley
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 10:41 AM
To: tft@brainiac.com
Subject: Re: (TFT) new player wants an attack worthy animal...
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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