Re: Lost of stuff

[Jevan Furmanski <furmansj@expert.cc.purdue.edu>]

Its dangerous to have the DP swap thing, and that happened only once where
someone magically gained 75 DP (Kelly's character).  When the body swap
occurs, why not have them lose a permanant WIL like in soulhold?  This
could represent the partial sundering of the soul from the physical world
when forced into a foreign body.  Not much of a price for immortality...
Perhaps all the campaign is just a few old-fashioned Religious Fanatics
that see mutos and body-swappers as the new source of chaos in the world.
Not unbelievable, and more than logical (as far as those movements go).

Jevan

On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Wright Frazier wrote:

> 
> re: 3) not sure who is doing it, but I know a couple of nomads have.
> 
> ALso a note on penalties, it was suggested, I think by Steve, a few
> months ago that when a person comes back to life they get the
> DP of the body they hop into or, go down to the min of like 6.  Something
> like that.  I can see this being the case with SOulcatcher as well.
> 
> Wright
> 
> >   
> > 	1) I like Greg's idea about having WIL be the determining stat
> > for nomad stuff. WIL is with you for the duration that your soul stays
> > outta Infero. Make rule-benders think twice, heh-heh.
> > 
> > 	2) Yes, increase the wrestling skill base cost. Having seen screws
> > and been screwed by the skill, it's obvious that it's overpowered. It's
> > comparable to a bludgeon skill without the need for surprise.
> > 
> > 	3) Seeing as how I have the character probably most in question in
> > the body-hopping uproar, I'd be interested in seeing how this resolves
> > itself. I've always gone under the assumption that Soulcatcher works as
> > Greg detailed, with the mind, soul, and spirit all intimately intertwined.
> > Also, I'd like to know who's giving this spell a bad reputation. I try to
> > use it responsibly in AND out of character. I have used it to save my butt
> > from "Corruption", I've saved other people from bleeding-to-death crits,
> > and only now and then do I do it for PC's in non-vital situations. If I
> > really am the main offender, tell me. I'll have to raise the rates.  For
> > my character, I just spent a shitload of money to buy the best slave body
> > I could find so if I did have to stress a few times, I'd still have a
> > decent working carcass. And, yes, I have stressed my WIL and it SUCKS now! 
> > 
> > ------Orion
> > 
> > 
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