Re: When Hirudo were voted on

["Rick Myers" <leviathan_60@hotmail.com>]

In my opinion Hirudo are inherently disruptive.  A Hirudo is, by 
definition, a High Priest of the God/Godess of Chaos and destruction.  
It is a creature of Base Evil that lives to be disruptive.   Such a 
creature does not play well with others.  It will not fit into, or 
coexist with, an organized group...even one as psychotic as the average 
adventuring party.

Rick

 

>As for them being disruptive to game play, as I said before, they
>are much less disruptive(not tom ention less powerful) than a priest
>of Scrogg or Orus.  Hirudo don't start getting foul in their actions
>that makes(I quote Rick) put up the decency curtain.

Depends on the Hirudo ;) 

>
>What it comes down too, hirudo are going to be no more and no less
>disruptive than any other sort of character.  If someone is going
>to dick a party, they can do it with any PC and will do it with any
>sort of character.  And if someone is more bent towards playing
>that type of character, they can certainly pick far better/cost 
effective
>means of doing it.  The stalking/bludgeon combo or just plain 
immobilize
>come to mind right off the bat.
>
>Wright
>
>> > So, regardless of our feelings on this subject, it does not make 
>> > sense to start out as a Hirudo.
>> 
>> No argument on that subject. I have always felt that way.
>> 
>> > As for any adventurer acquiring the dark gift....I believe that its 
impact 
>> > on the campaign is so large, and so potentially unstabilizing that 
I do 
>> > want to be involved, and approve, beforehand, of any such event.
>> 
>> Hrm. I've never understood these destabilizing effects and would 
argue
>> that priests of Scrogg are far more disruptive in play because they 
are
>> encouraged whereas Hirudo must hide under a cloak of normalacy... the
>> mutos running around are more disruptive (air elemental -vs- Hirudo 
for
>> disruption?)
>> 
>> 							-Steve
>> 
>
>


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