Sunday, May 10, 2020

Felltower: What Disadvantages do the PCs have?

Here are the answers to the guessing game:

Galen

Bloodlust (12)
Callous (12)
Intolerance (Urbanites)
Loner
Sense of Duty (Adventuring Companions)
Vow (Own no more than can be carried.)

This is an exact description of Galen - he's a cold, heartless loner who hates city-folk, lives a backwoods minimalist existence, and kills everything that crosses his bow sight if it'll benefit him in any way. He's true to his companions, but if you get outside of his in-group, he'll kill you and not give it a second thought.

Gerry

Curious (12)
Oblivious
Sense of Duty (Adventuring Companions)
Stubbornness (12)
Weirdness Magnet*

Gerry is actually quite religious, and brings his skeletons to church with him. He hasn't noticed this is a problem. He does still have Weirdness Magnet but we've been discussion replacements. Being Excommunicated is a big deal in a one-church setting; it's basically playing on hardcore mode as the cleric won't heal you and you can't get Resurrection or other healing magic performed. So Heyden doesn't have it either, but he's been getting close with his out-and-out worship of a magical idol instead of the Good God.

Mild Bruce

Bad Temper (9)
Easy to Read
OPH (Underdressed Savage)
Sense of Duty (Adventuring Companions)
Social Stigma (Minority Group)

Crogar
Bloodlust (12)
Easy to Read
Gluttony (12)
Sense of Duty (Adventuring Companions)
Social Stigma (Minority Group)

Important quirk: Dislikes swamps. The player's mom told him to avoid swamps in my games.

Crogar, like Mild Bruce, Mo (his momma call him Kle), and Bjorn are/were all Shirtless Savages from DFD: Barbarians. They have DR that doesn't stack with armor - no Vow, just an advantage negated by armoring up. This does wonders for Move, Dodge, and savings! Unlike Bruce, though, he's not an underdressed savage. Presentation and comportment matter.

Ulf

Compulsive Generosity
Disciplines of Faith (Ritualism)
Gluttony (12)
Honesty (12)
Intolerance ("Evil" religions)
Selfless
Sense of Duty (Adventuring Companions)
Sense of Duty (Co-religionists)

Those are subject to change; I haven't seen his new list post-Resurrection but it's possible he's getting Charitable and re-jiggering his disadvantages.

Misc:

Gwynneth, Quenton Mudborne (but not Quenton Gale), and Galoob Jah - only the latter two have Cowardice. Felltower Goblins have Cowardice. Gwynneth was just a low-HP, low-DR wizard and thus very squishy. She was appropriately cautious; I don't think anyone ever accused her of being run cowardly.

Varmus has Disturbing Voice but not Criminal Record. He say he's not required to discuss his hanging (if indeed he was hanged) with you, because he took the Legalistic quirk.

Inquisitor Marco had Intolerance ("Evil" religions) and Fanaticism (Destroy Undead.)

Wyatt - Overconfidence, yes. Only at a 12 or less but like Hillbilly with Bad Temper, he never rolls. He doesn't have a Delusion about being an Inquisitor, but we've talked about upping it from a quirk to an OPH based on how frequently he gives Ulf a hard time (basically, every time Ulf talks, or fails at a spell, or otherwise expresses "doubt")

Hasdrubel and Dryst both lack Sense of Duty to anyone. Both had/have an Obsession to become the world's most powerful wizard. Both also had/have Laziness, so don't feel too threatened. They'll get to their ambition later.

Did I miss anything?

Disads and Quirks in my game are flexible; you can change them as needed. You're expected to play the ones on your sheet, but you can change them to whatever actual reflects how you want to / actually do play your character. So some of these changed and will change as people change how they play. Galen and Crogar have been very steady - they play like they read.

13 comments:

  1. Did Quenton have Sense of Duty Nature?

    Do you think you could guess the disadvantages from DFW?

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    1. Nope. He was never that kind of druid.

      Some, I think - I'll have to give it a think and then list my guesses.

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  2. "Being Excommunicated is a big deal in a one-church setting; it's basically playing on hardcore mode as the cleric won't heal you and you can't get Resurrection or other healing magic performed."

    It's a big deal in a multi-church setting as well... kinda. We aren't rolling with the Cleric 𝙬𝙤𝙣'𝙩 heal, they might (if they have SoD (Fellow Adventurers) they'll certainly try - and probably lecture you about your 'evil' ways), but it will be harder on them (canonical -3). In fact, it doesn't matter if it's a 'Good', 'Neutral', or 'Evil' Cleric, they're all at -3 to put beneficial spells on you...


    So far it hasn't come up. But then I'm also pretty sure that so far I'm the only person who has an Excommunicated Character... but then that's what you get when you chose to take up the mantle of Elder Thing Cultist.

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    1. Yeah, SoD will overrule it. But the lack of services in town will really hurt - no Instant Restoration, no Resurrection, no Regeneration . . . and if you're out-and-out evil even Sense of Duty won't help in my games . . .

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  3. Ulf will take Paranoia for -10 as an extra disad. I thought Charitable was more like extra generous.’, but the actual disadvantage is far too nice for Ulf and really incompatible with his intolerances and religious zeal. He’s borderline fanatical.

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    1. And fanatics have enemies, as Ulf now realizes, clearly . . .

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    2. Yes. Which means we have to get them before they get us!

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  4. So, Galen is the group Jayne.

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    1. What's a Jayne?

      I always think of him as like Todd Hockney from The Usual Suspects.

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    2. I'm thinking he means Jayne Cobb, supporting character in the short-lived sci-fi show Firefly (and successful wrap-up movie, Serenity). He's uneducated, obsessed with firepower, and will turn over his friends to the authorities for a buck. An outstanding character, played masterfully and entertainingly, but I don't see the connection to Galen.

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    3. I never saw any of Firefly or Serenity. I've heard it was good but it didn't seem like it was for me. Either way . . . Galen is very loyal to his friends, and money isn't a big concern . . . he's just hard-hearted and gives no quarter, if that's what that character is like.

      I suggested Todd Hockney because he's got that same "doesn't give a ***k" attitude while being very dangerous.

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    4. I do mean Jayne Cobb, yes. Not based necessarily on the list of Galen's advantages, but on your write-up of how he is played before the additions in Peter's reply. Aside from also having a fair amount of greed, Jayne has exhibited most of that behavior. That said, it's just my 2¢. YMMV.

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    5. He's no more interested in money than anyone else, and doesn't use it for much besides equipment upgrades. He's very serious about his Sense of Duty. So if Jayne is like that, then he's like Galen. If not, I'd say it's more superficial of a resemblance.

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