Re: Sidekick minimaxing

From: Rob <robert_m_davis_at_...>
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 21:56:12 -0000

> Right. What I would allow is "Bill the Slayer of A Thousand
Trolls, known
> for witty repartee and bad dress sense, who has the slight favor
of a
> dragon." Represented by a keyword at 17 and three abilities which
the player
> controls. To use he Hero System parlance, the Dragon is merely
the "Special
> Effect" that gives the in-game explanation of where the abilities
in
> question come from.
>
> Using the same logic, we've used this to model powerful magic
items, for
> instance. Sure it has all sorts of powers beyond what the player
can
> currently control, but that's the norm for handling magic items
anyhow. So
> this is the model, then for how this works. Treat the dragon like
a magic
> item.
>
> Mike

Wow! Very very cool idea! In the foreword by Mark (Galeotti) in the rulebook he mentions these immortal words,

"One day I helped a Dragon who whispered hot words of gold and legend to me..."

Nice one Mike. Now THAT is the basis of one hell of a character!

Regards
Rob

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