> Do people do this for other abilities? It seems a good way to
possibly model important
> relationships that change. After all, if your rating has a lot to
do with how important it is
> to the story and not just how intense the relationship is, then you
certainly shouldn't
> have to start from scratch everytime you want to redefine a
relationship. (i.e. Husband of
> Aleana to Ex-Husband of Aleana)
Relationships are more fun when they describe the emotional attachment rather than just the status, I think. So going from "loves Aleana" (or loyal to, protective of, or whatever) to "jealous of aleana" or "pines for aleana" or "still protective of aleana" or even "loathes that embodiement of the spirits of hell that uses the name aleana" (depending on what happened....) I think is stronger than just having a "status" relationship.
Also, sometimes there is a progress of supporting characters.
Retainer to sidekick, sidekick to ally, patron to rival, etc. So if
Aleana was originally modelled as a retainer, contact, or ally, she
may change status (probably to contact or rival, although possibly
even an ally or patron, depending on what happened).
>
> But would you use this in other situations? If someone has a
driving need to hunt for
> some ancient relic of his people, and then he finds it, would it
make sense to just
> transform his "Hunts the Googly rock 8W" into "Googly Rock 8W"
instead of having him
> buy "Googly Rock 13"?
To use the Googly Rock, I think he'd still need to buy "Googly Rock" starting at 13. But he might be able to change "Hunts Googly Rock" 8W into "Adores Googly Rock", "Protective of Googly Rock" etc, at 8W. Depending on what he is doing, he might sometimes be able to use that ability to augment his ability with the googly rock (and would also be able to use it in other situations).
Just my feelings on it, no claim of gospel truth.
--Bryan
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