Re: Buffy in the shower

From: Stephen Tempest <e-g_at_...>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:24:41 +0100


"mouserampant" <richard.crawley5_at_...> writes:

>I was just in the shower thinking about Buffy the Vampire Slayer (c'mon; we've all done it) and it occured to me to wonder about Buffy's HeroQuest stats.
>

*Digs out write-up of the Slayer in Gloranthan terms I put together a while ago and posts it*

(You'll have to imagine the drawings of runes *g*)

The Slayer in HeroQuest

Into each generation, a Slayer is born. One girl in all the world, a Chosen One, one born with the strength and skill to hunt the vampires, to stop the spread of their evil. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer.

[Rune: looks like a heart with a stake thrust into it - exactly like what Faith drew on the classroom window in 'Bad Girls')

Entry requirements: Female only, aged 14-20. There may be any number of Potential Slayers (Initiates) but except in extreme and mythic circumstances, there is only a single Slayer (Devotee) at any one time. When the current Slayer dies, a randomly chosen Potential in the right age-group becomes the next Slayer; a player hero may choose to become the Slayer with narrator's permission by paying the appropriate hero point cost.

Homeland: Any.

Abilities: Axe Fighting, Crossbow *or* Bow Fighting, Demon Lore, Dodge Attack, Potential Slayer *or* Slayer, Stake Vampire, Tactics, Unarmed Combat, Weapons Lore.

Relationships: To Watcher.

Virtues: Dedicated, Fearless, Responsible, Self-Reliant *or* Dutiful.

Affinities and Feats:

Slayer, The (Built to Kill, I Am Destruction, I Don't Bruise Easily, Penetrating Wound, Remarkably Strong, Superhuman Reflexes.) [Rune - Death]

Chosen One (Memories of Slayers Past, I Always Find a Way, Prophetic Dreams, Sacred Destiny, The Thing Monsters Have Nightmares About.) [Rune - Fate]

She Who Hangs Out in Cemeteries (Improvised Weapon, Quip in the Face of Peril, Sense Imminent Danger, Spot Enemy's Hidden Weakness.) [Rune - Hunting]

Secret: I'm standing on the mouth of Hell - and it will choke on me (When a Slayer is driven below zero AP in a contest, if she succeeds in a Final Action using this Secret she is immediately restored to full AP. The effects of any wounds or penalties suffered in the contest also disappear.)

Other Side: A Slayer travelling to the Other Side finds herself in a stony desert, looking something like a cross between East Africa and Southern California. Here she may encounter spirit guides, the Shadowmen, the First Slayer or in extreme cases the Cheese Man.

***

If you treat Buffy's Slayer powers as magical, then any time she uses, say, her Remarkably Strong feat to bend steel bars, or I Don't Bruise Easily to recover from multiple broken bones overnight, then she only faces a resistance of 14. That lets you give her reasonably low abilities, equal to the other characters like Xander's Be Supportive 5M, or Willow's Hack Into Any Database 5M. (Or Season 6 Willow's It's Not Such A Good Idea For You To Piss Me Off 10M6 augmented by Love Tara 18M2).

Stephen

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