Subject: Re: Augmentations/Mega Augmentations/Cataclysmic Feats

From: Tim Ellis <tim_at_...>
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 13:34:45 -0000

> Gaining a flaw would be one way of doing so, providing it was a
> suitable flaw. The 'loss' is suppossed to represent the character
> losing part of himself. Flaws like "sensitive to light" "ghastly
> appearance" "scares animals" or whatever certainly represent this.
> Not sure about things like "hated by trolls" though.
>

Hated by Trolls, probably not, Hated by Darkness on the other hand.... (think of Vampires and their various vulnerabilities)

I think the important issue is that the "Loss" should be at least as great as the potential gain - a failure giving "hated by trolls" might be quite acceptable for a quest whose success gives you an equivalent "Trollfriend" rating - it is unlikely to be so for a quest which grants you the ability to transform yourself into a Shade at will...