Character DISadvantages
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Apprentice
Member # 406
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written Sunday, May 23 2004 13:57
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It's very common to pick the positive character traits for your PCs - Divinely Touched, Elite Warrior, and Natural Mage are all perennial favorites. Have you ever picked one of the bad character traits, either for the extra experience or to make things more interesting? I just started a party where all 4 characters are Completely Inept and Cursed at Birth. I felt like doing something different and challenging, but didn't really enjoy the idea of playing a singleton. (Maybe later...) I haven't hit the really difficult parts of the included scenarios yet, but so far it's been pretty fun. The big experience bonus, on top of not having the 20-40% penalty for picking good character traits, means that my party levels very fast, and I get to enjoy more PC development. I imagine that I'll start needing those extra levels once I meet tough monsters that can take advantage of my party's cursedness and ineptitude. Thoughts? Posts: 12 | Registered: Sunday, December 16 2001 08:00 |
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Apprentice
Member # 4133
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written Sunday, May 23 2004 14:57
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Everyone in my party with a space open for it usually picks up at least Sickness Prone. It's pretty harmless, and the extra bonus is nice. Brittle Bones can work well for a spellcaster - if they're the sort where odds are they'll die if they're hit anyway, there's no real setback. Sluggish hurts. You go last (or close to it) in combat, and lose an action point. I've never experimented with Cursed at Birth or Completely Inept, but they both sound considerably worse. Posts: 15 | Registered: Sunday, March 21 2004 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
Member # 3719
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written Sunday, May 23 2004 21:01
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I've been too scared to add a sickness/curse to my players, I'm not that great as is :) -------------------- fishing Posts: 294 | Registered: Monday, November 24 2003 08:00 |
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Shake Before Using
Member # 75
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written Monday, May 24 2004 12:30
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My theory runs along these lines - "Well, hey. You'll be really high level eventually anyway..." Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
Member # 1886
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written Monday, May 24 2004 22:39
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All of my characters always run with "Completely inept". The mechanic and the mage always start with "Nimble fingers" and "Natural mage". I like to use "Completely inept" to offset the XP penalties for slith and nephil characters. That and Phil Foglio's sketch for it is funny. -------------------- The Home of 8-bit Theater! Some cool WoT art here Nono! Bad Surfer!! This is it, The Document That no Evil Overlord can do Without Posts: 505 | Registered: Saturday, September 14 2002 07:00 |