Re: [BNW] Positive Quirks

[Kirk Monsen <munchwolf@yahoo.com>]

--- Steve Crow <crow_steve@hotmail.com> wrote:
> No doubt this has been discussed before I arrived
> here, but just to check:
> 
Nope, havn't seen it discussed.  

> How do you get Positive Quirks?
> 
Well, during character creation :), but I don't think
that's what you ment.

> The rules are pretty clear - you can't buy them with
> Experience.
> 
You could always use the rule from Deadlands: The
Quick and the Dead.  I know it's a different game, but
the systems are so similar (I wonder why :), that it
should work.

In a nutshell it costs 3x the base quirk cost, and
takes a few weeks (equal to the base quirk cost, so it
costs 9 exp pts to get Brawny and 3 weeks of working
out).  Also you need a good reason and the guide's
approval.  The guide is allowed to change the
costs/time per his whim.

> Some are probably unbuyable (Destined for Greatness
> - unlikely someone is 
> going to "pump" themselves up enough to get Brawny -
> or become Beautiful 
> sans plastic surgery).
> 
I could see these quirks taken, but again need Guide's
approval and a good rational.  Maybe a player finds
out he 'could' be the 'chosen one' to save the world. 
Better spend those exps to insure he gets the job :).

> Some are role-playing oriented (Sidekick, Contacts,
> Dark Secret)
> 
I could see these pop up as well.  Have the player
mention he wants a side kick, and let the guide work
out the details of how to incorporate it into the
campaign.

> But it seems like these should have some kind of
> "cost" other than the 
> player just assigning his character's down time to
> get them.
> 
There is a cost.  The player has to wrack his brains
out thinking of a logical reason or means by which he
can get these new quirks, and then needs to
beg/grovel/buy pizza for the guide so that his
character can gain em.

-Munch Wolf
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