Re: [DL] Served Cold and Harrowed

[BL Klein <lanicak@att.net>]

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> Some fun ideas:
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> If the party is stable at a certain lucky size, maybe give them a list
> of manitou inspired by various numbers:
>         3: dark version of the holy trinity:  Father (maybe the biggest,
> meanest manitou, with lots of potential powers), Son, Holy Ghost.
>         4: Four Horseman, of course...
>         7: Seven Deadly Sins. Or, for a sightly less predictable slant, the
> seven virtues somehow...
> You might want to bump them up with an appropriate power and weakness
> from these to make it more interesting. I.E. any Saloon Gal can cause
> normal damge to the one with a Lust-themed manitou.

I really like this idea, but the last one shot I ran let them be the
seven deadly sins in the form of the "Flock" from Gomorra. (Sp.?)
Doomtown.

> I believe the game Wraith sued a mechanic where each player payed
> someone else's darker side... If you can work out a good system to
> reward this, maybe they could RP each other's manitou...

Hmmm.  I can see this one working. Nice.

> Aspects: Their maniotu are basically just avatars of the same greater
> entity. Let it move spirit dice around (but at a 2 for 1 rate,
> perhaps), so it can strange one charcater, but only if it leaves the
> others to their own devices. This is an interesting idea, but it needs
> a LOT of work.
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> Oh... The Book o' the dead has some ideas for a harrowed campaign you
> may want to read. Harrowed are powerful, especially without the minor
> problem of keeping non-harrowed friends safe and sound. An entire group
> of harrowed can be trouble, and a LOT of work for a GM, especially if
> you want to scare them. It's hard to freak the guy who's already dead
> and knows he's bulletproof.

That's why I chose this adventure, they don't know anything about being
harrowed until they learn from trial and error. I'm not going to just
give them everything they need, they'll have to puzzle most of it out.
Their manitous will tell them what they NEED to know, or ask a steep
price.

Thanks,
Lanica