Re: [HoE] Heartless Harrowed

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

Good one . . . I think that I may have to send my DL Posse down Mexico way
for a bit of that Old School Aztec magic.  :-)

>Anyway, on to the heart thing. Make it a relic of some sort... fairly
>low-powered at first, but it might gain powers later, if you drag things
>out long enough. I'd do something like give it the power to dominate the
>former owner... there ought to be a harrowed power or two that allows
>you to force other people to do what you want. Naturally, if the
>harrowed gets his heart back, he gets the new power. But in the
>meanwhile...
>
>Tell your new harrowed he's got a pretty ragged gaping wound in his
>chest that likes to bleed a bit when he gets upset or stressed. He might
>have a "rough" inclination of where his heart is. Not sure if you want
>to give him maybe a permanent wound there, or maybe just give him a 3-5
>point yearnin' to get the heart back as part of his harrowed hindrances. 

Don't forget that the heart can be used to track the Harrowed as it beats
when the original owner comes near it. . . 

:-)


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