Re: [HoE] Servitor Weakness

[Darrin Bright <darrin@neobright.net>]

Some good suggestions.

Using "light" is probably going to be the first thing that occurs to the
PCs, especially if they have tangled with Blast Shadows. I like Goff's
twist about reading a newspaper article, but I suspect that without a lot
of hand-holding they'll never figure it out.

I'd stick with the "light" motiff unles I was trying to be cruel to the
PCs. I'd make his weakness have to do with a particular kind of light.

For example, maybe he was originally killed out in the open under a
streetlight. Maybe he avoids streetlights now, and can only be killed under
one (might need a Doomsayer with EMP to get one to work).

Or perhaps there's a certain light that needs to be turned on... maybe he
was trying to come home one night when he was killed, but the porch light
was off or had gone out. Turning on or replacing the bulb might allow him
to be put down.

Or how about this... he was a photographer before he became a servitor. The
only way to kill him is to find an old camera with a flashbulb... maybe
even HIS old camera. Each flash from the flashbulb does a wound to his
guts, which can't be healed or cancelled with chips. After five flashes, he
dies. Make sure the flash takes a while to recharge, just to make things
dramatic. Maybe it takes three actions for the flash to recharge, or maybe
it can only be used once per round. 

Yes, I'd definately go with the camera/flashbulb idea.