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Re: Let's vote up another Burning Wheel Character!
Why quit when you're ahead? are you chicken?!?!
I vote: Great one
Black hunter
Named
Get nasty or die trying!
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Originally Posted by CarpeGuitarrem
Yeah, sorry I didn't clear that out better. The main reason I encouraged people to keep taking new lifepaths was that, well, a lifepath limit is a limit, and orcs take more than four lifepaths to really shine.
That's okay, I understand.
I have to add though that the die of fate videos are totally awesome.
Re: Let's vote up another Burning Wheel Character!
I don't know what Servant of the Gate is, but it sounds cool, so
Servant of the Gate
Call It Quits
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Originally Posted by GungHo, on Battletech
The Atlas is also goofy but it has that whole "Stay Puft Marshmallow Man" menacing smile thing going for it. The guy who drew that one up was obviously taken to the Nutcracker when he was a child... and he was screaming in terror the entire time.
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Originally Posted by Enterti, Cogidubnus
Glyphstone, out of all the playground I think you scare me the most...
Re: Let's vote up another Burning Wheel Character!
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I don't know what Servant of the Gate is, but it sounds cool, so
Servant of the Gate
Call It Quits
Servant of the Gate effectively involves hard labor.
Also, doubling up on Great One....oh man. Lifepaths diminish in value after the second time you take them, but taking it a mere twice is gonna get us a filthy rich (or connected) orc. With lots of stat boosts. That's quite the interesting option. (Incidentally, taking it a third time is still better than a lot of orc lifepaths. It's a veritable jackpot in many ways.)
Re: Let's vote up another Burning Wheel Character!
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Originally Posted by CarpeGuitarrem
Servant of the Gate effectively involves hard labor.
Also, doubling up on Great One....oh man. Lifepaths diminish in value after the second time you take them, but taking it a mere twice is gonna get us a filthy rich (or connected) orc. With lots of stat boosts. That's quite the interesting option. (Incidentally, taking it a third time is still better than a lot of orc lifepaths. It's a veritable jackpot in many ways.)
Oh. Never mind. Changing my vote, then, to
Great One II
Call It Quits
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Originally Posted by GungHo, on Battletech
The Atlas is also goofy but it has that whole "Stay Puft Marshmallow Man" menacing smile thing going for it. The guy who drew that one up was obviously taken to the Nutcracker when he was a child... and he was screaming in terror the entire time.
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Originally Posted by Enterti, Cogidubnus
Glyphstone, out of all the playground I think you scare me the most...
It's a 4...how much longer will our luck hold out??
Anyhow, same options as before. You can re-take Follower, go into Servant of the Gate, or repeat Great One (for a diminished return this time). Or call it quits.
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What are we risking to lose this time? At the moment, my vote stands for
1. Great One III 2. Call it Quits
We've already gone this far. Why not get some more connections?
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Re: Let's vote up another Burning Wheel Character!
Yeah, lets take 1 more shot.
Great One III
Call It Quits
But after this, we're done.
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Originally Posted by GungHo, on Battletech
The Atlas is also goofy but it has that whole "Stay Puft Marshmallow Man" menacing smile thing going for it. The guy who drew that one up was obviously taken to the Nutcracker when he was a child... and he was screaming in terror the entire time.
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Originally Posted by Enterti, Cogidubnus
Glyphstone, out of all the playground I think you scare me the most...
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Originally Posted by CarpeGuitarrem
An entire limb.
Hmm... a leg would be annoying, but I think I'll keep my vote. She's gotta have something to identify her after all this status increase.
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Originally Posted by Xefas:
"I need the Goblins in phalanx arrangement. Sky Blotters in the back! Swissles? Assume the Swizzle Stick Formation! We're going in!"
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Originally Posted by Analysis
Missing an arm. In its place there is a heavy chain connecting to the collar of a nasty, lobotomized troll pup called "Right Hand".
... If there is any possible way at all of buying this, it should happen. That's simply wonderful.
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"I need the Goblins in phalanx arrangement. Sky Blotters in the back! Swissles? Assume the Swizzle Stick Formation! We're going in!"
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Originally Posted by Zelphas
... If there is any possible way at all of buying this, it should happen. That's simply wonderful.
I'm trying to figure it. It'd certainly be possible to put a resources price on it. What's more tricky is giving our orc the skills needed to control the troll. Otherwise, she's in for a bad time... (knowing how to speak Troll is actually outside of the confines of her lifepaths; only the Troll Lord orcs have acquired that skillset, because they work day in and day out with trolls)
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Originally Posted by CarpeGuitarrem
I'm trying to figure it. It'd certainly be possible to put a resources price on it. What's more tricky is giving our orc the skills needed to control the troll. Otherwise, she's in for a bad time... (knowing how to speak Troll is actually outside of the confines of her lifepaths; only the Troll Lord orcs have acquired that skillset, because they work day in and day out with trolls)
What we need is a relationship with a Troll Lord, then, in addition to a lobotomized Troll named 'My Right Hand'. We will call him "Brain", and he will sit on our shoulders.
Then, we may proceed with the astoundingly efficient mechanism of yelling "Brain! Tell 'My Right Hand' to punch that guy!"
I have no idea how this would interact with the fighting mechanics, but your enemies should probably have to check for hesitation, just from sheer confusion.
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Originally Posted by Xefas
What we need is a relationship with a Troll Lord, then, in addition to a lobotomized Troll named 'My Right Hand'. We will call him "Brain", and he will sit on our shoulders.
Then, we may proceed with the astoundingly efficient mechanism of yelling "Brain! Tell 'My Right Hand' to punch that guy!"
I have no idea how this would interact with the fighting mechanics, but your enemies should probably have to check for hesitation, just from sheer confusion.
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IIRC, it is suggested that sidekicks are burned up as lesser characters with fewer lifepaths. My Right Hand could perhaps take Vile Speech or something like that. Alternately, I guess the chain could be enchanted to provide the Troll Speech trait.
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I actually had to think about this one for a while, but then I realised that we are basically taking more risk for less gain, what's not to like about that?
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Originally Posted by Analysis
IIRC, it is suggested that sidekicks are burned up as lesser characters with fewer lifepaths. My Right Hand could perhaps take Vile Speech or something like that. Alternately, I guess the chain could be enchanted to provide the Troll Speech trait.
That is an excellent solution, actually. If anyone has the Monster Burner, could you look into that? Just in case people want to sink resources into that route, that is.
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Originally Posted by Fenix_of_Doom
I actually had to think about this one for a while, but then I realised that we are basically taking more risk for less gain, what's not to like about that?
Re: Let's vote up another Burning Wheel Character!
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Originally Posted by CarpeGuitarrem
That is an excellent solution, actually. If anyone has the Monster Burner, could you look into that? Just in case people want to sink resources into that route, that is.
I had a player use that rule in a game I was running. Found it to be WAY powerful.
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Re: Let's vote up another Burning Wheel Character!
I'm going to vote 1: Great One
2: Cattle Slave
3: Call it Quits
Because it's not a risk, it's a class feature.
Edit: +50 resources for Great One, Halved each time it's taken, we're up to +87 Resources with Great one III, and if we go Great one IV we get 93. Don't know if +6 is a big deal, as have never read the book :/
Is 87+Other lifepath bonuses to Resources>100? If no, is 93+same>100?
Re: Let's vote up another Burning Wheel Character!
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Originally Posted by CarpeGuitarrem
I like your attitude.
This is the stuff that Burning Wheel is made of.
If you do something you should do it right, half a legend is no legend I say.
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Originally Posted by Totally Guy
I had a player use that rule in a game I was running. Found it to be WAY powerful.
Hate to bring D&D into this, but yea sounds a lot like leadership abuse.
I suppose you can not abuse the rule if you try, but especially a character like this with plenty of resources to spend can probably buy a pretty powerful companion.
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Originally Posted by Fenix_of_Doom
Hate to bring D&D into this, but yea sounds a lot like leadership abuse.
I suppose you can not abuse the rule if you try, but especially a character like this with plenty of resources to spend can probably buy a pretty powerful companion.
Just speculating here, but I think it's more "powerful" than OP. I suspect. Gaining massive amounts of followers is not easy to do.
('course, this is also the game which reminds the GM and players to keep a check on munchkins. Possibly by applying blunt force with the rulebook. )
Sounds cool to me, though, especially since it's not a regular game (where a player controlling two characters could get difficult to manage). So, we'll have that as an explicit option on the table when it comes time to purchase stuff.
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