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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2016 1:52:43 GMT -5
It'd be cool if extended spice use did something freaky, like slowly mutated people, maybe it'd slowly turn humans into psionicists (a la Dune). Unsure what it could do to other races.
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Post by Azerbanjani on Apr 9, 2016 2:02:12 GMT -5
It'd be cool if extended spice use did something freaky, like slowly mutated people, maybe it'd slowly turn humans into psionicists (a la Dune). Unsure what it could do to other races. Give them psion powers with low a f caps |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2016 2:06:35 GMT -5
And really mutate/deform them at the same time.
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Post by Azerbanjani on Apr 9, 2016 2:09:22 GMT -5
In its current state I'd say giving mutations out would be a big 'what the fuck 'in Arm's story.
It seems mutations are less of a 'life is hard' thing and more of a 'genetics is hard' thing.
If Spice was super regulated/to the point where nobles didn't even do the stuff cause it would fuck you up, sure go for it that'd be cool.
In it's current edge lord state.
Eh.
Nah.
Psions would be cool tho.
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Post by sergeantraul on Apr 9, 2016 2:45:37 GMT -5
Mutations, no. You need it to give players something that will give them an OOC motivation for supporting an IC spice addiction. A visible penalty like mutations would just make things worst.
Random manifestation of latent psionic or elementalist powers would probably do the trick. It would also give a real explanation for why spice is banned in Allanak. It would also be a cool source of new conflict for Red Storm.
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Post by Azerbanjani on Apr 9, 2016 9:52:28 GMT -5
If it gave out elementalist powers wouldn't it /SUPER/ be banned in Tuluk tho?
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Post by sergeantraul on Apr 9, 2016 12:52:58 GMT -5
If it gave out elementalist powers wouldn't it /SUPER/ be banned in Tuluk tho? Not necessarily. Perhaps the Glorious Sun King wishes to make sure all people with elementalist tendencies, even the most basic, manifest so they can be identified and eliminated. If extended spice use has a chance of triggering minor expressions of elementalist power, these spice-elementalists will expose themselves and be executed long before they develop magick that might threaten the city. And if it also triggers psionic powers, he always needs more of those (if that part of the Tuluk lore is still intact, I'm not sure). Whereas Allanak wishes to keep the numbers of such people low; a spice addict will not be a very useful gem-slave, and Tek certainly doesn't want more psions popping up. In what I'm imagining, the fact that spice can trigger these things is going to be an IC secret, barely a rumor. Learned people will believe it only triggers people who already had elementalist/psionic tendencies anyway. Either way, it wouldn't be enough to discourage its use ICly. |
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Post by BitterFlashback on Apr 9, 2016 17:07:47 GMT -5
If they wanted to make spice a real commodity, they should up its positive effects intensity and duration. If you knew you could make your character into a walking murder machine for an RL hour spice would be way more attractive. You can't currently... oh wait, you could just pick an elemental subguild and do the same thing for free and without withdrawal. Sorry. My bad. Nevermind, spice is now permanently pointless. If it gave out elementalist powers wouldn't it /SUPER/ be banned in Tuluk tho? What's Tuluk? |
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Post by grumble on Apr 9, 2016 18:57:22 GMT -5
It'd be funny if Newtwink got the rolecall with a different account, then, played for ten minutes and stored. Revenge, bitches.
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Post by delerak on Apr 9, 2016 21:59:46 GMT -5
Role calls are the antithesis of what roleplaying is about. Can you imagine a DM going out of his way to tell someone what she needs played during her campaign? I've played dozens of D&D sessions with my friends and never has any of them asked me to play something special, it was always up to me and my potential what I wanted to play, that is what is fun about reading the players handbook and discovering the combinations of cool shit you can play. Not possible on Arm though. Good luck whoever still plays there.  |
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Post by sergeantraul on Apr 10, 2016 11:20:26 GMT -5
Yeah, it's like asking a player to give up their character and roleplay an NPC for you. Staff policy, this time against active, frequent, purposeful NPC animation, once against arrives at a backward result when tabletop roleplaying really should be the model they are trying to emulate.
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Post by grumble on Apr 10, 2016 17:17:30 GMT -5
I once got force stored as a sponsored role.
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Post by jkarr on Apr 11, 2016 4:52:09 GMT -5
"prepare to lose, ur last win was an accident!"
lol i still cant believe he fucked u hahaha
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Post by astrangeshadow on Apr 11, 2016 15:10:45 GMT -5
It'd be funny if Newtwink got the rolecall with a different account, then, played for ten minutes and stored. Revenge, bitches. Yeah! That'll teach them! |
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Post by punished ppurg on Apr 11, 2016 15:50:22 GMT -5
Yeah. And I'll get the next AoD Sergeant rolecall.
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