| From: | GRANITE <granite@**.NET> |
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| Subject: | Re: Samurai and their Totems |
| Date: | Tue, 17 Feb 1998 21:45:45 -0700 |
> > <SNIP all this stuff Granite said that I agree with.>
> > You know, if he adopts a totem, does all the right things for a long
> > time, he might get a little bit of the power.......
> But... _WHY_??? Choosing a totem for a non-magical character is a way
> to enhance roleplaying.
With this I agree..I would never actually give the character any true
power..perhaps the odd unreliable and certainly cryptic vision..But
never any true power..Unless of course a GM and Player had decided
that -eventually- the PC would manifest magical powers and then not
until -much- later..And at that point it would be a matter of
accounting for implants in a magical PC and looking at it try and
burn out before it really gets swinging...
>...... Why would one character deserve special boni for
> roleplaying, while others, who choose different (non-native-american)
> backgrounds, don't?
That is why I originally included a celtic as well as an Amerind
background..as well as any other background that has some form of
totems in it..Not limiting that following would be the most important
thing at this point...
> Having a totem is an _aid_ for roleplaying, as one has a ... templarte
> how to act.
Absolutely..
> > As the amount of time that he has worshipped his totem lengthens,
> > he becomes more and more powerful, until he becomes the equivelant of a
> [snip]
And from my studies..I would not say a PC would
worships [this is much too stron a word] the totem..rather follows the
totem..
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