From:	Paul Jonathan Adam <Paul@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject:	Re: Schizophrenic Characters
Date:	Sun, 3 Sep 1995 13:27:18 GMT

Gurth writes:
> I used to have a player who used to play a schizofrenic (sp?) character:
> half decker and half street samurai, and before you all shout "MUNCHKIN!"
> let me explain that the other personality took over at sometimes rather
> inopportune moments, or _wouldn't_ take over when really needed (she was
> basically a decker, but the split personality was more of a fighting
> machine).

One guy I knew played a character who was half-samurai, half-magician:
literally, half-and-half. The right side of his body was Bolt, the
psycho street samurai. The left side was Albert, a peace-loving mage.

They insisted they were Siamese twins, hated each other, and Bolt
occassionally tried to murder Albert.

Can't remember how the game mechanics were handled - it wasn't a particularly
serious game - but watching Sam roleplaying this personality was *hilarious*.
Especially because Bolt spent all his karma on medical skills, so he could
find a way to seperate their bodies, and Albert blew all his on Psychology
and similar to try and make Bolt into a nice person.

--
"When you have shot and killed a man, you have defined your attitude towards
him. You have offered a definite answer to a definite problem. For better
or for worse, you have acted decisively.
In fact, the next move is up to him." <R.A. Lafferty>

Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk