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James McMurray

Jul 17 2007, 04:38 PM

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This Spider is based more on the African/Native american Totem Anansi, aka Spider, who is a trickster. More specifically, it's based on the Neil Gaiman representation of Spider in American Gods and Anansi Boys.

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Spider

Spider tells the stories. Or, more specifically, spider is the stories. Long ago, when the world was young, everyone and everything was a story, or it was nothing. The first stories belonged to Tiger, and they were vicious, nasty things. Nobody in a Tiger story had a full belly until someone else had died.

Being small, and not much of a hunter, Spider did not like this.

Tiger was strong and fierce, but Spider was smart. And, as anyone who is small and smart knows, that's all you need. Anansi tricked Tiger out of his stories, and now they contain skill and wit rather than strength alone.

Advantages: +2 dice for Manipulation and Illusion Spells, +2 dice for Negotiation tests, +2 dice for

Disadvantages: Spider is covetous. If someone has something that a Spider magician does not, he must make a Willpower + Charisma (3) test to resist trying to trick the person out of it. If the thing is unique, the threshold increases to 4.

I think it's a bit too strong, but I like the increased threshold for unique things to covet and can't figure out how to balance the added disadvantage. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

The mentor is being developed in the hopes that it will get approved for a magician I want to run. He'll be of the Aboriginal tradition if I can get a change to Possession approved (mostly because I want to try out possession, not for mechanical reasons). If not, maybe a Voodooist, although it'll require personality changes and I may have to research a good name for a Spideresque Loa.

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James McMurray New Mentor Spirit: Spider Jul 17 2007, 04:38 PM

Jaid +2 illusion and manipulation is way too much. sca... Jul 17 2007, 04:46 PM

James McMurray Sorry, that trailing "+2 dice for" shoul... Jul 17 2007, 04:56 PM

Jaid do 1 better: the player chooses negotiation or con... Jul 17 2007, 05:01 PM

Buster I really like the Covetous disadvantage, I will de... Jul 17 2007, 05:05 PM

Buster Actually now that I think about it, Raven's op... Jul 17 2007, 05:31 PM

Buster Further thoughts: Would Ananzi even get Illusion?... Jul 17 2007, 05:58 PM

sunnyside First off adding disadvantages to get more bonuses... Jul 17 2007, 06:23 PM

James McMurray Buster, I only added illusion to try and compensat... Jul 17 2007, 06:42 PM

James McMurray QUOTE Spider Spider tells the stories. Or, more s... Jul 17 2007, 06:45 PM

Buster Here's a good site that covers the Caribbean v... Jul 17 2007, 07:26 PM

James McMurray Thanks! Jul 17 2007, 07:26 PM

Buster No problem. Some stories it's Tiger, some it... Jul 17 2007, 07:28 PM

Talia Invierno Definitely manipulation. However, both the coveto... Jul 17 2007, 09:42 PM

James McMurray QUOTE (Talia Invierno) (Ironically, I've not r... Jul 17 2007, 09:59 PM

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