Pixies Options

[Machiavelli]

Hello Folks,

i was thinking about a pixie char. but some of the fluff of the past is missing in the new SR4 books. So i didn´t find a clue that pixies e.g. change their skin color over time etc. Did i overread it in the RC or RW?

Besides that, i would like to know if the "enhanced senses" power of a pixie, which is basically astral perception, is equal with the "dual natured" advantage for not causing a -2 pool modifier for physical tasks.

Thanks in advance.

[Rasumichin]

Hello Folks,

i was thinking about a pixie char. but some of the fluff of the past is missing in the new SR4 books. So i didn´t find a clue that pixies e.g. change their skin color over time etc. Did i overread it in the RC or RW?

No, they left out that part and similar references to Earthdawn windlings.
We can also only speculate whether they start with Edge 1 or 2.

Besides that, i would like to know if the "enhanced senses" power of a pixie, which is basically astral perception, is equal with the "dual natured" advantage for not causing a -2 pool modifier for physical tasks.

It's not Dual Natured, so it works like normal astral perception, i'd say.
That's the price for being able to turn your built-in astral vision off when it becomes a problem.

[KarmaInferno]

So i didn´t find a clue that pixies e.g. change their skin color over time etc.

Why should that matter? They're going to be riding around piloting Otomo drones from a modified rigger cocoon in the chest, no?

Oh. Wait. That's just me, isn't it?




-karma

[Ol' Scratch]

If the skin coloration is just happening over a long period of time, no mechanic is really necessary. It's little different than most outfits in the game; you can change their color on a whim (SR4A p. 326). In fact, there's no reason why you can't turn any outfit into a camouflage suit (as in camouflage patterns; not ruthenium-style invisibility), thereby grossly lowering the need for specialty suits or even ones that can only display a single color pattern.

Anyway, the point is that you don't need a rule for everything. Especially if it's just mood skin. And yeah, when "monster" races are turned into playable races, they often lose a lot of their normal abilities in the name of game balance. If it's not listed with the playable version of the race, it's not a 'mistake' so much as an intentional choice.

At least they didn't make Regeneration a completely different ability for critters and players like it used to be. They were all but unidentifiable when compared to one another.

[Machiavelli]

Aaahhh...i basically don´t have a problem with missing fluff. So there are also the informations missing that pixie-flight is limited in lenght and the weight they can carry.

[The Dragon Girl]

Imagine thats kinda covered by their strength stat and the regular rules for PCs on that?

[Machiavelli]

Regarding weight maybe, but lenght of flight? According to the text, they fly by magical means, not with their wings at all. Quite like dragons.

[The Dragon Girl]

Soo.. as long as they want to? Or treat it like levitation? Since there wasn't anything written on this I've been having my little guy fly any reasonable distance without problem.

[Banaticus]

Besides that, i would like to know if the "enhanced senses" power of a pixie, which is basically astral perception, is equal with the "dual natured" advantage for not causing a -2 pool modifier for physical tasks.

RC specifically says no, a pixie's perception is just like any other magical person's perception, it's not like a shapeshifters.

As far as how far they can fly, how far can you walk without getting tired? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)