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[Bushw4cker]

Looking for some fun ideas for Delusion Negative Quality, please post ideas you have had/used PCs/NPCs especially the funny ones ).

Delusion
Bonus: 10 BP
The character has a firmly-held belief that has no basis in fact.
No amount of logical argument or persuasive charm will dissuade
the character from this belief. The delusion will be an inconvenience
to the character in most social situations and may be an
inconvenience during a shadowrun. Any time that reality contradicts
the delusion, the character will come up with an explanation
why the delusion only appeared to be false. Examples include an
imaginary friend or foe, belief in the power of a “lucky” charm, or
knowledge of a global conspiracy between dragons and elves.

[Makki]

I once had an elf with the delusion it was Christmas. He had the Baking (Cookies) knowledge ofc
He decorated the safe house, while the rest of the team was scouting

[Tanegar]

The character believes he is an AI who has been "sleeved" in a metahuman body. He speaks in an eerily calm tone at all times, no matter how stressful the situation, occasionally calls people "Dave" inappropriately, and expresses "the greatest possible enthusiasm for the mission."

[KCKitsune]

and expresses "the greatest possible enthusiasm for the mission."

Doe he also want to do science on people that he meets? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

[StevenAngier]

Looking for some fun ideas for Delusion Negative Quality, please post ideas you have had/used PCs/NPCs especially the funny ones ).

Delusion
Bonus: 10 BP
The character has a firmly-held belief that has no basis in fact.
No amount of logical argument or persuasive charm will dissuade
the character from this belief. The delusion will be an inconvenience
to the character in most social situations and may be an
inconvenience during a shadowrun. Any time that reality contradicts
the delusion, the character will come up with an explanation
why the delusion only appeared to be false. Examples include an
imaginary friend or foe, belief in the power of a “lucky” charm, or
knowledge of a global conspiracy between dragons and elves.

This is more fun than really a negative quality. People with delusions tend to get really angry if they either feel attacked (by people who want to show them that they are crazy) or that they are not taken seriously. I'd add something like a will + cha (3) test to determine if the character keeps his resolve or feels attacked thus forced to defend his delusion in every possible way.

[nezumi]

I've seen characters who believe they are secret agents, computer gurus and time travelers. On the kinder side, the punk rocker under the delusion that his playing is good.

[Headshot_Joe]

How about a non-metahuman character that is convinced he is the son of Bubba the Love Troll? A drake or shape-shifter would be fitting, but comedy would favor a Sasquatch, or even an AI.

[Bushw4cker]

The character believes he is an AI who has been "sleeved" in a metahuman body. He speaks in an eerily calm tone at all times, no matter how stressful the situation, occasionally calls people "Dave" inappropriately, and expresses "the greatest possible enthusiasm for the mission."

Where is that from?

[Ascalaphus]

Really believing a certain AAA is cuddly and nice.

Trying to get the group to buy only Horizon products, because They're Not Evil.

Trying to get the group to buy only EVO products, because They're For Us Non-Vanilla-Humans.

[Bushw4cker]

Really believing a certain AAA is cuddly and nice.

Trying to get the group to buy only Horizon products, because They're Not Evil.

Trying to get the group to buy only EVO products, because They're For Us Non-Vanilla-Humans.

Horizon is cuddly and nice!!

[Method]

A Capgras Delusion could be fun. You guys might not agree with me, but you're all robots anyway. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wobble.gif)

[nezumi]

Where is that from?

2001 (not counting the sleeving part).

[CanRay]

Mirrored-self misidentification, the person in the mirror is not the person looking at it.

Watch Evil Dead 2 to find out just how far this can go.

[Ghost_in_the_Sys...]

This is all just a game man! We're just puppets for some greater beings who control our lives for fun! (Bonus points if the character creates a 'rulebook' that explains the world (It should be vastly more complicated than the actual SR rulebooks)) Alternately, it could be a video game (Perhaps VR?).

[CanRay]

"We're all just extras for a Slade the Sniper chip!"

[Rubic]

Delusions:
- The person is a god (elder god?) reincarnated. They must do anything in their power to reawaken their power and begin reforging their empire. The mortal chaff that get in the way are all for the greater glory of the new empire, the new religion, the new reality. (Works best as a delusion for a non-awakened character).

- That the bug-spirits or an equivalent-concept threat has secretly taken over the world, possessing the bodies of random people. They can leap from person to person, but if the person they're inhabiting is wounded/killed, then the evil spirit/alien will also be wounded/killed. There is a limited number of these spirits, and only the player with this delusion can tell the difference, if at all. Great when coupled with a bigotry against magicians (their spells weaken the world, and strengthen these parasites, which are worse than shedim; or they're tainted and are how these spirits reproduce, or are in league with them in exchange for their power!).

- Was trapped in the digital during the Matrix 1.0 crash, and all of the strange magical crap is a digital representation. They need to find their way out of this imaginary, techno-idealized false reality. These other people aren't real, and killing them will just force a respawn... or maybe even help THEM wake up from this hell!

- Is Damien Knight's unclaimed illegitimate child. Plausible

- Was an Otherkin/spiritually invested individual, but that spirit was stolen from them by X SuRGED person/metavariant/magician/adept/organization. Couple with Vendetta.

[Titus]

You could try a delusion that metahumanity has been taken over by computers. The computers are an oppressive big brother, running the government, police forces and crushing any oppressors. Cyberware is a method of the computers to take over people. The computers are programmed to dominate to keep a wealthy group of people, who have long since died. Yet, the original programmers of the evil computers did not program the computers for the death of the original wealthy group. So the computers are hell-bent on oppressing all humanity.

[Ghost_in_the_Sys...]

The matrix sequels were good and totally made sense.

[The Jopp]

2001 (not counting the sleeving part).

That is correct Dave. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cyber.gif)

[Rubic]

That is correct Dave. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cyber.gif)

Dave? You're making me nervous...

[Draco18s]

- Was an Otherkin/spiritually invested individual, but that spirit was stolen from them by X SuRGED person/metavariant/magician/adept/organization. Couple with Vendetta.

Just FYI, Otherkin-ism believers don't believe that their spirit has been stolen by [organization of choice].
Most of them don't even believe that they've somehow been "cheated" on some cosmic level, either.
However, if you meet any that say that they were a [prince|princess|archmage|etc.] and that [some tragedy] occurred, you've encountered someone who has a delusion of having a delusion. They're not Otherkin, they're people who wish they were and have delusions of grandeur.
Real Otherkin are fairly rational people, comparatively (word of advice: don't go flying in a hurricane-level storm, your death with leave an impact large enough to be felt in your next life).

[Sengir]

I once wanted to make a quack who is convinced that his bio-dynamic energetical homeopathic cleansing actually works...and as long as players also believe that, his woo will even heal some boxes of stun damage (placebo effect). In the end, the whole business of conspiring with the GM to fool the other players just seemed too much effort, but I still like the idea (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[X-Kalibur]

I've seen characters who believe they are secret agents, computer gurus and time travelers. On the kinder side, the punk rocker under the delusion that his playing is good.

Ahh, delusions of grandeur...

Mirrored-self misidentification, the person in the mirror is not the person looking at it.

I'm not sure that qualifies as a delusion. Sounds more disassociative to me.

[Rubic]

Just FYI, Otherkin-ism believers don't believe that their spirit has been stolen by [organization of choice].
Most of them don't even believe that they've somehow been "cheated" on some cosmic level, either.
However, if you meet any that say that they were a [prince|princess|archmage|etc.] and that [some tragedy] occurred, you've encountered someone who has a delusion of having a delusion. They're not Otherkin, they're people who wish they were and have delusions of grandeur.
Real Otherkin are fairly rational people, comparatively (word of advice: don't go flying in a hurricane-level storm, your death with leave an impact large enough to be felt in your next life).

What I am saying is, these people believe that they were spiritually invested in some way, shape, or form, and that this individual person believes that this special spirit was stolen from him. I believe that salvation shall come from belief in a deific Jewish revnant, so don't think of it as me condescending so much as stating. I am aware of what Otherkin are. However, how would any of them feel if that special part of their soul was stolen from them (which, as far as a mundane knows is entirely possible), leaving their soul shredded and incomplete? What would one be willing to go through and how much would they be willing to do in order to get that part of their soul back? What if the individual in question was NOT really an Otherkin, reincarnate, shamanically imbued personage, or anything else besides a mundane person? That would mean that this person is, in fact, delusional.

The concept of an otherkin is a viable foundation for a shamanic tradition of magic and mystically enlightened individuals (as mentioned in Street Magic, you don't need to be a magician to know sorcery, only to apply it as an active skill rather than a knowledge skill). As valid, if not moreso, than Christianity, considering the climate in Shadowrun. And yes, a Judeo-Christo-Islamic tradition has explicitly been mentioned.

[Draco18s]

However, how would any of them feel if that special part of their soul was stolen from them (which, as far as a mundane knows is entirely possible), leaving their soul shredded and incomplete?

My point is, very few Otherkin pine over Things That Were.
It's more a feeling of wearing clothes that don't fit right. Its uncomfortable, but that's all. Could things be better? Sure. But things are still pretty good right now too.
(A Humorous aside or two, or even three). Not that they don't enjoy their time in from of the mirror of erised any less than other people.

What if the individual in question was NOT really an Otherkin, reincarnate, shamanically imbued personage, or anything else besides a mundane person? That would mean that this person is, in fact, delusional.

I believe I agreed with you on that one. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

In any case, there's nothing wrong with a delusion of this sort, I'm just trying to straiten out your perception of what an Otherkin believes and what they actually believe (another humorous aside).

You know what, the hell with it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wobble.gif)