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Frustrated Question on Morality and denied characater concepts in Dresden RPG
Nyogtha:
--- Quote from: iago on April 02, 2009, 03:13:23 PM ---"not your cup of tea" = "not to your taste"
It's as simple as this: powers cost Refresh points, and for most Refresh budgets, full Red Court Vampire is too expensive. When you have zero or negative refresh points left, you're an NPC.
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I think I understand, these refersh points are important in determination of free will, I am not angering you am I with my questions? forgiveness if I am.
iago:
Nope, no anger at all. :)
Yeah -- basically we made the decision to give the system statistic of Refresh an "in-character" equivalence in the form of free will. Helps tie the system together with the theme. It's not *perfect*, but no game is, and this hits a lot of what we want to see in how the game plays out.
Shecky:
Interesting. One important truth about Thomas and Bianca and their respective Courts is that those two are unusual among vampires. Most are effectively enslaved to their hungers, which motivates their every action. As a result, they have practically no free will and are thus not PC material (given that most players would wish to play characters that would ALLOW them to make decisions). But with enough will (refresh points in the RPG), those particular vampires are able to move beyond the stereotype of the hunger-driven vampire. That's what makes them highly unusual.
Nyogtha:
I looked up a word I hope its right, Thematically? Themitcally speaking if you lose your refersh points the supernaural power (in the in game terms) you have aquired overwhelms you and makes you adhere to a "archtype" (looked up that word too) and you no longer have a choice but must play out that archtype that the supernatural power you have absconded with gave you?
iago:
Personally I don't think that Bianca's tear is any evidence of free will on her part. It's evidence that she has feelings which can get hurt -- but that's not an indication of free will (nor is it an indication of a moral stance -- even villains can have emotions).
She's got a ton of power, and basically no choice about whether or not to follow her monstrous inclinations.
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