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Swords of the Cross
« on: April 30, 2009, 03:18:39 PM »
How will the Swords' ability to 'level the playing field' by removing supernatural protections be handled in the game?

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Re: Swords of the Cross
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2009, 03:31:22 PM »
Any supernatural toughness ability has the feature of having a "Catch" -- basically, a way that you can get around the toughness, if only you had access to the right materials, etc.

Swords of the Cross always qualify as the Catch.
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Re: Swords of the Cross
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2009, 06:19:52 PM »
Let me see if I correctly understand this concept. Is iron always a Catch for fairies?
"When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." - C. S. Lewis

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Re: Swords of the Cross
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2009, 07:07:14 PM »
Let me see if I correctly understand this concept. Is iron always a Catch for fairies?
It's a good example of a faerie Catch, yep!
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Re: Swords of the Cross
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2009, 11:00:42 PM »
Any supernatural toughness ability has the feature of having a "Catch" -- basically, a way that you can get around the toughness, if only you had access to the right materials, etc.

Swords of the Cross always qualify as the Catch.

Wow. That's a really simple way to do that. Very slick.

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Re: Swords of the Cross
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2009, 11:20:34 PM »
Wow. That's a really simple way to do that. Very slick.

Yep. You still have to contend with that whole "okay, the dragon can fly around, spit fire, etc", but dragons tend to be really overconfident about their ability to shrug off sword blows until you sidle on up and stab them in the heart.
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