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Custom Powers Master List (Work In Progress)
THE_ANGRY_GAMER:
Wait, the sponsor power? [-0] is pretty good, I feel.
Locnil:
It's a supernatural power. If you take it and nothing else, you don't get the Pure Mortal bonus. Meaning it's going to cost two points of Refresh.
That's what Tedronai was referring to, I think.
Tedronai:
Locnil has it right, more or less.
The ability to have an entity separate from yourself loan you power (when doing so suits them, and for a price to be named at some later date, at that) is neither mechanically nor thematically sufficient, in my opinion, to deny a character the benefits of being a Pure Mortal.
THE_ANGRY_GAMER:
Ah OK. Logically, though, if they have a Sponsor, they *aren't* a Pure Mortal anymore. If you want characters to keep some of their Pure Mortal refrsh bonus, you could make it a [+1] for that template. Already-supernatural characters should not get anything, though.
Tedronai:
--- Quote from: THE_ANGRY_GAMER on August 12, 2012, 06:17:20 PM ---Logically, though, if they have a Sponsor, they *aren't* a Pure Mortal anymore.
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This depends entirely on the nature of the Sponsorship arrangement.
The character need have no supernatural power of their own, or even any control over the power negotiated for by the player via Sponsor Debt.
Some nameless supernatural entity meddles in their lives offering to help them if they perform some favour in return at some future date. That is all that is required, thematically, to justify the ability to take Sponsor Debt.
Simply interacting with powerful supernatural entities does not render someone no longer a Pure Mortal.
--- Quote from: THE_ANGRY_GAMER on August 12, 2012, 06:17:20 PM ---Already-supernatural characters should not get anything, though.
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Which is why I advocate a cost of [N/A].
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