tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556965477270279581.post3507808081889604991..comments2024-03-25T19:59:20.840-07:00Comments on Cavegirl's Game Stuff: Class - The Corpse DollCavegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03853637517886592288noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556965477270279581.post-10978304204546238662020-01-17T04:24:57.091-08:002020-01-17T04:24:57.091-08:00I don't see giving *PCs* 'immune to sneak ...I don't see giving *PCs* 'immune to sneak attack' as being a problem. You are correct about denying PCs their tools being bad, but unless PvP is going down (which is kind of a fail-state already) it doesn't affect a PC thief if their fellow PC is hurt by sneak attacks.<br />The healing mechanic is intended to be a massive fucking pain, but I possibly went overboard. Possibly I'd have how many HP you can heal scale with your level: IE at 2nd level three hours work and a body-part heals 2 HP, at 3rd it heals 3, etc. I'd need to test this more to see which maths works best.<br />I think you're right about the reanimation being symbolic, so an argument could be made for grafting on non-fleshy bits. Perhaps learning to graft ever more inhuman body parts reflects the doll's state of mind: the less they think of themselves as 'a real person', the more weird the stuff they can graft.<br /><br /><br />Now, I only use 'she' in the text, because all the inspiration I was drawing off had female victim-protagonists. Buuuut, there's nothing stopping you going Full Yaoi with it and having a pretty-boy Corpse Doll. So long as it puts the ROMANCE in necromancy, and makes everybody at the table a bit squicked out, it's all good, I think? <br /><br />To a certain extent, I like to think the class really *is* whoever they tried to reanimate, just amnesiac. Or maybe not. It's all fuel for angst. A corpse-doll slowly regaining their memories over time could be a very sweet arc. <br />I think the point is more that the reanimator always rejects the doll once she's reanimated: he'd do this regardless of how successful the procedure was, because he's blinded by obsession, and can't accept the subject of that obsession for who she really is: when the person on the slap fails to live up to the idealised version he's been trying to create, the result is ugly.Cavegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03853637517886592288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556965477270279581.post-73646743242976431242020-01-15T16:32:10.286-08:002020-01-15T16:32:10.286-08:00Mechanical nitpicks:
*I don't like "immun...Mechanical nitpicks:<br />*I don't like "immunity to Sneak Attack" on account of it (usually) being bad game design to deny players their regular toolset. If fluff is an issue, just say backstabbing is a good opportunity to do damage, rather than an opportunity for a single supergood hit.<br />*As HP scales up that healing mechanic is going to be really obnoxious.<br /><br />Other reactions:<br />*Huh. I like gonzo mad science settings, so "this always works" is actually really cool. I don't normally care for "all means of resurrection are false", but I guess you didn't actually say that? ...And <i>now</i> I want a Corpse Doll fighting her own resurrected original, and probably being sad about it.<br />*Wait, why aren't Golem arms valid? I guess they're clay, but <i>still</i> - going by how easy it is to make them, Corpse Dolls are clearly more symbolic than biological in their animation.<br />*Extra arms? Cool! Oh, and I suppose it gets better with stitching one's way to apotheosis. Kind of reminds me of Rotting Johnny, actually, from Zokusho. Nearly the same powerset. Now I want to find a way to graft a hyper-regenerator's limbs on...<br />*I get a very faux-Victorian-Gothic feel from the backstory/intro, which makes me think you're missing a trick if all Corpse Dolls are female. Specifically, it seems entirely on-theme to make them from the remains of young-pretty-and-murderous anime boys who are popularly shipped with their butlers. (...Although I could be wrong about that, because the class powers seem like they're from a <i>significantly</i> different genre.)Horatio Von Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335352598096828392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556965477270279581.post-53709614987706729032019-12-16T19:00:34.161-08:002019-12-16T19:00:34.161-08:00Finally,someone who knows about Franken-Fran lol. ...Finally,someone who knows about Franken-Fran lol. Love that manga. Nice post btw. KingBrackishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752261395902857107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556965477270279581.post-68420981126181396682019-12-12T03:37:42.883-08:002019-12-12T03:37:42.883-08:00The Corpse Doll sort of becomes a Trigger's Br...The Corpse Doll sort of becomes a Trigger's Broom/ Ship of Theseus over time, as her parts are replaced... but with the added paradox of not really knowing who she was to begin with... double angst!Sofinho - Alone in the Labyrinthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13483910003385026924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556965477270279581.post-73604057265374966392019-12-09T13:55:22.425-08:002019-12-09T13:55:22.425-08:00"Angst: There's no mechanics for this, bu..."Angst: There's no mechanics for this, but honestly if you're gonna play the monstrous husk of a reanimated girl and not wallow in torment and self-doubt, what's even the point?"<br /><br />To be Unity from Skin Horse! XD<br /><br />Played straight or subverted, I love this. A friend of mine is running a game at some point here soon, and I might see if I can get him to let me hack this into form for whatever system he's using.WestRiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10221228665636182019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556965477270279581.post-17445418419899611442019-12-09T07:14:16.411-08:002019-12-09T07:14:16.411-08:00...yoink?...yoink?Matihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394582345741717229noreply@blogger.com