Great White Games/Pinnacle Entertainment Group

[SlasherEpoch]

For my homebrew setting and masterwork "Bullets and Brimstone," I have created the following race: The Shades.

The first Shades were Humans who decided to forgo judgment in the afterlife for a few more years with a mortal coil. Since ancient times, the Shades have been second-class citizens, forced into slavery and terrible living conditions. In modern times, things aren't much better; Shades get the jobs nobody else wants and the housing nobody else will touch.

However, having had a brush with death has a few benefits...

Tough: Shades have endured a lot. They start with a d6 in Vigor.
Resilient: +2 to resist fatigue from exhaustion, heat, and cold. +2 to resist poison and disease.

...and being kicked to the ground for thousands of years has a few disadvantages.

Broken: Shades have limited willpower. They need 2 points to increase their Spirit at character creation and two levelups thereafter to increase Spirit.
Outsiders: The cultural prejudice against Shades is extremely widespread.
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[Lord Ben]

Yeah, d6 vigor is basically the same as a human getting a freebie only they put it in vigor automatically.
And the +2 to a few things in now way balances out the penalties to spirit.

Maybe if they started with a d10 vigor... maybe... Spirit is far too important though.

[SlasherEpoch]

[dentris]

Nerves of Steel is only useful to Wild Cards, not extras. It's not a big deal, but it must be taken into consideration. Maybe they could reduce fatigue penalty by one instead.
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But the Voice consoles me and it says: "Keep your dreams;
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--Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal, 1857, Translated by William Aggeler, 1954

[Lord Ben]

When I run a game with firearms spirit is the most commonly rolled attribute out of all of them because I consistently use covering fire rules. So I guess there is no way I'd ever take the race as is...

I'd need something super enticing to know that I'll be a giant bullet sponge.

[SlasherEpoch]

[SlasherEpoch]

[Lord Ben]

You still catch a bullet if your 1d4 comes up on a 1 regardless of the wild die or modifiers. So 1/4th chance of catching one. My biggest campaign was WWII where you'd frequently have 6-10 OrcSS using suppressive fire while another group moved up with grenades and bayonets.... so a d4 spirit would stink. Maybe less so in a non military game though. Just offering my own perspective...

Do you have POTSM? They have some neat abilities for soaking wounds under one of their trees. You basically get a free bennie to use to soak wounds with every time you would be KO'd Maybe make that a racial ability the Shades have the option of taking.

[SlasherEpoch]

After some thought, a starting d8 Vigor is probably the way to go.
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[dentris]

What if you replace Nerves of Steel by Combat Reflexes.They are used to be in situation where they have to recover from being shaken without being to much at a disadvantage considering their lower spirit. Just a thought.
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But the Voice consoles me and it says: "Keep your dreams;
Wise men do not have such beautiful ones as fools!"
--Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal, 1857, Translated by William Aggeler, 1954

[SlasherEpoch]

[zeth]

I like the idea and would like to hear more of this 'Bullets and Brimstone' idea.