Re: [DL] Need a mysterious past

[Phil <pames@mmind.net>]

At 03:40 PM 4/9/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Hey there,
>
>  My problem is that the easiest route - that his training/blood/ability is
>flawed somehow and all of his hexslinging is penalized is just too harsh
>and I don't want to hammer down his primary ability - it's not like he took
>Veteran of the Weird West - this was a random draw.


How about this. Work it like the inheritance MP: Old uncle Kicks off,
leaves him
an estate.  However: Said uncle was a robber baron, or similar, and now
that he's dead,
 the vultures from the local revenooers are moving in. To complicate
matters, the house is

A: A living house, from RVCII.
B: Haunted.
C: A cursed relic in its own right: Whoever owns it has the bad luck
hindrance.


Hope this gives you some ideas.

Phil