Re: [DL] Dominion?

[Evil Robot Shane From Another Dimension <wishkah@redbrick.dcu.ie>]

On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 08:28:25AM -0700, James Knevitt said:
> Another option is that they have the manitou so
> bullied into doing what they want, the manitou may not
> even want to contest Dominion at all. If a manitou
> gets control of the Harrowed if it gets total
> Dominion, wouldn't it work the other way around?
> Wouldn't the Harrowed be able to bully the manitou
> (who's stuck in the body, of course) into what they
> want done (ie all those nifty powers).

 I would think no.  It's not an even contest - control isn't shared 50/50
 during normal times, and it's not shared proportionately - the manitou
 only gets to come out for a little while, now and again, whilst the hero
 gets the wheel nearly all the time.  Only when the hero loses dominion
 completely does the manitou take control.

 Therefore, I think letting the hero take over forever when he gets full
 dominion is going far too easy on the character.  Maybe he dies, alright -
 that'd be fair and good.  But I'd say either that, or carry on as normal
 except that he can't gain any more points.

 In terms of mechanics, if the hero getting full dominion meant he gets
 permanent control, it'd be plenty easy for somebody with D4s in Spirit
 to chip themselves to full dominion (all 4 points of it), whilst somebody
 with D12s would have a long, hard road ahead of them to get full dominion.
 Which is backwards...

 Wishkah

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