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[Vinzent]

I know that the rulebook says added Hindrances after character creation don't grant new edges but I wanted everyone's opinion on this.

My group just finished up beating the big bads and their giant Constrictor. One of the characters had gotten swallowed (actually he chose to dive in and I gave him a benny for chutzpah). He blew up the snake from the inside but was at -3 wounds when all was over.

The "paladin" character still has a boat load of bennies, power points, and the heal spell. Add to the fact that she almost always aces on her die. Well Karma is a ...lady of ill-repute.

She burns through all of her bennies and power points, but every roll was a failure. We're all laughing to the point of tears.

Now, my the patient/victim wants a new Hindrance (Cannot be healed by Faith based spells) to explain why she couldn't heal him. He's also angling for an extra edge out of the bargain.

The Hindrance he chose is going to affect him pretty badly, and it was his idea so I'm inclined to humor him. What do you think?

[Crossroads]

Does the edge he's angling for fit in with the whole situation?

Either way I'd lean towards, Yes.

~G

[UmbraLux]

I'd give him an edge (or make one up) that fits the situation. You could call it the "Jump in Head First" edge. It sounds like a good idea overall though!

[shadd4d]

[Sadric]

Maybe he have somehow aqquired the Improved nagic resistance(clerical Magic) Edge.
Make a Adventure where he tries to find out why and how he aqquired it.
Maybe its a old family curse (after the 30rd birthday all of your family are resistance against blessings), on magic object he carries, or such thing.
Is it really a Edge or more of a curse?
Can it be removed, and would he really remove the protection from holy interventions?


If your players really like to have a new hindrance go with it, but maybe you could talk with him that this could give him some spotlighttime with a adventure designed about his background.

[Clint]

Three things.

One, as was mentioned above, Arcane Resistance is an Edge with that drawback already in it.

Two, instead of gaining an extra Hindrance, what if the character trades out for one of the Hindrances they already have? Maybe a hindrance isn't as interesting as it was or the character has "outgrown" it.

And three, just create a double-edged sword like Arcane Resistance where it has the drawback but a benefit for a net zero effect. Like...

Tainted - The power of the snake cult has tainted your blood. Faith-based healing suffers a -2 penalty against you unless performed by a priest of a diety associated with snakes. On the plus side, you gain a +2 bonus to resist snake poison, and snakes react to you as if you had +2 Charisma.
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[Poor Wandering One]

I would recommend a couple of nice phobias, tight spaces/snakes and I don't see getting an edge as a too much of a reward for what happened. I would note that the other players will be wanting the same treatment. From their point of view you are giving one player a 'free' edge so they will want theirs.

Something to think about

[77IM]

I voted Yes, because the race-creation rules basically amount to a larger pile of Hindrances in exchange for more Edges.

However, I would not let the player pick the Edge, since races don't get to pick their additional Edges either. You pick it. I vote for "Hard to Kill." ;}

You might also stiff this player in the treasure department for the next few adventures to balance out. Depending on your campaign, I'd say a magic-item-with-Edge (a common sort of magic item in the FC) is worth about as much as Free-Edge-plus-Hindrance.

-- 77IM

[Lord Inar]

[OSIAdept]

I am currently running a Fallout game and when one of the characters partake in a quest they get a free quest related bonus. For instance when the characters emerged from the vault they found a settlement called Float City, on the towns bounty board was posted a quest to be the male companion for a female who turned out to be ghoul. So the player who did the deed got the Hindrance/edge called ghoul humper which gave a bonus to talking with female ghouls but a penalty to talking human woman.
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