Great White Games/Pinnacle Entertainment Group

[johntfs]

MUTIE-CUTIE (1 or 3 point Edge)

Most mutants in the Wasted West with detectable mutations come off as slightly twisted or threatening to regular folks. Yours does not. Maybe it's the way your bloated belly reminds people of Santa Claus or the way your green skin calls to mind a certain talking frog, but your mutations don't put people off the way others do.

For the 1 point version, your characters ignores the social penalties AND bonuses from being Ugly as Sin (-1) due to his mutations. Essentially if your mutant gets a minor mutation (from the main rulebook) that makes him Ugly as Sin (-1), he ignores that aspect of the mutation. For 3 points ignores the Ugly as Sin (-3) aspect of Major Mutations, including those of Hekants (Heckant is stll a -5 point Hindrance even if the 3 point version of this Edge is taken. After all, you're spending 3 of the points you got for Hekant just to mitigate one aspect of it.)

Note that this Edge doesn't give your Waster bonuses, like Purty, it simply keeps him from taking some penalties. Note also that it removes the Overawe bonuses from Ugly as Sin. Your character just looks relatively non-threatening despite his mutant wierdness

As a final caveat, GMs have the right to deny a player this Edge if they possess certain mutations. A GM may also choose to remove this Edge should your character mutate beyond it's bounds. A girl mutant with green skin can get away with having this, some dude with a giant bear-trap where his teeth should be probably can't. And if the green girl suddenly grows a mouthful of beartrap teeth, figure she loses this Edge.

Opinions and suggestions are welcome and encouraged.

[johntfs]

Seriously? Fifty-two people viewing this thing and nobody has anything either positive or negative to say about it?

[VonDan]

I'll make it an automatic racial Edge for the catgirls in my anime inspired setting

[Preatori0us]

I think it sounds like a good idea.
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[johntfs]

Ironically, the character this edge was first applied to was an alien instead of a mutant. One of my younger players is a big Clone Wars fan and wanted to roll up Ahsoka Tano, from that series. Of course, she'd be considered a mutant in the Hell on Earth setting, so I created this Edge to compensate for that.

At the time I called it something like "Unthreatening" or "Normalish."

The Tano character entered the game when her lifepod felt out of hyperspace and crashed. She wound up near our Black Hat Renegade gunslinger and was wounded helping him fight off some automatons who had disassembled the pod for spare parts. After which, Tano proceeded to dump the Clone Wars storyline into Ray's (the Black Hat's) lap.

Ray's response. "Uh-huh. I didn't know so much crazy could fit in that small of a space. Well, Awright, little mutie-cutie loony person, let's getcha back to the others an' fix that leg up."

And thus did "Mutie-cutie" receive a cooler-sounding name.

[Fuzyfeet]

This is something that was needed. Most muties are a$$ ugly, and should be, but then there are always the odd ones that just aren't or shouldn't be.
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[johntfs]

@ VonDan

What "package" do you have for your catgirls? Essentially what would a Catgirl archetype look like?

[VonDan]

[johntfs]

I'd figure one mechanism would be to give them the Feline phenotype from City O' Sin and then add Mutie-Cutie 3 (they look alien but adorable) and the flaw, Randy (they're always "in heat.") Just a thought.

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[johntfs]

[Edivdrone]

Back to the original concept question, I am going to tack on an additional suggestion; if the mutation has no particular outward physical changes stated, say a draw of nine from any suit, or one of the metabolic or mental mutations, the mutie can take mutie-cutie for 5 points, giving them a +2 to social interactions. And this could stack with purty. Though kind of expensive, it would allow for the creation of Brin like characters.
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[johntfs]

[Edivdrone]

Your game, and Edge obviously. I was just thinking that this could be used to provide a means by which mutations (unless otherwise stated) actually make the character supernaturally attractive. I was thinking that this would apply only to mutations already received; the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle would prevent it from stopping the effects of later mutations. To reduce the chances of this taking hold, the mutie may want to take the Blessings o the Atom Edge found in City of Sin.
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[johntfs]

[Evangelos]

[Edivdrone]

If that is the case, then I would use my discretion to determine the mutation received, not manufacture a new mechanic that completely negates the chance of obtaining a negative mutation. I could easily see the Edge blunting the effects, but if a player keeps blithely sending the character into situations where mutations could be received when others would hold back for fear of the consequences, I would bring the pain. Especially since there are a number of points that say that random mutations trump anything that was previously in place. Not even Super Mutant stops a negative mutation from occurring after character creation, and it is worth 5 points. If your player goes wandering into places with high levels of radiation just because, remind them they are playing Russian Roulette with 5 loaded chambers. If they ignore the warning, let 'em have it.

After all, History does not always repeat itself. Instead, it sometimes screams, "Can't you remember anything I taught you?!?!?!?", and then lets fly with a club.
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[johntfs]

[Edivdrone]

There still comes a point where that is stretched past the point of credibility. One of the major mutations, for instance, makes the soft tissues of the face transparent, revealing the skull in all its creepy splendor for a guts check. Then there comes a point where the accumulated mutations just start looking bizarre together as the character gets troglified. I refer once again to the Russian Roulette comment.
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[johntfs]

I understand what you're saying, Edivdrone, but I'm balancing "game realism" against player satisfaction. If a player spends his points on Mutie-Cutie and then I (or the dice) inflict hideousness on him, he's going to be justifiably angry with me for that.

Suppose you wanted to play a Damocles soldier in my campaign and I said that was fine. And then, once play started I told you that your character woke up naked in your cryotube and that you had no Belongings (and the Damocles soldier starts with at least Belongings 5 representing his military equipment)? Wouldn't you be somewhat angry at me for effectively lying to you?

The only reason a person is going to purchase Mutie-Cutie is if they're playing a fairly specific character concept (a non-hideous mutant). I see no point in needlessly angering a playing by destroying a concept I've agreed to let him play.