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  • #256405
    Anonymous
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    Pete,

    I would prefer not to have the Huge Talent available for the Brood. It’s an overused Talent as is and it really doesn’t fit with the flavor of a scion of Uhxbractit.

    Fair enough

    #256413
    Anonymous
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    Henry, re-looking over your summery I noticed that you didn’t keep the TWO Attribute options that were previously there (Charisma, and one other according to Brood with Uhxbractit being Prowess). Was this intentional, as all other races either list two and choose one, or simply let you select any attribute?

    Assuming that it was simply an oversight, I’ll repost what I think to be the final version of this. Note: I’m still calling them Havili instead of Brood of Uhxbractit because I think simply referring to them as the Brood without this clarification could cause some confusion if these people are ever released in a print publication (better to be consistent all across the board instead of calling them one thing, then rereleasing them to the public under another name). It is similar to the Val where they are one specific race, just with subflavours so grouping them in to that mold is better in my opinion. That, of course, is up to you guys for the final decision, and I will highlight all the Brood of Uhxbractit/Havili that can be changed.

    Havili (Black Val) Racial Traits

    Attributes: Charisma, Brood Attribute*
    Brood of Uhxbractit – Prowess

    Skills: Any one Physical skill and any one Social skill.
    • All Havili have the Monsterous Trait Innocent Appearance, but can only appear in their Tainted form or as a regular human.
    • The Brood Talent appropriate for your Infernal Brood
    • Any Combat or Skill Talent
    • +1 bonus to Fortitude defense
    • A Havili is treated as a Human and as an Infernal for all effects which specifically target either Humans or Infernals (such as Rebuke (sp))
    Automatic Languages: Infernal; plus one of Altheran, Hainese, Low Coryani, Auxunite, Yhing Hir, or Milandesian.
    Special: All Talents which apply a change to a person’s body (Wings, Claws, etc) only manifest while in Infernal Form. When in human form the Havili cannot make use of these abilities.

    Brood of Uhxbractit [Racial, Limited]
    You are the half-infernal child of the Great Lord Uhxbractit, former Lord of Irons and Infernal Lord upon Onara! As you advance in power, you begin to manifest more and more traits of your Infernal progenitor
    Requirement: Havili
    Benefit: This talent is acquired at Character creation, and is no longer considered limited to you. You can only have a single Infernal Brood talent (such as Brood of Uhxbractit (ta)) for an individual character. Once you have chosen your Infernal Brood, see Tiered Benefits below:
    Tier I: Uhxbractit kept the Infernals of the Sealed Lands in line and under his rule for centuries through his own guile and the force of his charisma. Once per day (Speed 4, range 10′), you may make a Charisma Action Skill Roll, plus double your tier, against the Discipline defense of all creatures within a 10′ radius of yourself. Any affected individual is subject to d(Ch) push. Creatures who cannot hear you are immune to this power.
    Tier II: Uhxbractit was known for his ability to use his tail in battle, smiting creatures left and right. In fact, it was often thought that his tail had a mind of its own. You grow a small prehensile tail and, when in your Infernal form, gain the Trip Foe Martial Technique when using the tail. The Tail is treated as a standard unarmed attack, using Melee (Unarmed) as its skill.
    Tier III: Uhxbractit was born of the fires of Hell, and you have inherited his ability to withstand them. You are completely immune to non-magical flames, and possess AR: 6 against magical fire.
    Tier IV: Uhxbractit was able to traverse long distances on his massive wings, and in emulation of your ancestor, you also grow a pair. When not using your Innocent Appearance ability, you grow a pair of wings granting you a fly speed equal to your pace with Agile maneuverability. While these wings are manifested you suffer a -2 to your avoidance and have your pace reduced by 5′.
    Special (Restriction): This Talent requires you utilize Custom fitted armor (see Equipment, A: RPG).
    Tier V: While many call Uhxbractit a Devil, he is in fact a creature known as a Fiend, able to take control of victims by occupying their body. While his half-Infernal children lack this power, they still maintain the ability to bend others to their will. Once per scene (Speed: 7, Duration: Scene, Range: 20′) you may reach into a target’s mind by making a Resolve Action Skill Roll, plus double your tier, against their Discipline Defence. If successful, you may force your target to do you will, issuing mental commands to your target as a Simple Skill Action. Your target must perform those commands to the best of their ability, even if it threatens themselves. The affected target may attempt a Mettle: Stand Firm Action Skill Roll every 12 ticks as a Push 4 Action to break your hold on them.

    Havili Racial Talents:

    Natural Claws [Racial] (Ta)
    Horrific Visage [Racial] (Ta) – Tier III requirement
    Patchwork Soul [Racial] (Ta)
    Furious Rage [Racial] (ta)
    Infernal Blood* [Racial] (ta)

    Infernal Blood [Racial, Foundation]
    The blood of your Infernal forebearer literally flows through your veins.
    Requirements: Havili
    Benefit: You gain 5 additional stamina, and you gain a +6 to all your Defences against poisons.

    #263031
    Anonymous
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    Hi all,

    Toni, one of the recipients of the Brood, received her certificate and has the following question:

    Where in the world can the talent ‘Enhanced Senses’ be found? I must be blind. I found ‘Enhanced Scent’ in the racial Ss’sren talents but not senses.

    Let me know so I can give her the response.

    #263032
    Anonymous
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    Unless PCI used an older version than the one on the first page that is not listed as one of their racial talents. I’ll look more through this thread when I can get to a real computer rather than my phone.

    #263034
    Anonymous
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    This is the only reference I could find to Enhanced Senses, but it never got written out by this body. PCI may have made one, but it didn’t make it on our list.

    Agreed, I think they would be viable talents. However, whether or not they function while in havilli form vs. Innocent Appearance form needs to be specified in some cases. The example already specified (Natural Claws) is obvious that the innocent appearance form should nbot be allowed to make use of that. But here’s an interesting example… Huge.

    If it functions in both forms, then you have a huge human while in innocent appearance. (This is perfectly acceptable, rules-wise.) But if, for some reason it was decided that only one of the forms should be huge, then you’d get oddities that would be difficult to manage like having to adjust your Might for each form. And whether or not you meet prerequisites due to those changes.

    Oh, and what happens to equipment when you change form? I assume that the equipment stays the same. And this could be interesting if you changed size or shape dramatically, like with wings.

    Scott

    If Innocent Appearance is only to human form, we can easily say “You are Huge, period.” This means huge in both forms. I do not see how this is an issue. If people bring the question up, all we have to say is “You are huge in both.”

    That said, to keep this discussion moving, what can we include that is already in canon:

    1) Furious Rage – Makes sense to me.
    2) Patchwork Soul – This is a Henry call, since they are half-infernal, half-human so I don’t know where their soul goes (Beltine, or wherever Infernals go).
    3) Infernal Heritage – Many of these are covered by the bloodline talents, but not Cloven Hooves, Bestial Hide, Blood of My Brother, and Ichor for Blood.
    4) Natural Scent – Could work
    5) Toughness – Poison resistance?

    I hesitate to use Infernal Heritage, as it seems that the Brood Talents would be a better option for this.

    Going into Legacy of Damnation, there are a few things that could work:

    A) Acid Blood (When wounded deal damage to attacker?)
    B) Alien Mind (We already have a Monstrous talent here)
    C) Blood Scales (Kinda covered in Infernal Heritage: Bestial Hide)
    D) Daemonic Appearance (Some of this fall into the Infernal Heritage mold)
    E) Enhanced Senses (Similar to the spell, but perminent?)
    F) Fiendish Feeding (Vampirism for the win!)
    G) Hellish Fury (Improvement on Furious Rage?)
    H) Poison Blood (functionally similar to (A)?)
    I) Snarl (Provoke Horror, or Intimidate vs. Discipline for shaken?)
    J) Natural Rejection (Bonus’ to swim and opposed swallowing because of how nature rejects you)

    Thoughts? Let’s try to get this done and locked up by the end of the week!

    #263046
    Anonymous
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    From Toni:

    No problem Cody. \":)\"

    They are as follows:

    Natural Claws
    Horrific Visage
    Enhanced Senses
    Furious Rage
    Infernal Blood

    It looks like Patchwork Soul was replaced.

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