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Re: I rolled one weird combination for my nightbane.

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huh. well, that's a tough one. no bones + skeleton, huh? however, it should be noted that the full description of no bones is not that you have no bones... but rather that your body is as flexible as if you had no bones. you can bend your arm not just at the elbow, but all across it. you *move* as if you had no bones.

so, i'd say that you're a skeleton, but the bones can bend all over the place (perhaps by visibly "breaking" if you want to make it almost like a stigmata). throw on some tattered medieval-looking finery, perhaps a tarnished crown, a great big sword (or whatever weapon of choice), and something to emphasize the mouth/face (representing the commanding voice) if you want.
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Alternatively, have no visible body, but medieval trappings hanging on what would be a body, you know how in Daybreakers the vampires had only their clothes in their reflections, think like that, only not just in reflections
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Jedrious wrote:Alternatively, have no visible body, but medieval trappings hanging on what would be a body, you know how in Daybreakers the vampires had only their clothes in their reflections, think like that, only not just in reflections


I was gonna say similar.
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I dig Shark_Force's idea. Go with a tarnished crown, a royal cloak, and maybe some accenting jewelry. Like one of those old posable figures you could get for cheap with the wire at their core. :wink:
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deballos wrote:my gm made a random roll chart to pick out morphus tables to try and incorporate all of the tables though all of the books. so while making my nightbane i got 1: Undead - skeletal form, 2: alien shape 2 - no bones, and 3: Medieval Fantasy Royalty - combo of 2 (Voice of command and Legendary Weapon). Our first game is in 2 weeks and he wont let me re-roll. So we are not trying to "discuss" what i actually am. He wants me to be the weapon for others to use.... I get to be equipment? I told him i get to be the weapon and i just get to move about as if I was being held. :? So i was hoping to get some other opinions as to how it should be played. Thanks in advance!

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Personally I thing that the ": alien shape 2 - no bones" roll should of been re-rolled due to the first feature roll would of precluded it.

Having said that, you could have it that the morphus is a flexible skeletal like structure that can bend in the middle of the apparent bone.
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PLAYING Devil's Advocate ...

Go with being just the Sword/weapon.
However you POSSESS whoever holds you, you gain their Body as Your Body. No Save roll vs Possession for this. They pick you up, their body is YOURS until you put yourself down or decided to turn back into fascade form.

Ok done playing devil's advocate...

Slapp that GM up against the head, ok. If he is insisting you play a concept your not going to have fun playing, just don't play ... and let him know that.

I would suggest to him. Skeleton Body is fine, Weapon is fine. The No Bones part needs to be rerolled or allow you to pick something more in line with the other two parts. I'd go with the Facial Features : SKULL myself, and turn yourself into a Flaming Skeleton that is dressed in royality wear, and carries a weapon...
Kinda-like a Medieval Ghost Rider concept. Just no horse... GHOST KNIGHT or something...
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TechnoGothic wrote:PLAYING Devil's Advocate ...

Go with being just the Sword/weapon.
However you POSSESS whoever holds you, you gain their Body as Your Body. No Save roll vs Possession for this. They pick you up, their body is YOURS until you put yourself down or decided to turn back into fascade form.

...snip

:lol: :lol: :lol:
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deballos wrote:Thanks again everyone one. I went with your advice and told him i wouldnt play unless he let me re roll the no bones. After some whining he agreed to let me roll again. Then got all angry cus my roll gave me to much power ( Biomech Military hardware. rolled 97 for getting 2 rolls on table. Rolled 32 and 40 for walking battleship and battleship cannon.) so he demanded that i roll again and wouldnt let me use the same dice. I of course wanted to keep it. So now hes thinking on it. He tried to get me to go with the Medieval Fantasy - Wizard Table and make it a lich. but now i'm woundering if i want to play with him at all. Problem is 3 of the other 4 players will walk away with me if I do. I never gm'ed before so maybe i will try running my own game. Anyway, thanks for all the great advice. I glad that I posted, you guy rock!

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Honestly, as a GM, I would have had you reroll on the same table, not reroll on the characteristics table...
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you could (if your GM is a rifts fan) you could make up your Bio-Mech as a glliter-boy with the helmet ripped up so it looks like a crown and the faceplate ripped off showing a skull.

Or

If you make the mech like a LandMate [from the anime 'appleseed'] with the pilots compartment ripped up to be able to see a barebones of the 'pilot' inside. If you want to be creepy, having the pilot reacting like he is piloting a landmate. Giving him Briareos Hecatonchires' BFG to go along with the landmate looks, for the cannon feature.
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deballos wrote:well i compromised with him jedrious. He let me pick another option from alien shape2. So now I am on fire, and I'm gonna look kinda like that revan posted (thanks :). Skeletal flaming king type guy. Now all i got to do is figure out what weapon of legend to use. I was thinking about Gungnir., Gáe Bulg, Amenonuhoko, or Lúin of Celtchar... or forget the spears and go for Mjölnir. Whats your fav weapons of myth?


Excalibur is what leaps to mind... then maybe Amenonuhoko but it doesn't fit unless you want to go with japanese royalty.
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there is the Monkey King's 'Ruyi Jingu Bang'.
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GOKU's Power Pole huh Drewkitty ? :lol: :lol:

Thors hammer sounds cool.
OHHH, you look like the ZOMBIE Thor from the comics. :lol:
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TechnoGothic wrote:GOKU's Power Pole huh Drewkitty ? :lol: :lol:
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:roll: :roll:
No. the monkey king's staff from 'the journey west' story

yah, db's goku was based off the monkey king. but the is not anything that can be legionary. (except to anime-addicts.)
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I'm fond of Laevateinn, if its to be a Deific weapon.
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The Sword of Power !!
By the Power of .... I have the Power !!
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TechnoGothic wrote:The Sword of Power !!
By the Power of .... I have the Power !!

:roll: :roll: :roll:
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Millions of people know about the sword of power ... its legendary. :D
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TechnoGothic wrote:Millions of people know about the sword of power ... its legendary. :D

How many generations? Two?

Legendary means something like it a famous item from 20 or more generations ago.
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drewkitty ~..~ wrote:
TechnoGothic wrote:Millions of people know about the sword of power ... its legendary. :D

How many generations? Two?

Legendary means something like it a famous item from 20 or more generations ago.

Legendary used to require that many generations for the majority of civilization to know the legend, now Legendary just requires a Viral Video
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amodernheathen wrote:
Jedrious wrote:
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TechnoGothic wrote:Millions of people know about the sword of power ... its legendary. :D

How many generations? Two?

Legendary means something like it a famous item from 20 or more generations ago.

Legendary used to require that many generations for the majority of civilization to know the legend, now Legendary just requires a Viral Video


Or a trilogy of movies, followed later by an earlier trilogy of movies.

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

Thank you for giving the examples of the misuse of the word Legendary.
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Okay, it is accurate common use, misuse.
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how about a lightsaber then?
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deballos wrote:my gm made a random roll chart to pick out morphus tables to try and incorporate all of the tables though all of the books. so while making my nightbane i got 1: Undead - skeletal form, 2: alien shape 2 - no bones, and 3: Medieval Fantasy Royalty - combo of 2 (Voice of command and Legendary Weapon). Our first game is in 2 weeks and he wont let me re-roll. So we are not trying to "discuss" what i actually am. He wants me to be the weapon for others to use.... I get to be equipment? I told him i get to be the weapon and i just get to move about as if I was being held. :? So i was hoping to get some other opinions as to how it should be played. Thanks in advance!

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don't forget about other contries versions of royalty for inspiration!

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Yeah what is the American royalty? The gubment or entertainers?
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