Paul Stefko wrote:
Eric B. Smith wrote:
Mike Brown wrote:
how do i link a power so that it activates whenever the character
encounters a substance they are allergic to?
Trigger, p. B115
And if it only activates when exposed to the trigger, Uncontrollable
and Unconscious Only (B115-116), too.
The reminds me of the anti-hero of DNA^2, who had an allergy to sexual
arousal. (He referred to it as a "girl allergy", but thats' essentially
what it was -- he had little trouble dealing with girls in normal social
situations.) His body reacted violently and unpleasantly to his becoming
aroused, usually resulting in him throwing up.
In this case, there was a cure, but it turned out to be MUCH worse than
the disease: not only did it turn him into an extreme lecher, but it
also made him almost magnetically attractive to girls. The result was
"the Mega-Playboy", a man who would have a devastating effect on the
history of the world (by single-handedly bringing about a population
explosion) -- and the person responsible for this was the person who had
actually gone back in time SPECIFICALLY TO PREVENT IT.
BOTH conditions (which would alternate in not-necessarily predictable
ways) would be interesting to model.
The irony is that 2006 Japan would be EXTRAORDINARILY HAPPY to have the
Mega-Playboy around -- their government is demanding that their people
breed, and the people don't want to.
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