War Dogs...

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by General Pain

Praise Google

I have noticed over the past two months or so, you have achieved your black belt in Google-fu.

[General Pain]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I have noticed over the past two months or so, you have achieved your black belt in Google-fu.

takes years of googling....

[MajorPo]

Ah the martial arts contest... I remember it well. I also remember how everything turned sour in the end and we had a mass riot on our hands. As is often the way in our campaign we try and do something nice for everyone and it all somehow goes wrong. I think Targan gains a little perverse pleasure from putting clouds around any silver linings that may ever so briefly sparkle

As to the dog for Martinez I actually can't remember my original reason for denying the request. More recently though Po has been having trouble with animals. I'm not entirely sure whether it relates to some kind of curse or possibly due to his high levels of 'bad karma' (part of our eclectic religion rules) but for some time now no animals will come within about 50m of Po and when forced to they become overwhelmed with panic or aggression. This actually has worked quite well in the ruins of New York as it keeps the rats away. It could prove socially akward in the future though so I'll have to try and work out how to fix it sometime soon

[kato13]

Originally Posted by MajorPo

As to the dog for Martinez I actually can't remember my original reason for denying the request. More recently though Po has been having trouble with animals. I'm not entirely sure whether it relates to some kind of curse or possibly due to his high levels of 'bad karma' (part of our eclectic religion rules) but for some time now no animals will come within about 50m of Po and when forced to they become overwhelmed with panic or aggression. This actually has worked quite well in the ruins of New York as it keeps the rats away. It could prove socially akward in the future though so I'll have to try and work out how to fix it sometime soon

Thanks for the explanation. I kinda thought the blanket might scare dogs but Po's bad karma makes just as much sense.

[Targan]

Originally Posted by MajorPo

I think Targan gains a little perverse pleasure from putting clouds around any silver linings that may ever so briefly sparkle

I learned from the master.

Originally Posted by MajorPo

More recently though Po has been having trouble with animals. I'm not entirely sure whether it relates to some kind of curse or possibly due to his high levels of 'bad karma' (part of our eclectic religion rules) but for some time now no animals will come within about 50m of Po and when forced to they become overwhelmed with panic or aggression. This actually has worked quite well in the ruins of New York as it keeps the rats away.

Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about that.

We use a modified version of Harnmaster's religion rules for those characters that have a faith or belief system. Po is a Buddhist so he has a Karma score instead of the usual Piety score. Some of the Catholic PCs and NPCs have used the religion rules to attempt to call for divine intervention in the past.

The funniest thing for me about Po being a Buddhist is that he knows he isn't a very good one.

I will neither confirm or deny whether Po's animal fear effect is due to his negative karma level or a curse but I suspect he knows which it is.