Editing RPG Lexica:JKL (section)

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;Jefferson Carter: A '''BBEG''' (q.v.) who by GM Fiat transcends all game rules and established principles in order to harm or complicate matters for the PCs. From the book ''Play Dirty'' by John Wick, in which Carter is the name of an example mastermind villain in a superhero campaign whose plots include defeating a hero who has the rules-codified ability "immune to disease" by crafting a disease which bypasses that immunity, and then manufacturing an easily available cure based on a variant of a mundane disease - which thus does not work on the hero, because of their immunity.


;John Crichton Effect: The entry of a new [[PC]] during the middle of an adventure. Usually with upsetting or disastrous results with the rest of the adventuring [[party]]. This title refers to the popular [[Scifi]] show "Farscape", where the main protagonist was accidentally teleported into a crew of fleeing space fugitives on a stolen ship. He was knocked out cold because he overreacted to what was going on. A common [[PC]] reaction to similar circumstances. 


;Juicer Problem: Any time a game gives [[PC]]s an option for significant power with drawbacks that would be horrific to a real person, but, since the PC is not a real person, the drawback is not compelling.
:Usage: "He's going to kill my [[character]]'s wife if I don't give him back the superweapon? She's not a PC, it's not like I care. Man, this is just a Juicer Problem."
:The term is a reference to Juicers in ''[[Rifts]]'' whose awesome combat power was balanced by a significantly shortened lifespan.  This would be horrific to any real person, but unlikely to faze any players since it's rare that enough time passes in-game for it to be an issue.  Coined by '''tk421''' on the RPOpen board.