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| − | + | A defining characteristic of minions is that their nature is, on | |
| + | one hand, very much greater than that of normal men, and | ||
| + | on the other, very much less. A minion’s unique | ||
| + | manifestation of this dualism is described by two | ||
| + | statements, a More than Human and a Less than Human, | ||
| + | written by the player as part of character generation. | ||
| + | The Less than Human should describe an excessive, crippling | ||
| + | limitation, qualified by a very narrow ‘except’ or ‘unless’ | ||
| + | condition. | ||
| + | EX: Is mute, except when singing hymns. | ||
| + | EX: Walks with an uncontrollable limp, moving slowly | ||
| + | and awkwardly, except when swinging from the | ||
| + | ropes and rafters of the belfry. | ||
| + | EX: Will transform into a stone every evening, unless | ||
| + | fed by a child that day. | ||
| + | And to be clear, players should expect the negative effects of | ||
| + | the Less than Human to be interpreted with some | ||
| + | excessiveness during gameplay. Any notions about just how | ||
| + | crippled a normal human might be by a given handicap | ||
| + | should be abandoned in favor of far more surreal | ||
| + | expectations. For example, a human with an open wound in | ||
| + | his thigh should succeed in chasing down a spastically | ||
| + | limping minion, and a mute minion should routinely find it | ||
| + | almost impossible to communicate. When a Less than Human | ||
| + | is relevant, the game’s conflict resolution system is not even | ||
| + | consulted. The outcome is simply automatic failure, on a | ||
| + | cinematic scale, described by the GM. | ||
| + | That is, of course, for situations not within the scope of the | ||
| + | second ‘except/unless’ half of the statement. Inside the | ||
| + | scope of the except/unless, the minion should be understood | ||
| + | to have a generous human level of ability | ||
| + | A minion also gets one similarly-structured More than | ||
| + | Human, which describes a powerful and surreal ability. It is | ||
| + | automatically successful, and impressive, outside the scope | ||
| + | of the except/unless condition. Within the scope of the | ||
| + | except/unless, the minion is understood to have an ordinary | ||
| + | human level of ability. | ||
| + | EX. Powerfully truthful and persuasive, except | ||
| + | between midnight and 2:00 a.m. | ||
| + | EX. Can heal the sick with the power of his mind, | ||
| + | except not animals. | ||
