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| Absent Love, the life of a minion is a hard one. You don’t
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| have the strength to resist the The Batman, or the ability to aid
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| other minions in their struggles. And it’s almost certain that
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| you’ll have an unhappy ending.
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| A minion gains a point of Love attached to a Connection by
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| making an overture to that character. Essentially, the player
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| informs the GM that the minion wants to act on a specific
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| Connection, and the GM frames the scene, putting the
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| characters into a location together and describing the
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| circumstances as he sees fit. From there, the minion’s
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| effort of emotional risk is roleplayed by the player, and
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| the dice are thrown. The minion rolls Reason minus Selfloathing
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| against the target of the overture rolling Fear
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| minus Reason:
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| minion (REASON minus SELF-LOATHING) vs.
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| connection (FEAR minus REASON)
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| If the minion fails the roll, he gets a point of Self-loathing,
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| and the scene is roleplayed with a shared understanding
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| that the NPC’s reaction should deliver a blow to the
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| minion’s self-esteem. However, failing the roll or not, the
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| minion still gets the Love point he was after. He has
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| demonstrated his humanity, regardless of the outcome.
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| And of course, if the minion’s roll was successful, the scene
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| is roleplayed out to reflect incremental development of a
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| shared emotional bond.
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| EX: Gregor the hunchback’s player tells the GM he
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| wants a scene with one of his Connections, an
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| NPC named Catharine whose singing Gregor
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| enjoys. The GM describes Gregor coming upon
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| Catharine at the well in the center of town, singing
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| as she draws water. The player considers the
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| situation for a moment, and then roleplays Gregor
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| approaching Catharine and presenting her with a
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| skinned rabbit. The dice are thrown and the GM’s
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| roll is higher. ‘Meat, on a Friday?’ improvises the
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| GM. The player increments the Love Gregor has
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| attached to Catharine, and his Self-loathing. ‘Make
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| it on Saturday,’ blurts Gregor, his lip quivering,
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| before he flees the clearing.
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| Players can invent new Connections, or declare previously
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| revealed NPCs to be Connections, at any time. And this
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| includes NPCs that might already be Connections for the
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| minion characters of other players. But they remain empty
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| of Love for the minion naming them until an overture is
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| made.
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