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Self-loathing and Weariness are two of the three numeric stats
The life of a minion is not an easy one. They are shunned
that describe minions in MY LIFE WITH THE BATMAN. The third
for their frightening visages and disfigured bodies, for their
is Love, which is covered later in this chapter. All three will
mental and physical scars and their horrific afflictions, and
fluctuate over the course of play, so the task of character
for their bizarre, asocial behaviors. They are literally, in the
creation is about setting their initial values. And as it is with
most cinematic sense...the creatures of darkness. Yet
Fear and Reason, minions will be both empowered and
foremost, it should be understood, they are human. They
victimized by their Self-loathing and Weariness.
have feelings like we do. They long desperately to be happy.
Self-loathing measures how much a minion has come to think
And they suffer horribly under control of the The Batman. So
he really is a monster. It will hinder a minion from resisting
despite appearances, they are not vicious or inhuman
the commands of the The Batman, but aid when a minion would
monsters, but rather tragic in their way.
commit violence against Townspeople, Outsiders, or other
EX: The hunchback of Notre Dame is perhaps the
minions, or otherwise act in ways that create horror among
archetypal minion. He’s misshapen, but he’s
the polite folk. And it will tend to produce painful and tragic
human, and he suffers terribly under the control
outcomes when a minion makes overtures to Connections.
of Dom Frollo.
Weariness provides a more subtle benefit. It both increases
the likelihood a minion will fail and sustain wounds when
committing acts of violence, and it hinders resisting the
The Batman. But it doesn’t have any negative effect on making
overtures to Connections, which is significant, since the
The Batman will likely die at the hands of the minion who gains
the most Love from overtures with nice outcomes.
A player divides three points between Weariness and Selfloathing
for his minion character, and may put all three
points into one of them, if he so wishes, leaving the other to
start at 0.

Revision as of 17:49, 8 August 2008

The life of a minion is not an easy one. They are shunned for their frightening visages and disfigured bodies, for their mental and physical scars and their horrific afflictions, and for their bizarre, asocial behaviors. They are literally, in the most cinematic sense...the creatures of darkness. Yet foremost, it should be understood, they are human. They have feelings like we do. They long desperately to be happy. And they suffer horribly under control of the The Batman. So despite appearances, they are not vicious or inhuman monsters, but rather tragic in their way. EX: The hunchback of Notre Dame is perhaps the archetypal minion. He’s misshapen, but he’s human, and he suffers terribly under the control of Dom Frollo.

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