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

Revision as of 10:49, 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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