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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 7419255" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>OK, so I can think of a number of ways to make this work that would limit the 'surreal aspect'. One would be what you called a 'preparedness' mechanism that let you retcon in acquisition of resources that you need NOW, interpolating their acquisition into the narrative at some earlier offscreen point. I'm totally comfortable with this, conceptually. There's still the potential lingering question of exactly how hard it might be to DO, but in principle its fine. I guess the whole thing could provide the player with virtually unlimited narrative authority in respect to the retconned fiction. Perhaps you hired an agent to send some guys on ahead where they conveniently link up at the critical moment, or to follow later, or you make contact with some sort of local tribe, etc. </p><p></p><p>Other options would include mystical ones. You're such a good leader that the very spirits of dead warriors rally to your cause and materialize to fight on your side. This is probably fine for certain characters at higher levels. It would be like the old Horn of Valhalla. This would make a perfectly good power, maybe for a PP. Greater versions would be perfectly feasible at Epic. Given the infinite malleability of magical explanations you could also extend this to control over the very forces of nature, commanding the earth to rise up and obey your orders, etc. Another spin on that could involve fey or shadow magic.</p><p></p><p>I guess the other path to take would be simply a heavier buffing path. While you're cohorts are 'minions', they don't need to STAY mere minions. They could become pretty tough, or follow rules that produce significant 'toughness'. Think along the lines of the Spirit Companion that the Shaman gets. The thing is CLOSE to unkillable right off the bat. A 'marshal' could give his minion cohorts similar levels of toughness, even using pretty much the same rule.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 7419255, member: 82106"] OK, so I can think of a number of ways to make this work that would limit the 'surreal aspect'. One would be what you called a 'preparedness' mechanism that let you retcon in acquisition of resources that you need NOW, interpolating their acquisition into the narrative at some earlier offscreen point. I'm totally comfortable with this, conceptually. There's still the potential lingering question of exactly how hard it might be to DO, but in principle its fine. I guess the whole thing could provide the player with virtually unlimited narrative authority in respect to the retconned fiction. Perhaps you hired an agent to send some guys on ahead where they conveniently link up at the critical moment, or to follow later, or you make contact with some sort of local tribe, etc. Other options would include mystical ones. You're such a good leader that the very spirits of dead warriors rally to your cause and materialize to fight on your side. This is probably fine for certain characters at higher levels. It would be like the old Horn of Valhalla. This would make a perfectly good power, maybe for a PP. Greater versions would be perfectly feasible at Epic. Given the infinite malleability of magical explanations you could also extend this to control over the very forces of nature, commanding the earth to rise up and obey your orders, etc. Another spin on that could involve fey or shadow magic. I guess the other path to take would be simply a heavier buffing path. While you're cohorts are 'minions', they don't need to STAY mere minions. They could become pretty tough, or follow rules that produce significant 'toughness'. Think along the lines of the Spirit Companion that the Shaman gets. The thing is CLOSE to unkillable right off the bat. A 'marshal' could give his minion cohorts similar levels of toughness, even using pretty much the same rule. [/QUOTE]
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