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<blockquote data-quote="The Shadow" data-source="post: 4981371" data-attributes="member: 16760">Note on Session 9[A brief note on the old game.&nbsp; Be warned that there is a spoiler here for the session posted just above.]Though it was nearly 20 years ago, I still vividly recall SP rolling the damage dice for Doctor Photon (I've renamed her to Doctor Quantum for the obvious reasons) and staring at them in shock as way too many sixes popped up.&nbsp; &quot;He's out!&nbsp; No!&nbsp; He's DEAD!&quot;&nbsp; My jaw dropped and I said, &quot;Are you telling me I just killed a guy?!&quot;&nbsp; &quot;Um... yeah.&quot;&nbsp; Since I really got far into playing the Phantom (as readers of 'The Shadow Knows!' can perhaps appreciate) it hit me hard.&nbsp; The whole group, GM and all, got really somber, even Erebus' player - somehow it was different when the squeaky-clean guy of the group killed somebody than when the dark antihero did.&nbsp; It was one of those scenes that really causes a group to gel.I couldn't bring myself to use the Phantom's Mind Control again, except in the very mildest of ways, and even then very seldom.&nbsp; I ended up trading in one of my Limitations for a Psych Lim on the subject, figuring I might as well get some benefit out of it.The scene with the hand was kinda like that, only not quite as intense.&nbsp; But if Jon comes across as being in shock, that's partly because that's how I was reacting too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Shadow, post: 4981371, member: 16760"] [b]Note on Session 9[/b] [A brief note on the old game. Be warned that there is a spoiler here for the session posted just above.] Though it was nearly 20 years ago, I still vividly recall SP rolling the damage dice for Doctor Photon (I've renamed her to Doctor Quantum for the obvious reasons) and staring at them in shock as way too many sixes popped up. "He's out! No! He's DEAD!" My jaw dropped and I said, "Are you telling me I just killed a guy?!" "Um... yeah." Since I really got far into playing the Phantom (as readers of 'The Shadow Knows!' can perhaps appreciate) it hit me hard. The whole group, GM and all, got really somber, even Erebus' player - somehow it was different when the squeaky-clean guy of the group killed somebody than when the dark antihero did. It was one of those scenes that really causes a group to gel. I couldn't bring myself to use the Phantom's Mind Control again, except in the very mildest of ways, and even then very seldom. I ended up trading in one of my Limitations for a Psych Lim on the subject, figuring I might as well get some benefit out of it. The scene with the hand was kinda like that, only not quite as intense. But if Jon comes across as being in shock, that's partly because that's how I was reacting too. [/QUOTE]

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