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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 4072320" data-attributes="member: 13892">Oh. God. . . Star Wars D6 Expanded Universe with Homebrew ImbellishmentThis was actually one of the best (and long-lasting) RPG campaigns that I played, largely becaue of the homebrewed elements and the GM's happy and free approach to bringing the AWESOME at every game session. Basically, if you could create a balanced build for something using the basic D6 rules from Star Wars (2nd Edition), you could play it. So. . . We had a cyborg bounty hunter, a Vampire (yeah, White Wolf-style), an Immortal (yeah, Highlander-style), a failed Jedi, and a bounty hunter with a symbiotic power suit (yeh, Venom-style). Crazy right? Well, in point of fact, it was crazy fun! Except for thwe guy who played the Vampire. . . Instead of doing stuff with the group, the guy who played the Vamp was always about trying to prove his physical/mental/social dominance to others. Always. In fact, the Vamp was just the latest in a long line of "I've got something to prove!" characters. You'll see why in just a moment <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Anyhow, we're on Tatooine (the GM trying to lead into the Tatooine Manhunt module) and while the rest of the party is gearing up, the Vamp gets side-tracked trying to prove his physical superiority to an NPC super-soldier who was briefly travelling in tow. So, how does he do this? He dares the NPC to stab him. In the chest. Right through the heart. No, if you'll recall, I said that out GM has a 'if you can build it balanced, you can play it' thing going on. Well, part of the balance in the Vamp's case was Torpor per White Wolf. If a Vamp gets stabbed in the heart, it interrupts the blood flow, paralyzing them until said blood flow is restored. And the player knows this. In fact, he wrote our house rules for it. So, here he is, Vamp the Mighty, telling this super soldier to stab him in the heart with a combat knife. Everybody except for the player obviously sees the danger in this. . . but we're off buying equipment. So our characters can't really say anything. The GM, being a generally merciful sort asks, as the NPC, three times. . . "Are you sure you want me to stab you there?" And, three time, Vamp the Mighty says "Do it! I bet you're not man enough!". So the GM shrugs, says "Okay" and picks up a handful dice to roll damage (no need to roll a 'to hit' on an immobile target, per our house rules). And, just as the dice, are hitting the table, the player of Vamp the Mighty suddenly realizes what is going on. 'Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" I swear, it was like the cry of a man who had just been told that his first born child died. And the look on his face. I still get all giggly when I picture it in my mind's eyes <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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