Thursday, November 22, 2007

Einherjar candidate: L. Ron Hubbard

L. Ron Hubbard
Science fiction writer and founder of Scientology.

Combat: (-2) (somewhat controversial war record)
Moxie: +6
Artistry: +3 (which is admittedly somewhat charitable, even though I did read all ten volumes of Mission Earth as a kid, and wondered at the time why I was doing it).
Mysticism: (-1) (even though he was an Operating Thetan, after all).

Special powers (here’s where we start to have some fun):
- As a Daily action, the Valkyrie who owns L. Ron Hubbard may cause Hubbard to use his “Indoctrination” skill (but only if the Einherjar who is the target of the Indoctrination has a Wit statistic of greater than (-6).  To use this skill, the Einherjar who is the target of the Indoctrination (who must be an Einherjar who has a Wit statistic of greater than (-6) and who is owned by the same Valkyrie as L. Ron Hubbart) has his/her Wit score reduced by 4 points, whereupon L. Ron Hubbard’s Moxie score is increased by 1 point (but not to greater than +10).  Upon using the Indoctrination skill, the Valkyrie who owns L. Ron Hubbard shall update the Einherjar page accordingly to reflect the statistic adjustments and shall make a story post indicating that the power has been exercised.
- As a Weekly action, the Valkyrie who owns L. Ron Hubbard may cause Hubbard to use his “Auditing” skill (but only if Hubbard’s Moxie skill is greater than 0).  To use this skill, the Valkyrie who owns L. Ron Hubbard selects an Einherjar that is owned by a different Valkyrie and that has a Mysticism score of +5 or less.  The Valkyrie who owns Hubbard then posts a story post announcing that Hubbard will attempt to Audit the targeted Einherjar.  The Valkyrie who owns Hubbard rolls 1DICE6: if the result is greater than or equal to the targeted Einherjar’s Scholasticism statistic then that Einherjar has been Audited, which means that the Valkyrie who owns that Einherjar loses 15 Acorns and Hubbard’s owner gains 15 Acorns.  If the result of the 1DICE6 role is less than the targeted Einherjar’s Scholasticism statistic then the attempted Auditing fails, and Hubbard’s Moxie score is reduced by 2 (and the Einherjar page must be promptly amended to reflect this).  No Einherjar can be targeted for Auditing more than once.

Male, Sane, Dishonorable

Comments

Kevan: he/him

22-11-2007 17:46:53 UTC

Those special powers are illegal under Rule 2.1.3. Special Attributes are only allowed to affect statistics of other Valkyries.

Chivalrybean:

23-11-2007 08:08:19 UTC

By Valkyrie you mean Einherjar, right?

Kevan: he/him

23-11-2007 11:30:35 UTC

Oh, yes.

Hix:

27-11-2007 22:25:19 UTC

Nerfing the second ability so that Hubbard has to spend moxie even on a successful attempt (I suspect there will almost always be targets that it is guaranteed to succeed against), and reducing the number of acorns “stolen”.
This way, he has to have a steady supply of others’ Wit (from the first ability) to fuel the second ability.