1.3 Death, Reincarnation, and Resurrection: Quick Guide
Feb 15, 2015 23:34:41 GMT -8
Post by Storyteller Joy on Feb 15, 2015 23:34:41 GMT -8
Death, Reincarnation, and Resurrection:
When you die, your dead.
You can at that point choose:
1) Final Death: to let the character experience final death- and they will not come back. (Players Choose this NO ONE ELSE)
2) Journey to the Afterlife or, Jigoku to be reincarnated
3) Or, if there is someone in your party, or have an ally or two who care, you can be Resurrected on scene or within a few hours, you do not have to journey to Jigoku.
(It takes approximately "3" in character hours for your soul to transition to Jigoku, in which there is No penalty for death... If it takes longer then 3 hours, you suffer the penalties of below and may have seen a vision or two of Jigoku - see ST for details)
If you come back to life after 3 in character hours.... Regardless of how you come back to life...
When you return to life, you are required to roll a -Weird (so subtract three if you have a +3, and add 1 for -1 Weird, etc) The weirder you are, the weirder it is when you come back from the dead.
On a 10+, you have changed little. Mark 1 experience and you are only bound by your promises in Jigoku or to the Blood Mage who brought you back.
On a 7-9, choose one of these:
- You come back a bit broken (memory loss, stressed, disconnected)
- You come back a little different (Add +1 to one rating (max 3) and subtract 1 from another (min -2)
- You come back very different! (Change Species or Magical Elements Completely)
- Something comes back...with you...?! It's not a pressing danger, but it definitely is going to make life interesting!
- You, or the one who brought you back, owes a favor to the Mistress of the Jigoku--- instead of the "regular" price...
On a miss, Choose one of these:
- You come back Broken (soulless, depressive...capable of only accomplishing the goal brought forth from you...) ---Your character is now an NPC who will show up occasionally to make people wonder.. what's really out there..? -- If the character is "Saved" through story line, by other characters you will be given the opportunity to play it again or have it be retired... **Note. You do NOT have to reincarnate your character...**
- You come back disabled. Take a -1 to a rating (to a -2 at worst).
- Your revival satisfies an ancient, dark, and terrible prophecy.
- Something comes back with you (e.g. a possessing spirit, a slain monster is revived, an ancient evil is released.) It is an immediate and pressing danger - and not happy to be with you.
-You, or the one you brought you back, owes a huge debt (soul, firstborn, ten years of servitude,etc) to a powerful spirit, the mistress of Jigoku, etc.
- Your stuck in Jigoku and must wait 1 week before attempting to win your way back out... at a -1 difficulty. (Fail twice, and the difficulties a -2.) (Fail 3 times and your character is bound to Jigoku...forever...)
After the first three deaths in Harpeah, you are an additional -1 per any reincarnation/rezz roll coming back.
No matter how you come back, players must do 1 thread in the Jigoku and wait for the ST to tell them to roll their rezz roll- unless reincarnated by players/npcs on harpeah (then it's just a matter of how long it takes them to get the rezz off!)
When you die, your dead.
You can at that point choose:
1) Final Death: to let the character experience final death- and they will not come back. (Players Choose this NO ONE ELSE)
2) Journey to the Afterlife or, Jigoku to be reincarnated
3) Or, if there is someone in your party, or have an ally or two who care, you can be Resurrected on scene or within a few hours, you do not have to journey to Jigoku.
(It takes approximately "3" in character hours for your soul to transition to Jigoku, in which there is No penalty for death... If it takes longer then 3 hours, you suffer the penalties of below and may have seen a vision or two of Jigoku - see ST for details)
If you come back to life after 3 in character hours.... Regardless of how you come back to life...
When you return to life, you are required to roll a -Weird (so subtract three if you have a +3, and add 1 for -1 Weird, etc) The weirder you are, the weirder it is when you come back from the dead.
On a 10+, you have changed little. Mark 1 experience and you are only bound by your promises in Jigoku or to the Blood Mage who brought you back.
On a 7-9, choose one of these:
- You come back a bit broken (memory loss, stressed, disconnected)
- You come back a little different (Add +1 to one rating (max 3) and subtract 1 from another (min -2)
- You come back very different! (Change Species or Magical Elements Completely)
- Something comes back...with you...?! It's not a pressing danger, but it definitely is going to make life interesting!
- You, or the one who brought you back, owes a favor to the Mistress of the Jigoku--- instead of the "regular" price...
On a miss, Choose one of these:
- You come back Broken (soulless, depressive...capable of only accomplishing the goal brought forth from you...) ---Your character is now an NPC who will show up occasionally to make people wonder.. what's really out there..? -- If the character is "Saved" through story line, by other characters you will be given the opportunity to play it again or have it be retired... **Note. You do NOT have to reincarnate your character...**
- You come back disabled. Take a -1 to a rating (to a -2 at worst).
- Your revival satisfies an ancient, dark, and terrible prophecy.
- Something comes back with you (e.g. a possessing spirit, a slain monster is revived, an ancient evil is released.) It is an immediate and pressing danger - and not happy to be with you.
-You, or the one you brought you back, owes a huge debt (soul, firstborn, ten years of servitude,etc) to a powerful spirit, the mistress of Jigoku, etc.
- Your stuck in Jigoku and must wait 1 week before attempting to win your way back out... at a -1 difficulty. (Fail twice, and the difficulties a -2.) (Fail 3 times and your character is bound to Jigoku...forever...)
After the first three deaths in Harpeah, you are an additional -1 per any reincarnation/rezz roll coming back.
No matter how you come back, players must do 1 thread in the Jigoku and wait for the ST to tell them to roll their rezz roll- unless reincarnated by players/npcs on harpeah (then it's just a matter of how long it takes them to get the rezz off!)
