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Arcanum · 03-31-2011, 04:27 PM

Ok so I was thinking it over and decided to go in a slightly different direction. I propose the following changes to Swarm for you to judge.

- Have a central brain bug (no, not that brain bug) that controls all the other Swarms, be they physically linked or not. The brain bug would be larger, about the size of two thumbs side-by-side, and I'm sure you could imagine what would happen if it were killed.

- While still able to willingly separate into pieces, forceful separation would cause extreme pain, and kill several Swarms in the progress (since they are being torn from each other). They would still be able to re-form any lost limbs but it would be like a brand new arm and Swarm would be rather clumsy controlling it at first (on top of the pain and dead Swarms). Controlled separation would take some time for all of the Swarms to disconnect from each other, so he wouldn't be able to just split in half to dodge an attack (unless it is a slow attack or he has time to prepare the split before the attack hits).

- Instead of the One Mind, One Purpose ability (since that's covered by the newly introduced brain bug) I propose the following:
Living Armor: The way the Swarms interlink on the surface creates a layer of living scale armor, making him more resistant to 'unwanted' separations.

- The split personalities/insanity would instead by a character development thing, where he would start to hear the voices of Swarm in his mind. Should give me more freedom on how it develops and less combat-related GM headaches.

03-31-2011, 04:27 PM	#10
Arcanum Strike the Earth! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 3,185	Ok so I was thinking it over and decided to go in a slightly different direction. I propose the following changes to Swarm for you to judge. - Have a central brain bug (no, not that brain bug) that controls all the other Swarms, be they physically linked or not. The brain bug would be larger, about the size of two thumbs side-by-side, and I'm sure you could imagine what would happen if it were killed. - While still able to willingly separate into pieces, forceful separation would cause extreme pain, and kill several Swarms in the progress (since they are being torn from each other). They would still be able to re-form any lost limbs but it would be like a brand new arm and Swarm would be rather clumsy controlling it at first (on top of the pain and dead Swarms). Controlled separation would take some time for all of the Swarms to disconnect from each other, so he wouldn't be able to just split in half to dodge an attack (unless it is a slow attack or he has time to prepare the split before the attack hits). - Instead of the One Mind, One Purpose ability (since that's covered by the newly introduced brain bug) I propose the following: Living Armor: The way the Swarms interlink on the surface creates a layer of living scale armor, making him more resistant to 'unwanted' separations. - The split personalities/insanity would instead by a character development thing, where he would start to hear the voices of Swarm in his mind. Should give me more freedom on how it develops and less combat-related GM headaches. Last edited by Arcanum; 03-31-2011 at 04:30 PM.