[K5pbem] Some comments from the GM

[Mike Surbrook]

On Sun, 8 Jan 2006, Dulio Giovanni wrote:

>  Okay, here's a new pitch, ditch the clones and the screwed up created
  to be perfect weapon schitick and try this one for my character. First
  off remember that cartoon Buzz Lightyear from Star Command well Buzz had
  this side kick called Mira Nova, a Tangean who had all sorts of mind
  powers and desolidification well in their home planet only nobles could
  do that while peasants couldn't but some peasants evolved into something
  called "Grounders" wherein they had the ability to cancel out Noble
  powers. Well I though if humans were evolving into high powered espers
  why couldn't they mutate into something that worked against them.

They might, but realize that espers have only really been around since the 
1950s, and high-powered ones have only really existed since... oh... the 
1990s. I'm not sure someone is going to "evolve" into a counter that fast.

>   Say proposed character's parents carried the esper gene but did not
  manifest in them. Then character has really bad experience with an Esper
  using mind effects or something approximating to that which triggers his
  awakening as an Esper but with a different set of powers. Instead of
  utilizing effects effects his mind works to keep those out and to nullify
  thenm completely thus his powers will focus almost soley on Mental
  Defense, Dispel and Supress against other Espers with no mind effects
  whatsoever and a small smattering of physical effects like Force Wall and
  Telekenisis, coupled with some solid hardware and back up from Kagura
  Securities he's built to be a real anti-esper weapon in the same way the 
Sentinels were designed to knock out mutants in X-Men.

Personally, my gut reaction is "no" this doesn't fit the concept of how I 
see espers, especially anime/K5  espers.

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