"He was a good shot with the rifle, but he didn't hesitate to take shots that, if it wasn't for the cities medical teleporters and the arrest
beacons we carried, would likely have been fatal. I can't help but wonder if he was pulling his punches with some of his shots as well, due to my own
presence, considering that his record already did contain a number of fatalities."
Interesting. I've been trying to touch a little bit on something like this with Alexis. Most of her previous experience and training is focused on killing
as quickly and as certainly as possible. (With "certainty" being the higher priority.) She doesn't typically operate that way in Paragon for a
variety of reasons (including that her experience with swordfighting is *not* based on this priority set), but it's likely to cause... interesting
events... at times.
I also have two villains who have very explicit reasons for almost never killing anyone. Plasmabell (who I haven't actually played any) gains power from
belief, and people stop believing in you when they're dead. And Anire often likes their style and wants a chance to punch them again in the future. (Though
I'll admit that it's a tricky call as to whether Anire is really that villainous. But she's far closer to being it than, say, Amanda Winter,
who's more somewhere between misguided and deluded.)
-Morgan.
beacons we carried, would likely have been fatal. I can't help but wonder if he was pulling his punches with some of his shots as well, due to my own
presence, considering that his record already did contain a number of fatalities."
Interesting. I've been trying to touch a little bit on something like this with Alexis. Most of her previous experience and training is focused on killing
as quickly and as certainly as possible. (With "certainty" being the higher priority.) She doesn't typically operate that way in Paragon for a
variety of reasons (including that her experience with swordfighting is *not* based on this priority set), but it's likely to cause... interesting
events... at times.
I also have two villains who have very explicit reasons for almost never killing anyone. Plasmabell (who I haven't actually played any) gains power from
belief, and people stop believing in you when they're dead. And Anire often likes their style and wants a chance to punch them again in the future. (Though
I'll admit that it's a tricky call as to whether Anire is really that villainous. But she's far closer to being it than, say, Amanda Winter,
who's more somewhere between misguided and deluded.)
-Morgan.