Quote:That's where you go with what I call "the Bursar solution", after the character in the Discworld stories. The Bursar is insane, but his associates have developed a treatment for him where he hallucinates that he's completely sane. It works for the short term.
Of course, the main problem with power-suppressing songs is defining them so they don't end immediately. What do I mean? Basically: The song uses his power to shut off his power but with his power shut off he can't use his power to shut off his power so his power comes back right away.
So, what we do in this case is have Doug's power manifest in such a way that he's indistinguishable from a normal human for the duration of the song - no combat-hype, no improbability field, etc, etc, etc... It isn't quite the same a "powers are supressed", but it's close enough for an RPG...
-Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
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