Vengeful
From Harath Rules
| Cost: | -5 CP/level |
| Description: | You are a vengeful person. Perceived slights or wrongs must be redressed. You firmly believe in the old adage “an eye for an eye.” This does not mean that every offense warrants corporal punishment. Rather, it means that you believe the punishment should suit the crime, and will always try to act on that principal. While you WILL get your revenge, it's not important to do it quickly. In fact, some acts of vengeance may take many years to come to fruition. You likely also have Typically, you also have a Code of Honor that defines what is insulting to you. |
| Gameplay: | You must make a Will roll (TN=4) to resist the urge to mete out vengeance. |
Common situational modifiers that can add or subtract levels to overcome your urge to take revenge:
- Type and level of perceived slight
- Impact to the slighted person
- Other Disadvantages such as Duty, Bad Temper, or Fanaticism.
Chandra has Vengeful=2 and Will=6. When she was 12 years old, three local girls were killed. It soon became clear that a local merchant named Thomas was the murderer. Thomas, however, was a close friend of the local Baron, who had Chandra's father executed to protect Thomas. Chandra always loved her father very much, so the GM assigned a 4-level penalty to her Vengeful (now=6). She rolls 6 dice (for Will) and only gets 3 Ss. She failed her Will roll and pledges to take either the Baron's or Thomas's life in repayment for her father's Since she is 12, she'll need some time to formulate a good plan and develop the skills to carry it out, but carry it out she will, even it it takes years.