ghost-angel Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features On a side note the DFs you have listed: Huge and Tiny are listed as Physical Limitations in the Hero Bestiary - I'm not sure if you were trying to avoid duplicates across Types of Disads or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features On a side note the DFs you have listed: Huge and Tiny are listed as Physical Limitations in the Hero Bestiary - I'm not sure if you were trying to avoid duplicates across Types of Disads or not. Yes, I know... but DF's are separate from Phys Lims for a reason and thus Huge and Tiny qualify for their own DFs. I'm trying to be complete as possible, in any case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features Unearthly Beauty Musical Voice Extremely Sexy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features Subtlely Wrong Features: While individually each of the character's physical features is within the standard parameters for his species, the totality of them is somehow...wrong. Standard adjectives for the look are "unwholesome", "slightly creepy" and "degenerate". (See, for example, the "Innsmouth Look." ) This distinctive feature is often associated with the Social Limitation: Attainder/Corruption of the Blood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features Subtlely Wrong Features: While individually each of the character's physical features is within the standard parameters for his species' date=' the totality of them is somehow...wrong. Standard adjectives for the look are "unwholesome", "slightly creepy" and "degenerate". (See, for example, the "Innsmouth Look." ) This distinctive feature is often associated with the Social Limitation: Attainder/Corruption of the Blood.[/quote'] Scott, you don't have to start writing them *yet*. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearmint Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features There may also be “post cognitive†DF…. I didn’t realize it at the time but whenever I thought back about the SandMan there was this elevator music, and it was always the same song. Hmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features There may also be “post cognitive†DF…. I didn’t realize it at the time but whenever I thought back about the SandMan there was this elevator music, and it was always the same song. Hmmmm I'm not sure I understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magmarock Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features You have Morbidly Obese, how about the other end of the spectrum. Either Skeletal, Unnaturally Lean, or Emaciated? Blurred Form Constant Motion Exhibits Internal Structure/Organ(s) No Distinctive Feature (for the ultimate in blandness) Powerful Mental Signature I would change "Not Human" to "Inhuman" (Not of ordinary human form; monstrous). Also, you might want to take a look at all of the published heroes & villains to cull the DFs from them. Cheers, Mags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features Also, you might want to take a look at all of the published heroes & villains to cull the DFs from them. As soon as I can find the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features I've been trying to think of a few DFs from a forensic standpoint; that's what the Unusual Walk/Footprints was about. These would be the kind that, generally, would take a Skill to recognize, like Martial Arts Style needs Analyze. Other possibilities: Fingerprint "Accidental" Anomalous Hair Characteristic Chromosomal Anomaly (such as Down's or Turner's Syndromes) Ego Signature (a compulsive act in connection with one's criminal deeds) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features I just remembered one I know of in real life. A freind from HS has it. NO Fingerprints. the skin on the end of here fingers is completely smooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features I probably missed it, there are so many, but how about "Appears Mentally Challenged"? Many people immediately look that way, whether they are or are not (and some who are do not look that way). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features I probably missed it' date=' there are so many, but how about "Appears Mentally Challenged"? Many people immediately look that way, whether they are or are not (and some who are do not look that way).[/quote'] You mean something like "Mongoloid Facial Features"? That is, having the classic facial features of mental retardation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features You mean something like "Mongoloid Facial Features"? That is' date=' having the classic facial features of mental retardation?[/quote'] I was thinking more like acting, as in ticks and/or poorly-constructed (as in halting or broken) speech and/or the facial features thing, so more generally, but having an analogous construct such as Mongoloid Facial Features could suffice, with any substitutions made as equivalences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features I didn't see it (which doesn't mean it's not there, just that I didn't see it): Speech Impediment (slurring, stuttering, turrets[sp?], constantly repeats words/phrases, etc...) or would that be better as a Physical/Social Limitation? not sure, it certainly is a distinctive feature to identify someone by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features I didn't see it (which doesn't mean it's not there, just that I didn't see it): Speech Impediment (slurring, stuttering, turrets[sp?], constantly repeats words/phrases, etc...) or would that be better as a Physical/Social Limitation? not sure, it certainly is a distinctive feature to identify someone by. And if it hasn't been listed: Speaks with a noticable accent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features How about: Compusively foul-mouthed (As distinct from the type of Tourette's Syndrome that causes such behavior -- though that might be a decent DF as well -- this is for those who habitually put at least one non-televisable word into nearly every sentence.) Other speech-habit related DFs might include: Rambling Speech Speaks in Sentence Fragments Always Speaks In Question Format And I'm sure others can come up with more.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argus Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features I am going to be adding a "Distinctive Features" list to the Master Lists. Where are the Master Lists kept? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koshka Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features I once ran a character with air control powers and the DF: Air within two meters of her always in motion. Yep, even when she was in Secret ID. Made sweeping up some evidence at a crime scene one session a bit interesting . This might fall under the Tangible Aura variants, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features Always Speaks In Question Format This one is eloquently known as "Up-Speak" as a question is formed, in English at least, by raised the last syllable of a sentence up in tone. In Japanese though, epsecially Tokyo-Dialect, a question is made by adding "ka" to the end of the sentence ... end derailment. I think all the speech DFs could be summed up under" DF: Odd Speech Pattern - "x" where "x" is the pattern in question: stuttering, tourettes, rambles, sentence frgaments, "type of" accent, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Squirrel Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features I had a player in a game once build a character with: DF: Fire for Hair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features Where are the Master Lists kept? Here: http://www.globalguardians.com/masterlists/masterlistindex.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features Affected Manner of Speech Age Air Surrounding Character Is Constantly In Motion Albino Always Seems To Loom Over People Always Trembling Antennae Aryan Poster-Child Awkward Size Bestial Appearance Blatantly Feminine Man/Masculine Woman Blurred Form Body of Unusual Substance Bulging Muscles Bug Eyes Cat’s Eyes Chronic Halitosis Constantly Vibrates Down’s Syndrome Dead Ringer For (Celebrity) Deep Basso/Contralto Voice Detects As Magic/Magical Construct Detects As A Machine Detects As Undead Distinctive Psychic/Magical Signature Divine Presence Dwarf Ego Signature Emaciated Emotionally Monotone Ethnicity Extra/Missing Body Parts Extremely Good Looking Extreme Sensuality Exudes Cold/Hot Facial Hair Feathered Featureless Face and Body Feels Cold/Hot To The Touch Fidgety; Can’t Stand Still Foul-Mouthed Friendly Face Fur-Covered Gender Glowing Glowing Eyes Hairless Hideously Deformed Huge Inhuman Just Plain Silly Looking Leg Braces/Cane/Crutches Markedly Nasal Voice Martial Arts Style Massive and Visible Scarring Military Bearing Morbidly Obese Musical Voice Mutant Nervous Laughter No Fingerprints No Shadow Not-Standard Body Odor Not Human Obvious/Exposed Cybernetic Parts Obvious Metahuman Open and Welcoming Oversized Head Overwhelming Aura of Self-Confidence Physically Unappealing Pronounced Overbite Psychic/Mystic Aura Psychic/Mystic Beacon Radiates Good/Evil Rambles When Speaking Raspy Voice Recognizably Ethic Features Robot Ruggedly Handsome Scaly Skin Secretor Sexually Provocative Costume Shadow Moves Independently Of Character’s Actual Motion Short Sightless/Clouded Eyes Skeletal Skinny Slurred Speech Smooth Talker Soulless Eyes Speaks In Sentence Fragments Speaks With A Tangible Yet Unidentifiable Accent Species Spitting Image of a Cultural Icon Squeaky Voice Static Shock on Skin-to-Skin Contact Subtly Wrong Features Supernaturally Good Looking Surrounded By A Corona When Powers Are Used Talks With A Lisp Tall Tangible Aura of Creepiness Tangible Aura of Evil Tangible Aura of Godliness Tangible Aura of Oddness Tangible Aura of Sorrow Tangible Sensuality Tiny Tourette’s Syndrome Trademark Phrase Tribal Scars Tattoo Unearthly Beauty Unusual Skin Color/Texture Uniform Unintentionally Causes Unusual Sounds While Moving Unusual Eye Color Unusual Hair Color Unusually Long Hair Upspeaks Utterly Silent Visible Internal Structure/Organs Walks With A Limp Wears Enough Makeup To Spackle A Tile Floor Wears (Particular Item or Type of Items of Clothing or Jewelry) At All Times Wheelchair Wholesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features This one is eloquently known as "Up-Speak" as a question is formed' date=' in English at least, by raised the last syllable of a sentence up in tone. In Japanese though, epsecially Tokyo-Dialect, a question is made by adding "ka" to the end of the sentence ... end derailment. [/quote'] Why are you assuming I was referring to "Up-Speak" and not literally phrasing everything as a question? Couldn't someone just constantly speak in question format? Don't you suppose even Japanese people have individuals who talk that way? Haven't you ever met someone who phrases nearly everything as a question? Haven't you ever watched Jeopardy or Drew Carey's Whose Line Is It Anyway? Are you starting to see my point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 Re: Master List of Distinctive Features Why are you assuming I was referring to "Up-Speak" and not literally phrasing everything as a question? Couldn't someone just constantly speak in question format? Don't you suppose even Japanese people have individuals who talk that way? Haven't you ever met someone who phrases nearly everything as a question? Haven't you ever watched Jeopardy or Drew Carey's Whose Line Is It Anyway? Are you starting to see my point? Why are you reacting so harshly? Don't you think his point was its own? Is everything about you? Why don't you just let it go? Why did you not just PM him to clarify? Are you trying to make a humorous point or what? (sorry, couldn't resist) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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