A different take on the Nega

[Steve Dubya]

I bought NMI's copy of BtS (the complete, 1st edition) and got it in the mail yesterday. I recall many enjoyable (if you can describe freaking-out as an "enjoyable" experience) adventures/campaigns run with it.

In any event, I didn't really have a chance to flip through it, so I sort of went through and was trying to remember all the various goodnesses that was in the book.

And I'm not sure how I made this next leap in logic, but anyway...

I got to thinking about the Nega-psychic and how just about all of the ones I have either played or heard of being played were folks that were real jaded, science-based individuals (I won't go into the number that seem to work for the tabloids). You know, the kind of person that believes that there is a rational explanation for just about anything that they might encounter - which then accounts for their abilities.

Again, I'm not sure how I made this next leap, but I got to thinking that a different kind of Nega might be equally entertaining - if not moreso - to play. Think of a very, very devout priest/rabbi/cleric/what-have-you. This individual doesn't believe in ghosts and goblins and all the other stuff that goes bump in the night - because they believe in a more structured higher power calling the shots.

I think that this would be a great angle - is the character merely using powers innate to him/herself to affect the weirdness that they might encounter, and the whole faith issue is merely an instance of "mind over matter"? Or are they being empowered from "above" for a purpose that they might not fully understand to do good works here on Earth?

[jedi078]

A very, very devout priest/rabbi/cleric/what-have-you. This individual doesn't believe in ghosts and goblins and all the other stuff that goes bump in the night - because they believe in a more structured higher power calling the shots.

Sounds good and if it works for your game then go for it.

I have third type of Nega to propose, and is more based upon the Nega's from Rifts Psyscape. A Nega who isn't a skeptic that needs a rational explanation for just about anything that they might encounter. This is simply a person who naturally has the powers of a Nega.