” I’m not like you, Never was and Never will be ”
For those who believe they are more than Human, or perhaps more Human than anyone else…
Denial is not just a River in Egypt…
– For the Inhumanity in Humans –
::Note :: I currently have no Name for this, I was thinking of it as an Idea, and well this is my first Submission of an Adept. please know, that I don’t have any UA material, so if I tread on anything already done or is in the official book. Sorry~ ^_^
P.s. Suggest a Name if you want ^^
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Have you ever met that One person, who Denies having to do what Naturally comes to all Humans, or even Animals in fact ?? Those Girls in high school who you never see go to the toilets, or those Guys you never see cry. Not because they won’t out of pride or can’t, anything to that degree. You always hear that fleeting reason “I don’t need to do that…” or simply “I don’t do that”. But thats just unnatural.
Later you began to notice other things, people with no body hair, or Men and Women who don’t seem to breath when you talk to them. They don’t blink, they don’t Eat. Something so Unnatural that it makes you think of them as Alien, as something that can’t be quite real.
They are the ones who Deny humanity in themselves, Deny even that they are living, that they ‘Have to’ do anything. They don’t need to do anything, and so they don’t. Breathing? I don’t do that… Eating? pfft I don’t do that either… It’s sickening…
These people are those obsessed that they can’t be like the next person, that they have to be outside the circle.
Maybe because of a slight, maybe because of the past. Have you ever Hurt so bad, that you denied that it can happen to you. Ever see something so disgusting that you knew at once that it’s something you don’t do. These are the things that make us Inhuman, by denying something so Normal that we become what we feel, Nothing more than ourselves, whatever that may be.
They gained power from that, They weren’t like the rest of them, they weren’t going to die in an alley way somewhere. They don’t need to be with anyone, because they know what it does to you to need anything. They were more than that by being Less of what they were, but to prove otherwise is a messy business. The phrase “If you cut me, do I not bleed?” doesn’t apply to these In-humans, they would deny it fervently.
-Paradox-
They disbelieve Humanity by being In-human, believing they are more Human than everyone else. To them, Humans are Parasites who stole the name of Humanity by breeding faster than them. So does it mean to be Human?
:Note: I may not be explaining this correctly, I have a certain type of dyslexia so it’s worrying when people don’t understand. The In-humans become more and more Human by denying that they are Human, or anything similar to one.
-Generation of Charges-
:Note: Whenever I state Breath, or Drink, or Blink – that it can be Anything the In-human thinks of. I.e. from the believable “I don’t get sick…” to the unbelievable “I don’t bleed…”. this can be anything, From using chairs and tissue paper, to cars and planes, or even walking. how you walk away and not be seen is your own problem.
Minor : To gain a Minor charge, an In-human must do something inherently non-human while in the presence of Humans for over an hour. I.e. While standing and talking to someone, you don’t seem to need to Breath, this doesn’t mean you don’t breath. But your chest cannot be moving, and if anyone listened closely they wouldn’t hear you breathing, etc. The Human present must believe for longer than ten seconds that you are not doing something as Natural as Breathing while you are preset.
The Second way to gain a Minor charge, is to Openly deny something Inherently human to someone. You must demonstrate, or let the Human examine you and believe it is true for over Ten seconds.
Significant : To gain a Sig charge, an In-human must do something inherently non-human while in a Crowd of more than thirty people, at least twenty of this crowd must believe and may spread news of your not needing to Breath. This rush of belief must last longer than five minutes to hours, depending on the people. If they are extremely gullible or not.
The Second way to gain a Sig charge, is to get a Debunker/Sceptic to believe you do something inherently In-human. By believe on this point is complete and utter belief that you don’t Breath.
Major : To gain a Major charge is nearly Impossible for In-humans, it has been tried before many times. But all those who try fail and are put on public display for being liars or idiots. The supposed way to get a Major charge would be to announce world-wide that you don’t do something inherently Human, and Everyone in the world must believe that you don’t for longer than a Week.
The Second way to gain a Major charge, is a silly one. Easier to do, but fatal. You must in front of a Crowd of Skeptics/Debunkers of more than a hundred and Declare the Following – “I cannot Die…”. After doing so, the In-human must demonstrate with no tricks that he cannot die. Giving the people knives, guns and oil, etc. To prove that you can’t. No form of Magic can be used to help you, and you must allow the Skeptics/Debunkers to do anything to you for twenty four hours. Oh, and I don’t have to mention, that you cannot Die or Bleed or anything else that you have declared in front of these Humans.
: Taboo : If you are seen, Doing something that you said you Don’t do, by someone who witnessed you saying it. You lose all your charges and can never gain charges from that Individual. Also, If you ever believe that you can do something another Human can, you also lose all your charges. You must also believe in everything you say, If you don’t bleed, you don’t. So if you start bleeding in a Fight, you lose all your charges. If you ever say anything like “I need to catch my breath” or “we need to Run!!”, and you don’t believe in Walking, or Breathing, you will lose all your charges.
–Note on Taboo–
As long as you Deny it, it will be fine. But you must make a Self and a Unnatural check (Failure is a Failed Notch) every-time you do whatever it is that you are doing. If you said you don’t walk, and knowingly walk later on. You must make a check or lose all your charges. this is once per action, I.e. Running down a road from end to end would be one, per bullet wound that you are bleeding from or until you catch your breath, etc.
:Blast:
In-human blasts are strange, they don’t damage in the conventional way but it happens. Whoever you hit with a Blast is suddenly shocked by Unnatural occurrences within him. The Target feels whatever the In-human believes in himself, I.e. If the In-human believes he doesn’t need to Breath. The Target can’t breath, and feels like he’s suffocating, etc. The Dice pool is minor and major, the effect is variable, but only Negative effects occur. (Only things that the In-human believe effect the target, If he doesn’t need to Excrete – They target feels his bowels wanting to explode, etc.)
:Note upon Blast: That the Target must roll a Self and Unnatural check after being shot by a In-humans blast.
: Random Magic :
All In-human powers are based around Self, and Unreality.
:General Notes on this Section:
–All of this is GM Approved and Variable–
Gaining minor charges seems hard, but if you meet people regularly or just in passing, you can Reaffirm their belief that you do not breath (blink,drink,bleed, etc) while in their presence. This helps with future accumulation of Minor charges. So you may say you don’t go to the Toilet, but they must continue to believe it. You must also have an Opportunity to do so, be careful though. When someone says they don’t bleed, a Smart-ass will most likely stab you with a fork.
Gaining significant charges, The more Skeptics in the crowd the more Charges you get. Depending on how long you allow the crowd to Examine you, the more charges you get. But if you said you don’t breath, be prepared to hold your breath…
Gaining major charges, Don’t try unless you are desperate or extremely Insane.
– Important Note – Every day, starting and ending at Dawn as an Example. A In-human must make Isolation,Self and Unnatural checks (Failure is a Failed Notch, etc). Every morning, you must get a grip on reality. Your not like anyone else, Not human and knowingly try to trudge on. (The Notches gained by this Event disappear When the Next day begins) This Event does not make a In-human lose any of his Charges. Though it may turn him Catatonic for a Undetermined amount of time (GM Choice and Variable)
In-humans don’t last for very long, they go Insane rather quickly, or are killed for being too In-human. Too many Taboo’s for the average, but they somehow survive. Maybe because they aren’t Human ? or are we ?
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Ok, Not placing Formula’s up yet, just wanted to see what people thought about this, and if I should fix it up. Though I need all the Help and Comments that I can get. So please don’t be Shy ^_^ I love Constructive criticism. Though, please no bad-mouthing. Also, remember that I have never actually played this game before, Nor do I know any of the Adepts from the actual UA book. I don’t know half the rules, but I love the game due to all I’ve read here on the Site.
Ok, constructive it is.
First, I get flashes of breatharianism here, they deny having to eat (and in some cases even drink or breathe, google it if you like).
Most smartasses won’t actually stab you with a fork, it’s illegal and could wind up with them in jail.
Some SERIOUS though and explainaitions have to go inte to charging structure, what is allowed, what isn’t allowed? “I never have sex”, is that inhuman or just sad?
And I see nothing here about the “becoming more human” part.
The taboo is interesting, but why do the failed and hardened notches dissappear at sunrise next day? Because if they do, the adept will probably stay sane for as long as the rest of the characters, perhaps a little longer since he has access to the hardened notches he gains each morning. And if you scrap that part, the adept is likely to go insane, but that’s not the end of a character in this game. Also, if he’s lucky, he would get hardened notches instead, and not go insane at all. I think that all schools should be able to lose their charges by tabooing
It seems the entire concept would be better suited to an avatar of some kind, the outsider would be a nice place to start, and perhaps finish as well.
Thank you for your Comment~
Hmm, I may have problems answering until I get my own copy of UA. but I’ll try.
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Yes I’ve read the Breath adept on the Forum, though nothing from outside this forum.
As I have said, I may have accidentally treaded on some things I’ve never seen before, I will however read up on that.
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On the stabbing bit; Have you ever been on the Streets of Dublin? lol, or anywhere where they love proving Arrogant bastards wrong? The law in Ireland would do little against assault if it were just a flesh wound.
Most policemen here believe that they have better things to do, but I guess assault is still charged. Then again, a gang of people could just say “He cut himself ! I have witnesses…” etc. The world isn’t a fair place ^^
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Of the “Never had Sex” thing, well it really depends on Interpretation. I, myself would call it sad. It’s something that no one will believe cause It just means you can’t get any.
The things that are allowed are Things people, animals and living creatures do – but the In-human doesn’t. Either because they are Perfect in every way, or just not Human.
Things like “I don’t use my hands” would be perfectly acceptable, but things like “I don’t have sex” is something believable. The charge must be something that would make peoples eyes Raise, Not in pity, but in annoyance or shock.
You can’t have a Virgin In-human going around going “I never have sex”, etc because people would just Laugh at him. So he wouldn’t gain any charges.
Having a Disability that disallows an In-human to do something won’t give him charges either, because it’s something obviously believable. So a In-human in a wheelchair can’t say “I don’t walk”, etc.
I believe it’s stated before, should have probably clarified it – An In-human must be able to do whatever he denies in front of those he tells, So unless you are going to drop your pants and wave your genitals about. You wouldn’t be able to gain charges from things like “I don’t have sex” unless it was normal for people to have sex outside while talking to people in cafe’s.
Also : Some of the Examples, I.e. “I don’t need to go to the Toilet” are Accumulative. If at anytime the Person you told you don’t do these things believes you do, or believes outrightly that they are right and you are lying. Then you lose all charges. E.g. If the Person went to your house and found a bathroom.
As for the Human bit – The In-humans (for lack of a better name) believe they are more human by denying things they hate about themselves.
Their definition of Human is different, More Pure and untainted. So they go about thinking of themselves as the Only Humans they know, anything else is a Parasite. They detach themselves from being like the Parasites by denying similarities.
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As for the notches, bleh I realised my mistake; Correction to this matter ::
The In-humans do not keep Hardened Notches from the Morning Event, only the Failed ones.
Because it’s something Inherent to them, and they feel it crushing them. They live with a burden of being the only Ones of their kind. They can never get used to this, and so never gain Hardened notches.
Also – If two In-humans ever meet and realise what the other ones is, they will Hate each other. Because the In-humans thinks as though they were the Only Real Humans on this planet.
::Note:: as stated, till I get an actual copy of the UA book, I won’t be able to correct system errors. Only guesswork can be done -_-”’
So perhaps you can answer this Question for me – I wanted In-Humans to stack Insanity from each day, I don’t know if this happens normally but If it does then they do.
** In-Humans must Roll both Self and Unnatural when they realize they are doing something they have Denied, losing all charges if they fail One of these. which explains why it’s easy for them to gain charges but even easier to lose them.
So the More Denials they make, to get more Charges, the harder it is for them to keep them. Also remember, that they have to Keep up the charade. This includes Other party members and random humans they meet.
If an In-human told someone in France, that he didn’t eat. He meets the Person in a restaurant in new york eating, then he’ll lose all charges so far.
This is why Major charges are nightmares for In-humans, If they are revealed to be Idiots and Liars. Then people who don’t even know them, will deny your claims. I.e. One of your Targets left for a Relatives house believing you don’t eat food.
But the Relative has seen you eat and tells the Target. The In-human, no matter how far away he is, will lose all her charges.
(( This is GM variable, It goes with the Story etc. Whatever is closest to a Luck roll in CoC in UA happens, and if it succeeds the In-human has lost his charges ))
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It maybe better for an Avatar, but I like it as an Adept because an In-human would deny that they were what they were. Losing Avatar status by being disbelieved, most likely by other In-humans.
IMPORTANT !!
Going to be Remaking this sooner or later !! =
I just purchased the Unknown Armies game book and will be fixing all of this with whatever I was missing ^^
Most likely, it will be playable in my second post of this Adept class. as well as Spells, etc. Perhaps proof read by an english student so that it makes sense, lol.
You already said what I wanted to say…
Just: is this charging structure built up in a way that you when you gain a charge (by telling someone you don’t blink or something) you give that person the power to taboo you, but anyone you haven’t used for charging has noting on you?
Yes – thats how it goes, The first time around. But remember, that In-humans can taboo themselves.
So people you have never spoken to will have no power to Taboo you. Unless, they have met someone who you have spoken to about not blinking, etc. Then they can Taboo you.
This is GM Variable, for whatever a Luck roll is in UA if it even exists.
So if your enemy is from your Rehab or has worked with you, It’s likelier for him to Taboo you, than a Stranger who you just met.
So basically, the smart adept goes abroad (or to the next town over) to charge up among people he is unlikely to encounter otherwise?
Yes – and No, that means you either have to travel al lot, or gain Charges once every few weeks.
Also remember, it is GM Decision if any of your “Acquaintances” go “You know what… that guy was pulling it out of his ass” –
Where as, if you constantly meet the same people – they will never call you on anything you say if you demonstrate on a daily basis, etc.
http://www.unknown-armies.com/content_comments.php?id=581_0_3_0_C3
I can see how one could see similarities. But it’s not all that relevant.
Also – please comment and not just leave links, it is sort of rude.
The Differences with people on the Ritual, the Reborn and those written here are quite obvious.
The In-Humans are still human, they scorn everything else and worship no one but themselves.
Reborn must love god, etc; and are Insane.
There are other things I can say, but if you look closely, you will figure them out yourself ^^
What I meant is, a typical In-Human would like very much to get their hands on the ritual in question, discard the mythic backstory, and figure out a way around the madness as it comes up.
lol – then you should have added that. Or people will presume many things about a single link –
But yes, and no – because the Average In-human wouldn’t like the fact that something has power over them. Except themselves, i.e. a higher power like a god, or anything.
The effects of the ritual don’t visibly involve submitting to a higher power, and self-delusion is one of this school’s main themes.
Yes it is ^__^ . I see where your going with this… and maybe.
Well most of the things written here will be answered to when I get around to fixing it all with my copy of UA .