Showing posts with label Unknown Armies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unknown Armies. Show all posts

Saturday, April 25, 2026

Epideromancy Significant Charge Math


Book 5 - Mine
for Unknown Armies updates the iconic Epideromancy adept school to 3e. However, it misrepresents how frequently a fleshworker can charge up.

It takes up to the better part of a month of rest to recover from generating a significant charge. Even with perfect first aid, the skinner would still need two weeks of taking it easy to be back to full.

This just isn't true. Sig charging inflicts 2d10 wounds with an extra +3 if the dice match, giving us an average of 11.3 wounds. Without any medical attention, that's still less than two weeks to heal, not "the better part of a month." You could get unlucky and roll 16+ wounds, but there's only a 16% chance of that happening. 

Monday, March 18, 2024

Unknown Armies: Mack "the Knife" Heathrow - Avatar of The Highwayman

No one knows where exactly Mack came from. Some say he was a famous mob boss who got bored of being in charge, faked his own death, and then used magick to change every aspect of his appearance. Maybe he's a disgraced godwalker, who hid rather than try to reclaim his symbolic throne after getting kicked out of the statosphere. His strange accent and outdated slang might also point to potential time travel. The only thing anyone knows for sure is that he drove into town one day on a Harley, robbed a bank, and then invited everyone for a round of drinks at the bar two blocks down.

Saturday, February 24, 2024

Unknown Armies: The Highwayman (new archetype)


Attributes: The Highwayman lives on the margins of society. If there’s something they want, they take it. Sometimes they correct social injustice by appropriating wealth from people who hoard it through dishonorable means. Other times they’re social parasites that prey on people who have nothing. Sometimes they’re social parasites who inexplicably acquire reputations as Robin Hood-style characters.

Like the Two Faced Man, the name Highwayman is a holdover and not restricted to one sex. Some female avatars call themselves “Outlaws” instead.

The path of a Highwayman typically ends before they reach a high Avatar score. They either get caught, get killed, or retire and taboo into normalcy.