colony_crown: So, I was reading over the Saint of Worms and Rot supplement for HtHaH, and, uh…
Second Law of Thermodynamics
You are considered Well-Prepared for any roll against Ageless and Perfectly Preserved entities, and gain +1 Certainty after any successful interaction. When you have the Decomposing Corruption (see below), Perfectly Preserved entities that perceive you are automatically inflicted with the Spooked (Death) complication.
this is a really fun mechanic with cool implications! 10/10! it gives SWR exorcists a really solid niche that there isn’t reaaaally any good patrons for in base HtHaH, it’s extremely thematic (hey bitch entropy comes for you all), and it gives the fact that a SWR exorcist is, uh, probably doomed if they’ve already got Decomposing a cool powerup.
however.
Porcelain Darling [ed: one of the primaries for the Dollhouse patron + suggested secondary for the Museum as an example of jumble homebrew (id talk about my actual museum homebrew patron but thats outside the scope of this post)]
You have +1 Situational to Link checks made to comfort others and Guile checks made to charm, persuade, or seduce. Additionally, you are considered Ageless and Perfectly Preserved for the purposes of Complication checks and Taking Time Off, but are Against Fate when falling from great heights.
And. I mean. everyone loves dollhouse exorcists (valid! fair! dollhouse rules and has so much cool stuff!) and I think as written Decomposing SWRs just. inflict deathspook on any doll in the party. automatically. all the time.
so, uh… I dunno vote on if this was just missed in SWR editing, an intended and really funny bit, or if I’m misinterpreting “for the purposes of complication checks”??
justiceforplights: no this is just really really funny. opposed to stagnation? i can fuckin tell
VIVIFEX12 (Moderator): …Huh. That’s, uh… sure a thing. I mean, HtHaH does have pretty good PvP support, so I wouldn’t be surprised if this was sort of on purpose (at the very least, it could’ve been Undying instead of Ageless, since Undying is at least a Corruption not a primary trait!). Regarding the “for the purposes of Complication checks”: no, that part’s definitely RAW, unless this bit (p.92, a footnote talking about the Disease complication (also a couple others but that one comes up the most and is pretty thematically similar to SWR) in the paper book, YPDFMV)
24: Keen-eyed readers may note that Porcelain Darlings are Perfectly Preserved in matters of Complications. Yes, this means they don’t have to deal with Disease; that would make the dolls gross, and no dollhouse keeper wants that!
So, while I can’t weigh in on the intentions, that is how the mechanics work.
colony_crown: huh. wild. anyway wait for my new party in 2026 made up of a SWR a doll and a pile of bugs
⭐aster⭐~!: What the hell? That’s insane.
⭐aster⭐~!: Dolls already suck and they're adding an autopvp??
Cillicilli: just dont take decomposing if theres’ a doll n ur party??
⭐aster⭐~!: Are you illiterate?
⭐aster⭐~!: It’s literally their doom corruption.
⭐aster⭐~!: If you’re playing a SWR and don't have a stupid build you’re going to get decomposing.
VIVIFEX12: @⭐aster⭐~! Mechanics are not a valid reason to call people illiterate.
⭐aster⭐~!: Okay, but they clearly aren't reading the rulebook.
⭐aster⭐~!: Doom’s a vital mechanic, and either they skipped it (which, uh… why? Coolest part of the game!), they can’t read, or they’re expecting their HK to explain every mechanic in the game.
VIVIFEX12 has temporarily muted ⭐aster⭐~!.