Ok, just who the fuck is he? And how nuts is he? And what kind of nuts?
RPGPundit
Dworkin's sanity depends on the condition of the Pattern. If it's intact, then he's just moderately crazy; if it's hurt then he's worse.
Dworkin is crazy because he has a very alien point of view. You know how (in ADRP by the book) stuff can alter your perceptions, make the world seem friendlier or more hostile? Dworkin's like that only on a completely different axis from good and bad.
What I find a little creepy is that Dworkin and a unicorn could have some offspring. I mean, I know he's a shapeshifter, but.... ick. ;)
In my games, he's Nuckin Futz.
It's always more interesting to players when a much more powerful NPC is mentally unstable, especially if he's unpredictable to boot.
I've been told that one of my specialties is roleplaying "Crazy Old dudes". So you can imagine what my Dworkin is like...
RPGPundit
Quote from: finarvynWhat I find a little creepy is that Dworkin and a unicorn could have some offspring. I mean, I know he's a shapeshifter, but.... ick. ;)
Hell, I'm still trying to decide whether the Unicorn is
male or not.
She's always spoken of with the female pronoun in the books.
The Unicorn is dainty, beautiful and inspiring.
Dworkin is not.
But then, neither is a one-eyed snake.
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Post PatternFall he's as sane as anyone else. What was done became Oberon's pattern, not his so he doesn't feel the effects of it anymore.
Interesting idea.
What if dowrkin thus lost his connection to the pattern, with all the special powers that came with it?
Quote from: Croaker;368955Interesting idea.
What if dowrkin thus lost his connection to the pattern, with all the special powers that came with it?
Take it a step back, what if he's reverted to his old chaos self?
My take, Dworkin suffered the equivalent of brain damage after Martin's blood is spilled (basically, a bunch of neuron connections were destroyed or corrupted).
When Oberon repaired the Pattern, he repaired Dworkin's brain damage, by effectively cleansing the tissue and re-knitting the neurons back together. However, Oberon didn't have a perfect map to recreate the Pattern's state and had to fill in the blanks, so to speak, making subtle alterations. So Dworkin has a "healthy" brain, but one not quite the one he was used to. This could make Dworkin more or less schizophrenic as he wrestles with what he knows to be true vs. what his brain is telling him is reality.
I once used a version where Oberon had had to patch the Pattern with parts of himself. Dworkin would occasionally think he was Oberon, scaring the PCs.