Vizier: A seed of supernatural insight takes root in your brain. Once, and once only, you may will it to sprout and deliver unto you the knowledge to answer almost any questions that may plague you (in game terms, any info that could be delivered by a maximumly successful Consult Oracle or Voice of Fate ritual). Once its power has been called upon, it wilts and fades away.
If Ranma drew the Rogue, which of his associates would try to make his life hell? More importantly, how would he notice the difference, given they all do so already (not that he doesn't make their lives hell right back)?
Right, Shampoo was ignoring him.Wyrd wrote:
I like the idea of it affecting Ryouga, causing him to stop fighting with Ranma and start ignoring him. I've long liked the idea that Ryouga's and, to a lesser extent, Ranma's issues stem in large part from isolation and a lack of constants in their lives. Ranma at least had his father, as bad an example of humanity as he is written, but the only person ever a regular part of Ryouga's life was Ranma, who made an effort to walk him to and from school every day. With this interpretation, the worst thing you can do to either of them is to ignore them, as exemplified by the reversal jewel arc. Ryouga is likely the only member of the cast who would figure that out, though.
Wyrd wrote:Giving up a cure for Jusenkyo might not be enough. What I suggest is that he give a cure to one of the other cursed. What would be even better is if the cure didn't work or made things somehow worse, because it is the act of generosity that matters. As long as Ranma truly believed that it was a choice between getting cured of Jusenkyo and getting back his full strength, I think he would quite willingly give up the Jusenkyo cure, and it is that willingness that would matter to the magic of the card.
It's not like Ranma doesn't normal go out of his way to try to help people. Such a thing for Ranma is pretty much what many would call a Tuesday. Just look at what he did for Plum.
It's not like Ranma doesn't normal go out of his way to try to help people. Such a thing for Ranma is pretty much what many would call a Tuesday. Just look at what he did for Plum.
It's not much of a sacrifice when you will likely just have to order more over the phone, just wait a few seconds longer to use the cure, or use it at the same time as them.Wyrd wrote:With this curse, it has to be more than going out of your way, it has to be an appreciable personal sacrifice, and one of the only things Ranma values enough to not be willing to give it up under normal circumstances is a cure. It is how much it matters to him that counts for this sort of thing when not being used as a part of a game where the player might not be in character enough to really care about such a sacrifice.
Wyrd wrote:Shampoo said she hated him and didn't want to see him, and then stopped going after him. Akane says she doesn't want to see him on a regular basis but is still a major part of his life. Cologne realized that playing hard to get was what caught Ranma's interest, but there are multiple ways you could interpret these same events that don't make this a matter of an over-inflated ego that can't stand the thought of someone not liking him. I prefer to think of it as a matter of vulnerability and craving for any attention at all because this makes the character more sympathetic for me, though I acknowledge that there are many valid ways to interpret these events.
It's not much of a sacrifice when you will likely just have to order more over the phone, just wait a few seconds longer to use the cure, or use it at the same time as them.
It's not much of a sacrifice when you will likely just have to order more over the phone, just wait a few seconds longer to use the cure, or use it at the same time as them.
Wyrd wrote:In Ranma terms it is, given the sheer number of times that nobody got a cure when there was enough for everyone just because they fought over who got it first. Also, whatever cure he comes across need not be one that he could get another dose of or otherwise use on himself afterwards. In the wishing sword arc, they could have wished for 'everyone who has a curse in Tokyo who wants to be cured of it to be cured', yet Ranma and Genma fought heavily over which of them would get the only cure. The point being that if Ranma believed that he wouldn't get cured if he let the other person get cured first, that would likely be enough for the deck. It is an act of generosity that matters, which I would interpret as being based on how much of a sacrifice he believes he is making, not how much of a sacrifice he actually makes from the perspective of someone who knows more than he does.
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