Hi

The Reaper is a dark presence which haunts the Inner Region. As the battle rages for control of the realm, the Reaper's power grows and threatens to consume all.

• When a character loses a Life, put that Life on the "Dice With Death" space.
• When the Life counters on the Dice With Death space equal 6, the last character to add a counter must remove 1 counter and face THE REAPER.
• The Reaper immediately moves to their space and that player must encounter it: roll a die and consult the Reaper's chart.
• The Reaper remains on that space and whenever a character lands their, they must encounter it.
• Any character may remove a Life token from the "Dice With Death" space when they pray. They roll their dice for prayer as normal.

Let me know what you think.

Best Regards

DTH

I came up with another use for the Reaper which I prefer in the other thread ("Endgame Paradigms").

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DTH

Does this Reaper move as normal or does it always stay in place?

I think the objective here is that when the Repear hit 6 lives [or more] on your turn it is likely because you just lost a life (hence it comes for you) or you took a life from someone else (and it comes for that one). The counter mechanic is that when anyone prays, they may pull a life off of the Reaper no matter the prayer's result. It has to wait to build to 6 again before it can come after someone. For collecting lost lives is its true purpose.

It is more uncertain but less random than its standard play. It becomes a true force in the Land to be reckoned with.... rather than another big cannon players get to throw at each other in an instance of godhood outside of their characters. Dth's Reaper option puts dread back into the concept of the Reaper rather than use its title as an excuse for its internal random mechanic. Yet it also provides an external (to it) mechanic to forestall... to cheat death which is internal to the game's mechanics as a whole.

When you pray to the Powers of the Alignments, will you bet your life that the next life to be lost is someone else's when you see that the Reaper has built back up to 5 Lives? And when you are down to 2 Lives, will you risk facing the Reaper if you lose another... or run like hell to find someplace to pray? For most certainly the other players seeing your dire situation will not be pulling any lives from the Reaper for you.

What he said

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DTH