Terminator is totally a Sorcerer Setting, isn't it?
charlesperez:
In a modern day campaign, I think such binding is kosher a la Sorcerer, if you accept a character's future self as part of the character, asking the player, "What would your future self do/have done?" from time to time. Notice that a helpful Terminator obeys the past self of whoever sent it. Such a binding might be truly sealed when the Terminator says something like, "Come with me if you want to live" and the present self does so; or the binding may already be established. In light of this, I would say that "Future Self" makes a dandy Lore descriptor. Other good descriptors would be "From the Future", "Past Experience", and, of course, "Naive".
I'm all for Sorcerer chosen missions - choosing the missions still means that a Terminator is doing something for you, with all of the problems that entails. Not assigning a mission risks rebellion; such a rebellion is the story of Arnie T in the third movie, who puts his heart into the new mission after being abandoned by those who assigned the old mission, gaining a heart in the process. Also, helpful Terminators may rebel anyway - as per Cameron's quote: "Sometimes they go bad - no one know why."
Desire: Mayhem? Certainly! Although it wasn't immediately obvious to me whether Cameron encouraged the Russian brother and sister to be killed, or merely used them, showing indifference to their situation. Either way, she was obviously acting inhumanely, such inhumanity adding irony to the ending of the episode.
Charles
Timespike:
Quote from: charlesperez on January 02, 2009, 07:03:08 PM
"Come with me if you want to live"
I totally agree. This is the binding ceremony. Arnie's done it in two movies and Cameron does it in the series.
Timespike:
Addendum to the previous post: getting into some sort of horrible, life-threatening trouble might be part of the binding ceremony, too. Traditionally, Terminators rescue their sorcerers from other Terminators, but an enemy military unit, a natural disaster, or a group of angry outlaw bikers would work, too.
angelfromanotherpin:
Having caught up on the TV series, I think a big part of the setting's Humanity is 'Don't behave like a machine.' The way that the machines put pressure on people to behave with a sort of inhuman efficiency, to eschew emotional attachment, and so forth, is a great example of how Demons can challenge Humanity just by existing.
The other big part of Humanity would be 'hope for the future.' Again, that part is directly challenged by the mere existence of Terminators (and other time-travellers). People with low Humanity have 'you're all dead!' moments, and little seems to be more humanity-affirming than actively trying to prevent Skynet's future from coming to pass.
My question is: is Jesse a Demon, or a low-Humanity Sorcerer?
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