Astral Holiday Special #4 – The Grinch & Max (Genesys)

December 27, 2021 Linda Whitson Astral Projections, Character Stats, Lore Check 0

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Welcome to my fourth Holiday Special of December 2021. This is also my last column of the year – but never fear! – I will be back in 2022. Whatever holiday/s you are celebrating this month, I wish you happiness and joy.

Dickens’ Ebenezer Scrooge might be the ultimate example of a Christmas Heel-Face Turn.

But Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch is the penultimate. Or, it might be the other way around. After all, the TV Tropes page linked above is graced by Before & After portraits of The Grinch, as he appears in Chuck Jones’ 1966 animated version. That version is my favorite. Last week I gifted the GamerNation The Grinch and his faithful dog Max for Toon. Today, the Third Day of Christmas, I give the GamerNation Genesys versions of these classic Christmas characters.

I kept the equipment scanty, but they can have pretty much whatever the GM thinks they need. Also, in keeping with the Genesys guidelines of making NPCs, even a Nemesis, simple, I didn’t Load The Grinch and Max up with a ton of Skills, Talents, or Abilities. I did give Max a slightly higher Wound Threshold than I might otherwise – because he needed them to have survived all The Grinch put him through!

THE GRINCH [Nemesis]

Characteristics
Brawn 5
Agility 3
Intellect 2
Cunning 2
Willpower 2
Presence 3

Skills
Athletics 3
Skulduggery 4
Stealth 4

Talent
Adversary 2

Ability
Heart Grew 3 Sizes: Once per session, when performing a selfless act, the Grinch may increase a single characteristic by 1, for the duration of the encounter.

Soak: 5 Defense (m/r): 0/0 Strain Threshold: 20 Wound Threshold: 15

MAX [Rival]

Characteristics
Brawn 3
Agility 3
Intellect 2
Cunning 2
Willpower 2
Presence 2

Skills
Athletics 3
Mechanics 3

Talent
Adversary 1

Abilities: None

Soak: 3 Defense (m/r): 0/0 Wound Threshold: 12

Equipment: Sewing Machine, Sled

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Linda Whitson is a long-time RPGer, amateur musician & artist, & an officer in the Rebel Legion Star Wars costuming club. Linda met her husband in an AD&D game and they have 2 teenagers, an anime fangirl daughter and a son who plays on his university's quidditch team. She is the Lead Mod of D20 Radio's forums and Copy Editor for the blog. Linda can be reached at GMLinda@d20radio.com

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