Death Seeker: Difference between revisions

*** Although in the fluff, death is not the only way to regain the lost honour of their packs. They deliberately seek out the largest opponents not only to seek an honorable death, but also to use it as an opportunity to regain the honor of his pack. Rarely this succeeds, but sometimes they do return victorious and the avenging of the pack fulfilled. These usually get initiated into their respective Wolf Guards. This manifests in an extra re-roll against some of the stronger units on the tabletop, encouraging players to target these units with the Lone Wolf.

** The Imperial Guard has the Penal Legions. Having committed some sin against the Emperor, they are deployed [[Zerg Rush|en masse]] with even less armor and weaker weapons than the standard Guardsman; they aren't really meant to survive, just to swamp the enemy with their numbers or to clear minefields for the [[Tank Goodness|tanks]].

* One of the example villains in the old edition of ''[[GURPS]]'' Supers was a disgraced sumo wrestler who couldn't commit seppuku due to his [[Nigh Invulnerability]]. Thus, he sought out other supers to goad them into killing him. His sympathetic backstory, and his history of tracking down and defeating violent supers, make him more of an [[Anti-Villain]].

** There's also a [[Point Build System|disadvantage]] called 'On The Edge', that basically allows you to play your character as a Death Seeker. It makes you passively suicidal. You won't off ''yourself'', but if you're, say, [[Curb Stomp Battle|facing down an entire biker gang while armed with a toothbrush]]...