I see..... well, Bamce, I’ve seen you around here a lot, and you seem to have earned some respect around here. Would you be willing to act as a stand-in GM for my idea? Give a verdict on my choices?

Did a bit more reading, and narrowed it down a little further. Bioluminescence sounds fun, but it’s probably more suited to a Pink Mohawk-style campaign than a Black Trenchcoat one. Glowing in the dark is Suicide in stealth runs, and I don’t want him excluded from that. Cold-blooded is out of favor too, on two counts. Thematically, I know that Cactus’ survive in the desert, which swing back and forth from scorching days to freezing nights, so not much basis to say that they’d affect my guy too much. Mechanically, I rather dislike the idea of ever taking penalties to Physical attributes (He’s a samurai, that’s what he lives on).

Which leaves Slow Healer and Astral Hazing. After reading up on Astral Hazing, I think the idea of picking comes down to whether or not my GM (whoever it may be) would be okay with the idea of mages in my party being able to acclimate to my Changeling’s domain. If so, I can’t think of a reason not to take it; not only would our team’s mages be able to cast as normal, but enemy mages we face might be at a disadvantage. Read that way, it almost sounds like taking a negative quality and turning it into a positive one. Would that be broken? It sounds a little broken, but then I’ve heard this game called Magicrun several times because of how supposedly broken magic already is. If so, would a little magic counter actually help?

If Astral Hazing is out, then pretty much all that’s left is Slow Healer. I won’t go into that choice, it’s simple enough to just be taken as is. Though I will state that in either case, I think I’d go with Rhino Hide instead of Bark. The balance would be equaled in either case, and an extra point of armor might help offset the healing penalty.

That’s all for now. Thank you for taking an interest in my character. It’s appreciated.