Disabilites and Supernaturals

"stilljustme2;c-16751194" wrote:

"Armilus616;c-16751125" wrote:

"stilljustme2;c-16751098" wrote:

"katrinasforest;c-16750838" wrote:
I don't see how having a disability would have any effect on a Sim's ability to use supernatural powers. My Deaf character I mentioned in the other thread is a vampire, and if anyone offered to "cure" her, she'd be super mad at them. She likes herself the way she is. (She was also a plant Sim at one point, but that's a whole different story.)

Advanced technology doesn't automatically mean disability doesn't exist. (I recently read a science fiction anthology called Accessing the Future, which solely featured disabled protagonists and not a single "cure" story.)

A mental or learning disability could make it more difficult to develop powers (takes longer, maybe because it's harder to focus), but I don't like limiting a player by making it impossible to develop powers. Being able to travel in bat or mist form might actually be freeing for a vampire in a wheelchair or who uses a cane, for starters. (We won't get into issues regarding vampiric spar for the physically disabled vampires.)

A guy in a wheelchair has a real disadvantage when he gets in a fight, but just because he can't move his legs doesn't mean his arms are useless. So if a guy in a wheelchair and a healthy guy get in a fight, the guy in the wheelchair is more likely to be beaten up, but depending on fitness or other factors, the wheelchair guy might win. A real disadvantage doesn't mean guaranteed defeat. That could be the same with vampire spar. There would be a need for new animations, of course.

Yeah, I was thinking more in terms of animations especially with so much of the spar being in the air. Would the vampire magically rise from the chair to spar, then sink back into it if s/he wins (or placed back in for a loss)? People in wheelchairs often have pretty good upper body strength from everyday wheeling (before age and illness deteriorated her muscles my late mother-in-law was quite strong; she was in a wheelchair for over 25 years due to failed scoliosis surgery).