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{{IS_A=Special Ability}} {{Type=Disability}} {{Name=Unable to Kill}} {{Description=While Othar's theoretical calling in life is to kill all Sparks, there is one little problem: he is fundamentally unable to kill anyone. It's a deep psychological block stemming from childhood, which he does not consciously recognize. But he always subconsciously arranges things so that he never quite gets to kill anyone: either he talks too long, or he makes a mistake, or some such. This should mainly be played at the metagame level. Othar is very good at playing the hero (in his own eyes), and will tend to win when he's acting as the good guy. But when he is in a position where he might wind up killing another person, he should *always* find a way to lose, whether by getting out-fenced, or tripping over something, or telling stories for too long, or whatever. He is the *avatar* of The Villain Who Can't Win, because the killer role just isn't karmically his.}} {{Text=Woe is you! You carry with you a shameful secret: despite your mission in life, to kill all of the Sparks, the fact is that you've actually never killed anyone. Every time you've had a Villain dead to rights, something has gone terribly wrong. At the metagame level: Othar may think he's supposed to kill the Sparks, but the fact is that killing isn't his karma. Therefore, any time that you have someone completely caught, and you *could* kill them, it doesn't happen. Roleplay this however you like, and feel free to embroider outrageously, and enlist a GM occasionally if it seems appropriate. Sometimes you simply talk until they surprise you and overwhelm you; sometimes you trip and knock yourself out with your own weapon; sometimes a giant Clank comes out of the woods and attacks you at *just* the moment when you were going to pull the trigger. But something always prevents it.}}