Subject: Naming Continuation
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Posted on: 2013-06-27 21:35:00 UTC
I'd rather not have rules that require "grandfathering in" bits from previous material without having said material explained or supported in some way by the new material. It just brings across the vibe of "why are these ones so special" when looked at from an in-universe perspective.
That's why I was suggesting a name change from OOC Resistant in the case of the Gimli/Gaspode-style characters that are just not dealt with often. In fact, when affected by the Suefluence, Gimli has been shown, at least in the missions I've read, to be almost as affected, if not just as affected, as characters like Boromir are. It just happens less often.
My idea for calling it OOC Avoidance and Cyba Zero's for OOC Overlooked speak more to what's really happening: the Sue just doesn't care about those particular characters most of the time.
I prefer my term idea to Cyba's, largely because I think it would be difficult to conjugate Overlooked. You can say "has immunity", "has resistance", or to use your term idea, "has defense", but you can't really say "has overlooked", unless you're saying it's the character themselves overlooking something.
I suppose you could say "has been overlooked", but that sounds more like it's a product of the situation than a recurring characteristic of a specific character.
By the same logic as your bit about not being bulletproof when you were never shot, wouldn't a character who was frequently affected by something not have an effective defense against it? I think the OOC Resistance term actually works in the case of Elrond-style characters: they do what the Words say, but they don't like it, and those with psionic abilities could look into their heads and see that they are mentally protesting it all the way, to the extent that in a lull in the story, they might be able to clench their fist in anger or kick something, or possibly perform a small action to get back at the Sue out of spite if they are capable of recognizing said character as the cause of their problems.