Adoring Fan (GLOG Class)

Adoring Fan

Starting Items:

• 2d6 pieces of merch from your Idol
• 1d10000 (4d10 for different digits) of financial debt, in appropriate currency
• an idol of the object of your affection- a cardboard cutout, drawing, vinyl figurine, etc.; which exists in a shrine of your own design
  
  

Starting Skills: Pick one boring, soul-draining, sort of Skill- Accounting, Retail, etc.

A - Parasocial, Worship, Stanning

B - Stalker
C - Brigadier
Δ - Let Go

Δ - Revenge
Δ - Misery
Δ - Dark Eucharist

• Parasocial: Your character has an idealised version of the person they are obsessed with, locked as an image crystal clear in their mind- their Idol. At any time, they may speak with this mental image. If the Idol has talked about a given topic in a public space (e.g. Idol has stated they like wine, or is a famous woodworker): your character has a detailed knowledge on that topic and/or is considered Skilled as appropriate.

• Worship: If your character would be subject to stress, anxiety, a mind-altering effect, etc: you may instead choose to lose 1 HP to resist this effect, as you consult with your Idol in your mind.

• Stanning:
• If another character insults your Idol your character Rages, as a barbarian.
• When struck by an attack, if your character is wearing merch related to their idol, reduce the damage by 1d6 and destroy said piece of merch. This counts as an insult to your Idol.

• Stalker: Your character may spend eight hours in civilisation to learn all publicly available information about a character. If this character has appeared in public with your Idol, this information may instead be recollected instantaneously on the spot.

• Brigadier: While in civilisation, your character may choose to spend 2d4 hours seeking out aspiring fans of their Idol. These fans are Many Fans, with 2d4-1 members. They are obsessed with your character's Idol, and are only agreeing to help in exchange for rare info about their idol, a piece of merch (which they will fight to the death over), or a supposed opportunity to meet or protect their Idol. After their task is complete, they will disperse and abandon the party.

• Δ Let Go: For one year, speak / visit / hangout with at least one friend or family member per day.
  Your character no longer needs their Idol, and may let go. Lose all Templates of this Class, and instead gain an equivalent number of Templates from a Class appropriate to:
• what was learned from your Idol (e.g. if the Idol was a famous gymnast, maybe an Acrobat class)
• an appropriate Class from a friend or family member
• what was learned while on your adventures

• Δ Revenge: Be personally rejected, face to face, by your Idol.
  Your character loses all Templates besides Parasocial and Stalker. Instead:
• Your character may rage at the mere mention of their former Idol's name.
• Any numeric bonuses from your character's rage are doubled against their Idol, or self-declared fans of their Idol.

• Δ Misery: Entrap your Idol, or otherwise come to possess them.
  Your character monsterizes.

• Δ Dark Eucharist: If your Idol becomes a Monster or is revealed to be a Monster- consume a portion of their body, graft it onto yourself, etc. 
  Your character becomes a half-monster, in the image of their Idol. (Mechanically, I feel like this would be a distinct class? Pick your favourite GLOG class with organ collection or cyborg parts, or consider this a prompt to write your own.)

---

Happy Backup GLOGmas Lonset_Loris!

Originally I was going to spitball more on the concepts of monstrousness you laid out, but as I was writing I got grasped by this and decided to run with it. I hope it captures a sort of demented rogue/barbarian vibe? Someone prone to falling into monstrousness based on their obsession, grist for the mill.

Also, goes without saying, but the setting and choice of Idol definitely can swing things a lot too. Like I feel like each of the below hopefully would differentiate in all sorts of different directions; especially if it forces the player to Wikipedia-dive in order to justify Skills.

• a random Twitch Streamer
• a celebrity
• Hatsune Miku
• Henry Kissinger
• King Arthur
• Jesus Christ
• a major NPC in the setting
• a major antagonist in the setting

etc etc

---

This post by Ro Pham is licensed under CC BY 4.0, and may be used by anyone with proper attribution.