'Jinxed' attribute

[Myriad]

So I just had a random event where Dekker brings back some exotic fruit. I went with the choice to eat it... and had the worst outcome I have seen from a random event yet.

On top of injurys and negative morale and low spirits for a few crew members, Dekker also gained the attribute 'Jinxed.' It's description is, "Everything goes wrong for this person." It never had an expiry and seemed permanent.

I'm on my second playthrough and have never reloaded after a random event, but f*** that! I went back to a previous save.

For future reference, does anyone know if attributes like that are permanent, or if there are other events that could reverse it? That's kind of a serious thing to happen to one of your main MW's.

[Tiberius]

I hired a pilot that was jinxed - I don't think they go away (unless a random event would make that happen) - at the same time, I'm not sure if it actually means anything in practice.

Maybe they he was labelled jixed because of the negative outcome of the past event. i.e. events are adding to the characters backstory rather than affecting future states.

[your.sheepy]

Originally posted by Tiberius:

Maybe they he was labelled jixed because of the negative outcome of the past event. i.e. events are adding to the characters backstory rather than affecting future states.

That's unfortunate. As far as I know it's the only event that gives a mechwarrior the jinxed tag, and you picked the only option that leads to that, and then failed to please RNGesus our Lord. Half the time you'd get a happy ending instead.

There are two other jinx related events, one is bad but very hilarious (if you have underworld friends, you can send Dekker to pirates and he may ends up joining them!), the other is nice and can remove the tag, but it has strict requirements that make it hard to trigger. (You must have Merchant Guard background, and Dekker must be severely wounded, you must have never told your life lesson before, and you must pick the right option which should be the easy part with these hints.)

The unique mechwarrior Ozone come with the jinx atrtibute, and it may appears on random mechwarrior too. Other then events I don't expect it to have game effects. I'll check code later and report back.

[Myriad]

I was going to say that if I got the event again I would still try to eat the fruit. lol