MORE ON THE AMULETS
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1) Player Characters: Wearers of the Amulets have occasionally been known
to refer to themselves as "Player Characters".  They refer (sometimes with
contempt) to those who are not wearing Amulets as "Non-Player Characters".
This strange form of elitism applies only to those who are currently
wearing Amulets; once somebody takes his Amulet off, his former comrades no
longer consider him a "Player".  This attitude has not endeared the Amulet
Wearers to the general public.

2) Because the Amulet Wearers are so notoriously contemptuous of
"Non-Player Characters", and because they're also so notoriously effective
in combat, the Keepers of the Amulets are very, very careful about who they
give them out to.

3) On compulsion: It has often been observed that the personality of an 
Amulet Wearer may change when he or she receives his or her amulet.  The 
original personality does remain, though, submerged.  On rare occasions, 
an Amulet Wearer will pause, caught in deep internal conflict with himself; 
it is speculated that the two personalities are in disagreement over a 
course of action.  This rarely ends well.  Sometimes the Wearer rips off 
the Amulet and walks away, disgusted.  Sometimes the will of the Amulet
triumphs.  Most frequently the result is insanity.  Fortunately, neither 
Amulet nor Wearer is eager to see this happen, so both are hesitant to 
cause any conflict.

4) Physical effects: The Amulets exude a "Structurale Integritie Fieldde" 
which draws directly upon the adventurers' life force to protect them from
harm.  Most attacks will not wound the adventurers, but merely drain "Hitte
Pointes" from their life force.  Magic potions and healing, normally
extremely complicated to perform, are greatly simplified when acting on
these "Fielddes": rather than knit bone or repair flesh, a healer simply
needs to restore stamina.  When the "Hitte Pointes" are exhausted, the
hero's life force has run out, and he collapses.  Any damage incurred past
this point is life-threatening; only a skilled cleric can then restore the
adventurer to health. 

5) "Named by the Amulet": Quite frequently, the Wearer of an Amulet will
know the name of an object, person, or group with such certainty that that
name will be adopted by everyone they come in contact with.  Groups which
are so named may begin referring to themselves by that name.  The most
notable recent example is the tall, blue, and bushy "Margehair plant".
Who is Marge, and what's so special about her hair?  Nobody knows, but the
name persists.


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To those with questions about role-playing: When your character receives an
Amulet, the Amulet takes over his personality to some degree.  In effect,
his personality becomes that of the player who controls him.  The original
character's personality does provide certain constraints (eg, you can't run
into the General Store, slay the shopkeeper and all the patrons, and take
all the loot), but hopefully those will never become relevant.