[Mage: the Awakening] "Manhattan's Angel" game archival/discussion thread

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Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

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Michael Everard ("Arrian") 
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* Justice, Pride 
* Mastigos 
* The Mysterium

Bio: For as long as Michael can remember he has been fascinated by stories, secrets, puzzles and riddles, 
which has gone hand in hand with a powerful love of books. This near-obsession with the mysteries of the past 
shaped his life well through university (scholarship boy, donchewknow) where, like most History graduates, 
he found himself out of work. Salvation came in the form of "Ignacio's Rare Books", a small family-owned bookshop. 
The aging owner, grandson of the titular Ignacio, recognized Michael's passion for books and has offered him a job 
as an assistant, which Michael has held now for several years. Though the old man is still owner in name, Michael 
has become the de facto owner, taking care of orders and filing and keeping the shoplifting security above the 
"old man napping in chair" model. Michael's Awakening happened late one evening has he was combing through the stacks 
furthest in the rear of the store. As he started back towards the front of the store, he noticed the maze of bookshelves 
seemed subtly different from what he remembered, and the further he walked the stranger they became, until he had 
walked well past where the storefront should have been... Michael has taken to Supernal magic with delight. To him, 
magic is not just a source of power but a validation of a lifetime's joy. Every new volume, every enigma unraveled, 
has the possibility to reveal a new and astonishing truth about the universe. 

Michael's nimbus manifests as a faint musty smell as from stacks of ancient paper, and a slight muffling of 
all ambient noise. During times of significant Paradox a glowing pentagram filled with mystic characters
will etch itself with a hissing noise on the ground around Michael's feet. 


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ATTRIBUTES 
==========
MENTAL  	PHYSICAL 	SOCIAL 
------ 		-------- 	------ 
Intelligence: 4 Strength: 2 	Presence: 3 
Wits: 3 	Dexterity: 3 	Manipulation: 2 
Resolve: 3 	Stamina: 3 	Composure: 2 
		

====== 
SKILLS 
======

MENTAL (-3 Unskilled) 	PHYSICAL (-1 Unskilled) SOCIAL (-1 Unskilled) 
------ 			--------			 ------ 
[X]Academics: 5 	Athletics: 3 		 Animal Ken: 0 
Computer: 0 		Brawl: 0 		 Empathy: 1 
Crafts: 0 		Drive: 0 		 Expression: 0 
[X]Investigation: 4 	Firearms: 0 		 Intimidation: 0 
Medicine: 0 		Larceny: 0 		 Persuasion: 3 
[X]Occult: 5 		Stealth: 2 		 Socialize: 2 
Politics: 0 		[X]Survival: 3 		 Streetwise: 0 
Science: 0 		Weaponry: 1 		 Subterfuge: 0

SPECIALTIES 
----------- 
* Investigation: Enigmas
* Academics: Linguistics
* Occult: Teratology
* Occult: Demonology


========== 
ADVANTAGES 
========== 

MERITS 
------
High Speech
Status 2 (Mysterium)
Status 2 (Consilium)
Contacts 1 (Academia)
Language: (Ancient Greek)
Language: (Latin)
Language: (Atlantean)
Library 2 (Mythology/Folklore, Occult)
Resources 2
Familiar 5 [Ix'Shathrach-Nagan]
Mentor 2 [Ix'Shathrach-Nagan]
Direction Sense

DERIVED TRAITS 
-------------- 
* Health: 8
* Willpower: 5
* Initiative: 5 
* Size: 5 
* Speed: 10
* Defense: 3
* Wisdom: 4 

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SUPERNAL MAGIC 
============== 
GNOSIS: 4 
--------- 
* Mana: 			13 max, spend 4 per turn 
* Base Paradox Pool: 		4 die 
* Pattern Restoration/Scouring: 1 per day 
* Ritual Casting: 		1 roll per 1 hrs
* Spell Tolerance		3
* Spells Combined               2
* Max Arcana: 			5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1 

ARCANA: Ruling Space/Mind, Inferior Matter
Space 5   [Covert: 9 dice, Vulgar: 11 dice]
Prime 3   [Covert: 7 dice, Vulgar: 9 dice]
Mind 3    [Covert: 7 dice, Vulgar: 9 dice]
Spirit 1  [Covert: 5 dice, Vulgar: 7 dice]



------ 
ROTES 
-----
Level 3 - Celestial Fire                [14] (Gnosis + [Prime + 2] + Occult)
Level 3 - Channel Mana                  [14] (Gnosis + [Prime + 2] + Occult)
Level 3 - Portal (vulgar)		[15] (Gnosis + [Space + 2] + Investigation)
Level 2 - Apportation (vulgar)		[15] (Gnosis + [Space + 2] + Investigation) 
Level 2 - Untouchable			[14] (Gnosis + Space + Occult)
Level 2 - Scrying                       [13] (Gnosis + Space + Investigation)
Level 2 - Counterspell Prime 		[12] (Gnosis + Prime + Academics)
Level 2 - Mental Shield                 [12] (Gnosis + Mind + Occult) 	
Level 1 - Supernal Vision		[12] (Gnosis + Prime + Academics)
Level 1 - One Mind, Two Thoughts	[11] (Gnosis + Mind + Investigation)
Level 1 - Spirit Tongue			[7]  (Gnosis + Spirit + Socialize)
Level 1 - Dispel Magic                  [12] (Gnosis + Prime + Occult)
	

============================ 
EXPERIENCE POINT EXPENDITURE
============================
* Bank
    17 Real

* Spent
  18 Real - Chargen
  24 Real - Space 4
  21 Real - Prime 3
  15 Real - Occult 5
   2 Real - Dispel Magic Rote
   6 Real - Channel Mana Rote
   6 Real - Celestial Fire Rote
  30 Real - Space 5
  30 Merit - Familiar 5
   6 Merit - Mentor 2
   8 Real - Willpower dot
   4 Real - Status: Consilium 2
   4 Real - Status: Mysterium 2
   6 Real + Amulet w/Quantum Flux rote
   6 Real + Sanctum 2
  12 Real - Hallow 3
   2 Real - Direction Sense
   2 Real - Language: Atlantean
   4 Real - Scrying Rote
  30 Real - Mind 2, Mind 3
   2 Real - Specialty: Occult - Demonology

* Total
    93 Arcane
    183 Real

============== 
CURRENT STATUS 
============== 
* Health: 	[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
* Willpower: 	[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] 
* Mana: 	13/13 (4/turn) 

COMBAT VALUES 
------------- 
* Initiative: 5 
* Defense: 3
* Armor: 0/0 
* Speed: 10
* Size: 5 

ATTACK STATISTICS 
----------------- 
* Iron staff [6B] 	[Strength(2) + Weaponry (1) + Equipment(3)]

RESISTANCE DICEPOOLS
-------------------- 
* Stamina: 4 Dice 
* Resolve: 4 Dice 
* Composure: 3 Dice 

OTHER DICEPOOLS 
--------------- 
* Perception: 5
* Resonance Analysis: 9

========= 
INVENTORY 
========= 
GENERAL 
-------
Small random doodads
Small case of chalk 

MAGICAL 
------- 
Imbued scarab amulet (Quantum Flux)
Iron staff (Magical Tool - Mastigos)


WEAPONS 
------- 

ARMOR 
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Dammit Who? fucked around with this message at Mar 14, 2010 around 04:18

# ¿ Oct 28, 2008 07:00

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# ¿ May 21, 2013 04:08

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

Do we need to run a short one-person adventure or something if I want to increase my Space arcanum to 4?

# ¿ Nov 9, 2008 01:21

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

a man of ill repute posted:

how much arcane XP does it cost to buy from level 3 to 4 in your best arcana

i want to buy death 4

its 24 regular xp to advance to 4 with favored arcana, but we cant do it yet because we are busy busy busy and going beyond 3 in an arcanum is A Thing

# ¿ Nov 10, 2008 06:39

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

NOT PAUL LAYTON posted:

n0ice mullet, faustus

# ¿ Nov 14, 2008 00:28

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

quote:

<Ferrinus> "I think...I think the Seers would prefer I got no farther along. Just sense, see?" Enoch's voice is a bit more distant here - this sounds like something he's hesitant to discuss in depth.

holy crap!

# ¿ Nov 26, 2008 09:26

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

oh, you ran today...

that's cool...

# ¿ Dec 11, 2008 08:12

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

Nicolae Carpathia posted:

it was a standalone story not related to the enoch storyline, i'll write up a synopsis when i get home from class if you want

yes please!!

# ¿ Dec 11, 2008 22:11

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

that's awesome, great job you guys!

# ¿ Dec 12, 2008 04:44

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

Ferrinus posted:

as an example, there's no reason solomon and lego should go around without mage armor on

No Mana For Mudbloods

# ¿ Dec 18, 2008 03:13

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

Nicolae Carpathia posted:

no sorry ferrinus only lets the cool characters into the side stories

SIDESTORY REPORT: Arrian reads a book about manticores, finishes paperwork for local archivist daduchoi, wonders what girls are like

...

# ¿ Dec 24, 2008 18:16

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

drat, i was hoping for a guardian or a hierarch

not that your guy isn't cool though!

# ¿ Jan 7, 2009 03:24

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

Ferrinus posted:

i believe you mean a thearch.

no... no!!!

i am undone

# ¿ Jan 7, 2009 03:41

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

Branigan posted:

also ferrinus if i wanted to buy some ranks in the time arcanum would i have to wait until after we finish the current thing with enoch? i have both ic and ooc reasons for wanting to do so

The aging house shuddered violently, clouds of dust drifting down from the rafters. Medved knelt, gazing at the badly damaged wooden floors beneath him. It was so close, he could feel it! It was only a matter of finding the key... The house shook again, and Medved heard an inhuman roar echo down from the roof. Socharis? He hoped so. Tombheart's necrotic stalkers should keep the Seers' blessed assassins at bay as long as Arrian's warding kept them from teleporting, but the werewolves knew these cursed woods better than anyone. No matter. A few seconds more, and... aha! Drawing his hand in a mystic pattern along some seemingly-innocuous scratch marks in the floorboards, Medved almost shouted in triumph as a part of the floor lifted up and away, revealing the very tome he'd gone through fire and death to retrieve. Reverently, he brushed the dust from its cover and opened it...

                THEE MYSTERIE OF TYME

                              by

    HERR PROFESSOR DOKTOR BARON VON ZYBOURNE

Imagyne ae balle on thee edge of a clyfe...

# ¿ Jan 11, 2009 01:56

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

what makes this seminal work so important is that contemporary accounts record not one but four balls- deliberate distortion by the Guardians or the Seers? Or simple pancryptia? Only time will tell...

_{_{time, get it}}

# ¿ Jan 11, 2009 02:06

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

well you should definitely read the WoD book, in nWoD all the individual games like Vampire and Mage and so on are supplements to the core WoD so it has a lot of Important Stuff!

# ¿ Jan 11, 2009 07:34

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

Ferrinus posted:

Enoch Part something completed!

+2 XP. 65 XP total.
+1 AXP for entering the Shadow for the first time. 37 AXP total.

this does not even begin to describe how awesome this session was

# ¿ Jan 11, 2009 08:35

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

i have an elegant solution to the seer problem which will take me a mere three weeks to research in a well-stocked mystic library

# ¿ Jan 17, 2009 00:54

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

Ferrinus posted:

_{join the seers}

ferrinus... an Exarch??!?

# ¿ Jan 17, 2009 04:56

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

Danhenge posted:

hah, this is the secret of the entire campaign

Ferrinus wants us to be seers

you see, there aren't really any 'good guys' in this campaign, it's all a matter of perspective

indeed, magic and reality itself are also a matter of perspective

# ¿ Jan 17, 2009 08:24

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

Ferrinus posted:

The Rat Hunt Part two completed!

+2 XP. 67 XP total.

+1 AXP for so that's how they take human bodies, exactly. 38 AXP total.

what happened what happened aaaagh what did you seeeee

# ¿ Jan 18, 2009 08:50

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

Ferrinus posted:

Well, you were there!

They actually chew their way into the body of a living human and eat his heart~

i meant after that!

# ¿ Jan 18, 2009 21:44

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

Nicolae Carpathia posted:

we gave arrian to the rats and they made him into a husk and let us to the Rat King where we were crowned rulers of all creation and destroyed the Rat King in a treacherous betrayal

it was pretty badass you should have been there

heh the rat king is gay, your all gay, 0wned noobs!

# ¿ Jan 18, 2009 22:02

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

"Beleth... Morax... Avnas..."

Blood is power. Blood is the living Tapestry incarnate, that flows through all higher life. It is a hot foam that seethes forever beneath the skin of the world. It is the endless font that drives the water-wheels of Creation. Cut three times at the sacred points, and mix the spilt blood with earth and water. So does the blood of the Tapestry find expression in the bones of the world. So you are part of the Tapestry, its blood your blood, its life your life.

"Astaroth... Haagenti... Glasya-Labolas..."

Names are power. Names are the defining force, the discipline that tames Chaos, the bright border between what Is and what Is Not. All things within the Tapestry are named, by line, by word, by sigil and character. There is no understanding Creation without the understanding of names. Cut three times at the profane points, and recite the names of the agathe daemones. So does the Tapestry encompass all, one from another, within its strands. So you are encompassed.

"Ba�al Zeb�b..."

Your blood twists through your arteries, a living sigil in three dimensions that names your ephemeral soul and binds it to Earth. The Awakened soul is magi and magic, the sorcerer and bound daemon in one. To understand this duality is to understand the secret heart of all things. Cut once. Through these seven wounds does enlightenment enter. By these seven wounds, the blood of the world joins the blood of the mage, and the name of the world encompasses the name of the mage.

Reach out, and take what is yours. Thus do you reaffirm your mastery. The seven wounds are healed. Thus does the Tapestry reaffirm your birthright.

# ¿ Jan 27, 2009 09:02

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

Ferrinus posted:

i might run a solomon prophetic dream shortly, whoever wants to watch is welcome

wooooOOOOooooOOOOOooo solomon its me satan, your a big gay muggle woooOOOoooOOOOOoo aahahaha owned wooooOOOooo

# ¿ Jan 30, 2009 01:38

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

Ferrinus posted:

Notpaul rolled ten dice for his prophetic dream and got eleven successes?!

notpaul dual-classed as a Dice Witch, with power over all bones that roll

# ¿ Jan 30, 2009 09:48

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

DOCTOR ZIMBARDO posted:

_{join the silver ladder}

# ¿ Feb 4, 2009 06:43

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and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

DOCTOR ZIMBARDO posted:

i did

_{okay now join the seers}

# ¿ Feb 4, 2009 07:14

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

Danhenge posted:

you don't have any rotes

doing magic by rote would stifle his character's creativity

# ¿ Feb 4, 2009 08:09

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

Contrabassoon posted:

FYI the correct way to mangle 'Ferrinus' is with a sword and whip of Morgul-flame

# ¿ Feb 6, 2009 00:44

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

did you guys get into an '80s car chase or what

# ¿ Mar 16, 2009 22:30

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

sure

# ¿ Mar 22, 2009 22:05

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

a man of ill repute posted:

what happened what happened

we investigated the autistic kid's death by interviewing his mom

thanks to layers upon layers of social-enhancing magic, we were able to avoid yelling at her or each other and actually got a fair amount of info from her! apparently his autism took a turn for the worse after he mysteriously disappeared for a couple of hours near a statue in the park, then mysteriously improved after his parents took him to see an "energy healer" we suspect might be a mage!

and then we poked through his room and found a human kidney in the closet. not sure about that yet.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2009 07:02

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

we don't know that he was the one responsible for the condition of the kidney! For all we know that could be related to the kid's earlier disappearance!

# ¿ Mar 23, 2009 07:17

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

Danhenge posted:

she said that he got worse when he originally disappeared, and then his motor condition "improved" after he met with the doctor which was very briefly before his accident so I'm going to connect the dots here!

i will connect my fist to your face

# ¿ Mar 23, 2009 07:35

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

i'll play your game you brigand

# ¿ Apr 16, 2009 00:19

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

can we buy some rotes ferrinus!

# ¿ Apr 19, 2009 06:53

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

ferrinus i finally got around to reading the intro fiction in the AA book

# ¿ Apr 21, 2009 01:25

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

Nicolae Carpathia posted:

how is it

bunch of ghosts beat up a dude with fragments of they own bones, an ownage intro fiction

# ¿ Apr 21, 2009 01:34

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
and tapeworms securely their bowels digest

Ferrinus posted:

manticores..

manticores. i know em.

# ¿ Apr 21, 2009 04:50

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# ¿ May 21, 2013 04:08

Dammit Who?: Aug 30, 2002; may microbes, bacilli their tissues infest
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holky gently caress grimoire of grimoires loving owns

Hildebrand Recording gently caress yes

# ¿ Apr 21, 2009 06:31

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