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Sure, we can hash that out in IRC... I should be on tomorrow if I can get my phone app working. Crew opinion post to come tomorrow as well.
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Hey folks, just want to let people know that I'm not dead, and I will be sticking with the game, BUT I am currently swamped due to cramming for finals. The good news is that I only have them through Wednesday, and after that I'll be free to ST. Thanks for your patience, everyone.
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Glad to know you're still alive. Good luck.
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Thesaurasaurus posted:Hey folks, just want to let people know that I'm not dead, and I will be sticking with the game, BUT I am currently swamped due to cramming for finals. The good news is that I only have them through Wednesday, and after that I'll be free to ST. You'll be done with finals just in time for me to vanish from the internet for a week. Excellent Timing.
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Your timing, however, is great; I'm going to China over the same rough time period.
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While the captains are away... Mwa ha ha.
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I shall update later today. Got back from a long holiday and evidently many did. 
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I am returned to the Frozen Northlands. Alas, following valiant efforts and heroic duty, my lappy has booted its last. I have one on order, and it should get here in the next few days. However, until the weekend, posting is unlikely.
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I may be a bad man for making any of these: Skellishark: 13 - Str 5 Dex 4 Stam 4 0 - Cha 1 Man 1 App 1 1 - Per 1 Int 1 Wits 2 -4 - Martial Arts 4, Awareness 4, Athletics 2, Resistance 2 3 - Disease immunity 3 - Size (3) --Damage +3, def pools -3, +3 HLs -6 - No opposable thumbs -1 - Slow Runner 2 - Lethal Attack 0 - Deathly Construct 2 - Natural Armor 4 - Natural Plating 2 - Component Creature 1 - Pack Instincts (half difficulty of coordinate action if *all*(including coordinator) have Pack Instincts, otherwise -1 diff) Bite Speed 5 Acc 9 Dam 8L Def 3 Parry DV 3, 8L/12B -0 x2 -1 x3 -2 x3 -4 x1 Incap x1 These can be combined and worn to make ~Doubleshark Armor~, Genesis 6 18 - Str 6 Dex 5 Stam 6 0 - Cha 1 Man 1 App 1 2 - Per 1 Int 1 Wits 3 -5 - Martial Arts 5 Awareness 5 Athletics 4 Resistance 5 3 - Disease Immunity 4 - Size (4) -1 - Slow Runner 2 - Fast Swimmer -6 - No opposable thumbs 2 - Lethal Attack 0 - Deathly Construct 2 - Natural Armor 4 - Natural Plating 4 - Hollow 1 - Blade Proof Bite Speed 5 Acc 11 Dam 10L Def 5 Parry DV 5 11L/14B -0 x2 -1 x3 -2 x3 -4 x2 Incap x1 Skullapults 10 - Str 4 Dex 4 Stam 2 0 - Cha 1 Man 1 App 1 4 - Per 4 Int 1 Wits 2 -4 - Martial Arts 2, Awareness 4, Athletics 1, Resistance 1 Archery 4 3 - Disease immunity 2 - Size (2) --Damage +2, def pools -2, +2 HLs -6 - No opposable thumbs -1 - Slow Runner 0 - Deathly Construct 6 - Ranged Weapon 5 - Ultra Range 1 - Pack Instincts Skull Speed 5 Acc 8 Dam 9B Range 2000 Jojo: 9 - Str 2 Dex 4 Stam 3 3 - Cha 4 Man 1 App 1 6 - Per 4 Int 1 Wits 4 -1 - Martial Arts 4, Awareness 4, Athletics 1, Resistance 2 War 4 3 - Disease immunity -1 - Small (1) --Damage -1, -1 HLs, -1 yard move 0 - Deathly Construct 1 - Pack Instincts Quarterstaff Speed 5 Acc 10 Dam 6B Def 5 Rate 2 OldMidgetWillow fucked around with this message at 22:23 on Jan 5, 2013 |
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OldMidgetWillow, those look fine. Since you've bought them with background dots, you can treat them as more or less a permanent retinue. Individual mooks will get splattered, and probably with some regularity, but you'll be able to continuously "recruit" replacements at no cost beyond downtime. Mighty Dicktron, much as I hate to do this it's been over a month since you last posted and I've gotta put my foot down. If you're going to stay with this, please post within the next week or I'll assume you've dropped.
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So, the plan thus far: 1. - Stash the boats somewhere nice and cozy, ready to spring into action on a moment's notice. 2. - A Two-Front recon expedition. 2.A - Jungle Team -> Head to the distress beacon and locate surviving cultists. Watcher, Damnation, Ceaseless, Butterfly, (Rainbow and/or Jackal?), Never 2.B - Urban Team -> Head to the cities, gather support and supplies. Wyrm, Poem, Onyx, (Other of Rainbow or Jackal), Rose & Auling Things to keep in mind - Determine the extent and intensity of the infestation, how much it's infiltrated settlements or jungle at large will inform strategy. Avoid alerting Tide for as long as is advantageous. Use this crisis to build as much rage as possible towards the Order and the Realm. Related, take the opportunity to convert souls living and dead to the cause. Have a nuclear option on standby. A_Raving_Loon fucked around with this message at 17:48 on Jan 9, 2013 |
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Nuclear option: Kill everything and everyone.
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Hey Bardlebee and MadcapViking, when you have a minute could you get on IRC? Loon and Plutonis want to plan out the con for getting into town.
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Hey Thesaurasaurus, I am going to have to bow out. I feel like I haven't been (because I haven't) a good contributor to the game. That is, I haven't been able to find the time to post on a daily, or even a weekly basis. I usually try to keep up a standard of not being THAT GUY that updates only once a week, and I am failing that due to exterior stuff. I know how that is being a GM myself, and it sucks. I think I may be better off just reading from the sidelines. Sorry. 
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Posting from phone. Ice storm resulted in unexpected Internet loss (or maybe not the ice storm no idea really). Internet could be fixed as soon as tomorrow but don't know for sure. Just a heads up
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Blighted Jackal Face Master's impressions 'Other boat' whose importance is most likely lesser than the Damnation Spawn of the Devouring Wyrm - Well that was an interesting spectacle. I, Jackal, do admit that my singing prowess is not as sharp as hers. As the Captain of her own ship, she must be kept under watch. Never Within Reach - Sure, flap your bloody giant wings around, that will help you with stealth and infiltration. The types that one must work with... Everlasting Butterfly of the Decadent Garden - Well that's an interesting one. You'd think kids carrying parasols would be the last thing you'd expect in a ship. Still, they vouch for her usefulness, so I, Jackal, am not going to say anything. Last Forsaken Poem - If you act as a secretary, you are a secretary. She might be attractive, but not worth of my attention. Still, when you think about it... Why were I, Jackal, sent to the sausage fest boat?! Daughter of Onyx and Silver - Well, not entirely a sausage fest boat. Owns an interesting Rider, although not as magnificent and fast as my razor-winged Windblade! Watcher at the Gates of Sorrow - Come on, you old coot, move ov-Wait a minute, is that made of... Sharks? Last Damnation of Atlantis - The one I, Jackal, must overthrow in order to take over the ship. For now, it's better to feign obedience and bid my time... The Waves, Ceaseless and Unending, Devour the Shore - Oh look, a carpenter and bilgewater repairman. *yawn* Surely there is a need for those in order to launch Creation into Oblivion.
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I'm doing CHIBIS again, so I'm just going to collect them all in this post as I'm done with them. They're quite a bit more detailed than previous chibis so it'll be a long time before I'm done with this particular project. ~Spawn of the Devouring Wyrm~  ~Everlasting Butterfly of the Decadent Garden~  ~Last Damnation of Atlantis~  ~The Waves, Ceaseless and Unending, Devour the Shore~  ~Blighted Jackal Face Master~  ~Last Mercy Given~  ~Watcher at the Gates of Sorrow~  ~Never Within Reach~ mistaya fucked around with this message at 02:47 on Jul 5, 2013 |
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Ceaseless' Description Height: 5' 9" Build: Slim Hair: Fabulous brown ringlets Facial hair: See picture Armor: Despite being superheavy plate, Ceaseless' armor is form-fitting, fluid and organic looking. It is dyed a deep crimson. Hat: Midnight blue fancy pirate hat with white feathers Sash: Midnight blue to match the hat Half cape: Midnight blue velvet to match the hat on the inside, black on the outside Boots: Knee high black leather with fancy turned over cuffs at the top. Worn over leg armor Pose: Jaunty. Left hand on hip, right hand raising hat, hair/cape/sash billowing in the breeze. Sword sheathed at left side. Menacing grin.
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XP Expenditure for Wandering Rainbow 12 - Increase Presence to 4 03 - Whispers 1 24 - Appearance 1->4 08 - 2nd Socialize Excellency 08 - Exquisite Etiquette Style 08 - Imprecation of Ill Manners 08 - 2nd Presence Excellency 08 - Heartless Fiend Insinuation 79
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Turns out I have 24 XP to spend! 08 on Unseen Wisp Method 08 on Shattered Crystal Rebuke 08 on Stepping Beyond Light Prana That finishes off Crystal Chameleon; I can think about branching out into other trees, now. Also, Blood-Soaked Lotus Roots and Terrestrial styles (First Pulse woooo)
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Have a few dots to spend as well! 7 - Increase Socialize to 5 8 - Cancerous Dissent Technique 8 - Dread Lord's Demeanor Plus the 50 he spent before it brings him to 73 of 84 spent.
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Envoy Statblock and workspace for planning future upgrades.pre:Envoy of Eternal Peace - USS Storm Motherfucker (Artifact 5) ==================Fight Block================== Speed: 15/30mph Sail; 24/50mph Power Maneuverability: -3S Sail; -1S Power Endurance: None Crew: 15/4 (1/1, Tuned & Powered) Cargo: Two common warstriders curled in a fetal position, one talon of infantry or equivalent cargo. Armor: 30L/30B (Soulsteel Hull) Health Levels: Ux35/Mx20/Cx10/I/D U[ | | | | | | | | | ] U[ | | | | | | | | | ] U[ | | | | | | | | | ] U[ | | | | ] M[ | | | | | | | | | ] M[ | | | | | | | | | ] C[ | | | | | | | | | ] I[ ] D[ ] Weapons: 5 hardpoints - FH - Heavy Ballista FH - Light Flame Cannon FL - Sailcutter ML - Light Implosion Bow RL - Vacant Light Implosion Bow: Speed 6, Acc +3, Dam 1m-5L/7B; 2m 12L/15B 3yd, Rate 1, Range 500, Reqs Archery •• Lore ••• Light Ballista : Speed 6, Acc -0, Dam 7L, Rate 1, Range 300(900), Cost •••/••, Tags 2,A,P Fire Cannon - Light: Speed 6, Acc -3, Dam 20L, Rate 1, Range 50, Cost 4/3, Tags 2 A,F,S Sailcutter : Speed 6, Acc -2, Dam 6L(12L v sails), Rate 1, Range 80(240), Cost 4/2, Tags 2,A Light Steam Cannon : Speed 6 Acc -2, Dam 20L/7, Rate 1, Range 150 (450), Cost ••••/•••, Tags 2,A,S Heavy Ballista : Speed 6 Acc -1, Dam 11L, Rate 1, Range 400, Cost 3/2, Tags 2,A,P Special Features: Necromantic Workshop (3 points) Mobile Shadowland (3 points) Inhabiting Ghost (4 points) Points in: Wyrm - 7 Butterfly - 4 A_Raving_Loon fucked around with this message at 23:58 on Feb 27, 2015 |
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I've been up to extracurricular things. First - basic map of island.  Second - Reference Tables. Mundane Vehicles Mundane Weapons A_Raving_Loon fucked around with this message at 03:32 on Feb 26, 2013 |
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Shopping list for Daughter of Onyx & Silver. Will mark off as purchased.pre:[61/415] Charisma 2->5 [27xp] Int 3->5 [21 xp] Athletics [29/68] MadcapViking fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Oct 17, 2014 |
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Shopping list for Ya Boy Damnation. Will mark off as purchased.pre:Attributes [0/68] Appearance 3->5 [28xp] Intelligence 3-> 5 [28xp] Str 3 -> 4 [12xp] Archery [0/48] Pulse of the Prey [8xp] Piercing Ghost Barb [8xp] Splinter of the Void [8xp] Relic Arrow Method [8xp] Quiver of Souls [8xp] Uncanny Extermination Instinct [8xp] Athletics [0/72] 1->5 [16xp] Corpse-Might Surge [8xp] Oblivion's Triumph [8xp] Spider-Pounce Technique [8xp] Stepping Outside Existence [8xp] 2nd EX [8xp] Shadow Races The Light [8xp] Superior Weapon Body [8xp] Awareness [0/29] 3->5 [12xp] Spec: SURPRISE MUTHAFUCKAS [9xp] Void Stares Back [8xp] Bureaucracy [0/93] 0->5 (23xp) 2nd EX [10xp] Eloquent Example Inspiration [10xp] Cunning Subversion Style [10xp] Accursed Overlord Authority [10xp] Caustic Hatred Diatribe [10xp] Regime-Toppling Lord of Misrule [10xp] Iron Tyrant Rein [10xp] Integrity [0/90] 1->5 [20xp] 2nd EX [10xp] Heart of Darkness [10xp] Lesser Horrors Scorned [10xp] Freedom in Slavery Understanding [10xp] Faithful Killer's Reprieve [10xp] Immortal Malevolence Enslavement [10xp] ? World-Ending Void Apostle [10xp] ? Linguistics [0/78] 2 -> 5 [18xp] 2nd EX [10xp] Scathing Cynic Attitude [10xp] Infinite Blasphemy Glossolia [10xp] Screaming in Silence [10xp] Language-Absorbing Method [10xp] Comprehension-Slaying Obscenity [10xp] Lore [0/52] 3 -> 5 [12xp] 2nd EX [8xp] Essence-Draining Touch [8xp] Will-Feasting Onslaught [8xp] Virtue-Devouring Hunger [8xp] Essence Engorgement Technique [8xp] Martial Arts IT'S A SECRET Melee [0/112] Blades Well-Blooded [8xp] Savage Shade Style [8xp] Artful Maiming Onslaught [8xp] Life-Severing Blade [8xp] Ravening Mouth of Melee [8xp] Instant Murder Flash [8xp] Blood Press Guillotine [8xp] Coiled Shadow Attitude [8xp] Entropic Blade Nature [8xp] Broken Toys Riposte [8xp] Blade-Summoning Gesture [8xp] Death Knight's Stance [8xp] Charnel Emperor Stance [8xp] Elegant Bloodletting Art [8xp] Occult [0/103] 0 -> 5 [23xp] Spirit-Sensing Meditation [10xp] Magic-Devouring Strike [10xp] Corpus-Rending Blow [10xp] God-Slaying Torment [10xp] Oblivion Triumphant [10xp] Spirit-Chaining Doom [10xp] Spirit-Desolating Sphere [10xp] Divinity-Banishing Contempt [10xp] Performance [0/80] 1 -> 5 [16xp] 2nd EX [8xp] Soul-Dessicating Style [8xp] Haunting Apparition Trick [8xp] Lies That Tell Themselves [8xp] Essence Engorgement Technique [8xp] Morbid Fascination Style [8xp] Inescapable Massacre Technique [8xp] Withering Phantasmagoria [8xp] Presence [0/50xp] Hungry Darkness Prana [10xp] Light-Devouring Labyrinth [10xp] Sanity-Eroding Diatribe [10xp] Stalking the Shadowed Mind [10xp] Soul-Flaying Gaze [10xp] Not sure about the rest, will fill in later. Conviction must go up to 5 eventually. MiltonSlavemasta fucked around with this message at 22:18 on Mar 10, 2013 |
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The Complete Wyrm, now avaliable on 7 CDs.pre:Wyrm Shopping List Exp - (356/1072) (34%) - Complete Progress 356/862 (42%) - Shortlist Progress (648|294| 82| 56) -By Essence Req (57%| | | ) Backgrounds [24/72] 9xp Abyssal Com. 3-4-5 15xp Artifact A_Raving_Loon fucked around with this message at 20:57 on Feb 21, 2017 |
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Butterfly's Shopping Listpre:Tea Teacakes Tea New tablecloth Tea Shark bones Tea pre:Butterfly's Essense 3 Shopping List: 240 xp total, 185 remaining Attributes: (24 total) Wits 3 --> 4 (12 xp) Perception 3 --> 4 (12 xp) Abilities: (42 total) Craft 3 --> 5 (12 xp) Investigation 3 --> 5 (12 xp) Melee 2 --> 3 (3 xp) Resistance 2 --> 3 (3 xp) Ride 0 --> 3 (9 xp) Occult Spec (Necromancy) 0 --> 1 (3 xp) Investigation Spec (Tea Party) 2 --> 3 (3xp) Virtues: (12 total) Compassion 4 --> 5 (4xp) Temperance 3 --> 4 (4xp) Conviction 1 --> 2 (4xp) Charms: (80 total) *Melee (3 charms) Elegant Flowing Deflection -Vengeful Riposte Second Excellency *Investigation (5 charms) Krysmphoenix fucked around with this message at 05:08 on Mar 11, 2013 |
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pre:Abilities: Resistance 0 -> 1 Lore 0 -> 1 Investigation 0 -> 1 Martial Arts 0 -> 1 Total: 12 Charms: Ravening Mouth of Thrown Uncanny Impulse Evasion Total: 16 Experience before buying: 86/84. Total experience now: 114/119. Plutonis fucked around with this message at 06:00 on Jun 16, 2013 |
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In the spirit of actually having a permanent record of my application to the thread being present, here is my character sheet: http://www.mediafire.com/view/?nkmkfelh3g5alnl
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Division of Labor: Denzik: Southeast Watcher (Captains The Revelation) Damnation Onyx Blood-On-The-Wind Lordsmeet: South (Go by Flying) Bolt Never Jackal Herald? Manse Investigation: Underneath Petraya Ceaseless Butterfly Spark Water Lady Any Deebs? Herald? Silver Prince Negotiations: Underworld (Go by Shadowland) Rainbow (Will probably die) General Petraya Management: Headquartered out of City-Area Wyrm Everybody Else Realm Fleet Interdiction: Northeast 2 New Deebs And some aid to Vdate: Last Mercy Given: Stam 3 -> 4 12 xp Athletics 0 -> 4 15 xp Dodge 0 -> 3 9xp Lore 0 -> 4 15 xp Sail 0 -> 3 9 xp Socialize 0 -> 4 15 xp Spent XP: 75 Remaining XP: 47 MiltonSlavemasta fucked around with this message at 04:08 on Mar 25, 2013 |
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Milton created a thing, which I'm posting here so it doesn't get lost in IRC: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OrcsHvYMB441rjsqtvORuKpFjLUtTL0zgdx_F0K1jq4/edit?pli=1
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Krysmphoenix posted:Milton created a thing, which I'm posting here so it doesn't get lost in IRC: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OrcsHvYMB441rjsqtvORuKpFjLUtTL0zgdx_F0K1jq4/edit?pli=1 It now has a list of entries not yet written which ought to be. I don't know a lot about the Junior Deebs, so some of the PCs who work more closely with them might want to write up entries for them. I'm drawing a blank on Herald. Finally, every active PC can write their own entry in the encyclopedia with whatever they think is most important to know about their character when reading the thread.
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I wrote this. It is Abyssal Past Lives, which is made to use some of the Infernal Past Lives background and some of the Whispers background to create something which fits Abyssals. I think it is cool and want to talk to Thes about using it. Abyssal Past Lives Every Abyssal bears the stain of the Neverborn upon her soul and Essence. Yet, every Abyssal Exaltation is still a Solar Exaltation. There have been others before, and not all of these others bear the same stench. The Neverborn are not kind gods, but unknowable horrors who hate their Exalted only marginally less than they hate their enemies. If Abyssals can be in touch with their Exaltation to the point where they hear the voices of the unknowable and drown their minds in unspeakable wihspers, it must be within their power to know the Solars they once were which still live on inside them, burning with the same heat as they would in any living body. As a Background, an Abyssal’s Past Lives rating represents her communion of the Solars she once was and perhaps may still be. It grants multiple capabilities. • The potency of First Age memories to which the character has access is governed by the Past Life Background. A number of times per story equal to her Essence rating, the Prince can add dice equal to her Past Life rating to any dice pool by drawing upon the specific memories of her prior life, the life of an ancient Solar who likely had at least a passing familiarity with nearly every field of human endeavor that existed at the time. However, if the player exceeds her Dodge MDV with the total number of successes on the action, the Neverborn produce a backlash as though it was her first sin of life, and she rolls Essence to determine the number of Resonance points gained. Secondly, the player must include a nice flashback detailing a similar situation or use of ability by a previous incarnation. • Every Solar Exalted shard is as old as the Primordial War. One’s past incarnations are privy to knowledge of ancient secrets lost to Creation’s greatest sages. If the player spends a willpower, the character can glean clues and other information from the lives of her past incarnations if the player succeeds at a (Perception + Past Lives) roll. More successes yield clearer and more extensive information. The effective number of successes may not exceed the character’s Past Lives rating (excess successes are wasted). Failure results in distorted or out-of-context information that leads the character astray. Storytellers might consider making the rolls in secret so players can’t ever completely trust the results. Queries outside the purview of one’s Past Lives result in automatic failure, but do not cost an expenditure of Willpower. Open-ended questions such as, “What is my purpose?” are a perfectly reasonable way to trigger a Storyteller-directed vision. Inquiries into the future or present can reveal only what one’s past incarnations want or believe to be the case, not definite facts. Even when incorrect, however, a past incarnation’s beliefs about the future and present can provide valuable hints towards finding the truth. A character can use Past Lives as a guide to where a previous incarnation believes her actions could find answers to questions, unfinished business, or items of power relevant to the character’s current predicament. She attunes herself to the incarnation and lets them lead her where they will. Usually, the vision leads the player to a place and time where, if she acts as her past incarnation would have acted, she achieves an outcome that incarnation desires. (This use of Past Lives is an invitation to the Storyteller to provide a short side-adventure or a preliminary adventure to gain an advantage in resolving a larger arc.) • A character’s presence at significant events or in the presence of certain things that directly relate to one’s past incarnations may trigger a reflexive roll to receive a vision explaining the relationship, but these undirected visions are Storyteller-controlled plot devices and do not cost Willpower. In particular, the first meaningful interaction with an individual such that they or their Exaltation has interacted with a past incarnation of a character should allow for a reflexive roll to glean information about their past relationship. Trait Effects: X Your character has no internal sense she has ever been anything but an Abyssal. • Your character hears the faint murmur of dead Solars from time to time. These murmurs provide fragmentary clues heavily cloaked in metaphor and symbolism, all true but rarely understood except in hindsight. She is generally unaware of who her past incarnations were. •• Your character sometimes feels a crawling sensation at the base of her skull, the Past trying to tell her something, but its depictions are either vague and indistinct or surreal and fanciful. These wandering glimpses of the past provide supernatural insight and hunches, effectively allowing players to get clues from the Storyteller on how to put known information together to address the question at hand without receiving a straight answer. She may know bits and pieces of the names and vocations and specialties of the Solars which inhabit her, but a clear and distinct understanding of their identities eludes her. ••• Your character has attained communion with her ancient progenitors. The character’s visions are incomplete, but often fill in critical details the character might have missed. These visions aren’t enough to answer the question outright, but they certainly provide a good foundation to begin an investigation or find a new lead in the absence of other evidence. She knows the names and life stories of the past incarnations who speak to her, but there are still missing memories and gaps in the timeline. •••• Your character is, at times, not sure whether she is her present or her past self. Visions are mostly complete and either use literal depictions or obvious symbols. This level of contact can answer many questions outright, but does not provide supplementary information to expand the inquiry beyond the actual wording of the question, nor do these glimpses explore other points of view or any indirect connections. While powerful, an Abyssal who relies on this level of Past Lives frequently is at severe risk of angering her Neverborn masters and may draw the attention of her past incarnations’ allies and enemies; There is no telling how these characters will react when they see what has become of the Solar Exaltation they once knew. However, the Abyssal is better equipped to handle this, for the lives and times of her progenitors are clear in her mind and only the best-kept secrets and most minute details are still out of reach. ••••• Your character has transcended Oblivion and its attempts to unmake the people you were. The lives of your past incarnations are agonizingly clear, revealing subtle contextual details and tangentially related facts the character might never have thought to consider, plus unambiguous awareness of the most relevant incarnation’s wishes related to the topic. Because of the thoroughness of this information, it can be tempting to throw oneself into emulating one’s past selves headlong. The risks for obeying what these past incarnations are likely to ask of you, though, can go beyond Resonance and cause the forces of the Underworld to seek to destroy your disloyal character outright. However, you also have the power to assume your birthright and become the being you have always been. You don't merely know your past incarnations. You are them so long as you choose to be. That choice is yours to make, Ash Child. Balance Talk Note: Due to its similarity to the Whispers background, I suggest only one background of Past Lives and Whispers be allowed higher than 3 on any given character at one time. I also suggest that it be possible in a moment where one is embodying the Solar ideal, one be allowed to exchange some dots (probably not more than 2 or 3) of Whispers for dots of Past Lives, and the same goes for the classical Abyssal ideal. While a frequent back-and-forth would be silly, I do not want characters who have purchased Whispers at 3 or higher to be permanently cut off from Past Lives and vice versa. The dice-adding effect is strictly better than Whispers; Your background rating in dice on any roll is better than only being able to help on rolls for abilities that are weaker than your background. However, it can be used much less frequently than the Infernal version, with the player getting the same amount of uses per story the Infernal would per session. In comparison to Whispers, the Abyssal does not pay Willpower to activate the dice-adding effect of Past Lives, but does risk Resonance and gets only a limited number of activations per entire story. The vision effect is generally weaker than the Whispers version. Neverborn know virtually everything, whereas one's past incarnations could easily be mistaken about things and have gaps in their knowledge. On the other hand, the Neverborn's visions are closely tailored to getting the Abyssal to destroy the world, whereas one's past selves generally give visions which encourage the player to act on the intimacies and motivation of the past incarnation. This may be far more useful and palatable to friendlier and gentler Abyssals depending on who their past incarnations were. Because Abyssals are supposed to be following the visions of death and destruction, the potential for large Resonance gains is sprinkled throughout the background liberally. The background is powerful, but its use has significant drawbacks and offers much to a prospective Storyteller interested in hooks for the Abyssal. Ideally the background should provide a healthy mixture of personal side-plots, opportunities to help further the objectives of the other PCs, and, most importantly, the gut-wrenching moral choices that accompany being both Damned and a Hero. 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Milton: that encyclopedia is a pretty cool thing! Take a bonus 3 XP! The Past Lives BG, I'll allow...with a caveat. Since the visions are random firings of memories that aren't yours, and aren't directed by an outside force that has, if not your best interests, at least some use for you at full functionality, the PL visions can and will be much more inconvenient than Whispers - I'm talking full-blown hallucinations in the middle of battle and the like.
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I made a little something here. Feel free to register and stuff and start editing, y'all.
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I mentioned this on IRC, but I'm in my last 4-5 weeks of grad school. My time is now exceedingly scarce. I'll be off of IRC, with the possible exception of weekends, maybe. Onyx will continue to Sherlock/Batman it up. She'll go along with whatever plan the Denzik team ultimately embraces, to the best of her ability (though she is firmly in favor of the "steal everything that's not nailed down; pry up the nails, take that, then leave the nails" plan).
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Posting this for historical sake: Apparently I never invested artifact dots into the Envoy. I have 6 XP sitting around and the Envoy is short 5 dots, so I'll at least cover 4 of the missing ones.
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Since I'm bringing Blossom onboard too I'll be putting in the one I set aside as an offering. What... what if there are MORE dots afterwards... does the ship just sprout demon wings like Jack Black?
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Same way you'd buy any new bling - Either we earned the upgrades in the plot and pay to lock 'em in, or we spend exp to get things montage'd in over downtime.
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For posterity, want to post Loon's errata to Infinite Ability Mastery that has been approved by Thes. It also has some currently-unapproved Abyssal Excellencies written by Plague of Hats. https://docs.google.com/document/d/14qsTCqGU0NWu1_WPER0hQO3Vni5wETaUdE-K0avw4u4/edit
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