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CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
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#251: Aug 5th 2013 at 11:34:05 PM

I will admit, I just had a mental image of Caliborn's feet poking out of a computer screen.

OH FuCK. THIS SHITTY COMPuTER. IS EATING ME. WHAT THE FuCK. IS uP WITH THAT.

Crinias from The Bleak Academy Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Mu
#252: Aug 6th 2013 at 5:14:04 PM

The Bonds concerning the Internet in Chuubo's are hilarious in that respect, and far more different from what we assumed.

On a Chuubo-related note, I've digested the system enough that I think I'm ready to tackle it on. If anyone here is interested I'm recruiting for a game of Glass-Maker's Dragon on Giant In the Playground.

rikalous World's Cutest Direwolf from Upscale Mordor (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
World's Cutest Direwolf
#253: Aug 6th 2013 at 6:15:59 PM

Some of those internet properties are just perfect, like not being able to tell truth from lies.

Man, if I wasn't doing two and a half roleplays already...

CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
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#254: Aug 25th 2013 at 1:41:13 AM

You know a Homestuck-inspired Chuubo game is going well when people not actually playing it start shipping.

rikalous World's Cutest Direwolf from Upscale Mordor (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
World's Cutest Direwolf
#255: Aug 25th 2013 at 2:51:51 AM

...Fuck it. I'm registering just so that I can see that damn RP thread. Archive binge, ahoy!

CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
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#256: Aug 25th 2013 at 12:37:59 PM

^_^

Edit: Also, I'm being Rinley in a Glass-Maker's Dragon game over on RPOL.

It hasn't been going long but I have already, shall we say, made an entrance.

edited 25th Aug '13 8:39:41 PM by CountDorku

Canidaemon I found porn! Since: Aug, 2010
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#257: Aug 26th 2013 at 9:20:37 AM

Reading the Nobilis/Chuubo threads is not a binge, it's a power overload!

WOOF!
CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
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#258: Aug 26th 2013 at 1:43:44 PM

oh my god being rinley is so much fun

Two posts in and already I've

CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
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#259: Aug 31st 2013 at 9:52:18 PM

Okay. As bad ideas go, I need someone to rank this one from "wearing shoes that are half a size too small" to "setting loose an Actual just to see what happens".

The idea: concluding that Rinley Yatskaya's power over the wishing heart is tied enough to hope that her default reaction to meeting the Child of the Sun should be straight-out near-religious awe.

rikalous World's Cutest Direwolf from Upscale Mordor (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
World's Cutest Direwolf
#260: Aug 31st 2013 at 10:02:12 PM

I think religious awe is generally justified when you meet someone who is, you know, a god. I mean, Town's only got a couple of those running around.

CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
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#261: Aug 31st 2013 at 10:32:16 PM

Ah, but this is before Rinley, IC, knows Jasper is such a thing.

Mind you, meeting your Imperator for the first time can be very stressful.

rikalous World's Cutest Direwolf from Upscale Mordor (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
World's Cutest Direwolf
#262: Sep 2nd 2013 at 3:08:09 PM

I just remembered that Rinley has that thing where she can see that the other PCs have cool destinies that are going to be tangled with hers, so you've got a plausible reason to be overwhelmed by her Sun Childness right there.

CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
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#263: Sep 2nd 2013 at 3:19:35 PM

I may actually be going with a rather nonstandard Rinley interpretation later on in the story.

It involves the Power/Imperator relationship, the Seizhi arcs and the goofiest paladin ever.

Crinias from The Bleak Academy Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Mu
#264: Sep 21st 2013 at 10:25:36 PM

Finally finished Fable of the Swan. I'll probably read it again one or more times in the near future.

Salute! Apocynum!

I gotta say, the ways she could be built seem pretty elaborate and slightly ridiculous, although it seems very appropriate that she would have so many Arcs as a result of all the development she undergoes.

Edit: [down] I've no idea what you're talking about.

edited 21st Sep '13 11:00:22 PM by Crinias

rikalous World's Cutest Direwolf from Upscale Mordor (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
World's Cutest Direwolf
#265: Sep 21st 2013 at 10:37:39 PM

I think that's ways, plural. All the ways you could stat up a character who does what she does.

Canidaemon I found porn! Since: Aug, 2010
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#266: Sep 24th 2013 at 6:53:36 AM

I've read the Fable of the Swan twice already. Jasmine Apocynum strikes me as very Affably Evil.

edited 24th Sep '13 6:53:54 AM by Canidaemon

WOOF!
CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
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#267: Nov 7th 2013 at 11:57:42 AM

Arc and quest reference sheets I put together:

Corebook

Fortitude

Master reference

Crinias from The Bleak Academy Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Mu
#268: Nov 7th 2013 at 12:17:28 PM

Awesome, this'll come in handy in the future.

rikalous World's Cutest Direwolf from Upscale Mordor (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
World's Cutest Direwolf
#269: Nov 7th 2013 at 12:55:44 PM

So I was thinking about Exalted recently, and the fact that She Who Lives In Her Name is the Principle of Hierarchy gave me the idea of a game about Principal Hierarchy and Lighter and Softer-ified versions of the other bound, broken Primordials going to School. Child of the Ash arcs, far as the eye can see. The Ebon Dragon with his Fist-Shake XP, Adorjan with her Speechlessness XP, Malfeas with his Offering You Comfort....

CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
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#270: Nov 7th 2013 at 12:57:24 PM

...if I didn't have stuff today I would totally stat that up.

Canidaemon I found porn! Since: Aug, 2010
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#271: Nov 11th 2013 at 8:13:12 AM

[up][up] I'd play that in an instant!

WOOF!
Crinias from The Bleak Academy Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Mu
#272: Nov 11th 2013 at 9:40:44 AM

[up]I only know the bare bones of Exalted, but I very much agree.

CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
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#273: Nov 12th 2013 at 1:31:42 PM

MALCOLM S. V. FEAS, HALL MONITOR

Starting arc: Shepherd (A Keeper of Gardens)
Starting quest: Down

Toxin: Barely contained green radiance, especially around the heart

Magical Skill: Heart-Compelling Dance 2
Superior Skill: Land-Rule 2
Skill: Hall Monitor 3
Skill: Invoke Terror 1

Arc traits:

Child of the Ash 1
Mood: Terror
Element: A city of brass, iron and green fire
Kaiju form: the Demon Emperor, sheathed in green light and rage

Wounded Angel 2
Devices: +1 Tool bonus to his Hall Monitor skill; yellow sash, Safety Patrol badge, and so on.
Dramatic: He tends to turn up spontaneously behind anyone who is badmouthing him
Cage for a Blasphemy: The rage chained within Malcolm’s heart sparks and flares, but it has not truly been unleashed for some time. When Malcolm’s Divine health levels run out, that stops being the case.

Divine Wound: Dreams of Glory and Wrath
Power: Divine Mantle (see CMWGE, p1025)
Every night, you dream of a radiant, glorious being, a creature of glorious power and nobility. Every morning, you wake to find yourself still scarred and broken. By stirring the fire of the resultant rage, you can unleash staggering power.

Divine Wound: Cowboy Cop
Power: Domineer
You’re good at bringing them in. What you’re not good at is not destroying anything in the process. Your pursuits tend to produce significant destruction and incidental carnage.

Divine Wound: Vengeful
Power: Payback
You do not take betrayal or opposition well. When someone harms you, goes after people you care about, or otherwise proves dangerous, it becomes very hard for others to control you or steer your fury.

Perk: “The corridors of this school are like a home to me.”
Perk: Bond: “Duty calls” 2

Basic Quest: Duties (purple)

Emotion XP: Offering You Comfort

Domineer
Type: Miraculous Action
Cost: 0mp – 1/book, invoke Domineer
1mp – invoke a second or later time per book
2mp – invoke a second or later time per chapter
4mp – invoke a second or later time per scene

This functions much like Declare (CMWGE, p1056), except that it can only work on a limited number of emotional reactions – those involving either fear or loyalty, to be specific.

Payback
Type: Miraculous Action
Cost: 2mp – 1/chapter, invoke Payback
4mp – invoke a second or later time per chapter

Invoke Payback when someone attempts to harm you or someone you care about. Backlash is a miraculous attack on that person, with Miraculous Edge equal to the value of any relevant Connection perk.

Tonight, the part of Cornelius Fillmore will be played by a cross between Malfeas and Sam Vimes on a very bad day.

It probably didn't help that I was listening to this while doing the writeup.

Alkonost Charming, But Irrational from AST Nagato Since: Oct, 2013
Charming, But Irrational
#274: Nov 12th 2013 at 11:47:17 PM

You could also do something along the line of Exalted Angel Beats: a school as a purgatory in the afterlife, where you face your life and, upon accepting yourself, reincarnate...or maybe just Exalt. In afterlife.

I know of no better purpose in life than to perish attempting the great and impossible.
Rosvo1 Since: Aug, 2009
#275: Nov 13th 2013 at 12:00:23 AM

How do you Exalt in the afterlife?


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