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LMage Since: May, 2011
#9226: May 15th 2013 at 7:14:22 AM

>Is tempted to sing ALL BY MA SELF because he is alone in the chat<

math792d Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#9227: May 15th 2013 at 9:29:21 AM

High Tide's out.

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DrTentacles Cephalopod Lothario from Land of the Deep Ones Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#9228: May 15th 2013 at 9:34:28 AM

Gentlemen, I pleased (and slightly terrified) to announce the interlude has officially begun!

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13686351650A71793200&page=1#1

(A brief note on weapons-this is going to be a slightly lower power, less fire-happy RP than the main thread, and Scandinavia has pretty tight gun control laws. As guns are banned. Completely. This will present a problem. Monoc can supply small arms, but save your dreams of your personal gatling gun for the main thread.)

kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
Wysp The Man in Black Since: Jan, 2001
The Man in Black
#9230: May 15th 2013 at 10:32:23 AM

I'm sorry, do you want Amy to whip out Abartach to fry a selkie?

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#9231: May 15th 2013 at 10:40:35 AM

Welp, that means everyone who's a muggle/who aren't evocation-specialized are locked right out of that scenario if players start shooting at each other again. That, or creative use of thaumaturgy, but that'd require a link to your target.

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3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#9232: May 15th 2013 at 10:42:56 AM

Let me repeat from Dr: "Monoc can supply small arms, but save your dreams of your personal gatling gun for the main thread."

So, not total gun ban...but if you run around with an assault rifle, problems are going to happen, I assume.

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#9233: May 15th 2013 at 10:45:34 AM

True. And given that Monoc apparently had no problems with supplying people with anti-aircraft machine guns in Las Vegas, this could mean interesting things. Then again, though, it'll be safer to assume that was a one-off thing, and that Monoc armorers are usually more discreet than that.

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3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#9234: May 15th 2013 at 10:46:47 AM

[up] You mean at the Ragnarok? That wasn't Monoc, that was the White Court.

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#9235: May 15th 2013 at 10:47:52 AM

No, I meant earlier. Although the White Court appears to be about as well-armed. I was half expecting anti-tank weapons to come out.

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math792d Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#9236: May 15th 2013 at 10:48:55 AM

Let's take from the top the reasons why me and Tentacles put this in here:

1) From a pure verisimilitude perspective, this is how Scandinavia works. We explicitly said further back that this is where the story would take place, and we decided it might lend an interesting dynamic to the RP.

2) This doesn't just apply to muggles and gunslingers, the interlude is deliberately set up so that every magic character (or at least every character that leads solely towards magic without any secondary specialization of any kind, or even "hybrid characters") is going to be equally weakened by circumstance. This isn't just a case of limiting access to firearms.

3) We wanted this interlude to have a feel that's a bit closer to the pre-Changes novels in the Dresdenverse, before all the big cosmic, world-shaking stuff started happening. Small arms exist, but they're also a lot more dangerous to the enemies you'll be fighting than they would be in the main RP.

Think of it less as me shafting the gunslingers and more me scaling the power level down a crank or two. This is going to be enforced on every playable character.

EDIT: Also, Monoc isn't going to hand out assault rifles to people who technically don't work for them in a place with this strict gun control laws.

edited 15th May '13 10:50:57 AM by math792d

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#9237: May 15th 2013 at 11:19:03 AM

Aye. Put that way, it does sound interesting. I'm going to continue to sit out due to college being bloody busy/tough time keeping up with posting rate, but general enforced power level sounds good.

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kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
#9238: May 15th 2013 at 11:26:59 AM

Norway has an army right? Stuff gets misplaced and falls of trucks all the time.

math792d Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#9239: May 15th 2013 at 11:30:00 AM

[up] The army is relatively small, and IIRC they keep an even tighter leash on the firearms dedicated to the military. A rifle falls out, they'll search for it.

And even then, the instant someone hears assault weapons in the middle of a city that's been hit by a terrorist attack, the cops won't take long to arrive.

edited 15th May '13 11:30:10 AM by math792d

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#9240: May 15th 2013 at 11:39:09 AM

If they are in any way like the Bundeswehr....there they shut the whole base down if a gun gets missing (and woe the poor boy who lost it...woe)

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NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#9241: May 15th 2013 at 11:39:22 AM

Just as a notice; I'm going to be updating Gabren's sign up.

Patty Fandom looked like fandom. Since: Sep, 2012
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#9242: May 15th 2013 at 12:19:12 PM

I'm stealing Jessica's dagger for this too. :p

kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
#9243: May 15th 2013 at 12:20:21 PM

Thank God for illegal arms trading and people with grey morality.

TroyandHawk The Blinder from Back Home. Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
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#9244: May 15th 2013 at 1:10:58 PM

Same here, it doesn't make sense for lucius to be in Scandanavia.

Good to be back
math792d Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#9245: May 15th 2013 at 1:11:55 PM

[up] He got an invitation from an Accords signatory like all the rest.

Of course, if you're not interested, you don't have to participate :P

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TroyandHawk The Blinder from Back Home. Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
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#9246: May 15th 2013 at 1:12:56 PM

Oh, if it's justified, then I'm in.

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math792d Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#9247: May 15th 2013 at 1:14:35 PM

That's basically the blanket excuse the three new characters (you, Saint and Mage) got to justify you showing up in the first place. I covered my bases here tongue

Lucius is in the other van with the other driver. They haven't left yet.

edited 15th May '13 1:15:01 PM by math792d

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kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
#9248: May 15th 2013 at 1:41:38 PM

Just got back from work, ill shoot a post.

DrTentacles Cephalopod Lothario from Land of the Deep Ones Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#9249: May 15th 2013 at 2:17:25 PM

Math's going to bed, so I'm taking over both groups until he's up, though likely the second group will wait a little longer until the rest of the people in it show.

Wysp The Man in Black Since: Jan, 2001
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#9250: May 15th 2013 at 2:49:08 PM

I'm contemplating Amy knowing the basics of werewolfing (somehow) for the purposes of this interlude, as I refuse to go in unarmed. Would that be plausible?

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