On the Misty Streets of Nightmare: Codex (Discussion Thread)

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Dramatis Personae

• Ominae as Mark Lao, age 25, a demon hunter from a secret society
• Azure as Libya, age incomprehensible, the living embodiment of the Book of Eibon
• Sixth Saint as Monica Vãduva, age 29, mercenary, occultist, and serial killer
• Troyand Hawk as Daniel Roivas, age 47, a freelance demon hunter
• Ragnathe Saviour as Mafteah Shelomoh, age incomprehensible, the living embodiment of the Key of Solomon
• KSPAM as Clark Phillips Howard, age 18, a student of sorcery at the Miskatonic University

Errata

On Grimoires: A Grimoire is a book of spells and forbidden knowledge that is often associated or bonded with a gigantic combat mech known as a Deus Machina. There are many such books in the world, known by such exotic names as the Necronomicon, The King in Yellow, and the Celaeno Fragments. Merely glancing at the contents of these books is enough to drive the average human being insane. Particularly powerful grimoires are capable of manifesting themselves as living, breathing individuals with their own personalities, but this is mostly true of the originals. It is rare that a copy of a book will ever attain as much power.

On characters who are not sorcerers, do not possess grimoires, or are something else altogether: Please note that I didn't say you couldn't create characters that are wildly different from what I anticipated. When in doubt, it is better to beg forgiveness than ask permission, just in case I needed to spell that out for anyone.

On spells: It occurred to me that sorcerer player characters, being just that, would have a spell or two in their arsenal. Here's how this is going to work — player characters who are sorcerers and possess a grimoire are going to define a sphere of magic that their grimoire specializes in (i.e. in Demonbane, the Celaeno Fragments were heavily associated with wind). Characters with a bonded grimoire may cast any spell they can think of in their specialty sphere. In addition, they have one signature spell, which they have memorized and can cast without the need for a grimoire, and can be from any sphere.

edited 8th May '13 5:29:11 PM by HouraiRabbit

Thanks Hourai. First post and can't wait to see how this goes.

Is Daniel the Old Man mentioned by the demons?

edited 8th May '13 7:27:35 PM by TroyandHawk

Just curious. What year does this take place in?

Also, is TV Tropes acting wonky for anyone else? The forums look weird, and the images won't show up on trope pages.

Forget what I said. The trope pages are wonky too.

You're not the only one. Kinda got it on my iPhone.

Tropes is acting weird for me too.

Looks like the site's on and off in terms of working.

Yep, Tvtropes is getting weird.

I'll post later when someone posts. Also I plan to put up a Biohazard or Martin Mystery reference too.

Just curious. Is TV Tropes still wonky for everyone?

Yeah, it is.

Yeah. You?

Wait....It's fixed.

edited 9th May '13 5:35:00 PM by TroyandHawk

Mine could be a bit different. In the meantime, I await Hourai to move things on.

You guys can take 5 for now. I'm a little busy and will post tomorrow. I swear! The old man is a different character altogether, and one who might be of some interest to you if you play your cards right.

Thanks Hourai.

D'oh! I feel like posting, but I'll wait later.

Alright, gentlemen, here are the results of your actions. Have at it.

Indeed I shall.

Thanks Hourai.

TIME FOR MAFTEAH TO BE A BADASS.

This dead already?

Well Hourai wasn't on lately...

True.

Since it's dead, I can be found lurking either here or here.