Skyscraper Graveyard II: Jealousy and Ambition

[Thanqol]

Originally Posted by Tiki Snakes

Further Editing - I kind of Love the idea of Werewolf. But kind of hate it, too. Not sure if that ambivalence is for the same reasons as Thanqol or not.
Essentially, the idea of Werewolves is something that interests me enough for perking up of ears and paying attention. I could get down with a heavily spirit world invested game too. But my mental image of Werewolves and the concept of werewolves has so very painfully little in common with the WoD Werewolf that it's almost funny.

Perhaps some of that is simply unfamiliarity with with the material, but more likely it's just a personal taste in wolfmen thing.

I like the idea of shapeshifters in a modern society, of the stray dog patrolling the city block and the huge monster bursting through a wall and slaughtering mobsters.

I find their magic and rituals and enforced shamanism traditions super lame, and their mechanics weaksauce. I very much do not like the idea of a WoD game focused on the combat mechanics. I also think werewolf society is silly.

Werewolf to me is great as a Solo-level game, where it's a pack of young werewolves with no idea what the hell. A horror game where the PCs could well be the most terrible monsters in the room.

[Tiki Snakes]

Apparently pretty much exactly the same reasons.

Here is a song about Werewolves. It doesn't really relate to this conversation, though.

Well, it's a relief to have that post out the way. Just the rolling to go, now.

[Deadly]

Well damn, you people sure have a lot of mana to spend. Amun only has 3 points left, so if he wants one to spare in case of emergencies, he can only really offer 2 points.

We're going to have a big problem here, aren't we? If I remember the rules right, our hallow provides 5 points of mana each night which means we can only recover one point each (and then fight over that last point). Which means tomorrow we're all going to be left with only 2 points of mana or something.

And we're meeting a Seer. Let's all pray that meeting stays peaceful and with no complications of any kind.

[Tiki Snakes]

Well, I thoroughly expected to be spending by far the most when I made my bid. This isn't something Jack was going to hold back on and most of his magic doesn't ask for mana anyway. It'd be nice to properly fix the resonance of the place, but by my reckoning that means we'll need a lot of dice. We'll just have to see how it goes and who has what they consider spare.

I'd say that given it's Tessen directly meeting the Seer, she probably gets first dibs on the Hallow.

If Jack has to get through tomorrow on his remaining point of mana then that's what he'll do and he's fine with that.

There is the potential that we could have saved up excess mana from previous days/weeks as Tass already, but given that none of us have mentioned how we do such a thing, it's possible that we simply haven't worked something out yet. It'd certainly be fair to my mind for Thanqol to rule that there are no current surpluses and we're effectively starting any usage or stockpile from day one of the game.

But if there are, that'll go a long way to help.

[Thanqol]

Originally Posted by Tiki Snakes

There is the potential that we could have saved up excess mana from previous days/weeks as Tass already, but given that none of us have mentioned how we do such a thing, it's possible that we simply haven't worked something out yet. It'd certainly be fair to my mind for Thanqol to rule that there are no current surpluses and we're effectively starting any usage or stockpile from day one of the game.

But if there are, that'll go a long way to help.

You currently don't have a stockpile.

Also if you have extended downtime I count Tass as accruing at half the Hallow's rating under the idea that you perform the odd magical experiment now and then.

And we're meeting a Seer. Let's all pray that meeting stays peaceful and with no complications of any kind.

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[Anarion]

Don't forget pattern scouring. You can take a lethal at night before going to bed to restore some mana and be healed up in the morning, though it's an uncomfortable night.

[Deadly]

Originally Posted by Anarion

Don't forget pattern scouring. You can take a lethal at night before going to bed to restore some mana and be healed up in the morning, though it's an uncomfortable night.

I think Amun would like to avoid further damage He sure is spending lots of mana and taking lots of damage compared to everyone else.

You can also temporarily reduce a physical attribute for 3 points of mana, IIRC, but these are all rather desperate measures, stuff you might do in an emergency or something.


Also, upon further reflection of the discussion from the other day, I've come to believe that Amun really ought to be a lot crazier than he is. I think that's why I'm having trouble with him, he's been way too Applejack so far.

[Thanqol]

Originally Posted by Anarion

Don't forget pattern scouring. You can take a lethal at night before going to bed to restore some mana and be healed up in the morning, though it's an uncomfortable night.

Lethal heals at one point/2 days.

[Anarion]

Originally Posted by Thanqol

Lethal heals at one point/2 days.

So it does, Thanqol, so it does. You're up early this morning, by the way.

[Thanqol]

Originally Posted by Anarion

So it does, Thanqol, so it does. You're up early this morning, by the way.

"Early", heh. Normally I get up at 12, this is one of the few days I've got to get up at 9.

[SiuiS]

Can't you guys gift Tessen all the mana, and then redistribute it when she survives?

Totally lost a post last night and haven't the will to go back yet, but;
Anarion: the episode point where they are on a game show, the guy asks a question and homer says "is the answer Japan?" and the host shouts something behind te curtain. It made the Japanese exchange student laugh, but he wouldn't tell us what the hair said, just confirmed it was actual Japanese. I wanna know what he said.

Thanqol: is the bike's specific speed because it is self-animate, or because you didn't like the rule set for how bikes work?

Othe people: for werewolf, well, they aren't really werewolves. I actually have trouble saying werewolf instead of Uratha. They require commission with old beliefs on spirit nature, the premonotheistic Persian stuff whose name I can never recall. You could give Detroit Rock City a read, although the first character you meet is a huge Mary Sue. She gets played well, and my knee jerk dislike faded, but the second PC makes things much better. It's okay to go in blind, as I learned as much about the setting from te constant buzz-word dropping here as from the actual books.

[the_druid_droid]

A realization dawned today: I'm the only poster in this thread currently lacking an MLP-based avatar...

[Lix Lorn]

Originally Posted by the_druid_droid

A realization dawned today: I'm the only poster in this thread currently lacking an MLP-based avatar...

Nah bro.

[the_druid_droid]

Originally Posted by Lix Lorn

Nah bro.

You're totally half-pony...

What? It counts!

<.<

[Anarion]

Originally Posted by the_druid_droid

A realization dawned today: I'm the only poster in this thread currently lacking an MLP-based avatar...

Originally Posted by Lix Lorn

Nah bro.

It's okay, we still love you.

@SiuiS: I'm taking a look. I'll edit when I hear the line if I can figure it out.

Okay got it: It's kinda boring actually. He just says "you idiot, who is responsible for this terrible thing?"

Edit 2: decided to watch that out to the end. Bart is so right about Japan's Kentucky Fried Chicken. KFC there is the best thing. I would have starved without it my first time living there.

[Deadly]

I'll write up something for Amun tomorrow. I'm not feeling in a very writing mood today, sorry

[Thanqol]

Originally Posted by SiuiS

Can't you guys gift Tessen all the mana, and then redistribute it when she survives?

Mana control is Prime 3. Catch is that it's going to cost a point of mana for Amun to improvise a transfer spell.

Thanqol: is the bike's specific speed because it is self-animate, or because you didn't like the rule set for how bikes work?

No, it obeys the Armoury bike rules, it just uses the speed of it's rider who's speed 11.

With her Time skill she can move that thing at 120mph.

[Anarion]

Originally Posted by Thanqol

Mana control is Prime 3. Catch is that it's going to cost a point of mana for Amun to improvise a transfer spell.

I also remind everyone that Tessen's artifact has a big reserve of mana, I think around 13 points. So, if Amun is going to blow a point of mana for a transfer, it should come from there.

[Thanqol]

Originally Posted by Anarion

I also remind everyone that Tessen's artifact has a big reserve of mana, I think around 13 points. So, if Amun is going to blow a point of mana for a transfer, it should come from there.

Oh goddamn you guys have a mana factory going here.

(Remember that each use of it has been costing you 1 point)

[the_druid_droid]

Originally Posted by Thanqol

Oh goddamn you guys have a mana factory going here.

(Remember that each use of it has been costing you 1 point)

Time to store up some Tass!

[SiuiS]

Originally Posted by the_druid_droid

You're totally half-pony...

What? It counts!

<.<

Yup. Hot too.

Originally Posted by Thanqol

Oh goddamn you guys have a mana factory going here.

(Remember that each use of it has been costing you 1 point)

it regens 4 a day, too. It's day three, and hasn't been use much since day one.

[Tiki Snakes]

Originally Posted by Thanqol

[6+5+3+2+1 - dice pool of 17

You guys ain't leaving this to chance, are you?

Someone take the roll!]

I think it's because we don't want to merely save our own skins, we're so fixated on busting the foul resonance. If we need 5+ Successes, we can't really afford to take chances.

Not when it comes down to the Dice's sense of humour and the dramatically appropriate.

Anarion, you want to do the honours?

[Lix Lorn]

Originally Posted by SiuiS

Yup. Hot too.

I'd be pretty disappoint if I had an avvie that wasn't...

[Anarion]

Originally Posted by Thanqol

Oh goddamn you guys have a mana factory going here.

(Remember that each use of it has been costing you 1 point)

We need to have something to barter with other mages around the city. And sitting on the best magical nexus in the city and a pretty sweet artifact mana battery and a prime 3 mage goes a long way there.

Originally Posted by SiuiS

it regens 4 a day, too. It's day three, and hasn't been use much since day one.

You didn't read far enough. I used it on the Jerusalem man and a couple other people as well. It's probably sitting around 10 mana at the moment, though I didn't count.

[SiuiS]

Originally Posted by Lix Lorn

I'd be pretty disappoint if I had an avvie that wasn't...

... Good point.

Originally Posted by Anarion

You didn't read far enough. I used it on the Jerusalem man and a couple other people as well. It's probably sitting around 10 mana at the moment, though I didn't count.

I recalled. I just wasn't sure on the timeline for the last few uses.

[Anarion]

By the way, SiuiS, did you notice I translated the line for you? It was just the guy saying "stupid, what idiot did this terrible thing" or thereabouts. It's a pretty general phrase and doesn't really need to be translated literally. I'd be perfectly comfortable translating it as "I'm surrounded by idiots" even though those aren't the literal words.

[the_druid_droid]

So if 16 mana flying around can retcon the calendar, I think I'm starting to see why keeping too much spare Tass to hand isn't the brightest of ideas...

[SiuiS]

Originally Posted by Anarion

By the way, SiuiS, did you notice I translated the line for you? It was just the guy saying "stupid, what idiot did this terrible thing" or thereabouts. It's a pretty general phrase and doesn't really need to be translated literally. I'd be perfectly comfortable translating it as "I'm surrounded by idiots" even though those aren't the literal words.

I'm sorry. I did see that, yes. That and one other thing keep poppin up, and then slippif m min by the time I get around to posting.

[Thanqol]

Originally Posted by the_druid_droid

So if 16 mana flying around can retcon the calendar, I think I'm starting to see why keeping too much spare Tass to hand isn't the brightest of ideas...

No, man, this is beyond what a hundred points of mana in one place can do. Time itself reconfigured. The earth's orbit is now 360 days exactly.

What the hell, man.

[Tiki Snakes]

Originally Posted by the_druid_droid

So if 16 mana flying around can retcon the calendar, I think I'm starting to see why keeping too much spare Tass to hand isn't the brightest of ideas...

Here's one to twist your melon.
Did it retcon the calender, or did it restore it.

Well, probably not, but you never know.

So to recap - The abyssal manifestation shouldn't have been abyssally manifesting as and when and where it was due to lack of awakened-ness involved in the event/location or so.
Fixing it shouldn't have had any effect on the calender, either, but somehow managed to retcon/restore (Delete as appropriate) the earth's orbit to exactly 360 days.