in_nomine-digest Wednesday, October 3 2001 Volume 01 : Number 2400 In this digest: Re: IN> Re: Grigori/Skulkers Re: IN> A trouble for blandine Re: IN> What, you thought Beleth _liked_ horror flicks? Pshaw. Pshaw. Re: IN> A potential Servant Re: IN> Horror Month - Vignette. Or possibly Science Fiction Month. Whatever. Re: IN> New Prince of Greed (write-up) IN> You want it, I want it, and now guess who else wants it? Re: IN> What, you thought Beleth _liked_ horror flicks? Pshaw. Pshaw. Re: IN> Re: Grigori/Skulkers Re: IN> Re: Grigori/Skulkers IN> The Box Re: IN> Re: Grigori/Skulkers Re: IN> Iron Rev 4, does anyone care? Re: IN> Horror Month - Vignette. Or possibly Science Fiction Month. Whatever. IN> Horror Month - The quest for Genesis IN> Another zombi for Horror Month. Re: IN> What, you thought Beleth _liked_ horror flicks? Pshaw. Pshaw. Re: IN> What, you thought Beleth _liked_ horror flicks? Pshaw. Pshaw. IN> Horror Month - Fred's Chop Shop Subject: IN> Orders from the Lowerarchy....... IN> LotR meets IN IN> Larry's Special Swords Re: IN> Larry's Special Swords Re: IN> Larry's Special Swords Re: IN> Another zombi for Horror Month. Re: IN> Horror Month - The quest for Genesis Re: IN> Larry's Special Swords Re: IN> Iron Rev 4, does anyone care? Re: IN> Horror Month - Fred's Chop Shop Re: IN> Larry's Special Swords Re: IN> Larry's Special Swords Re: IN> Horror Month - The quest for Genesis Re: IN> Larry's Special Swords Re: IN> Iron Rev 4, does anyone care? IN> RE: Those Garou posts that were here but I deleted... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 18:03:22 +0000 From: "Jo Hart" Subject: Re: IN> Re: Grigori/Skulkers >From: Michael Walton >Reply-To: in_nomine-l@lists.io.com >To: in_nomine-l@lists.io.com >Subject: Re: IN> Re: Grigori/Skulkers >Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 10:33:55 -0700 (PDT) > > >--- james walker wrote: > > Out of curiosity, am I the only one who thinks that their > > 'punishment' is a bit of a joke? > > > > "You are found guilty of socialising with humans and not > > doing your jobs. > > You are sentenced to spend even more time around humans, > > and your jobs will > > be taken away from you." > > Never let it be said that the writers got everything >right. How about having their wings ripped off, and all being sentenced to walk the Earth without rest or respite, and never again to see the glories of Heaven, which they have forfeited forever. jo _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 18:08:01 +0000 From: "cassandra benner" Subject: Re: IN> A trouble for blandine >--- cassandra benner wrote: > > Tregard > > Dreamshade. > Ick. I can actually see Blandine and Beleth burying the >hatchet long enough to put this guy to rest. >Michael Walton, #9805-068 Oh i dunno, i think Beleth would utilize him, put a few of her unfavoured servitors in his locale, or get a few demons to lead an angel in to a dream scape where Tregard is then get out of there and let th eangel and a human die. All the time, around the world, people are dying of the strange new "adult cotdeath syndrome". He in his own way gives beleth the edge inthe fight, if he's used correctly. Now, if laurence was to get involved, or michael, then they might, just might get to redeem the guy and then he'd be a very very nasty tool for heaven. But hey, it all depends on how dark your campaign is.. :o) Toodles Cas *where you come from is gone, where you're going was never there, and where you are aint no good unless you can get away from it* http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inmundi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/semperin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inveritas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Infabula _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 14:18:55 -0400 From: "Jeffery Watkins" Subject: Re: IN> What, you thought Beleth _liked_ horror flicks? Pshaw. Pshaw. Marvelous Moe, simply marvelous. Great write-up. I think this is one of the few times, I almost liked the introduction better than the character's main description. He also makes a wonderful candidate for a new Angel (or Archangel) of Fear. Jeffery _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 14:22:53 -0400 From: "Jeffery Watkins" Subject: Re: IN> A potential Servant Very scary James. BTW to the list, why not make October more of a Fear month (with Beleth and former servitors who stayed with Heaven) and/or expand the Saminga theme with his opposite the mysterious Archangel of Death. Jeffery _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 14:27:45 -0400 From: "Jeffery Watkins" Subject: Re: IN> Horror Month - Vignette. Or possibly Science Fiction Month. Whatever. Very chilling (no slang intended). Jeffery _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 14:38:33 -0400 From: "Jeffery Watkins" Subject: Re: IN> New Prince of Greed (write-up) Great write-up! I especially like the IRS attunement. I am looking forward to pulling it out on the PCs or have it done to an NPC of theirs. Jeffery _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 02:46:54 +0800 From: Manny Nepomuceno Subject: IN> You want it, I want it, and now guess who else wants it? Hey. Sorry I haven't been posting. Been busy. Life's like that. Incidentally, I've updated my Web page...some things that I'm not posting here, including three Superiors for IN:Dragonlance and a second story in the "Eli as Commander of the Host" heresy. I've also upgraded the graphics; you're all welcome to drop by and have a look. ;) Manny Neps http://www.geocities.com/angeloffools/ p.s. If someone could (privately) e-mail me the canon description of a Pachadite's celestial form, I will be forever grateful. Thanks. ;) The Box It started out as a harmless thing, really. Some Creationers in service to Stone decided to bring a party into the Catacombs, so they took a Playstation and some games up with them to Heaven. How were they to know that David himself would walk in on them and confiscate their artifact? Truth be told, they didn't get to spend all that much time on the machine anyway. While Tekken didn't go over too well with true-blue Trogs (both sides had a bad tendency to stand around, waiting for the other to strike first), games like Gran Turismo and Dance Dance Revolution were a big hit with the Stone crew. Elohim and Mercurians especially loved that last game, although no end of Kyriotates complained that it was too easy: all they had to do was manifest more feet. When David walked in, everyone suddenly found other things to do. The Archangel of Stone took one look at the Playstation and ordered everyone out of the cave. Half an hour later, the cave was sealed off, inaccessible to all save David himself. The Creationers awaited the Archangel's summons, apprehensive as to their punishment. The summons never came. Two days later, the Archangel of Stone emerged from the cave, asking politely for the second "Final Fantasy VII" disc. David was hooked. The first signs of trouble came during a Council meeting, when the Archangel of Stone asked Laurence about the possibility of creating a sword with a pistol-like grip. Later that same meeting, he was also heard to mutter to himself about "materia". Dominic swerved a couple of eyes his way, but decided against looking into the matter -- this was David, after all, and David wasn't exactly known for heretical (or innovative) thinking. Even Michael raised an eyebrow when David proposed that Jordi look into creating chocobo for Heaven's use. Marc, who knew what David was talking about, rolled his eyes and allowed the Malakite to go on about raising giant, fast-moving birds. Still, this was David, and his obsession with video games couldn't last forever. It didn't. There were only so many new games to play, so many new platforms to try out. In just under three months, the Archangel of Stone chewed his way through every Final Fantasy game ever created, along with a few others that only existed in dreams (getting Blandine to loan those to David took a lot of string-pulling). He's heard the news of a new platform, one that the rest of the world is eagerly waiting for: the X-box. You can imagine the Archangel's chagrin when he learned that the X-box was one of Vapula's toys; Jean gave him the cold shoulder for even mentioning the damned thing. David, ever slow, took some time to realize that if Vapula had it, then most likely Jean did, too. And surely Jean's version was safe to use? Unfortunately, by the time he came to that conclusion (no one has ever accused David of being quick), Jean had already decided that David had had enough video games. And that's where you come in, Commander. You and your men are to infiltrate the Halls of Progress and liberate that game console. Return safely with the unit and you'll have David's eternal gratitude, plus some nice bonuses that we'll discuss later. Don't let anyone see you, don't break the Pax Dei, but don't you dare come back here without that box. And grab some games while you're at it. Any questions? No? Good. Now get going. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 16:49:26 -0400 From: "Eric Bertish" Subject: Re: IN> What, you thought Beleth _liked_ horror flicks? Pshaw. Pshaw. > description. He also makes a wonderful candidate for a new Angel (or > Archangel) of Fear. Or Beldine. Which reminds me, I need to finish her writeup. Moe, poke me with a sharp stick until I write her, okay? - -- Casca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 17:10:49 -0400 From: "Eric Bertish" Subject: Re: IN> Re: Grigori/Skulkers > Never let it be said that the writers got everything > right. That's sure 'nuff the kind of mistake that beings > with superhuman intelligence and millennia of experience > would never make. I see this as a feature, not a bug. Then again, my campaigns tend toward perverse interpretations... isn't that right, Moe? Sort of like why there's a picture of Eli in the screens behind Nybbas. Any GM who can't do something with prime conspiracy fodder like that needs his credentials revoked. I'd go into further details, but there are ears about. - -- Casca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 14:48:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Re: Grigori/Skulkers - --- Jo Hart wrote: > How about having their wings ripped off, and all being > sentenced to walk the > Earth without rest or respite, and never again to see the > glories of Heaven, > which they have forfeited forever. OK, that's pretty bad. But it still puts them smack dab in the middle of humanity, which is what got them into trouble in the first place. Not good stragegy. Example: the mouse gets busted stealing cheese. His sentence? To never be able to enter a mousehole again, doomed to spend eternity in a cheese factory. Make sense? ===== Michael Walton, #9805-068 "The surest way to keep a secret is to make people believe they already know the answer." - -- Fremen saying __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 14:53:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: IN> The Box That's evil, Manny, just plain evil. [tosses Gusto cookie] ===== Michael Walton, #9805-068 "The surest way to keep a secret is to make people believe they already know the answer." - -- Fremen saying __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 14:58:42 -0700 From: Sean McCarthy Subject: Re: IN> Re: Grigori/Skulkers Our spies report that at 02:48 PM 10/2/2001 -0700, Michael Walton wrote: > OK, that's pretty bad. But it still puts them smack dab >in the middle of humanity, which is what got them into >trouble in the first place. Not good stragegy. Example: >the mouse gets busted stealing cheese. His sentence? To >never be able to enter a mousehole again, doomed to spend >eternity in a cheese factory. Make sense? I think losing the light of Heaven, the sight of God, all that sort of thing... it's the worst punishment imaginable. To an angel. Of course, within your game you can play it off in many different ways. Did Dominic make a mistake? It's possible. Was he moved the the Presence, making his 'punishment' a secret move in the War? Was the whole thing to spring up more Soldiers? Could be. Might Lucifer have tricked someone or everyone involved? You never know. But in general, you have to accept that being Outcast is a good punishment for an angel or a lot of the IN justice system as originally written breaks down. Or you rewrite the whole idea...which is fun! Sean ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 16:13:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Maurice Lane Subject: Re: IN> Iron Rev 4, does anyone care? - --- Whistling in the Dark wrote: > Cassandra's comments are also somewhat germane, even > if one must paraphrase them a bit to get there. > The 'regulars' develop fan bases who are going to be > predisposed to them anyhow, and Moe's is (one hopes) > the largest at this point. Who, me? I'm strictly second rank. Admittedly, top of the second rank, whacking my shoulder against the jammed access port set into the ceiling, but unambiguously _not_ part of what I personally consider to be the A-list... ;) Moving along, I'm not too hung up on awards and stuff. It pleased me that I won the last Iron Rev, but mostly because I can now decree the requirements for the *next* one (in a few months). I would have been just as happy to lose, because the important thing for me was that I enjoyed the Hell out of writing my entry - - and I wouldn't have come up with the idea otherwise. But I'm not against awards, either. Hmmm. Maybe Cookies? That way, if you give someone a Cookie, and then later meet them at a con or something, they can claim their Cookie and eat it in righteous serenity. Something like that. Moe "No, you'll just have to guess who's on my A-List - - and I won't confirm in public" Lane ===== Liber Licentiae Moeticae: http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html Last updated 09/28/01(this is usually way out of date) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 16:36:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Maurice Lane Subject: Re: IN> Horror Month - Vignette. Or possibly Science Fiction Month. Whatever. Nice. Moe ===== Liber Licentiae Moeticae: http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html Last updated 09/28/01(this is usually way out of date) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 10:08:37 +1100 From: "james walker" Subject: IN> Horror Month - The quest for Genesis It occurs to most Necromancers sooner or later. Lilith is real. Therefore, Adam and Eve were probably real. 15 Force humans. 10 Force zombis. Mmmmm.... Of course, you can't really zombify a skeleton, so they can't do anything about it until they're capable of Sotto Voce performances of CorpHealing. The handful who can do this all go searching for the corpses of Adam and Eve eventually. The usual way of doing this is to head to the Middle East, dig up the oldest body they can find, heal it, zombify it, and question it. Depending on who they question and which tales they hear, they can end up heading to Bahrain, Africa, Ararat, or the Black Sea. It rarely occurs to the Necromancers that being reduced to a skeleton and then rebuilt isn't good for a zombi's memory. Nowadays, the most common destination is the Black Sea. With the discovery of villages at the bottom of the Sea, it's nearness to Mt Ararat, and the preservation of organic material on the seabed, it's a tempting target; while the anaerobic nature of the sea means that Jordi's Seraphim can't swim in and eliminate the threat. And it's getting crowded down there. In addition to Saminga's Shedim and Mummies, Vapula's Reanimators have joined the hunt; his Shedim have their computers control submersible robots and join the search. Pitched battles between the zombis of the opposing sides have occurred over several of the tells along the old banks of the Danube. And they think that they're getting close. The percentage of zombis with more than six Forces is steadily rising; they're still rare, but they're frequent enough to make their creators suspect that they've got fairly close descendants of Adam and Eve. Seven, eight, even nine Force zombis are appearing. Of course, Heaven isn't ignoring this. Jordi's Seraphim circle in the upper waters, and dive towards the seabed, picking of the occasional zombi before climbing for oxygen. Realising that this wouldn't be sufficient, Jordi asked David for help. Secure in their stone Vessels, David's Servitors have encamped on several tells, and repelled all attempts to dislodge them. Further, moving through the rock they have begun moving corpses to more secure gravesites. On a general principle of thwarting Technology whenever possible, Jean has assigned a number of his Kyriotates to the Black Sea, and they challenge their Vapulan opponents to deadly submarine duels. And while this is going on, Lilith sits back and smiles, waiting.... James. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 09:37:20 +1100 From: "james walker" Subject: IN> Another zombi for Horror Month. >> eye - or failing that, be the last thing that people see. As such her >> supernatural Need is for human eyes. Her victims don't have to die, and a >> disturbing number of people report having been mugged by an incredibly fast >> girl who licked out their eyes. Rev. Pee Kitty wrote: > I take it her Numinous Corpus is Tongue, eh? Yes; forgot to list it (drat!). Thanks for pointing that out. > Good character... Thanks! Have another: Oscar Mayland Zombi Big Wheel & Vampire Impersonator CORPOREAL FORCES: 3 Strength: 7 Agility: 5 ETHEREAL FORCES: 2 Intelligence: 4 Precision: 7* *increased with Character points. Vessel: Older Human Male/3, Charisma +1, Status/6(CEO). Skills: Fast-talk/Mastery, Savoir-Faire/6. Song: NC(Fangs)/3. Discords: Berserk/2, Fear(Sunlight)/1, Need(Blood)/3, Obsession(Power)/1. While dying of lung cancer, Oscar was approached by a Samingan and offered immortality in return for service. He jumped at the offer; unfortunately for him, the demon didn't know the Create Mummy ritual, and settled for poisoning him and zombifying the corpse. Oscar believes himself to be a vampire (not being sentient, he's incapable of working out that he's not sentient) and continues to run his company for Hell. His forcible withdrawal from nicotine combined with his belief that he is a vampire gave him the Fear(Sunlight) Discord, and his havens, limousine and offices are all carefully protected from the sun. Attempts have been made on Oscar's unlife, so he is escorted by company security - they are generally decent guys just trying to do their job. Oscar's high social skills has allowed him to avoid killing people to fulfil his Need - although the large number of goths who are bragging that they've 'fed' a real vampire is going to attract attention sooner or later. James. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 01:35:14 +0000 From: "Janet Anderson" Subject: Re: IN> What, you thought Beleth _liked_ horror flicks? Pshaw. Pshaw. >Omparkash >Balseraph Baron of Screams >Renegade Demon of Fear of Darkness Yet again you write a demon who has "REDEEM ME" pasted on his back. I suggest Stone for this one. Janet Anderson _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 19:57:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Maurice Lane Subject: Re: IN> What, you thought Beleth _liked_ horror flicks? Pshaw. Pshaw. - --- Janet Anderson wrote: > >Omparkash > >Balseraph Baron of Screams > >Renegade Demon of Fear of Darkness > > Yet again you write a demon who has "REDEEM ME" > pasted on his back. We all have our quirks: besides, it's better than coming up with a new way to kill Belial, right? > I > suggest Stone for this one. I was thinking Creation, myself. Hey, it'd get Dominic doing a Linda Blair... ;) Moe ===== Liber Licentiae Moeticae: http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html Last updated 09/28/01(this is usually way out of date) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 12:38:17 +1100 From: "james walker" Subject: IN> Horror Month - Fred's Chop Shop "Fred" was a taxidermist all his adult life. A mixture of boredom and professional curiosity triggered a delight with hoaxed 'monsters' which he could construct with ease. The seemingly harmless hobby ended his life when a Servitor of Death traced the supply of curiosities (which he wanted to zombify, which meant getting to them before they were stuffed) back to Fred. Fred was given a choice: eternal life, or immediate death - he choose 'life' and became a mummy. Fred now uses his skills to 'upgrade' volunteers for necromancy. He grafts sections of zombi onto the target during the Mummification ritual; as the extra Force comes from the zombi these extras integrate into the new undead - - if all goes according to plan. Before the mummification begins, the additions must be decided on. A successful Necromancy roll allows him to add CD level of permanent Numinous Corpus to the new mummy - failure causes CD levels of Vestigium, as does failure of the Mummification ritual. Favourite additions include retractable claws, implanted plates, sonar from bats and scent from dogs. Poisonous fangs can only be granted if the zombi had the appropriate version of NC:Acid. As Undead do not need to eat or breathe, additions to the torso are highly recommended. "Fred" will make sure that sufficient lung capacity remains for the new mummy to talk - unless the ritual fails, of course. "Fred" CORPOREAL FORCES: 2 Strength: 3 Agility: 5 ETHEREAL FORCES : 2 Intelligence:3 Precision: 5 CELESTIAL FORCES :2 Will: 6 Perception: 2 Vessel: Human Male/2, Charisma -1 (weird), Role/3 (Taxidermist). Skills: Artistry(Taxidermy)/Mastery, Necromancy/Mastery. Attunement: Sorcery. Rituals: Create zombi, Create Mummy, Fred's Techniques. Discord: Geas/6 (to Lilim of Fate for Sorcery attunement). Special Ritual: Fred's Techniques. This ritual allows the possessor to perform the 'surgery' described above. It costs CD essence, which must come from the zombi being dismembered. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 12:42:53 +1100 From: "james walker" Subject: Subject: IN> Orders from the Lowerarchy....... > From: "Charles Phipps" > Snerk. > > The sad fact is that if the Balseraph proves RIGHT then Saminga is going to > want to have giant plants running down mainstreet new york* devouring > everything. Yes. Won't that be sad. Especially for the poor bozos required to create them. After all, to get giant plants, you need to encourage their growth - what was Saminga's dissonance conditions again? :-)) > > Yes, Laurence will need to break out the MIBS again (Malakim in Black) with > city size mermerizer. well, they need something to stop them getting bored... > Good stuff. > > I liked the characters and the idea behind it. Thanks. > Unfortunately Saminga is going to HATE her reaction to this I think. > > "Oooo movable Compost! THANKS SAMINGA!" [snicker] James. *So THAT'S where the taxi drivers come from! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 12:52:41 +1100 From: "james walker" Subject: IN> LotR meets IN > a Seraph of Yves who dealt with it last time and a > very small furry footed saint..... What a wonderful way to play with the PC's heads. Seraph to Saint: "For the millionth time, I'm sorry! I didn't realise that the Eagles could do the round trip to Orodruin and back with passengers when we set out!" or even - Saint to PC's: "Minas Tirith? We never went there...what? I was on top of a volcano when it blew up, what do you think happened! You mean someone suger-coated the story for the kids?" or best of all - Saint to Seraph: "I went through living hell to protect the Free peoples from Sauron, and the only gratitude the Big Folk show is to wipe the other Free Peoples out. It's time for revenge." James. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 21:55:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Maurice Lane Subject: IN> Larry's Special Swords I have no idea where to pigeonhole this one: call it 'uber-goofy' and move on, I suppose. IOW, this really wasn't meant to be taken seriously - and that includes the names. *Especially* the names. ;) Moe Laurence's /Special/ Swords The Archangel of the Sword is a straightforward sort of Malakite: normally, he doesn't bother with special gimmicks in his weapons. He doesn't need them: his ability to apotheosize any sword merely by touching it, coupled with his indecently high skill, is almost always enough. That being said, Laurence retains various weapons that are dedicated to those rare times when he actually gets to engage Demon Princes in battle. He's aware that he probably won't get to kill any of them until Judgement Day ... but there's no reason why he can't get a good lick or two in before they manage to Run Away. Besides, it's about the only outlet Laurence has for whatever stray impulses for low humor that might crop up from time to time. The other one is, apparently, the names of his swords. He never uses them himself (they were all coined by the more irreverent members of the Host), but he never takes anyone to task for using them in conversation, either. Andrealphus - Called /Not In the Face/ by anyone not within earshot of the Prince of Lust, this sword produces scars that simply cannot be removed from a vessel. Asmodeus - Well, /Enigma/ does *something* to change the Symphony, but Asmodeus still hasn't quite figured out what yet. Surely that much disturbance is diagnostic of something... Baal - As related elsewhere, Baal actually has this particular sword, and Laurence hasn't gotten it back yet. Baal thinks that the situation demonstrates Laurence's essential cowardice. Of course, Laurence thinks that the situation demonstrates Baal's essential inability to take his opponents seriously, so it all works out. Beleth - Ah, /Polyanna/: it sings, you understand. It sings "It's a Small World After All". Over and over and over again, just loud enough to be heard ... and anyone who is in range and who isn't a Superior will end up singing along after a while. Belial - Actually, /Brass Monkey/ is fairly normal - if you discount the fact that it has a perpetual internal temperature of 5 degrees. Kelvin. Haagenti - /Eleven-Foot Pole/ isn't really that long, of course, but it is the longest sword that Laurence has. He actually uses it outside of special occasions, interestingly enough: its ability to produce streams of manna on command is quite useful. It's also quite useful when he's chastising the Prince of Gluttony, of course: Laurence is very fond of poetic justice. Kobal - Originally a Really, Really Tough Pen, /Tickler/ ... well, you get the picture. Kronos - Laurence has never gotten a clear bead on Kronos, mores the pity. Still, /Reorg's/ ability to scramble the text of any book written in Infernal that it touches makes the Prince of Fate turn the most interesting shade of purple, so there are compensations. Lilith - Laurence bears up under the Princess of Freedom's snide commentary about blades and phallic symbols quite well: after all, she's usually doing it while making a high-speed retreat. All it took to make the point was one demonstration of /Amnesty's/ ability to slice away Geas-hooks... Malphas - A baroque weapon, /Exorcist/ is a two-bladed sword on one hilt. The first blade invariably decapitates the human host (or simply cuts it in two): the second instantly heals the damage caused by the first. The net result is a human that has been killed and resurrected in a millisecond ... which is just enough time for Malphas to suffer from Band-dissonance. He gets very annoyed when that happens. Nybbas - One of the two swords that Jean has produced for Laurence by Jean, /Off Switch's/ special effect is simple: successful strikes are accompanied by an electromagnetic pulse that shorts out all electronics within five yards. One Malakite of the Sword swears that she saw a direct hit make the static on Nybbas' glasses flicker for a second. Saminga - Unlike other weapons in Laurence's arsenal, /Elan Vital/ isn't precisely a sword. It's a shinai - you know, one of those bamboo practice weapons - and doesn't do damage. Indeed, it does the opposite: contact with it revitalizes dead flesh, reversing decay. Considering Death's dissonance conditions, this is incredibly rude... which is probably why Laurence accepted the 'weapon' from Mot ... Novalis in the first place. Valefor - Hitting the Prince of Theft is tricky: Laurence can do it, of course, but it's much more fun when he uses /Web-slinger/. Swinging it causes sticky ropes to shoot out along the path, which can gum up anything that they touch. That's nice. The ropes are also impossible to properly get out of clothing and/or hair, which means that Valefor often looks fairly sloppy after a meeting with the Archangel of the Sword. That's nicer. Vapula - The other sword created by Jean, the edge of /Can Opener/ is one long molecule (for those of you who do not read Larry Niven, this means that it can cut through anything). Laurence finds it useful when he needs to cut through the killer death robot coating to get to the creamy Vapulaness inside. The above Malakite of the Sword is also on record as swearing that she was sure that she saw /Can Opener/ cut through the Corporeal Song of Shields. This is untrue. What actually happened was that Laurence simply batted the Shield (and its performer) over a cliff. Such things are possible when you're an Archangel ... and your sword has a core of solid neutronium. ===== Liber Licentiae Moeticae: http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html Last updated 09/28/01(this is usually way out of date) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 01:15:39 -0400 From: "Eric Bertish" Subject: Re: IN> Larry's Special Swords Any plans to do up the Minor Princes? - -- Casca ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 03:32:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Maurice Lane Subject: Re: IN> Larry's Special Swords - --- Eric Bertish wrote: > Any plans to do up the Minor Princes? > > -- Casca Naah. _Them_ he just backhands over the horizon. ;) Moe ===== Liber Licentiae Moeticae: http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html Last updated 09/28/01(this is usually way out of date) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 05:31:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Another zombi for Horror Month. - --- james walker wrote: > Oscar Mayland > Zombi Big Wheel & Vampire Impersonator A zombi who thinks he's a vampire? This has potential... ===== Michael Walton, #9805-068 "The surest way to keep a secret is to make people believe they already know the answer." - -- Fremen saying __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 05:34:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Horror Month - The quest for Genesis [peals of insane laughter] Oh, the trouble I could get into with this! ===== Michael Walton, #9805-068 "The surest way to keep a secret is to make people believe they already know the answer." - -- Fremen saying __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 08:34:57 -0400 From: "Eric Bertish" Subject: Re: IN> Larry's Special Swords > > Any plans to do up the Minor Princes? > > > Naah. _Them_ he just backhands over the horizon. Aww, too bad. Guess that leaves it up to me, then: Fleurity: /Reefer Madness/ was made with help from Cherubim of Flowers and Mercurians of Fire. Each hit causes the the recipient to suffer the painful effects of withdrawl of a drug he has pushed onto others. Furfur: Laurence's contempt for this Prince shows in his choice of weapon: it isn't a sword, you see, but a dagger balanced for throwing. /Go away, kid, ya bother me/ radiates silence for a hundred feet when it's unsheathed and buried in a target. Mammon: /Charity is Better/ is Laurence's answer to Gordon Gekko's "Greed is Good." This rapier was a loaner once used by Marc, until Jason (smith to the Archangels; see http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine/stories/Shoppingtrip.htm) crafted him a proper one. A successful hit converts the damage done into Essence, which is then fed through a reverse Head of a PIN effect. The resulting cash is then donated to a random Christian charity. Magog: Nobody really likes to talk about this one, as it's the only one that required a field trip to gather the necessary ingredients. Laurence traveled to the ruins of Sodom to get the necessary ambience for /Bend Over/ ..... - -- Casca Couldn't think of a good one for Aleamon, sorry. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 05:36:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Iron Rev 4, does anyone care? - --- Maurice Lane wrote: > But I'm not against awards, either. Hmmm. Maybe > Cookies? That way, if you give someone a Cookie, and > then later meet them at a con or something, they can > claim their Cookie and eat it in righteous serenity. > Something like that. I like this idea -- now if I could just get to more cons [sigh]... > Moe "No, you'll just have to guess who's on my A-List > - and I won't confirm in public" Lane Oh, thanks for the tease. [grumble, grumble] ===== Michael Walton, #9805-068 "The surest way to keep a secret is to make people believe they already know the answer." - -- Fremen saying __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 05:38:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Horror Month - Fred's Chop Shop - --- james walker wrote: > "Fred" Eeeeeeeew! ===== Michael Walton, #9805-068 "The surest way to keep a secret is to make people believe they already know the answer." - -- Fremen saying __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 05:44:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Larry's Special Swords You know I'm going to use these, right? ===== Michael Walton, #9805-068 "The surest way to keep a secret is to make people believe they already know the answer." - -- Fremen saying __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 05:50:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Larry's Special Swords - --- Eric Bertish wrote: > Couldn't think of a good one for Aleamon, sorry. That's why I'm here, guys. Alaemon -- this sword is actually two Relics in one. The blade contains a Superior-level Ethereal Song of Tongues; each successful hit extracts a piece of information from the target's mind and sends it to the hilt. The hilt contains a Celestial Song of Tongues addressed directly to Litheroy. The Prince of Secrets absolutely hates /Grapevine/. ===== Michael Walton, #9805-068 "The surest way to keep a secret is to make people believe they already know the answer." - -- Fremen saying __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 10:41:15 -0400 From: "Jeffery Watkins" Subject: Re: IN> Horror Month - The quest for Genesis Very, very nice. You could almost call this the Hunt for the Genesis Couple, with all of the Zombies, sea creatures, subs, and stones involved. With it being so out of human eye sight, would Beleth be able to lend monsterous vessels for the search? Jeffery _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 09:44:54 -0500 From: "Prodigal" Subject: Re: IN> Larry's Special Swords From: "Eric Bertish" > > Couldn't think of a good one for Aleamon, sorry. Whenever /Blabbermouth/ hits a being, it shouts out one of that being's secrets. As a result, the few times Laurence has faced Alaemon, the Prince of Secrets has fled before the Archangel of the Sword could finish drawing it. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 10:21:05 -0500 From: David Edelstein Subject: Re: IN> Iron Rev 4, does anyone care? Michael Walton wrote: > I have no problems with quarterly. It loses some of it's > luster if it's too infrequent, too. I disagree, and think that quarterly will also wind up being too often to keep people enthused. (Each one takes about a month, so it will just be one month on, two months off.) But like I said, anyone can start one anytime they like; no one has any power to limit their frequency. - -David ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 11:28:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Ryan M Roth Subject: IN> RE: Those Garou posts that were here but I deleted... Dominic sat in a small room in the higher reaches of his cathedral. Before him was a large book -- on each page was a complete description of thousands upon thousands of pending cases of Law, both in the mortal realm and in the Heavens. The Archangel sat quietly and was giving each case his full attention and review, which meant that he was turning pages every twenty seconds or so. The Law required that he take his time, you see. His reading was interrupted by the sound of small wings flapping. He turned his attention to an upper window where a large raven had just alighted. "We must talk" said a powerful /voice/, though no words were spoken. "Ah, Jordi. What can I do for the Lord of Beasts? Have you come to offer Confession and seek Absolution?" The voice, while /saying/ nothing, carried several strong notes of utter distain that anyone in the room could hardly fail to notice. "No. A Servitor. Yours. Asking questions. About my Children. My Garou. Threatening them. Their existance. You break your promise." "Ah." spoke the Seraph, seeing the source of Jordi's irritation. "I have already taken care of that. I have directed my Servitor's attention elsewhere." "What was he told?" Sighing, the Seraph elaborated. "Simply that the Garou were the special provice of both yourself and Lady Novalis. Which is perfectly true and all he needs to know. Our agreement regarding them still stands." There was a long silence. "I do not trust. Not you. They are mine. My children. My Watchers. You care not for them. You exiled them. But I will protect. From you. From anyone. Do not threaten again." This was punctuated by the abrupt flight of the raven from the sill. Dominic sighed once again. It was hard for Jordi to understand, he knew. Hard for the Lord of all Animals to except that anyone cared for his charges as much as he did. But Dominic did care, after all; that's why he and Jordi came to an agreement about them. What few in Heaven realized was that there was room in Judgement for both Pity and the possibility of Rehabilitation. And so there was room for these things in Dominic as well. Which is why Dominic still kept tabs on the Grigori, his own and every other Archangels'. Including Jordi's Garou and their kin. Because Dominic was waiting and hoping each new day would be the day that he would be able to mitigate the sentence and allow them to come home. They were exiled together, and therefore none would return until they all could. That was their last request, and he had granted it. Until that day, though, they would remain on Earth. And he would continue to meet with them, every week. To see if they had earned Heaven once again. Speaking of which, Dominic thought, it's time. The Seraph closed his book and transported himself away to the first in a long line of meetings with the Eighth Choir. ------------------------------ End of in_nomine-digest V1 #2400 ********************************