in_nomine-digest Sunday, February 24 2002 Volume 01 : Number 2556 In this digest: IN> Ozma/uriel IN> Creationers in Service to Destiny IN> Harnessing Lightning IN> Superior Victory: Vapula (Steampunk) IN> Not the vision I had of Kronos... IN> Fighting skill. Re: IN> Fighting skill. Re: IN> Fighting skill. Re: IN> Creationers in Service to Destiny Re: IN> Fighting skill. Re: IN> Harnessing Lightning ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 18:41:52 -0500 From: "Charles Phipps" Subject: IN> Ozma/uriel I created Uriel as Ozma and I must admit this is entirely very funny coincidence. However in situations like this you just want to reach out and hug the Archangel of Purity. *hug* "Sorry about the organized genocide? Tea?" - -Charlemagne _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 16:29:35 -0800 From: Vaughn Romero Subject: IN> Creationers in Service to Destiny I just noticed that Superiors 3 has no "Creationers in Service to Destiny" or equivalent section. Was such a section ever written and perhaps omitted for space considerations? I am trying to make a reasonable Seraph of Creation in Service in to Destiny and would appreciate any advice that's out there. I have the basics down: * Lying bad * Fate bad * No dissonance conditions good * "Anyone seen that copy of the Kama Sutra?" * "Hey! No Creationer rites in the Library!" * Seraph of Creation resonance + Seraph of Destiny resonance = true name of talented folks who just might need some help with Destiny. Are there any other key concepts I should be aware of when playing this particular blend of celestial? - --Vaughn - - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - This is not the sig you're looking for. Move along, move along... ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 20:16:02 -0800 (PST) From: Jennifer Shih Subject: IN> Harnessing Lightning I was browsing rec.games.frp.gurps and I came across a thread with the subject line "Harnessing Lightning". My first reaction was: "Jean in Bondage" My brain hurts... Make it stop... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 06:36:37 +0000 From: "Jonathan Walton" Subject: IN> Superior Victory: Vapula (Steampunk) So, now that my Steampunk In Nomine PBeM, "Deus Ex Machina", has folded after 18 months of fine gaming, I'm free to show the cards that I was holding, including a Superior Victory by everyone favorite Habbalite Prince. The writeup below isn't complete, since it will now probably never see the light of day (at least not in a PBeM), but it's still fun anyway. This version of Vapula comes from my alternate Steampunk timeline, where it was Jean and not Raphael who sacrificed himself to destroy Legion. Without Jean to try to circumvent Vapula's meteoric rise to power... Well, things aren't pretty. And, yes, the sidebox at the bottom is revenge for that Janus-Valefor stunt Moe pulled in "Tattered." Payback, as they say, is a Habbalite (more specifically, the Habbalite "Angel" of B****es, but she's an NPC for another day...). - ----- VAPULA REX Lord Protector of the Lower Hells Exalted Prince of Technology "The world is a flawed reflection of God. He, in turn, has charged us with the great purpose of studying Creation and then improving upon it, until it attains true perfection and divinity. As we were made in the image of God, so must we remake the world in our own." Vapula claims to have once been an Elohite of Knowledge, included among the scores of Raphaelites who assisted Jean's remaining servitors in the Halls of Progress, following the untimely death of the Archangel of Lightning. According to the Technologist's own account, Vapula grew dissatisfied with restricting the development of science on the Corporeal plane and left, taking with him plans stolen from Jean's archive of future technologies. The Elohite then Fell shortly thereafter. Just how or why, Vapula hasn't quite explained, but he seems to imply that objectivity just didn't suit him. Some point out that the mishandling of information from the Halls could have led to dissonance. Others argue that Raphael's conditions, which were much more lax than Jean's, are what allowed Vapula to get away scott free. In any event, it is known that Vapula showed up in the Lower Hells with the design for a steam engine. Impressing Lucifer, the Habbalite became the Demon of Engines and quickly rose to become an independent power in Hell, something almost unheard of. In fact, so fast did Vapula's power and significance increase, as his designs and devices began to be smuggled to earth, that the Lightbringer, mere centuries later, was almost forced to promote the Habbalite to Prince of Technology and give Vapula his own domain in Tartarus. However, the Technologist's star had not yet reached its apex. In the decades that followed, Vapula's science flourished, free from significant opposition, since the remains of Lightning's organization couldn't compete with Hell's newest power. Additionally, though his Word now encompassed a much wider spectrum, Vapula continued to retain a fondness for Engines. The new technologies that received the most fervent support from the Prince were almost always mechanical instead of electrical, perhaps an effort of Vapula's to destroy Jean's legacy once and for all. Still, this self-restriction did not hamper the Prince of Technology's almost-overnight ascension to become the most powerful being in the Symphony, even (arguably) surpassing Lucifer himself. Everyone waited in expectation for the Lightbringer to put the young upstart in his place, but Lucifer did nothing. In fact, after decades of increasing his power base, even Vapula himself was surprised at the First Balseraph's inaction and silence, so the Habbalite Prince decided to pay the Dark Lord a visit. Lucifer wasn't home. In fact, from the look of things in the Lower Hells, the Lightbringer had been out for a long time, perhaps even as much as a century. My, what a coincidence! What could the reigning Prince do but temporarily take over the Lightbringer's domain, protecting it from outside incursions until the Dark Lord's return? To do otherwise would not befit Vapula's own code of conduct or his honor as a gentleman, and the Technologist would rather be Force-stripped than disappoint Lucifer. Certainly, Vapula has nothing but the Lightbringer's best interests in mind, declaring himself Lord Protector of the Lower Hells and setting up shop in the deepest, most secluded nethers of the Celestial plane. After all, it's not as if Vapula has enemies... Tattered Fragments of the Past Puzzlingly enough, there is no record in the Library of there ever being an Elohite named "Vapula." Nor is there anyone who remembers a Celestial that in any way resembles the current Prince of Technology. You'd think too that Raphael would recall if one of her former servitors became a Demon Prince. Additionally, Jean's collection of information about steam engines, which Vapula claims to have stolen right before his Fall, is complete and always seems to have been that way. There are further holes in the Technologist's account of his own past. First, the Halls of Progress did fall into serious disarray after Jean's death, but, even in the first few chaotic decades (when Raphael tried a hand at taking over Jean's responsibilities), there is no way that a non-authorized angel would have been allowed anywhere near the Archive of Future Technologies. 99% of Lightning's servitors never gain clearance to step foot in that building and a squad of Jean's best Malakim guard the entrance, screening workers for the smallest inkling of dishonor. Valefor could have stolen the plans, possibly, but Vapula? It seems unlikely. So how did Vapula do it, showing up at Lucifer's doorstep with the design for a steam engine, much like Valefor did with the unwritten book of Nostradamus? If the Technologist never, in fact, worked in the Halls of Progress, just how did he manage to get secrets of future SCIENCE! to wave in front of the Lightbringer's face? And why does Vapula claim so emphatically to have once been an Elohite of Knowledge? Ask Moe. He'll laugh. - ----- Later. Jonathan _________________________________________________________________ Join the world s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 08:44:21 -0800 From: Vaughn Romero Subject: IN> Not the vision I had of Kronos... I believe Dark Humor got a hold of the Dilbert strip this Sunday. Follow the link below to see: * The pink underoos * The pink jester's hat * The "fear-inspiring" insignia of a pocket watch * The sissy scepter of time http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/archive/ Remember, you'll want to select the Sunday comic. - --Vaughn - - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - This is not the sig you're looking for. Move along, move along... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 08:27:22 +1300 From: Justin Elliott Subject: IN> Fighting skill. Hi all. A simple question: My reading of the fighting skill infers that a celestial can substitute Will for the required attribute when fighting in the 'real world'. Is the same true when in the Etheral Realms? Justin. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:42:02 -0500 From: "S.D." Subject: Re: IN> Fighting skill. >A simple question: > >My reading of the fighting skill infers that a celestial can >substitute Will for the required attribute when fighting in the 'real >world'. Is the same true when in the Etheral Realms? I don't have the book with me, but IIRC the rule is that the required attribute changes depending on plane or current status, not that one can be substituted. Corporeal - Strength is Corporeal - based on Strength Ethereal - [can't remember which you use...Precision?] is Ethereal - based on [whichever] Celestial - Will is Celestial - based on Will So if you're in celestial form on Earth, use Will. If you're in Vessel, use Strength. Etc. ~S.D. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 12:47:13 -0800 From: "Bevan Thomas" Subject: Re: IN> Fighting skill. >Ethereal - [can't remember which you use...Precision?] is Ethereal - based >on [whichever] Wouldn't it be Intelligence? That's the dominant attribute for the Ethereal realm, and the one used to produce Ethereal hit points (such as Strength does for Corporeal and Will for Celestial. - -Bevan - ------- "We've always been under siege. The 'Real World' keeps shoving us into corners -- so we've built some worlds of our own. Now whoever's controlling this... wants to take those worlds away. Well, I call that interplanetary war." -T. Campbell, "Fans: the Fandom Menace" _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 16:09:32 -0500 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Re: IN> Creationers in Service to Destiny At 4:29 PM -0800 2/23/02, Vaughn Romero wrote: >I just noticed that Superiors 3 has no "Creationers in Service to Destiny" >or equivalent section. Was such a section ever written and perhaps omitted >for space considerations? *mutter* Dunno. I didn't do the edit. *mutter* >I am trying to make a reasonable Seraph of Creation in Service in to Destiny >and would appreciate any advice that's out there. > >I have the basics down: [snip] >Are there any other key concepts I should be aware of when playing this >particular blend of celestial? I think you have the key concepts down, yup! - --emccoy@nh.ultranet.com // arcangel@io.com In Nomine Line Editor RPG links; Random name list, Art: http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 16:15:59 -0500 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Re: IN> Fighting skill. At 2:42 PM -0500 2/24/02, S.D. wrote: [...] >So if you're in celestial form on Earth, use Will. If you're in Vessel, use >Strength. Etc. Exactly. - --Elizabeth McCoy, In Nomine Line Editor (arcangel@io.com) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 19:17:51 -0500 (EST) From: jamoge@wm.edu Subject: Re: IN> Harnessing Lightning Quoting Jennifer Shih : > I was browsing rec.games.frp.gurps and I came > across a > thread with the subject line "Harnessing > Lightning". > > My first reaction was: "Jean in Bondage" > > My brain hurts... Make it stop... snip "The sexual practise you refer to as the 'bdsm' fetish is obviously a reversion of the human psyche to earlier time in the mortal life when an authority figure could a physical threat of power over the individual. That said, tighter please." May your brain hurt evermore for that mental image... And to bring it to a list for people with an above- average imagination... Josh ------------------------------ End of in_nomine-digest V1 #2556 ********************************