in_nomine-digest Thursday, March 7 2002 Volume 01 : Number 2564 In this digest: Re: IN> The Decimated (crossposted to Pyramid) Re: IN> The Decimated (crossposted to Pyramid) Re: IN> The Angel of Broken Hearts... Re: IN> The Angel of Broken Hearts... Re: IN> Singing!! IN> Demon of Conspiracy Theories Re: IN> Demon of Conspiracy Theories Re: IN> Demon of Conspiracy Theories Re: IN> Demon of Conspiracy Theories ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 23:30:37 -0800 From: "Brian Rogers" Subject: Re: IN> The Decimated (crossposted to Pyramid) Um, I don't think I ever got the "Decimated" post. I'm getting all these glowing replies to it, which is making me curious as hell! Does anyone have a copy they can send me? Brian - -----Original Message----- From: "Janet Anderson" Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 03:30:53 +0000 To: in_nomine-l@lists.io.com Subject: Re: IN> The Decimated (crossposted to Pyramid) > You're right. That's really creepy. > > And it reminds one of the basic fact about Lucifer, so obvious that it gets > lost, like the forest for the trees. He's a Balseraph. Balseraphs lie. > Balseraphs also believe their own lies. Lucifer, being the father of all > Balseraphs, does this better than anyone else. His self-deception is so > complete and powerful that not only is all Hell lost in it, but he himself > is lost more deeply in it than any or all of them. (Or as Milton said, he > himself is Hell.) > > There's an excellent short story by Russell Kirk, called "Balgrummo's Hell," > which is based on the above Milton quote. In IN terms, you could say the > title character single-handedly managed to produce a Tether to Saminga ... > but he's now trapped in the moment that he did it (or reliving it over and > over; it's not exactly clear which). > > > Janet Anderson > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > - -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 14:36:18 +0000 From: "Janet Anderson" Subject: Re: IN> The Decimated (crossposted to Pyramid) Done. (Moe has his own folder in my archive account.) Janet Anderson >From: "Brian Rogers" >Reply-To: in_nomine-l@lists.io.com >To: in_nomine-l@lists.io.com >Subject: Re: IN> The Decimated (crossposted to Pyramid) >Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 23:30:37 -0800 > >Um, I don't think I ever got the "Decimated" post. I'm getting all these >glowing replies to it, which is making me curious as hell! Does anyone have >a copy they can send me? > >Brian > _________________________________________________________________ Join the world s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 12:50:47 -0600 From: "Prodigal" Subject: Re: IN> The Angel of Broken Hearts... From: "Maurice Lane" > > Also, unlike my normal habit this one's name isn't a > pun, or anything: just... somebody I knew, once. A > long time ago. Sounds like a hel of a story behind this one. Good work, especially in giving us another possible motivation for why an angel would have fallen into Lucifer's ranks. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 12:26:59 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> The Angel of Broken Hearts... This is _good_. Makes me wish there really was such an angel. ===== Michael Walton, #US2002023848 "The other beattitude that's not in the book is this: 'Blessed are those who are pleasant to live with.'" - -- Rev. Claudette Copeland __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:29:52 -0500 From: "Eric Bertish" Subject: Re: IN> Singing!! > Now, isn't THAT an exquisitely crue... excuse me, I > meant to say, "interesting" ... thing to do to one's > players? No. An exquisitely cruel thing to do to one's players is to set "Stayin' Alive" on infinite repeat while the party is under the effects of a Crown of Joy. >:) Besides, some people *like* to sing. There are two members of your game who are in their church choir, after all. - -- Casca "Many people hear voices when no-one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing." --Margaret Chittenden, writer ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 21:54:45 -0800 (PST) From: Maurice Lane Subject: IN> Demon of Conspiracy Theories ...needs something, though. Dunno what. Moe Reivtip Impudite Baron of the Vault Demon of Conspiracy Theories Corporeal Forces: 3 Strength: 4 Agility: 8 Ethereal Forces: 5 Intelligence:10 Precision: 10 Celestial Forces: 6 Will: 12 Perception: 12 Word Forces: 5 Vessel: human male/3, Charisma +2 Skills: Computer Operation/1, Dodge/3, Emote/5, Knowledge (Psychology/3, Conspiracy Theories/6), Lying/6, Move Silently/6, Ranged Weapon/3 (pistol), Savoir-Faire/3, Seduction/1 Songs: Deception (All/3), Oblivion (All/3), Seals (All/3), Shields (All/3), Tongues (All/4) Attunements: Impudite of Secrets, Impudite of Factions, Lucifer's Document Shredder, Seal of the Confessional, Baron of the Vault, Demon of Conspiracy Theories Demon of Conspiracy Theories: Please note that the Word is "Conspiracy Theories", not "Conspiracies". Reivtip's genius is for confusing those who quest for the Truth: on a successful Perception roll he can determine which conspiracy theory will most appeal to a particular human. From there, it's merely a matter of proper packaging. Rites: Create a new conspiracy theory. Considering the number of mutually contradictory stories surrounding Reitvip, others are surprised that the demon is not a Balseraph. Assuming, of course, that he secretly isn't one - or else a Habbalite, or perhaps a shell for Alaemon himself (or some other Prince, or maybe even someone from the Other Side)... Whoever - or whatever - he is, Reitvip is certainly a player. His particular methodology of combating Revelations seems a bit odd, for Servitors of Secrets: instead of denying others access to the Truth, he shoves it down their collective throats. Unfortunately, he usually first makes sure that said Truth is first chopped up and mixed with a liberal helping of lies, half-truths, wild surmises, misunderstandings and complete irrelevancies. It seems to work out about the same, in the end. The reason why he's a danger beyond his ostensible power level is because Reitvip is so damned good at his job. The Impudite can take three unrelated facts, two false analogies and one reducto ad absurdium and turn the whole thing into a frighteningly plausible theory - and he never, ever stops. He knows all the right places to plant his malignant seeds, too. Forget the Internet: Reitvip does his best work among people too paranoid to go online. Not that the Impudite disdains modern computer culture... but he was a force before it arose, and he fully intends to remain a force after it goes away. As for his personality... well, it's about what you expect from an entity that finds spreading confusion and doubt to be as easy as breathing, and a good deal more fun. The Impudite would make a wonderful Servitor of Factions (presuming that he really isn't one, of course), as he combines a twisted enjoyment of obfuscation for its own sake with a complete inability to accept that anyone else out there really matters. He's also a vindictive son of a bitch: those who cross him seem to have an uncanny tendency to show up later in various Game investigations as hidden co-conspirators of one nefarious plot or another. Reitvip still has quite enough enemies out there to justify a galloping case of paranoia - not that he does, of course. To him, paranoia is something that happens to other people. ===== Liber Licentiae Moeticae: http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html Last updated 02/24/02(this is usually way out of date) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 23:12:32 -0700 From: Timothy Groth Subject: Re: IN> Demon of Conspiracy Theories >...needs something, though. Dunno what. A role as a writer working out of Chicago who has a weekly column in a game company's magazine presenting lunatic theories as mere entertaining fictions. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 02:07:17 -0500 From: "Steven E. Ehrbar" Subject: Re: IN> Demon of Conspiracy Theories Timothy Groth wrote: >> ...needs something, though. Dunno what. > > > A role as a writer working out of Chicago who has a weekly column in a > game company's magazine presenting lunatic theories as mere > entertaining fictions. After all, as long as you're coming up with the theories to generate Essence, you might as well sell them, too . . . ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 08:32:15 -0500 From: Cameron McCurry Subject: Re: IN> Demon of Conspiracy Theories > ...needs something, though. Dunno what. Maybe a Soldier to help him out? http://www.plif.com/archive/wc055.gif ------------------------------ End of in_nomine-digest V1 #2564 ********************************