in_nomine-digest Friday, July 12 2002 Volume 01 : Number 2703 In this digest: RE: IN> Exciting New Contest! Re: IN> Exciting New Contest! Re: IN> Exciting New Contest! Re: IN> Exciting New Contest! Re: IN> Exciting New Contest! Re: IN> Exciting New Contest! Re: IN> Exciting New Contest! IN> Things what go Boom Re: IN> Cherub Dissonance IN>Another one joins the ranks Re: IN>Another one joins the ranks Re: IN>Another one joins the ranks (List = Legion?) IN> Cocorians (new minor Choir) Re: IN> Cocorians (new minor Choir) Re: IN> Cocorians (new minor Choir) Re: IN> Cocorians (new minor Choir) Re: IN>Another one joins the ranks (List = Legion?) Re: IN>Another one joins the ranks (List = Legion?) Re: IN> Cocorians (new minor Choir) Re: IN> Cocorians (new minor Choir) Re: IN> Cocorians (new minor Choir) Re: IN>Another one joins the ranks (List = Legion?) Re: IN> Cocorians (new minor Choir) Re: IN>Another one joins the ranks (List = Legion?) Re: IN> Cocorians (new minor Choir) Re: IN>Another one joins the ranks (List = Legion?) Re: IN>Another one joins the ranks (List = Legion?) IN>Archangel of the Holy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 06:08:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: RE: IN> Exciting New Contest! I really like the Shedite of Speed Attunement. That's choice. ===== Michael Walton, #US2002023848 "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." -- Frank Zappa __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:58:48 -0400 From: "Eric Bertish" Subject: Re: IN> Exciting New Contest! > That in itself won't blow them up. C4 is pretty stable stuff. Very stable. If you set it on fire, it burns like sterno. ... what? Why is everyone looking at me like that? - -- Casca ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 08:00:24 -0700 (PDT) From: W S Subject: Re: IN> Exciting New Contest! Omni, the Balseraph Demon Prince of Anthropomorphic Personification "The World is many things to many people- and many people to many things." It seemed like such a good idea at the time, really. Omni was a minor little Balseraph of Dark Humor, trapped in the darkness of Hell after the First Fall. Hundreds of years, trapped with no one but demonlings to practice his art on, and bored out of his mind. One night, over cards and Essence, struck a bet or deal with some of his fellows of Dark Humor and Lust- a bet that had seemed harmless enough. If any of them, somehow, made it to Prince then the others would jump ship to him. Further, they would only mutually help one another to aquire words and the political power needed to make the jump to Princedom. No one was really taking it seriously. Except Omni. Balseraphs, of course, never lie. And when he made that bet he meant it with all his heart. And so, for the next hundred years, Omni began working hard. When loosed on Earth, he showed an especial adeptness at foiling the Destinies of humanity, foiling Yves' early efforts and educating humanity with minor twists and sophistries, while encouraging frustratingly anti-Destiny philosophies to grow. In due time, without yet being destroyed, he was granted a Word- that of Sophistry, in reward for his greatest achievment, the sophists of Greece. He showed no sign of slowing and- much to Kobal's disgust -ran off to Kronos with the dark Prince of Fate's crowning. Kronos rewarded him with the Dominator's ability to posses people, staging elaborate arguments for both sides of an issue against himself purely to convince others, and much more steadily tricking humanity into accepting it's Fate. There was still that bet. And Omni simply kept growing. In time, he was promoted to the Demon of Philosophy. And then, when asked for a further reward, some quirk of his old master made him smile. "Anthropomorphic Personification, please." Kronos blinked, and shrugged. If Lucifier didn't destroy the Balseraph over such a silly Word, it was no concern of his. And Lucifier didn't. The First Balseraph instead smiled and granted the word- and Omni's Princedom. Much like Baal's Word, Omni's is much more focused on the Celestial realm than most others. he draws strength from humanity's tendency to project animistic thoughts into objects- any Ethereal in existance provides him with some power. Much to the dismay of the Wordbound, however, he also can use his Word to influence the actions /of/ such Personifications, and any new Wordbound, angelic or demonic, strengthens his purpose- and more and more newly Wordbound are falling under his pervue because of such, giving him relativly small ranks of unusally diverse and powerful servitors. He is also still deeply interested in human philosophy- nilhism is his current favorite, although he was seen reading some essays on cybernetics recently... - --- Band Attunements: Balseraphs of AP (REstricted): A Balseraph of AP may fake the Symphony into thinking they have a Word when they don't. At creation, they choose a 'Word'. They gain no Word Forces, nor any attunements. What they do get, however, is the ability to learn Rites for that Word. Djinn of AP (Partially restricted): The Djinn of AP are consumate trackers of the Wordbound- when they attune themself to any Wordbound Celestial with an automatic CD of 6. (Use the Celestial Song of Attraction) Calabim of AP (Restricted): The Destroyers of Personification are little seen and rarely used- Omni doesn't care much for their blunt force. However, their Prince's interest in nilhism has rubbed off on them- when they use their Resonance and destroy something, it simply vanishes from existance without a sound. Habbalah of AP: Philosophers of human and angelic nature, Habbalah are the original Sophists, and Omni loves them dearly- almost as deeply as Heaven fears them. If an angel willingly engages a Habbalah of AP in a philosophical debate (contested Philosophy rolls) which the Punisher wins, the angel gains a point of dissonance as they begin to doubt what they believe in. Lilim of AP (Restricted): Temptation incarnate, there are suprisingly few Lilim working for Omni. However, those he has are capable of telling either what Word a celestial most desires, or how a Wordbound wishes to best serve his Word, as a normal resonance check. Fulfiling either gives a Geas/6 hook. Sheddim of AP: The Corrupters of AP have a special love for tainting wishes and desires, twisting a projected emotion into something... rather off. They can possess any physical object which a human sincerly believes is something more than it seems indefinitly, and speaking as if with the Ethereal Song of Tongues to the believing human at any time. Impudites of AP: People demons to the end, Omni's Takers are the special friends of children everywhere. They can freely change their vessel's appearance to match any other well known anthropomorphic personification- Santa, Peter Cottontail, Briar Rabbit, the Tooth Fairy... - --- Word Attunments Personfication: This attunment may be chosen multiple times. Each time it is taken, the demon becomes capable of, for until sunset the next day, completely personifying a given skill- becoming an incomprehensible master of it -by spending two Essence. They have an effective skill of 12 while this attunment is active, and simply faily (not catastrophically) on a Divine Intervention. Further, their physical appearance alters slightly while Personfication is active- a demon Personifying Computer skill would grow somewhat nerdy, while one personfying martial prowess would grow larger and more threatening. Additional Word: Omni, alone among Princes, can bind his servitors to another Prince's Word- with or without that Prince's consent. Although doing so against said Prince's will tends to quickly result in a dead Servitor, it's sometimes amusing enough to be worth it. A demon attuned to another word may buy any of that Princes Band or Word attunments as if they were Omni's. - --- Rites: (Select 2 other Word's rite): +1 Engaging in phiosophical debate for three hours: +1 (+3 if it's with an angel and the demon wins) - --- Base Chance of Invocation: 1 Modifiers A letter to Santa: +1 A treastie on Omni's current philosophical taste: +2 ...that he's never read or heard: +3 An Ethereal: +4 A Wordbound Celestial: +5 A manifestation of God or Lucifier: +6 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:52:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Exciting New Contest! - --- Eric Bertish wrote: > Very stable. If you set it on fire, it burns like sterno. Unless you step on it -- it takes heat _and_ pressure to set off C4. I know a former Marine who swears that you can actually cook with the stuff. Just don't stomp out the fire. OTOH, C4 detonates most enthusiastically if you put electricity to it. So if a demon of Exploding Animals feeds a critter C4 and then electrocutes the beast, well... ===== Michael Walton, #US2002023848 "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." -- Frank Zappa __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 10:01:01 -0700 From: Cameron McCurry Subject: Re: IN> Exciting New Contest! >>So if a demon of Exploding Animals feeds a critter C4 and then electrocutes the beast, well... Getting back to what started this tangent... Feeding an animal C4 wouldn't cause it to blow up and further the demon's Word. So as a Rite it needs some minor tweaking. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 10:03:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Exciting New Contest! - --- W S wrote: > Omni, the Balseraph Demon Prince of Anthropomorphic > Personification Yikes! I'm glad that the goal of the contest was to be over the top. The AP Band Attunements are ugly. Especially... > Additional Word: Omni, alone among Princes, can bind > his servitors to another Prince's Word- with or > without that Prince's consent. Although doing so > against said Prince's will tends to quickly result in > a dead Servitor, it's sometimes amusing enough to be > worth it. A demon attuned to another word may buy any > of that Princes Band or Word attunments as if they > were Omni's. No way would I allow this in a game. A brief description of this could appear in the Gamers' Dictionary next to the entry for "unbalancing." ===== Michael Walton, #US2002023848 "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." -- Frank Zappa __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 10:14:35 -0700 (PDT) From: W S Subject: Re: IN> Exciting New Contest! - --- Michael Walton wrote: > --- W S wrote: > > Omni, the Balseraph Demon Prince of > Anthropomorphic > > Personification > > Yikes! I'm glad that the goal of the contest was > to be > over the top. The AP Band Attunements are ugly. > Especially... Yeah. I'd never allow Omni in one of my games, either. He's an old idea I had after reading a lot of Sandman- what if there was a personfication of the concept of an abstract concept as a personification.... and then my head hurt and my eyes went all crossed. Along the same lines, and not to be posted, is Litra, the Seraphim Archangel of Words. :) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:40:40 -0400 From: "Eric Bertish" Subject: IN> Things what go Boom > Unless you step on it -- it takes heat _and_ pressure to > set off C4. I know a former Marine who swears that you can > actually cook with the stuff. Hence the comment about sterno. Combat engineers in Vietnam did, indeed, use C-4 in their cookfires. > Just don't stomp out the fire. I believe they smothered it with sand. > OTOH, C4 detonates most enthusiastically if you put > electricity to it. And not much electricity, if I recall correctly. Claymore mines, which have a C-4 backing to propel the buckshot, are triggered by little palm-sized click boxes. So imagin a hand-powerd flashlight and you've got enough juice. I hear tell (and this is only hearsay, I hasten to add) that a good enough jolt of static electricity will explode them. Don't shuffle your feet in the armory. ;) - -- Casca, surely getting Essence from Michael for this ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 14:47:47 -0400 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Re: IN> Cherub Dissonance At 2:03 PM +1200 7/12/02, Terry Jackson wrote: >What are the exact Dissonance conditions for a Cherub. > >The APG mentions devotion where the core rules doesn't. The core rules have devotion, honest. See p. 95, Dissonance, last sentence on the page. - --Beth, arcangel@io.com / archangel@sjgames.com In Nomine Line Editor http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:40:52 +0000 From: "Sarah Brown" Subject: IN>Another one joins the ranks Hey there everyone! I just joined the list. Long story short, I started with GURPS, loved roleplaying, and have always been fascinated with the idea of a battle between Heaven and Hell, and wished for some official system or something. I saw In Nomine, and died of joy, found the list after a while, and finally have got around to joining. I just want to thank and show apreciation to everyone who made the universe, and comment on how much I enjoy it. I haven't roleplayed with it yet... but hope to someday very soon. I hope I didn't use HTML in this or something else forbidden... By the way, I see a contest for Superiors is up, may I ask the rules? I've made like a bajillion Superiors in my spare time waiting for a job and such, and would like to join in for some critiquing from you guys. And Moe, I've read your work up and down and admire your great creative streak ^_^ thanks everyone. Hope this message comes through right. I've never been on a list before. (Sirea, who doesn't know what Choir/Band she is yet) _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 14:45:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN>Another one joins the ranks - --- Sarah Brown wrote: > I haven't roleplayed with it yet... but hope to > someday very soon. You wouldn't be in South Texas (San Antonio/Austin area), by any chance? I'd love to start my campaign up again -- it sucks when your player base is largely military [sigh]. > By the way, I see a contest for Superiors is up, may I > ask the rules? Something over the top that you normally wouldn't consider posting because it's a) too wierd, or b) too cheesy. Other than that... rules? We don' need no steenkin' rules! > (Sirea, who doesn't know what Choir/Band she is yet) Ah, a Reliever! Stick with us, kid, we'll have you Fledged in no time! ===== Michael Walton, #US2002023848 "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." -- Frank Zappa __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 22:04:49 +0000 From: "Sirea Theyal" Subject: Re: IN>Another one joins the ranks (List = Legion?) >From: Michael Walton >Reply-To: in_nomine-l@lists.io.com >To: in_nomine-l@lists.io.com >Subject: Re: IN>Another one joins the ranks >Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 14:45:07 -0700 (PDT) > >--- Sarah Brown wrote: > > I haven't roleplayed with it yet... but hope to > > someday very soon. > > You wouldn't be in South Texas (San Antonio/Austin area), >by any chance? I'd love to start my campaign up again -- >it sucks when your player base is largely military [sigh]. Well... can't help you there, sorry ;-; I live in the roleplayer-barren Massachsetts. I go to college in the Fall, so maybe I'll see some roleplayers there... hopefully... > > > By the way, I see a contest for Superiors is up, may I > > ask the rules? > > Something over the top that you normally wouldn't >consider posting because it's a) too wierd, or b) too >cheesy. Other than that... rules? We don' need no >steenkin' rules! Heh... darn. I don't have any really over the top kinds finished. All I have is an Archangel of the Rain, an Archangel of the Holy, a Demon Princess of Destruction, and one Demon Prince of Sorcery... Although I could whip up that wacky DP of Time I had if I can force myself to finish him... or maybe that DP of Pride who thinks he's Lucifer incarnate. (Yeah, if you can't tell, I have WAY too much time on my hands as of late...) > > > (Sirea, who doesn't know what Choir/Band she is yet) > > Ah, a Reliever! Stick with us, kid, we'll have you >Fledged in no time! I was always thinking of being a Grigori, but those Triads keep giving me dirty looks... o_o; _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 20:01:38 -0400 From: EDG Subject: IN> Cocorians (new minor Choir) Cocorians are a minor Choir espoused by Jean: or, rather, Jeanites; while, as an Elohite, Jeasn has no particular distaste for them, he disavows all complicity in their creation. He also disavows a liking for the baked goods that Cocorians are given to make: the fudges - the delicious chocolate-coffee cookies - the creamy, foamy cocoa that seems at once as thick as molasses and as ephemeral as filo, that melts in your mouth and sends shivers down your spine . . . Right. RESONANCE Created by combining a Brownie (cf.) with Jean's Special Blend (cf.), Cocorians have a threefold resonance that relates to both coffee and chocolate. They are typically good bakers, but their resonance aids them when crafting foods made with coffee or chocolate; they can detect coffee or chocolate in their vicinity; and, they can detect how much a person likes chocolate or coffee. DISSONANCE The coffee is the life. To go a day without a cup of Jean's Special Blend is dissonant for these angels. Oddly, they are forbidden from harming their other creative element: destroying a Brownie for its Essence causes dissonance equal to the amount of Essence gained. MANNER AND APPEARANCE In their celestial forms, Cocorians resemble nothing so much as animate, anthropomorphic, scaled-up brownies. Roughly one and a half to two feet tall, they retain the basic rectangular brownie shape and the dark chocolate color (though occasionally a Blondie is encountered), but have powerful arms and legs, a fully-articulated and nearly human face (near the top of their rectangular bodies), and a pair of brown or black feathered wings. When Cocorians are allowed to visit Earth, their vessels tend to be rather large and burly, and regardless of skin color, their hair is *always* dark brown or black. In the Symphony of life, Cocorians consider themselves the refreshment stand. GAME MECHANICS The resonance of the Cocorians has three parts: - - A Cocorian adds the check digit of a successful resonance roll to any attempt to prepare a recipe containing coffee or chocolate. The bonus is doubled if the recipe contains both coffee *and* chocolate. - - A Cocorian can detect chocolate or coffee, in any form and with pinpoint accuracy, within a number of yards equal to 10 times the check digit of a successful Resonance roll. - - A Cocorian can, with a glance and a successful Resonance check, determine the degree to which someone likes or dislikes chocolate or coffee, according to the following table: 1: You can sense whether or not a person likes chocolate *or* coffee. 2: You can sense whether or not a person likes chocolate *and* coffee. 3: You can sense how much the person likes or dislikes chocolate *or* coffee. 4: You can sense how much the person likes or dislikes chocolate *and* coffee. 5: You can sense all that, and how the person would react to being offered chocolate and/or coffee *right now*. 6: You can sense all that, how the person would react in general to any one recipe containing chocolate and/or coffee. As a side note, a check digit of 3 or higher will also detect an allergy to chocolate or coffee. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 17:07:19 -0700 From: Kish Subject: Re: IN> Cocorians (new minor Choir) EDG wrote: > > - A Cocorian can, with a glance and a successful Resonance check, determine > the degree to which someone likes or dislikes chocolate or coffee, > according to the following table: > > 1: You can sense whether or not a person likes chocolate *or* coffee. > 2: You can sense whether or not a person likes chocolate *and* coffee. > 3: You can sense how much the person likes or dislikes chocolate *or* coffee. Speaking as someone who likes chocolate quite a bit and hates coffee...who decides which is detected? The GM? The angel? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 20:57:30 -0400 From: "Eric Bertish" Subject: Re: IN> Cocorians (new minor Choir) Next time Moe or Cam or whoever runs a pick-up IN game, I'm gonna play one of these. Just for the WTF value. ;) But the Choir attunements, man! Where are the Choir attunements??? - -- 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: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 21:01:06 -0400 From: EDG Subject: Re: IN> Cocorians (new minor Choir) At 05:07 PM 7/12/02 -0700, you wrote: >Speaking as someone who likes chocolate quite a bit and hates >coffee...who decides which is detected? The GM? The angel? The player can specify; if he doesn't, the GM gets to decide. :) IIRC, this is like a Malakite's "noblest *or* ignoblest" clause. - -EDG ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:12:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Jennifer Shih Subject: Re: IN>Another one joins the ranks (List = Legion?) - --- Sirea Theyal wrote: > Well... can't help you there, sorry ;-; I live in > the roleplayer-barren > Massachsetts. I go to college in the Fall, so maybe > I'll see some > roleplayers there... hopefully... The "roleplayer-barren Massachusetts"?? This must be a different Massachusetts from the roleplayer-infested hotbed of gaming that I call home. You far from Boston or something? Jennifer __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 21:39:35 -0400 From: "Eric Bertish" Subject: Re: IN>Another one joins the ranks (List = Legion?) > an Archangel of the Holy, Ooh, I like this. Please post this one. > > > (Sirea, who doesn't know what Choir/Band she is yet) > > > > Ah, a Reliever! Stick with us, kid, we'll have you > >Fledged in no time! > > I was always thinking of being a Grigori, but those Triads keep giving me > dirty looks... o_o; Just be warned there are FAR too many Lilim on the list, and at least one of them (Beth) can detect Needs through email. - -- Casca, who in point of fact happens to be a Malakite, and has the tattoo to prove it "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: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 22:06:52 -0400 From: EDG Subject: Re: IN> Cocorians (new minor Choir) At 08:57 PM 7/12/02 -0400, you wrote: >But the Choir attunements, man! Where are the Choir attunements??? Cocorim (an alternate of Cocorians) of Dreams generate no dissonance for failing to partake of Jean's Special Blend while in the Marches. Cocorim of Stone can become "stale": their form toughens and stiffens, and they gain Protection at a level equal to their Forces in the Realm they currently occupy. (A Cocorian in Heaven gains Protection equal to his Celestial Forces, while one on Earth - even in celestial form - gets a bonus equal to his Corporeal Forces.) They can use this attunement at any time, and can dispel it with a successful Will roll; the number of rounds it takes for the Cocorian to become "fresh" again is equal to the Protection modifier minus the check digit of the Will roll (minimum 1). On a failed Will roll, the check digit determines how many rounds they must wait before trying again. Cocorim of Judgment are valued support personnel: they reduce the Will of a subject of inquiry by the number of cups of coffee the subject has had, or the number of ounces of chocolate he has eaten, within a number of hours equal to the Cocorian's total Forces. Cocorim of Creation can create one-use Reliquaries in the form of chocolate or coffee goods. Each cup of coffee, or unit of chocolate (one standard brownie, one regular-sized candy bar), contains 1 Essence; a number of cups/units can be created equal to twice the Essence that the Cocorian spends on this attunement, and the Reliquary takes a number of hours to create (including baking/brewing) equal to the Essence spent. Cocorim of Fire recognize gluttons for what they are, and have ways to combat them; with 1 Essence, their culinary creations become appetite suppressants, removing their consumer's need *and* desire for food for a number of hours equal to the Cocorian's Celestial Forces. (Further brownies/cups of coffie/et cetera from a single batch have no further effect; other batches, each infused with 1 Essence, have cumulative effects.) Cocorim of the Wind are so friendly that they simply bypass corporeal security: any mortal seeing them just assumes that the Cocorian is meant to be where he is. A mortal observer may make a Perception roll to discover his perception error. Cocorim of Lightning inspire through bakery. Anyone consuming a culinary creation crafted by a Cocorian of Lightning gains a bonus equal to the Cocorian's Ethereal Forces to any Intelligence roll made within the fifteen minutes following the consumption of the Cocorian's food. Cocorim of Animals are very, very rare. They represent small animals - hamsters, geckos, and the like. They naturally radiate a "poisonous" aura; any creature attempting to bite or eat one (or any part of one) must make a Will roll at a penalty of the Cocorian's Celestial Forces. Cocorim of the Sword, due to their coffee heritage, have uncanny reflexes. They can Dodge any attack - regardless of whether they even know it's coming! Cocorim of Trade, when observing a deal or a trade, can determine what each participant is putting into the deal, and what each is getting out of it. He also knows how much of a deal each participant thinks he's getting. Cocorim of War are almost as rare as those of Animals. Those who do serve Michael are his barracks chefs: with a glance, they can tell whether anything they can see is edible. Cocorim of Plants can take a very strange type of plant as a vessel (its level equal to the Cocorian's Corporeal Forces): the flowers are soft chocolate, and the sap is strong black coffee. While in this vessel, everything they do makes half the normal disturbance (including Song use!); however, like most plants, the vessel is immobile, rooted in a specific place unless the Cocorian is somehow uprooted. If the plant vessel is destroyed, they must buy this attunement again. Cocorim of Destiny, atypically for their Choir, usually take kindly, elderly vessels and Roles. Their baked goods ease the mind and soul: the eater will have trouble getting upset in any way for hours equal to the Celestial Forces of the Cocorian, and must make a Will roll to get worked up about anything. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 22:19:30 -0400 From: "Eric Bertish" Subject: Re: IN> Cocorians (new minor Choir) Ah, very nice! But what of the poor, neglected Cocorim of Christopher, Khalid and Zadkiel? - -- 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: 12 Jul 2002 22:33:03 -0400 From: Daniel Sauve Subject: Re: IN> Cocorians (new minor Choir) EDG writes: > Cocorians are a minor Choir espoused by Jean: or, rather, Jeanites; > while, as an Elohite, Jeasn has no particular distaste for them, he > disavows all complicity in their creation. He also disavows a liking > for the baked goods that Cocorians are given to make: the fudges - the > delicious chocolate-coffee cookies - the creamy, foamy cocoa that > seems at once as thick as molasses and as ephemeral as filo, that > melts in your mouth and sends shivers down your spine . . . > > > Right. Damn it, now I owe you, I Needed that. - -- Delirious Daniel, Grigorite of Creation, Angel of Archetypes ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 02:53:04 +0000 From: "Sirea Theyal" Subject: Re: IN>Another one joins the ranks (List = Legion?) >From: Jennifer Shih >Reply-To: in_nomine-l@lists.io.com >To: in_nomine-l@lists.io.com >Subject: Re: IN>Another one joins the ranks (List = Legion?) >Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:12:54 -0700 (PDT) > > >--- Sirea Theyal wrote: > > Well... can't help you there, sorry ;-; I live in > > the roleplayer-barren > > Massachsetts. I go to college in the Fall, so maybe > > I'll see some > > roleplayers there... hopefully... > >The "roleplayer-barren Massachusetts"?? This must be a >different Massachusetts from the roleplayer-infested >hotbed of gaming that I call home. You far from Boston >or something? > >Jennifer Let me rephrase that. I live in Shrewsbury (about 10 min. away from Worcester) and I never get out. Ever. I have no car, very few good freinds, and no one who likes roleplaying. Boston is a hotbed, yes, but I live in the smelly little leave-it-to-beaver suburbs and never get out, at all. I'm sure there is a lot of roleplaying going on, but like a celestial in Limbo, I ain't gettin any of the action ;-; _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: 12 Jul 2002 23:01:55 -0400 From: Daniel Sauve Subject: Re: IN> Cocorians (new minor Choir) "Eric Bertish" writes: > Ah, very nice! > > But what of the poor, neglected Cocorim of Christopher, Khalid and Zadkiel? Concorim of Children know exactly how much chocolate or other caffinated confection a child can safely have before the risk to health and/ or appetite would spoil the experience. Concorim of Faith.... hmm, I'm not sure how devout Muslims feel about coffee et all, and Khal is framed as muslim, so... little help? Concorim of Protection know exactly how much coffee or chocolate to give a charge to either relax them OR get them ready to move quickly and alertly; in either case, the subject is agreeable to any suggestion the Concorim makes that aids in the subject's protection. - --- your Friendly nieghborhood Angel of Archetypes, Daniel. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 03:04:23 +0000 From: "Sirea Theyal" Subject: Re: IN>Another one joins the ranks (List = Legion?) >From: "Eric Bertish" >Reply-To: in_nomine-l@lists.io.com >To: >Subject: Re: IN>Another one joins the ranks (List = Legion?) >Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 21:39:35 -0400 > > > > an Archangel of the Holy, > >Ooh, I like this. Please post this one. Eh... it's kind of a spin-off cliche' idea, but I was bored and it somehow went farther than I planed. I'll post it tonight actually, I just need to put a final touch on it. It's one of those ultra-specific Superiors. > > > > > (Sirea, who doesn't know what Choir/Band she is yet) > > > > > > Ah, a Reliever! Stick with us, kid, we'll have you > > >Fledged in no time! > > > > I was always thinking of being a Grigori, but those Triads keep giving >me > > dirty looks... o_o; > >Just be warned there are FAR too many Lilim on the list, and at least one >of >them (Beth) can detect Needs through email. > >-- Casca, who in point of fact happens to be a Malakite, and has the tattoo >to prove it Lilim? Ech, no thanks. Sure, I applaud Lilith for walking out on Mr.Arrogance, but she's all... not-so-human and stuff. No Lilim for me, and you'll never get my Needs, never, never!! (I'd like a pony, and a car, and some cookies, and...) I got a freind who's a Malakite. She's pretty ^^ _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 03:11:35 +0000 From: "Sirea Theyal" Subject: Re: IN> Cocorians (new minor Choir) Now this is the kind of angel I could get reeeeal close to... especially on those cold mornings where you have to go to work, and your brain doesn't want to exist yet. I'd imagine these guys being integral for the Halls of Progress to even function, and I don't even want to think of what Haagenti will give to get his hands on one... (Mmmm... brownie angel...) _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 03:26:32 +0000 From: "Sirea Theyal" Subject: Re: IN>Another one joins the ranks (List = Legion?) >From: Jennifer Shih >Reply-To: in_nomine-l@lists.io.com >To: in_nomine-l@lists.io.com >Subject: Re: IN>Another one joins the ranks (List = Legion?) >Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:12:54 -0700 (PDT) > > >--- Sirea Theyal wrote: > > Well... can't help you there, sorry ;-; I live in > > the roleplayer-barren > > Massachsetts. I go to college in the Fall, so maybe > > I'll see some > > roleplayers there... hopefully... > >The "roleplayer-barren Massachusetts"?? This must be a >different Massachusetts from the roleplayer-infested >hotbed of gaming that I call home. You far from Boston >or something? I think I should rephrase that. You see, I live in Shrewsbury (about 10 min. away from Worcester) and I never get out of the house. As in, ever. I have very few friends (they're all close), and most of them don;t care for or don't have the time to roleplay. I'm sure there are a lot of hot spots for it, but like an angel in Limbo, I'm not getting any action -_- _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 00:21:12 -0400 From: "Eric Bertish" Subject: Re: IN>Another one joins the ranks (List = Legion?) > don't have the time to roleplay. I'm sure there are a lot of hot spots for > it, but like an angel in Limbo, I'm not getting any action -_- I'm sure you'll get a lot of action in college. Ba-dump bump. - -- 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: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 04:23:09 +0000 From: "Sirea Theyal" Subject: IN>Archangel of the Holy (Well Eric, here you go. I'd appreciate any comments, suggestions, critiques, corrections, etc. I had superior opinions once, but they got lost in an old draft, and I feel too lazy to add them right now. I'm no sure it's what you may have expected... it sort of inspired me from a game I played. Yeah, I'm a big video game nut too. I'm sure some of you will recognize it) Mark had run out of time. With only twenty seconds left, he knew he was never going to make it. The bomb was ticking away, and he had needed at least another minute to diffuse the damn thing, but it was too late... he worked anyway, fingers sweaty, vision blurred with tears, trying to snip the right wires as the clock ticked away. 5 seconds left... 4... 3... 2... Mark shut his eyes tight and said a prayer to God, saying he was sorry he failed everyone for this. 1... 0.... nothing. No boom. No pain, nothing. Mark risked snapping his eyes open, and saw that there was a whole extra minute on the clock! But how? Oddly, as he thought that, his instincts filled him and he went to work on the wires, expertly snipping them as he knew he could, his hands still as stone. With 4 seconds on the clock, Mark had defused the bomb and saved the lives of hundreds. He didn't know how, but he knew God had heard him. Crying softly, he said thank you again, and was filled with a draining feeling of hope and peace... Aerith, Grigori Archangel of the Holy "The World may fail one day. That is why I exist." *Dissonance* It is dissonant for Servitors of the Holy to defile anything that is considered sacred or holy to someone, or to not help anyone who is the victim of any major disaster. Note that something doesn't have to be religious to be sacred or holy. The wedding dress of a happily married woman may be sacred to her, just as a lucky necklace a soldier carries into battle can be. *Organization* Aerith has no concrete or official organization, mostly from her necessity as a Girgori to stay hidden, and her very small number of Servitors. Her angels do work well together and with other angel groups, and often secretly work for another Archangel, in addition to Aerith. *Choir Attunements* Seraphim: Many find it odd that it is a Grigori, and not a Most Holy, that serves the word of the Holy. Despite that, Aerith's Seraphim can spend 4 essence to make one sacred or holy object immune to direct demonic harm for CD minutes. Using this in conjunction with the Hallowed attunement, a Seraphim can protect a human or something important, much like the old legend about truly holy people or places keeping demons away. Note that it's direct demonic harm. He can't cut your throat out, but he sure as heck can toss you off a cliff. Cherubim (PR): Aerith's Cherubim will know the moment they attune to something whether or not it's considered to be holy or sacred. In addition, anything they do attune to is automatically considered to be holy to the Cherubim, as per the Hallowed attunement (see below). Ofanim: Ofanim add their celestial forces to their check digit for their resonance whenever they are trying to reach a disaster area in order to help someone there, or the situation in general. Elohim: The Powers that serve Aerith will automatically exude an aura of holiness, which adds +2 charisma to any role that they take. Note that this does not affect other celestials, so that demons will not get tipped off by the feeling they get from the Elohim. Malakim (PR): Malakim of the Holy can add their corporeal forces to any roll they make in order to prevent a major disaster from happening. Note that what defines a major disaster is up to the GM. Bright Lilim: These Bright Lilim can automatically sense any Need in a person to be helped from a disaster, whether it is a physical one, or a more subtle emotional one, such as the death of a loved one. Kyriotates (R): Dominations of the Holy have the simple but helpful ability to be able to automatically possess anything that is considered to be sacred or holy. Some demons tell stories about family heirlooms attacking them, or whole churches turning into a deathtrap. Mercurian: These Friends will know in their resonance just how any recent disaster has affected a person, whether they know it affected them or not. They can see the tornado created form the butterfly's wing beat, so to say. Grigori (R): Those of Aerith's Choir have the sad and unique ability to sacrifice themselves for someone, in order to become an automatic Divine Intervention to save that person from any life threatening disaster. In effect, they become like a one-shot guardian angel, in a limited version of Aerith's own supposed future. Note that this soul-kills the Grigori, not just their vessel. *Servitor Attunements* Hallowed: With this power, an Angel of the Holy can spend 2 essence and infuse any object or person with an aura of holiness for check digit days. This automatically gives people a +1 charisma bonus, and objects gain an aura of holy power that makes demons vaguely uncomfortable for them to be near. This power does not work on demons or angels, or on already holy objects. Second to Last: Aerith gives this power out to anyone who wants it, though few outsider angels take it so eagerly once they learn of it's nature- on the Final Day when the War comes to it's end, and it is time for Aerith to do her duty for humanity, any angel with this attunement may soul-kill themselves in sacrifice to add their power to Aerith's, in order to prevent the destruction of mankind. Nearly all of Aerith's servitors have taken this attunement... One More Chance: With this powerful ability, an angel can spend 9 essence plus whatever they have left over to send one human (and ONLY a human) back in time exactly one minute, in order to have one last chance to correct some major mistake, or to prevent one massive disaster from happening, but only if the person sent back could possibly have done something to stop it. When the human is sent back, they will know that they have been, and have the choice to act on the situation. Once this attunement has been used on a person for a particular situation, it cannot be used over again, thus no group of angels can keep giving a person a chance to correct something. Like the name, they only get One More Chance. Once in a Lifetime: By spending 4 essence, an angel can see if a decision a human is going to make will be the only one they get in their life. For instance, say Jane the mundane gets mixed up in supernatural events, and has the chance to become a Soldier of God, or merely a partially aware human. The angel could tell if this was her one and ONLY chance in her lifetime to become a Soldier of God, but he wouldn't be able to tell what's in store for her. Also, as Destiny and Fate are fickle things, what this attunement tells the angel can be subject to change later on. Maybe you decide Haagenti runs down to the local McDonalds or something to have a 'snack', and Jane mundane just happens to work there, and gets another chance to become a Soldier of God. All up to the GM. *Distinctions* Vassal of the White Wind: The angel can temporarily alieve the pain that follows a major disaster in (ethereal forces x10) people. So if a group of people were traumatized from a bombing, the angel could take away their pain and any extreme emotions they were having, after which the humans can decide as to how they feel from the events from a more rational standpoint. Friend of the Fleeting Hope: Everywhere the angel goes, they will carry an aura of definitive hope around them, and this carries into everyone else in the angels presence. No one who is with the angel will ever lose hope, and no situation will look bleak no matter how Dark. Master of the Final Chance: With the Master distinction, the angel can now alter the Symphony to make there BE a final chance for someone, if the situation was completely, utterly, and totally hopeless. Say a Demon Prince was walking down the street and decided to attack a human. The human has NO chance of survival, but with this power, the angel can alter things so give them some chance to survive. The angel uses the power, and suddenly the Order of the Eternal Sword just happens to walk down the street. Or Michael was on his way to do an inspection of his ranking officers. Or whatever. Note though, that this works only on humans and never celestials... and never ever on the Master themselves.. *Other Distinctions* Aerith has no higher distinctions for now, and probably won't need any. *Relations* Allied: Novalis, Marc Associated: Eli, Yves Likes: No one Neutral: Everyone else Dislikes: Michael, Dominic Hostile: No one Enemy: No one *Rites* - -Pray at a church for 4 hours - -Significantly help to avert a major disaster (+3) - -Save something that is Holy from destruction *Chance of Invocation* -3 Aerith is a Grigori, plain and simple. You just don't go and invoke Superiors of that Choir easily. That and she has such a small organization, that often she is not needed. Aerith has one purpose really, and she will serve it come the day. Until then, she'll help if she needs to, but she prefers to be left alone to do her own thing. *Invocation Modifier* (+1 if you have one of her flowers) +1- A relic or item that is holy +2- At a major church +3- A human who has one last chance to do something important right +4- At a recent major disaster area +5- A human who needs one more chance to do something very important right, but doesn't have it +6- Someone who has one last chance to avert a MAJOR disaster *History* Once upon a time, there was the Fall. Things went down hill from there, in case you haven't been existing for the past bajillion years. But that's not important. Anyway, as a result, the Grigori were created, as the Choir closest to mankind, as to be able to blend in with them, and even reproduce with them, producing the mystical Children of the Grigori, or those black sheep the Nephallim. That's somewhat important. Now, as the War went on, many Grigori, having families and being so close to humans, began to worry. They worried about a day called Armageddon you see, and all that it implied. Now, it wasn't just celestials they were worried about... but rather, the power that angels and demons had, and what kind of effect a couple hundred million celestials having a massive War would have on the humans. This is VERY important. The Grigori knew mankind didn't have a fair chance, and in fact stood little chance of surviving, Too many angels were focused on wiping Hell out, and many did not stop to wonder that the humans might get... well, hurt in the Final Battle. So the Grigori talked to other angels about this... and were ignored. They talked to their Superiors about this... and were ignored. They finally decided to take it to the Seraphim Council, but then a large black cloak named Dominic stepped in and kind of cast them out for "sinning" and being "lustful" and things such as that. Funny, you would think the Choir closest to humanity would kind of do that stuff naturally. You know... be human? Anyway, this is where Aerith, at the time a lowly Grigori of Destiny, came in. Aerith loved mankind you see. She was still a little naive about demons and Hell, but she didn't care about the War really. She just loved mankind and wanted to be with them more than anything. After she realized the whole War = Dead Mankind problem, she was far more concerned with giving mankind a way to survive, give them a sort of final chance when the Last Day came. Aerith stalked and fumed and bit her lip, but nothing came to her. Finally disgusted with the inactivity of the Seraphim Council, she went to them and... well, you see, she demanded a Word. Specifically, she came in when Dominic was having a personal council with the other Superiors about Outcasting the Grigori, when Aerith stalked in and demanded she have the Word of Final Chances, so that she may help mankind where the rest of Heaven would not. Dominic was a little angry you could imagine, and demanded that Yves remove her. Oddly, Yves got a sad look and sighed, and shook his head no. He almost looked like he was regretting the decision, but when he looked up, he had that smile on his face. Aerith yelled again, and said that if Heaven would not protect God's greatest creation from their "petty battles" (as she quoted it) then she would single handedly. What disturbed many angels was that she was telling the Truth. She intended to do it. Then... well, God decided to drop by you could say. Right before Dominic tossed her out and incarcerated her right then and there, a brilliant ray of holy white light cut into the council, and bathed Aerith in it. When the light cleared, she was simply nodding her head frantically, eyes watering, and kept muttering "thank you" as she ran out. Dominic and everyone else in the room looked at Yves then, and after a minute of uncomfortable silence, Dominic finally asked in a humbled voice what Word she had received. Yves quirked his head and said slowly "I am not sure... her Word was something most ineffable and sacred. It was something... Holy." The next day, the Grigori were Outcasted from Heaven, never to be seen again. Aerith was fine with that. She had her Word, Superiorhood, and a purpose. Mankind was going to have it's Final Chance, and come Hell or high water, they were going to survive. *Role in the War* Aerith... has no true role in the war. She's a special case- she has few servitors, and no Word to actively promote. She simply helps mankind when she can, and waits for that day, so close yet far away, when she will serve her God-given purpose... (sidebar) The Holy? What, exactly, is the Holy one would ask? What is Aerith going to do that will save mankind from total dissolution on the terrible day? Well... even Aerith isn't sure actually. All she knows is that she is going to give her life in order to save the humans she loves so dearly. She's carrying a small part of God with her, and everyday is waits, welling with that divine light, waiting for the chance to save... To give man the chance Heaven may forget to give them. (end sidebar) *Personality and Outlook* Aerith is a very sweet and loving person. She likes everything about mankind, and is sad she has to die... but only because she wishes she could stay around to see them grow past the Final Day. Aerith doesn't baby mankind though. The way she looks at it, she's just some lucky gal who knows how to stop a disaster that no one knew was coming really, and have no defense against. She believes mankind is very strong, but when the very Heavens bleed over into the world, there is no one who walks away unscathed. Aerith has a single role- she wanders from city to city as a simple flower girl, selling her special flowers and brining hope and happiness to people, experiencing as much as she can of life before it comes to that dark time. She appears as a 20 year-old girl with long black-brown hair and two big blue eyes, in a simple and fashionable dress, holding a basket of beautiful white flowers. Anyone who buys one of her flowers (exactly 25 cents a piece) will experience personal hope as per the Friend distinction as long as the flower stays fresh. Which is usually for a long, long time. In celestial form, she appears as a giant female made of pure white light, with two large innocent and loving eyes. Around her revolves two blue orbs which reflect all that she has seen and loves, and above her is a radiant cloud of something totally ineffable, beautiful, and Holy. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ------------------------------ End of in_nomine-digest V1 #2703 ********************************