in_nomine-digest Wednesday, September 18 2002 Volume 01 : Number 2776 In this digest: Re: IN> Quack. RE: IN> New Songs... (seven through nine) Re: IN>Song of Fusion Re: IN>Song of Fusion Re: IN> New Songs... (seven through nine) Re: IN>Song of Fusion RE: IN>Song of Fusion Re: IN>Song of Fusion Re: IN>Song of Fusion RE: IN>Song of Fusion IN> Song of Lawyers, Guns and Money Re: IN>Song of Fusion Re: IN>Song of Fusion Re: IN> New Songs... (seven through nine) Re: IN>Song of Fusion RE: IN>Messy expanded angelic resonance? Re: IN>Content of GURPS IN? Re: IN>Messy expanded angelic resonance? RE: IN>Song of Fusion Re: IN>Song of Fusion Re: IN> New Songs... (seven through nine) IN> New Songs... (one through three) Re: IN> New Songs... (one through three) Re: IN> New Songs... (seven through nine) Re: IN>Song of Fusion Re: IN> Song of Lawyers, Guns and Money Re: IN> New Songs... (seven through nine) Re: IN>Song of Fusion Re: IN> New Songs... (seven through nine) RE: IN>Messy expanded angelic resonance? Re: IN> New Songs... (one through three) IN> Cow. Re: IN> Cow. Re: IN> Cow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 05:40:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Quack. - --- Maurice Lane wrote: > Breathe. The Bad Things to the ducks have stopped.* [snip] > *I make no promises about the dolphins, mind you. Remember IN: Mare Imbrium? You mess with the dolphins at your own risk. };> (says Mike, who really needs to finish that write-up on the Fall of the Whales.) =====

Michael Walton, #US2002023848

"Don't repent. Stop sinnin'." -- old cowboy saying

__________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 15:51:55 +0300 From: "Bergeron, Robert F., DS1(SW)" Subject: RE: IN> New Songs... (seven through nine) I've heard 'em. As always, when Moe posts, I was laughing my ass off. I've learned I can't have a coffee cup near me when reading something of his. It will get spilled. Send Lawyers, guns and money! Bwahahahahahahaha!!! Priceless! DS1 - -----Original Message----- From: Michael Walton [mailto:thunderdog_sa@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 3:38 PM To: in_nomine-l@lists.io.com Subject: Re: IN> New Songs... (seven through nine) - --- Maurice Lane wrote: > Need I say that comments are welcome? Of course not. I merely refrain because, well, never having heard the referenced music I don't get nearly as much out of these as those of you who have. =====

Michael Walton, #US2002023848

"Don't repent. Stop sinnin'." -- old cowboy saying

__________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 09:36:14 -0400 From: "Josh Moger" Subject: Re: IN>Song of Fusion >Michael- Chainmail. Nah, he always goes bare-chested in the illustrations (although "blood of his foes" might also qualify for his common attire...) No no. I said 'chainmail'. I didn't say a chainmail shirt. heh. Josh ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 09:41:01 -0500 From: Earl Wajenberg Subject: Re: IN>Song of Fusion >>>Michael- Chainmail. >> Nah, he always goes bare-chested in the illustrations (although >> "blood of his foes" might also qualify for his common attire...) > No no. I said 'chainmail'. I didn't say a chainmail shirt. I figure Michael's sartorial taste closely resembles that of Conan the Barbarian. Mil-spec chain and/or leather loin-cloths, for instance. Though he probably has a Sean-Connery-lookalike vessel that looks smashing in a tuxedo. Earl ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 09:43:56 -0400 From: "Josh Moger" Subject: Re: IN> New Songs... (seven through nine) >Song of Lawyers, Gu n s and Money (Corporeal) > >This is a last ditch Song: indeed, it activates >automatically. "Performing" it costs 6 Essence (and, >if you don't have that much Essence, it'll take it out >of your hide - 1 Body Hit for every point below 6). >It does the following things: > >1) Automatic use of the Celestial Song of Tongues to >the nearest Triad, with the message of "Send Lawyers, >Gu n s and Money to X and Y" - 'X' being longitude >and 'Y' being latitude - "the shit has hit the fan." >This even happens with non-angels, amusingly enough. >2) A fully loaded set of Colt .45 revolvers will >appear in the target's hands. Hope he knows how to >use them. >3) $(CD x 500) dollars in the local currency will >appear in a sack at the targets' feet. > My God... entire seeds can begin and end with this Song alone... Although how many servitors of Theft or the Wind would actually like to have this under conscious control? Josh ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 09:55:53 -0400 From: "Josh Moger" Subject: Re: IN>Song of Fusion Though he probably has a Sean-Connery-lookalike vessel >that looks smashing in a tuxedo. > >Earl I always figured that Sean Connery *was* his vessel. Josh ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:55:38 +0300 From: "Bergeron, Robert F., DS1(SW)" Subject: RE: IN>Song of Fusion - -----Original Message----- From: Earl Wajenberg [mailto:earlw@mc.com] >>>Michael- Chainmail. >> Nah, he always goes bare-chested in the illustrations (although >> "blood of his foes" might also qualify for his common attire...) > No no. I said 'chainmail'. I didn't say a chainmail shirt. I figure Michael's sartorial taste closely resembles that of Conan the Barbarian. Mil-spec chain and/or leather loin-cloths, for instance. Though he probably has a Sean-Connery-lookalike vessel that looks smashing in a tuxedo. Earl Chainmail loinclout? Not a happy idea. To quote Cerberus the Aardvark, upon being flashed by the Red Soho as she opened her chainmail bikini top and said "What do you think of these?" "Very nice, if you like scar tissue." Ask any SCAdian. Chainmail chafes. DS1 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 10:04:28 -0500 From: Earl Wajenberg Subject: Re: IN>Song of Fusion Bergeron, Robert F., DS1(SW) wrote: > Chainmail loinclout? Not a happy idea. You gotta have Archangel-level corporeal forces to wear that sort of thing. Earl ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 10:16:44 -0400 From: EDG Subject: Re: IN>Song of Fusion At 10:04 AM 9/17/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > Chainmail loinclout? Not a happy idea. >You gotta have Archangel-level corporeal forces to wear that >sort of thing. Or a lot of muslin. ;) - -EDG ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 17:15:36 +0300 From: "Bergeron, Robert F., DS1(SW)" Subject: RE: IN>Song of Fusion Then heaven help Lilith, if the rumors about them are true. That's bound to be painful to accommodate. - -----Original Message----- From: Earl Wajenberg [mailto:earlw@mc.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 6:04 PM To: in_nomine-l@lists.io.com Subject: Re: IN>Song of Fusion Bergeron, Robert F., DS1(SW) wrote: > Chainmail loinclout? Not a happy idea. You gotta have Archangel-level corporeal forces to wear that sort of thing. Earl ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 10:25:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: IN> Song of Lawyers, Guns and Money So why doesn't the location read "...to (X), (Y) and (Z)." -- Z being altitude? That's a significant factor, y'know. Some Celestials have the ability to travel underground, and some locations have buildings with multiple floors above ground. =====

Michael Walton, #US2002023848

"Don't repent. Stop sinnin'." -- old cowboy saying

__________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 10:34:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN>Song of Fusion - --- Josh Moger wrote: > I always figured that Sean Connery *was* his vessel. Naaaah. Mr. Connery's one of the militant operatives of Trade. Think about all those movies -- how many times was the main plot something to do with some aspect of the world economy? For example... The Man with the Golden Gun: solar power/energy crisis Live and Let Die: the drug trade Goldfinger: breaking into Fort Knox And then you have Diamonds Are Forever, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice and Goldeneye, all of which are about using weapons of mass destruction to extort vast sums of money from nations. Which I'm pretty sure would have some effect on the economy. =====

Michael Walton, #US2002023848

"Don't repent. Stop sinnin'." -- old cowboy saying

__________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 19:13:36 +0000 From: "Charles Glasgow" Subject: Re: IN>Song of Fusion >From: Earl Wajenberg >Subject: Re: IN>Song of Fusion >Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 09:41:01 -0500 >I figure Michael's sartorial taste closely resembles that of >Conan the Barbarian. Mil-spec chain and/or leather loin-cloths, >for instance. Though he probably has a Sean-Connery-lookalike vessel >that looks smashing in a tuxedo. Russell Crowe, belike. *g* And re: Michael's dress style -- I personally like Moe's Michael, who nagged Laurence and Marc into showing up at a Ren Fair in full authentic costume (ISTR that it Laurence showed up as a Knight Hospitaller and Marc showed up in a perfect repro of Lorenzo the Magnificient's court garb)... ... and then Michael showed up in a t-shirt, jeans, and steel-toed boots. Why? Because they're comfortable. *g* - -- Chuckg _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 15:29:48 -0400 From: "Eric Bertish" Subject: Re: IN> New Songs... (seven through nine) > Song of Lawyers, Gu n s and Money (Corporeal) > > Bonus: Mercurians, Balseraphs, Trade, the Media So, is this purchasable in your game? My Ofanite of Trade would really, *really* like this. - -- Casca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 15:37:45 -0400 From: "Josh Moger" Subject: Re: IN>Song of Fusion > >... and then Michael showed up in a t-shirt, jeans, and steel-toed boots. >Why? Because they're comfortable. *g* Well, Michael is the most practical Superior... next to Novalis... "So... we lost tons of our beloved brothers and sisters to Hell and now they're demons?" "Yep." "And if we show kindness and compassion eventually a great number, if not all of them, will begin to rethink their selfish existence and long to rejoin their brethren in Heaven?" "Yep." "And if we kill them all, we'll just start a long and drawnout War that will slowly cause humanity to lose hope over the millenia of external fighting, not to mention the infighting that will bring down more and more angels who are sick of the rampant politics of Heaven?" "Yep." "Right. MIKE! QUIT KILLING THE DEMONS!" Josh, Ofanite of WHO?, IST Creation, IST to Judgement, IST to Divine Fire, IST to Destiny, petitioner for the Word of Sweatdrop. ^_^ ' (And thanks to Sirea for giving me the idea. Should have realized it after seeing so much Anime.) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 20:39 +0100 (BST) From: jgd@cix.co.uk (John Dallman) Subject: RE: IN>Messy expanded angelic resonance? In article , jmensch@shaw.ca (Julian Mensch) wrote: > BTW, I can post some revised tables here if anyone's > interested, but I gather most people aren't. I don't have > them all done yet, either, and many are still in notes- > form. I'm interested. Like many others, the concept of more subtle/difficult uses appeals, it's just that the current implementations don't. - --- John Dallman jgd@cix.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:07:43 -0400 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Re: IN>Content of GURPS IN? At 6:43 PM +0000 9/16/02, Sirea Theyal wrote: >>GURPS IN primarily (and deliberately) duplicates the core IN rulebook [...] > >Okay... so it's basically the main rulebook with a few things missing, and a >few things added in. There shouldn't be anything missing between the main rulebook for IN and GIN. >>Those would also be in the next-gen IN core rules, Maybe. That's up to SJ. >Drat... and there isn't any legal online versions of the lesser Superiors in >GURPS form, huh? Oh well. Guess I'll have to go without. And I was so eager >to try to make a Servitor of Cruelty for my next game :/ Check the web page for GIN (www.sjgames.com/gurps/books and then the In Nomine link there), and see if the conversion notes help you. - --Beth, arcangel@io.com / archangel@sjgames.com In Nomine Line Editor http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:11:15 -0400 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Re: IN>Messy expanded angelic resonance? At 7:59 PM +0000 9/14/02, Sirea Theyal wrote: >May I ask why this is? I've never read the APG, and I'm just curious as to >what makes these expanded rezzy tables so abhorent. And this is different >from the expanded uses of resonances, correct? The 'expanded resonance tables' are the evil things. A: they're Yet Another Blasted Check Digit Table. B: some of them are downright munchkin -- the Mercurian one which duplicates Lilim resonance, for instance, or the Kyriotate one which duplicates the Kyriotate of Yves attunement. I believe that those devalue That Which Makes Resonance/Attunement Special more than I like. The Nemisis attunement for Cherubim, on the other hand, is keen. O:> But it's in maintext. Basically, if it's a check digit table, it's probably going to get the axe someday. (Exception: there is ONE check digit table in the IPG, and it is okay. Calabim don't have a CD table for their resonance by default.) - --Beth, arcangel@io.com / archangel@sjgames.com In Nomine Line Editor http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:32:37 -0400 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: RE: IN>Song of Fusion At 4:55 PM +0300 9/17/02, Bergeron, Robert F., DS1(SW) wrote: [the entire message from Earl, now snipped as it should have been to begin with, yes, the list admin is getting annoyed with over-quoting on everyone's part] >Chainmail loinclout? Not a happy idea. [...] >"Very nice, if you like scar tissue." >Ask any SCAdian. Chainmail chafes. Only if it's made badly, and you don't wear any padding. Whilst getting my chainmail bikini fitted, I went from the fitting-stall to the bathroom to look in the mirror, and it was just fine. Mind, good to have some silk between it and me for padding (just in case) and privacy, but quite comfortable. It's the privacy angle, really -- and the dangly-bits issue. You need a wrap of some kind to keep the family jewels from swinging in the breeze and being a target when the loincloth flaps up. I think Michael'd prefer not having the vessel's weak points taken advantage of. - --Beth, arcangel@io.com / archangel@sjgames.com In Nomine Line Editor http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:46:27 -0400 From: "Josh Moger" Subject: Re: IN>Song of Fusion >It's the privacy angle, really -- and the dangly-bits issue. You need >a wrap of some kind to keep the family jewels from swinging in the >breeze and being a target when the loincloth flaps up. I think Michael'd >prefer not having the vessel's weak points taken advantage of. > And then we've got David, who just doesn't give a flying fig. And brings up the rather humorous image of David, after a well aimed kick, turning into a lopsided boulder to escape the pain. .....::snort:: Josh ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 17:05:32 -0400 From: "William J. Keith" Subject: Re: IN> New Songs... (seven through nine) >Need I say that comments are welcome? > >Moe >Song of Rocking (Celestial) Reminds me of something I've thought about. Sword-Dance* IN: Skill(Agility, specialize in a particular weapon; can never be bought higher than the skill with that weapon) GURPS: A Hard maneuver defaulting to each weapon skill - 6. This is the skill that birthed the phrase "deadly grace." While its combat utility is limited, it's flashy as all get-out. Angels practicing this skill have learned to flow with the Symphony's rhythm as they fight; demons express their personal symphonies through violence; and humans... well, no one knows quite what humans are doing when they learn this, which if you think about it makes it considerably more impressive. To use this skill, actual music -- preferably with a fast beat -- must be audible. The user must spend a round concentrating, during which he rolls against his Sword-Dance skill, before engaging in combat. If he fails, or his concentration is interrupted by a successful attack, the round was simply lost, and he may either try again next round or enter combat. If he succeeds, he has latched on to the "rhythm" of the battle, within the framework of the music. He gains a bonus to Dodge equal to the CD for the remainder of the battle, so long as he does not retreat or pause (take the Wait maneuver). He also gains a CD bonus to the weapon skill on which the Dance is based, affecting attacks and parries. However, because he must time his actions to the music, he may only attack, at most, every other round. The effects last until the user's rhythm is broken -- i.e., he takes a successful hit. When in effect, this skill is obvious -- the user appears to be literally dancing from foe to foe, clairvoyantly dodging and lethally striking. Yes, it can be used with weapons other than a sword, though heavy weapons are unlikely. *The Sword Dance is a real art form that can be found in Russia. It is most decidedly not an actual combat skill. >Numinous Corpus: Headless (Corporeal) ... Odd. And why War for the bonus? >Song of Freakazoid (Ethereal) Mmm, induced "Poor Impulse Control." At all related to the short-lived WB cartoon of the same name? >NC: Werewolf (Corporeal) I can see various celestials -- Jordi, Kobal, Beleth -- getting mileage out of this one. >Song of Isolation (Ethereal) Interesting. I really oughta write up that Angel and/or Demon of Solitude soon. Djinn would probably love this Song -- nobody bothers you. >Song of Yearning (Celestial) I felt for sure that Lilim should have a bonus on this one. Some people might perform it just *find out* what their deepest desire is. >Song of Escape (Celestial) Enh. Too high a price, really, unless you're a human. It might work in a tragic or Dark game. >Song of Insight (Ethereal) Straightforward; not bad. Kind of like the effect of the Cave of the Freedom of Reflection in the Catacombs. >Song of Lawyers, Gu n s and Money (Corporeal) Bwahaha! The Triad is always Judgment, not the Game, right? It's funnier that way. :^) >===== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 18:00:07 -0400 From: BC Petery Subject: IN> New Songs... (one through three) > Oh, yeah. To avoid the wrath of Beth, I'll forestall > guessing games: the album in question was Warren > Zevon's Excitable Boy.* > > Moe > > *Yeah, I'm bummed out about it, too. :( Bummed about the DP of Nitpicking or your own taste in music? At least we know what inspires these missives about duckies and kitties. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "Hey! You're mean!" -Squeakers, Reliever of Flowers "Yeah, but I'm _cute_ so I get away with it." -MacNorma (Free Lilim) http://www15.brinkster.com/ugwump/IN/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 18:36:29 -0400 From: Whistling in the Dark Subject: Re: IN> New Songs... (one through three) On Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at 06:00 PM, BC Petery wrote: >> Oh, yeah. To avoid the wrath of Beth, I'll forestall >> guessing games: the album in question was Warren >> Zevon's Excitable Boy.* >> >> Moe >> >> *Yeah, I'm bummed out about it, too. :( > > Bummed about the DP of Nitpicking or your own taste in music? > > At least we know what inspires these missives about duckies and > kitties. > I suspect he's bummed about Mr. Zevon's medical condition -- he recently was diagnosed as having terminal cancer, with weeks rather than months to live. As am I, only Warren Zevon has always been a good Djinn of Dark Humor, and it hasn't changed now. His one expressed hope is that he'll make it to the next Bond movie, in November, because "missing it would suck." Otherwise, he's pretty content, because it means that from now until his death he can eat bacon and eggs three meals a day and no one will tell him he should eat more healthy. As the man said, life'll kill ya... - -- Eric A. Burns Freelance writer and textual whore http://www.annotations.com (Sidewinder D20 now available! Buy six copies! Give them as Bats Mitzvah gifts!) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 15:52:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Maurice Lane Subject: Re: IN> New Songs... (seven through nine) - --- Eric Bertish wrote: > > Song of Lawyers, Gu n s and Money (Corporeal) > > > > Bonus: Mercurians, Balseraphs, Trade, the Media > > So, is this purchasable in your game? My Ofanite of > Trade would really, > *really* like this. Depends: are EDG's Pixie Stix available in yours? _My_ new Ofanite of the Wind would be just as happy to get them. :) Moe ===== Liber Licentiae Moeticae: http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html Last updated 04/13/02(this is usually way out of date) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 18:55:29 -0700 From: Harukami Subject: Re: IN>Song of Fusion >>breeze and being a target when the loincloth flaps up. I think Michael'd >>prefer not having the vessel's weak points taken advantage of. >> >And then we've got David, who just doesn't give a flying fig. And brings up >the rather humorous image of David, after a well aimed kick, turning into a >lopsided boulder to escape the pain. I feel like I just have to add that in the campaign I'm in, our Cherub of Dreams kicked Alaemon in the balls. ...she didn't know who he was, admittedly, and yes, Superiors really DO turn a shade of unhealthy white and double over..... Harukami ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:10:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Maurice Lane Subject: Re: IN> Song of Lawyers, Guns and Money - --- Michael Walton wrote: > So why doesn't the location read "...to (X), (Y) > and > (Z)." -- Z being altitude? That's a significant > factor, > y'know. Some Celestials have the ability to travel > underground, and some locations have buildings with > multiple floors above ground. Yup, all true - but, well, you see, there's a fifteen word limit to Cel Tongues, and it's funnier if the Triad has to go around LOOKING for whoever just yelled for them, especially since they'll be loaded down with all sorts of weapons*, so, well, it just happened to work out that way. Moe *Because of COURSE it always summons Dominicans. Much, much funnier that way. :) ===== Liber Licentiae Moeticae: http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html Last updated 04/13/02(this is usually way out of date) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:14:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Maurice Lane Subject: Re: IN> New Songs... (seven through nine) - --- "William J. Keith" wrote: > Reminds me of something I've thought about. > > Sword-Dance* > IN: Skill(Agility, specialize in a particular > weapon; can never be bought > higher than the skill with that weapon) > GURPS: A Hard maneuver defaulting to each weapon > skill - 6. Does the Soundtrack Attunement help with that at all? Moe ===== Liber Licentiae Moeticae: http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html Last updated 04/13/02(this is usually way out of date) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 20:01:51 -0400 From: "Josh Moger" Subject: Re: IN>Song of Fusion > >I feel like I just have to add that in the campaign I'm in, our Cherub of >Dreams kicked Alaemon in the balls. > >...she didn't know who he was, admittedly, and yes, Superiors really DO >turn a shade of unhealthy white and double over..... > >Harukami ::chortle:: Alaemon? Suddenly images of Litheroy and Alaemon pop up in my head. Chibi images, of course. Alaemon is just minding his own business, shredding documents... when Litheroy kinda sidesteps over, drops a couple of polaroids of Alaemon doubled over and clutching himself, and saunters away whistling. Josh, yadda yadda yadda, petitioner of the Word of Sweatdrop, currently standing behind Sirea in turn for the Word bestowment, and checking his watch every couple of minutes. ("Rassifrassin... Eternity...oy.") ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 21:34:46 -0400 From: "William J. Keith" Subject: Re: IN> New Songs... (seven through nine) >--- "William J. Keith" wrote: > >> Reminds me of something I've thought about. >> >> Sword-Dance* >> IN: Skill(Agility, specialize in a particular >> weapon; can never be bought >> higher than the skill with that weapon) >> GURPS: A Hard maneuver defaulting to each weapon >> skill - 6. > >Does the Soundtrack Attunement help with that at all? > >Moe *scratches chin* Sure, why not. After all, since the advantages and the disadvantages are supposed to balance out (mostly; a high CD can make someone pretty deadly if they can restrain themselves every other round), the main point of the skill is to look... ...Cool. ^_^ Honestly, the thing that made me think of this was the media (*cough*anime*) to begin with, anyway -- it's supposed to evoke the image of a fight montage complete with, well, soundtrack. I considered having it just require Symphonic Awareness, but wanted it to be available to human weaponsmasters as well. This skill is pretty cinematic to begin with. Feel free tinker at leisure: apply it to unweaponed martial arts skills, have the bonuses be to attacks (with the every-other-round requirement dropped) instead, etc. Just make sure the user looks *really* good doing it. B^) William ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 22:28:24 -0600 From: Julian Mensch Subject: RE: IN>Messy expanded angelic resonance? > I'm also interested to see them. Wow. Cool. I will get these up, at least for some Choirs, _soon_. But not right away -- they aren't as ready as I thought, and I really didn't expect interest. Thanks, guys. And yes, <= 10K / day. - -- Julian ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 00:36:19 -0400 From: "William J. Keith" Subject: Re: IN> New Songs... (one through three) >I suspect he's bummed about Mr. Zevon's medical condition -- he >recently was diagnosed as having terminal cancer, with weeks rather >than months to live. As am I, only Warren Zevon has always been a good This is gonna sound corny and maybe I shouldn't do it in public, but I want to be asolutely sure. When you say "As am I," you mean you're also, with Moe Lane, bummed. You're not also, with Warren Zevon, diagnosed with terminal cancer (which would give a hell of a meaning to 'Whistling in the Dark'). Right? >-- >Eric A. Burns William ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 21:47:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Maurice Lane Subject: IN> Cow. Prepping for the Great Website Update tomorrow, came across this half-completed item. Being not at all well, really, I decided to finish it. God help me. Moe Typical Superior Responses To A Servitor Who Is Trying To Explain Just Why He Has Been Transformed Into A Cow Blandine: "Is this a problem? I mean, you do most of your work in the ethereal plane anyway..." David: "Bring me the head of the demon that transformed you, and then we'll talk about putting you back. In the meantime, I suggest that you practice your stampeding." Dominic: "And just... excuse me." (Hum of Archangel-level Seraph resonance coming online) "Right. Now, if you'd just explain how this wasn't your fault, we can continue. And where's the rest of your Triad?" Eli: "Dude. You're, like, a cow. That's so cool. Hold on a second." (Hum of Eli-power activating) "Wow. This is like such a different perspective, you know? I never realized how intense it is to be a cow. Hey! Let's go EAT some grass for a change!" Gabriel: "Go forth, thou Bull of the Lord, and strike a blow against those who Cruelly devour thy new brothers in bovinity. Trample them under the stampede of Heaven's just retribution!" Janus: "Oh, this one I've just got to hear..." Jean: "I presume that you have not entered this state voluntarily, given that the form that you are currently taking is neither useful to Heaven in general nor Lightning in particular. It will be thus necessary to investigate the phenomenon further: I will assign a team to investigate. You will, of course, provide input to the team. "No, actually it would be better if you remained in this state until a proper report has been generated: the condition is not causing you physical discomfort and it would be rash to attempt to transform you back until we have a grasp on what caused the change in the first place..." Jordi: "Excuse me? You want your vessel to be changed back? Are you suggesting that there's something wrong with being a cow? I didn't think so. You'd like to get an enhanced perception of the nature of bovine existence? Most wise of you." Laurence: (wearily) "As if this job was not complicated enough. No, do not explain. Just take a new vessel out of stores and get back to what you were doing... and avoid such episodes in the future." Marc: "You know, I can't think of a single thing to say that you probably haven't said to yourself already. Just trade it in for a new vessel and we'll say no more about it." Michael: "You know, I've got an undercover job in India coming up that you'd be perfect for..." Novalis: "Well, you make a very cute cow, for what it's worth. Sure, I can switch you back, but have you thought about working with this form for a while? Just think about how influential you could be in rural regions..." Yves: "Ah, yes. And so it begins..." Andrealphus: "Ooh, you kinky boy, you. Where did I put my branding iron?" Asmodeus: "I presume that you have not compounded your idiocy by letting anyone else know of your weakness..." Baal: (sound of various safeties being clicked off) "CLEAR DOWNRANGE!!!!!" Beleth: "Good: it'll keep you from being distracted. Get going! It's nighttime somewhere on Earth..." Belial: "You are so lucky that I've already checked to see whether you really can make a cow explode." (pause) "On the other hand, it's raining out and I'm bored..." Haagenti: "Mmmm... cow. WHERE'S THE BARBEQUE SAUCE, FOR THE LOVE OF LUCIFER?!?" Kobal: "Heh. Heh-heh. Heh-heh-hah. Heh-heh-hehheh-heh. Mwahh-hah-hah-hah-hahhh..." Kronos: "It is gratifying to see the outside finally match the inside. What? No, I think that the condition should persist for a while, from an aesthetic point of view alone..." Lilith: "So, just how badly do you Need to be switched back? And just how badly do you Need for your Superior to never find out about this? Sure, I can wait while you think it over: of course, it'll cost you..." Malphas: "You know who did this, right? Yes, it's just who you thought it was. Very clever of you to work it out: still, I really do think that you should do something about this, don't you?" Nybbas: "Cows are, like, so five minutes ago. Do I look like Gary Larson to you?" Saminga: "Can you still kill humans like that? If so, why should I care?" Valefor: (Holding head) "No, no, NO. How many times do I have to say this? You wear leather; it doesn't wear you. On the other hand, you've got enough internal capacity now to walk away with a mint, so maybe we can work with this." Vapula: "And here I was wondering what I'd be working on this afternoon. Tell me, just how many articulated weapons pods do you think would fit on your new flanks? Ooh, I wonder if there's enough room for internal plasma batteries? Well, let's find out, shall we?" ===== Liber Licentiae Moeticae: http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html Last updated 04/13/02(this is usually way out of date) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 01:10:34 -0400 From: "Josh Moger" Subject: Re: IN> Cow. >Prepping for the Great Website Update tomorrow, came >across this half-completed item. Being not at all >well, really, I decided to finish it. > >God help me. > >Moe ::GAAAAAAASP:: Update? Up... date? sbaf--> ::sorry, random smattering of keys as I bang my head on the keyboard while trying to find where my jaw dropped of to:: Josh ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 01:25:36 -0400 From: "Josh Moger" Subject: Re: IN> Cow. > >Typical Superior Responses To A Servitor Who Is Trying >To Explain Just Why He Has Been Transformed Into A Cow > You have... WAY too much time on your hands. Thank God someone does. > >Dominic: "And just... excuse me." (Hum of >Archangel-level Seraph resonance coming online) >"Right. Now, if you'd just explain how this wasn't >your fault, we can continue. And where's the rest of >your Triad?" The best part is the subtle parenthetical section. I just like the image so much of a Superior resonance powering up. > >Eli: "Dude. You're, like, a cow. That's so cool. >Hold on a second." (Hum of Eli-power activating) >"Wow. This is like such a different perspective, you >know? I never realized how intense it is to be a cow. > Hey! Let's go EAT some grass for a change!" > And then there are the last lines that just punify the entire joke... >Gabriel: "Go forth, thou Bull of the Lord, and strike >a blow against those who Cruelly devour thy new >brothers in bovinity. Trample them under the stampede >of Heaven's just retribution!" > Good lord that Superior is custom made for any anime... >Laurence: (wearily) "As if this job was not >complicated enough. No, do not explain. Just take a >new vessel out of stores and get back to what you were >doing... and avoid such episodes in the future." > You know... this was a nice mini view of a maturing Laurence. Sounds vaguely Michaeline. > >Andrealphus: "Ooh, you kinky boy, you. Where did I >put my branding iron?" > eek. >Belial: "You are so lucky that I've already checked to >see whether you really can make a cow explode." >(pause) >"On the other hand, it's raining out and I'm bored..." > ::snortle:: >Kobal: "Heh. Heh-heh. Heh-heh-hah. >Heh-heh-hehheh-heh. Mwahh-hah-hah-hah-hahhh..." > My reaction exactly. But... Where's Ronald?! Josh, petitioner for ^_^' ------------------------------ End of in_nomine-digest V1 #2776 ********************************