From owner-in_nomine-digest@lists.io.com Sat May 5 23:29:40 2001 Return-Path: Received: from lists.io.com (majordom@lists.io.com [199.170.88.15]) by pyramid.sjgames.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA13012 for ; Sat, 5 May 2001 23:29:39 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by lists.io.com (8.9.3/8.9.1a) id XAA28288 for in_nomine-digest-outgoing; Sat, 5 May 2001 23:36:53 -0500 Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 23:36:53 -0500 Message-Id: <200105060436.XAA28288@lists.io.com> From: owner-in_nomine-digest@lists.io.com (in_nomine-digest) To: in_nomine-digest@lists.io.com Subject: in_nomine-digest V1 #2205 Reply-To: in_nomine-l@lists.io.com Sender: owner-in_nomine-digest@lists.io.com Errors-To: owner-in_nomine-digest@lists.io.com Precedence: bulk in_nomine-digest Saturday, May 5 2001 Volume 01 : Number 2205 In this digest: IN> Iron Rev Voting Q Re: IN> Consider the World IN> Servitor Attunement for Jean AND Vapula (plus one of my noncanonical specials) IN> Re: in_nomine-digest V1 #2204 Re: IN> April 22, 2001 (ML) IN> April 24, 2001 (ML) Re: IN> On Madness and Archangels Re: IN> Iron Rev Voting Q Re: IN> Iron Rev Voting Q IN> Question about the Books Re: IN> On Madness and Archangels IN> Consider the Zealot Re: IN> Question about the Books Re: IN> Iron Ref - ML Re: IN> IRON REV: Undead Flying Zombi Insects... from the Unnamed Pyramid! (Under the word limit, even!) IN> Consider the MAN IN> Re: Consider the Man IN> Consider the Dark Side IN> Long Live the Queen (Iron Rev submission) Re: IN> The Lady and the Scarab (Iron Rev submission power!) Re: IN> Iron Rev Scenario : Eye of the Needle IN> Consider Cthulhu Re: IN> Iron Ref - ML Re: IN> Long Live the Queen (Iron Rev submission) IN> Holy Cults Re: IN> Long Live the Queen (Iron Rev submission) Re: IN> Long Live the Queen (Iron Rev submission) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 01:04:46 -0400 (EDT) From: "Rev. Pee Kitty" Subject: IN> Iron Rev Voting Q Do we vote publicly, or send the votes to Jo directly? - -- Rev. Pee Kitty, of the order Malkavian-Dobbsian, Q4B4L! Meow! "When you're alive you gotta SHOUT, and MAKE A LOT OF NOISE or WHATEVER, 'cause when you're dead, you SHUT UP LIKE HELL!" -- St. Jeroen Van Braam ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 01:07:33 -0400 (EDT) From: "Rev. Pee Kitty" Subject: Re: IN> Consider the World *applause* That was just great. - -- Rev. Pee Kitty, of the order Malkavian-Dobbsian, Q4B4L! Meow! GET SOME SLACK, CREATE SOME SLACK, OR DIE THESE ARE YOUR *ONLY* CHOICES -- St. Bubba ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 21:29:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Maurice Lane Subject: IN> Servitor Attunement for Jean AND Vapula (plus one of my noncanonical specials) Well... err... umm... OK, I was talking to my girlfriend on the phone, she's got a cold and is a little light-headed right now, and she mentioned Flying Butt Monkeys (her lab's rough equivalent to Pyramid's Alien Space Bats, or the personification of whatever it is that sends engineers the Wild Ass Guesses that let them finish projects on time)... Oh, just read it. :) Moe Well-Reasoned Extrapolation of Existing Factors / Alien Space Bats / Flying Butt Monkeys (Lightning / Technology / Mending*) *Noncanonical Superior Odd how three different Superiors could have come up with essentially the same Attunement. Of course, the Archangel of Mending used to work for Jean, and Vapula has never been averse to a little plagiarism for a bad cause, so maybe it's not so odd after all. In any case, to use this Attunement the celestial must be alone and working on a scientific or technological problem whose solution requires data that simply isn't available. By spending 1 Essence (and making a Perception Roll), the celestial may come up with approximately correct (but unverifiable) data. Servitors of Lightning gravely state that they gently strum Symphonic strings to watch how the universe resonates, thus giving them an insight into the problem. Servitors of Technology/Mending shrug and matter-of-factly claim that actual Alien Space Bats / Flying Butt Monkeys appear in a cloud of blue smoke and hand them the answer. Use the CD of the Perception roll to determine how useful the data actually is. Also, anyone with this Attunement has a general +1 to the CD of their successful scientific/engineering skill rolls. Apparently, the ASBs/FBMs retain a benevolent interest in the celestial. Interestingly enough, Jean never gives out his version of the Attunement to his Seraphim, and Jaymiel never gives out hers to her Elohim. Vapula has no similar restrictions, but that doesn't mean anything. Vapula would give Servitor Attunements to a tree if he thought that it would make a good researcher... ===== Liber Licentiae Moeticae: http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html Last updated 04/29/01(this is usually way out of date) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 21:35:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Maurice Lane Subject: IN> Re: in_nomine-digest V1 #2204 Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 20:41:28 From: "Janet Anderson" Subject: Fwd: IN> April 22, 2001 (ML) >Moe? How can *all* the Tethers he knew be gone? Judgement call: it's been three centuries, after all. Between the plagues, fires and the Blitz, London ain't what - or where - it used to be. Knowing that Tether X is on Y Street isn't too useful when Street Y disappeared a century and a half ago (even if the Tether's still there). >And why can't he wander around until he hears one? >(Yes, I know a Demonic Tether sounds just like >an Angelic one, but I bet he'd be able to tell once >he looked.) Hey, give the guy a break. He only 'woke up' two months ago. Bill is still getting his bearings, and will start to get on track just in time for the PCs to be in the area (funny, that). :) Moe ===== Liber Licentiae Moeticae: http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html Last updated 04/29/01(this is usually way out of date) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 21:40:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Maurice Lane Subject: Re: IN> April 22, 2001 (ML) Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 17:23:59 -0400From: "Eric Bertish" Subject: Re: IN> April 22, 2001 (ML) >>...and when he woke up, it was because of the six >>inches of dust that had seemingly (and suddenly)>>covered his body. >I'm assuming this was the result of Infernal >Intervention? Or a *lot* of consistently bad rolls, yes. :) >>homeless. One of the greatest playwrights in English >>literature is currently washing dishes in a London >>diner, and trying to figure out what to do next. >Why doesn't he become an actor? He'd be a natural >(duh) at Shakespearean drama: he knows the words, can >bring untold nuances to the roles, and he sounds >really, *really* confident in Elizabethan English. No ID. Besides, he's been only up and about for a short time. >And lots of actors wait tables/wash dishes/etc to >keep from starving. Yup. It's bringing back memories, in fact*... :) Moe *Not that I have any idea whether Bill had to wash dishes during his younger days. Probably something similiar, though: some things about acting and actors never change. ;) ===== Liber Licentiae Moeticae: http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html Last updated 04/29/01(this is usually way out of date) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 22:57:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Maurice Lane Subject: IN> April 24, 2001 (ML) Yes, it's a stretch (I say that a lot with this game). :) Moe PS: Whether stripping someone naked via swordplay is or isn't 'violent' (if you know that there's no way at all that you'll hurt the target) is up to the individual GM, of course. I could argue either side, actually. St. Mark's Eve This relic appears as a wooden icon that portrays Eve at the gates of the Garden of Eden, clad in nothing except the traditional fig leaf and some strategically-placed tresses of long hair. The icon is signed with the name 'St. Mark'. Precisely which St. Mark was responsible for this relic-icon is unknown (certainly all of the ones currently in Heaven and thus available for questioning have been exonerated). Whoever he was, he apparently had a certain low sense of humor and a strong dislike for pomposity. The relic acts as a Talisman (Dodge), but with a wrinkle: anyone who attacks while carrying it will never do corporeal damage to living targets. Instead, all damage will be done to the nonliving item that's nearest to the target. This usually means that a few rounds of combat will be enough to strip an opponent of weapons, armor ... and clothing. Currently, an 18 Force Seraph Mistress of Peace possesses St. Mark's Eve, and she has been quite adamant about keeping it until Novalis tells her otherwise. It's uncertain which is an odder visual image: the effects of a combat with her, or just the fact that there's a Seraph of Flowers that can enter into 'combat' in the first place... Talisman: Dodge/6 (adder) 12pt Can be carried +2pt Special Limitation: holder cannot cause corporeal damage to living targets -2pt Total: 12 ===== Liber Licentiae Moeticae: http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html Last updated 04/29/01(this is usually way out of date) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 23:03:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Maurice Lane Subject: Re: IN> On Madness and Archangels Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 17:16:10 -0400From: "S.D." Subject: IN> On Madness and Archangels Interesting speculations. A shame you picked _now_ to present it: it may be a few days before people start picking it apa... ahh, 'discuss it'. :) Moe ===== Liber Licentiae Moeticae: http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html Last updated 04/29/01(this is usually way out of date) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 06:15:49 From: "Jo Hart" Subject: Re: IN> Iron Rev Voting Q > >Do we vote publicly, or send the votes to Jo directly? > Send 'em to me, marked [Iron Rev Voting] (if you want them counted) -- if you want to send any votes and comments to the list too, then that's fine. If anyone wants to check through them, I've been gathering the scenarios together at: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jramsay/IronRev/ (And if any writers are unhappy with the formatting or anything, then let me know) jo _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 04:11:31 -0400 (EDT) From: "Rev. Pee Kitty" Subject: Re: IN> Iron Rev Voting Q On Sat, 5 May 2001, Jo Hart wrote: > >Do we vote publicly, or send the votes to Jo directly? > > Send 'em to me, marked [Iron Rev Voting] (if you want them counted) -- if > you want to send any votes and comments to the list too, then that's fine. Okay, cool... I was waiting to comment on 'em until I asked that... - -- Rev. Pee Kitty, of the order Malkavian-Dobbsian, Q4B4L! Meow! "Punctuality, regularity, discipline, industry, thoroughness, are a set of slave virtues." -- G. D. H. Cole ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 07:08:33 -0700 From: edenesque@juno.com Subject: IN> Question about the Books Hello. I have a question about the main books. You see, I (hopefully) will be starting my first ever part-time job soon and since I'll have some spare money, I plan to buy some of the IN books. The character that I want to play is a demon serving Factions (Impudite or Habbalah I don't know yet), and I was wondering in which books I would find information on Malphas, Novalis, Litheroy, Furfur, and Magog. Thank you. :) Charles Smith. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 12:16:21 -0400 From: "S.D." Subject: Re: IN> On Madness and Archangels >Interesting speculations. A shame you picked _now_ to >present it: it may be a few days before people start >picking it apa... ahh, 'discuss it'. :) Ah, well. ^_^ I can wait. It just flashed into my head recently. And, really, this can be applied to a *lot* of Celestials. (Even AA/Word-bound demon pairs, or Word-bound angel/demon pairs...Works a bit better as a seed if you do one of those. And who knows, maybe a DP who might have Redeemed split off a few Forces...?) ~S.D. Ryukage http://fly.to/sd_nexus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "We suck. We suck very badly. Oh yes, we do indeed suck." "Balthazar, you used a mortal slang word! How could you?!" Balthazar and Chaizar, 'Aftermath' (No, this isn't an IN campaign. ^_^) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 13:16:00 -0400 From: "Charles Phipps" Subject: IN> Consider the Zealot "A man has two glasses, one filled with raw sewage and one with pure crystal water. One is fit to drink and one is not but even if ninety percent of the second glass is poured into a pitcher, the remaining ten percent of the first if poured into it will render it filth. The soul is much like this." - -Modern proverb I've always wondered why people assume I'm insane. Truth be told my personality has never been any different nor has the world so drastically altered that my world view has become obsolete. I'm sorry but if you've come to hear me cry and boo hoo hoo about what I did so many years ago then you are going to be dissapointed. I do not regret it and indeed count it among Heaven's greatest victories. It must seem so horrible to your small mind what I did. Literally millions if not billions of lives snuffed out in a thirty year span and obviously sentient creatures like Thor, Zeus, and the faeries. How timid, how beutiful, how much like a human. Truth be told I would not have done what I had done to an animal, Jordi's creatures deserve much more respect than the thing I did to the ethereals. However I want you to understand now that only did everyone I kill DESERVE to die but it was necessary for the human race to be saved. Laurence understands this even as he is young and in deep love with the world around him including she who despises me, he is a good man and will lead the Host far. I understand the Ethereal plane first of all so you need not argue that God had a purpose for it that I was violating with my crusade, I was there when it was created. Blandine cannot say this and though she is Dreams of light, air, and happiness she cannot understand intimately what I know about the Marches nor can she fully appreciate that God's union of other words like Fear, Purity, Love, Humor, and Valor were meant to rule in this region just as fully as she. Given the number of words present that have joined the Hosts of Hell you can begin to see why she has the biggest job in Heaven and is overworked. The Marches is the backdrop of humanity's collective spirit and where they're soul interacts with one unanother on an unconcious level intertwining with Heaven and now that it exists; Hell. It is one of the most important battle fields of the Celestial Plane of existence and it's being held should never be understated tactically as a necessity to the War. If the Marches fall to Hell there will be no aspirations for humanity and in a generation it will fall to darkness, the same for the Marches and the Earth in reverse and both if Heaven were to fall of course. As commander of the Host and as a Christian baptized in the Holy Spirit and waters of the Earth I recognized that the human race has a great destiny ahead of it and requires freedom of will to achieve that destiny, a heart free from the burdens of darkness to perceieve light and darkness for what they truly are. For those who doubt my faith I have turned my cheek to the insults and taunts of my brother and sister Archangels until I was bloody and blue and never struck a blow in anger against Hell but only in protection of the race I love's conscience. Yet I recognize also idolatry still and my child Khalid though I disgaree with his beliefs about my Lord God returning, his prophet recognized this as well. The Ethereal gods gave no spiritual truths but offered a "third way" with paradises that could be bought and sold and deluding humans with doctrines that were blatant LIES about the truths of the universe; I was a seraph once and though I recognize honor now is more important than truth they stung like hornets one and all. I recognized them as corruptions of the Marches original purpose to provide stepping stones to a higher plane but instead of helping Heaven they sought to keep humanity down and destroy the truth despite ample evidence to the contrary it was. I would like you to imagine a world today where the Ethereal gods still had the power they once wielded and I would say it would be difficult because they would be doing everything in their power still to "barter" and "prove" themselves divine when Khalid my child recognized that faith needs no such tricks. They were the result of a world corrupted and dueled by Hell and thus instead of striking at the cause of the disease I gave treatment and provided humanity with a clean slate that it could once again begin choosing it's own destiny without the horrid nightmares of their forefathers trying to force them down a path they did not need to go down but tradition led them to believe otherwise and the POWER the idols wielded. I as the Commander of the Host took initiative to deal with a situation I felt the Archangel assigned to deal with it was not handiling properly and I built a better world. My work as the Word of Purity was done and God rewarded me by saying that I could do nothing more until Armageddon so he allowed me to return to the Higher Heavens...also to spare me death at those who could not understand what I had done. I do not blame them though they should have more trust in the man whom Michael passed his banner too, whom was the First Malakite, whom slew his foe in the Demon prince of Corruption. These are acomplishments a man should and can be proud of though I acomplished them all only through God's grace...I number the Purity Crusade among them. Just try and remember that dreams are meant to serve you, not rule you next time you think about the meaning of human freedom. - -Charlemagne ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 12:22:40 -0700 From: "Bevan Thomas" Subject: Re: IN> Question about the Books I was wondering in which books I would find information on >Malphas, Novalis, Litheroy, Furfur, and Magog. Thank you. :) > > Malphas and Novalis are in the basic rulebook. Litheroy is in the Gamemaster's Pack which comes with the In Nomine Screen. Furfur is in Revelations 1: Night Music. Magog is in Revelations 5: the Final Trumpet. Revelations 5 also has expanded information on Malphas. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 13:23:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> Iron Ref - ML - --- Maurice Lane wrote: > Serves Four to Six players. ! ROACLMWO! 0:> ===== Michael Walton, #9805-068 "Holding a grudge is like being stung to death by one bee." -- William Walton (no relation) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 13:30:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> IRON REV: Undead Flying Zombi Insects... from the Unnamed Pyramid! (Under the word limit, even!) - --- "Rev. Pee Kitty" wrote: > Undead Flying Zombi Insects... from the Unnamed Pyramid! "The title alone gets two snaps up!" ===== Michael Walton, #9805-068 "Holding a grudge is like being stung to death by one bee." -- William Walton (no relation) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 17:33:12 -0400 From: "Charles Phipps" Subject: IN> Consider the MAN Of course people need to consider me! I AM the most important of Hell's princes! I am! I am the absolute focus of all of humanity's aspirations, destiny, fates, and the medium of which they which both! I am in bold living color the televisions that they watch and learn from, the books they read from, the computers they stare at blinking lights. The media is everything that is human culture and thus celestial and ethereal culture and thus all. DON'T YOU SEE!? Heaven doesn't make humanity act the way it does or Hell it's humans who make US! Come on look at Shal-Mari it's a Vegas brothel, Perdination is the result of their essence and collective minds built up to me, and the first swords were built by men so Laurence is just a goody too shoes copycot of a LG D&D paladine. How do you ask can this be because Laurence is say 2000 years old, hasn't changed, and D&D was made in 1970s? Well duh... GOD HAS EXECUTIVE CONTROL!! When a human being writes something in say 2336 about some crazy cat named King Henry the Second then God will say "I like that" and then he inserts it into reality! Hell do you think King Arthur WASN'T a real king? Pishaw in my opinion he was a great real king with all the magic and so forth but God thought THROUGH ME that things were better off without that arse wipe muddying up the reps of the other kings so he made him fictional. It's the same thing with the ethereals, Gods then downsized to creatures less than angels because they didn't fit with the modern day program time slots. The printed word has power, the shown word has power, and the heard word has power. I am the Media and thus if I can figure out how to make the Ethereal gods completely nice blokes and amicable to god.... GOD WILL ANNUL THE PURITY CRUSADE! Heck they probably didn't even EXIST until God decided that them being fictional characters wasn't quite as cool as some badass Archangel named Uriel (the Angel of Death in old Judaic texts not Purity so obviously he got retconned because Death isn't cool in the modern context-Kapesh?). Lucifers the same way and he's pretty cool I think to put up with all the sheeeeeeet that God sucks him through; Your my Equal, your my former servitor whose rebelled, you don't exist, your working for me, your my enemy...happens all the time then SNAP it's gone. It's all about the ratings dude and what God watches and God likes God gets because GOD IS THE MONEY MAN! The currency is essence baby and what God spends it on is what we produce and I'm going to spend spend spend until I get the series he likes filled wall to wall with naked babes (and guys for the gals just tastefully done so I don't get grossed out), geeks get hot girls (see part one), explosians wall to wall, and this whole damnation thing out of the picture. So I have to step on a few toes to get it but I'm Hell's producer and that means what I say Goes. I am the man. - -Charlemagne ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 17:51:26 -0400 From: "Charles Phipps" Subject: IN> Re: Consider the Man Forgive me any Nybbas fans out there but I had to write at least one Prince as Stark Raving Mad and Nybbie seemed just a good a canidate as any to be an existentialits's worst nightmare.... that you aren't the center of the universe but someone most ASSURADLY is and you had best keep his attention! - -Charlemagne ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 17:58:34 -0400 From: "Charles Phipps" Subject: IN> Consider the Dark Side Yes I am God. I do not being ineffable nor enigmatic when I say that I am God. I am a projection of the mighty Creator which is his voice to Hell. I am no more omniscent than the Nazarene was while he was in his human form comparitively speaking and I am not all powerful. But I am God. Those in Heaven who decry God is on their side make a mighty mistake believing such for while the rebels went against his will they never understood that they HAD caught his attention and HAD caught his sympathy. Otherwise not only would they have been obliterated in an instant... THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN. I was thus created, dispatched if you will to watch over Lucifer and all his piddling little cronies. I am here as a testing source if you will, a way to see if Lucifer's arguments hold water on an Ark in the sea that is life. My mission? I am to destroy everyone and everything and bring all to Hell crashing down for all time with every new generation only producing a new crop of the completely selfish. Yes that includes demons but since they already have achieved their fates you don't have to worry about betrayal either... of course the beuty is you'd never believe that. If I suceed in my mission then Lucifer shall be admitted right and we shall start over from where we started....perhaps God will destroy the human race and all of Heaven, Hell, and the Marches or perhaps he'll come to like it and tell Lucifer to continue his works of darkness...or perhaps he'll commit suicide. I'm afraid my desires end with every generation's fate until the next is born, I'm not much for introspection you'd be surprised to find or at least wishful thinking. I focus to that end on the people with great fates for a reason that is quite fundemental to Lucifer's cause, the cult of the personality. Because Fate was brought about by essentially one man whom everyone chose to believe the delusions of before the mirror shattered and they all went their seperate ways I am continuing a similar track... It's proven I think extremely effective because Evil is not part of the original plan and not hardwired in. A single Stalin is worth a million Aunt Janes I think perhaps even 10 million. Now if you'll excuse me I have work to do. - -Charlemagne ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 18:30:09 -0400 From: "William J. Keith" Subject: IN> Long Live the Queen (Iron Rev submission) (The seed itself is just under 1000 words... tough limit. ;^) ) ********************************************************* (Any wilderness setting acceptable.) The first thing any sane, newly-sentient Ethereal Giant Ant Queen would reasonably do when under the gentle care of demons is attempt escape. All it takes is patience, sufficient Essence, and convenient Tether used by one's captors. Once on Earth, the Queen's exoskeletonized, gigantic, multilimbed form, complete with mandibles, claws, and poison, quickly dispatched the humanoid Vessels of her keepers. This done, she fled into the wilderness. Once there, she began doing what her instincts said she was supposed to. She began building a home from the time-honored ant materials of dirt and spit, giving birth to workers, eating everything organic in sight, and encouraging her offspring to do the same. "Home," of course, is an anthill. However, due to shaping by Nybbas' experts, the "anthill" is turning out to be an alien-like pyramid. - ------------ A Malakite of Jordi patrolling nearby notices some ecosystemic imbalances. Tracking it to its source, he finds the Ant Queen's pyramid, shortly after the Nybbasites get out of Trauma. The Media team was in a bad mood. They flubbed up a mission, got killed, and now have to go recapture someone, in this *disgustingly* isolated town. Thus, when they met the Malakite, he was in trouble. However, the Queen rescued him -- workers swarmed the Media team, sending them back to Trauma. From a Malakite's point of view, anything that kills demons can't be all bad. Also, this looked like it'd require more resources than he had at the moment, so he retreated and picked up some allies. The Nybbasites did too... here begins the game. - ------------- The demons' task is simple. Recapture the Ant Queen -- send her back to the Marches, where the massive amount of Essence she needs to recreate her Vessel will give the Nybbasites plenty of time to get her under control. The PCs may be put in charge of keeping the angels out of the way, or helping sneak the Nybbasites in to kill the Ant Queen. The only complicating factor is that the angels may be trying to free the Ant Queen from Hell's control, which cannot be allowed. Even killing her permanently would be preferable. The object for an angelic team is more complex. While the Queen cannot be allowed to stay on Earth -- besides the ban on Ethereals, she's disrupting the local ecology, and the Jordite(s) will insist on removing her -- there remains her antipathy towards the demons. The Malakite is not entirely averse to helping her escape her yoke. A free Ethereal is better than one in thrall to Hell. Since she's already helped against demons, it should be a piece of cake -- right? - ------------- Possible endings: If the Ant Queen is Vessel-killed, her drones will die. However, because she's so weak-willed, she's likely to lose her single Celestial Force. This would leave her nonsentient, and ripe for control by the Media. If permanently destroyed, the reformed Ethereal will be the base archetype Ravening Horde: nonsentient, uncontrollable by Hell, and uninterested in returning to Earth. If she survives Trauma, and the angels helped her stay out of the demons' hands, she will be grateful, and stay away from Beleth's side of the Marches, dreamscapes, or Earth. If the angels simply killed her, she will be embittered toward Heaven and an easy mark for re-capture and use by the Nybbasites. Otherwise, GM's call. If the Queen survives an attempt to physically kill her, she will dig in and continue fortifying her complex, while trying to work out how to create a new Queen. This is impossible, since she cannot really reproduce, and the complex will eventually fall to massive assault. However, this will be a great deal of work for either side, and there is a substantial probability that mundane humans might see the complex before its destruction. The best option for angels is to communicate with her. Any Jordian Kyriotate can; adding one as an ally will lower the difficulty of an angelic game, although if the angels request one's aid one's assignment is reasonable. Tongues(Ethereal), applicable resonances or other methods will indicate that she is willing to return to the Marches and knows the site of the Marches-Tether that the demons used to arrive in the area. It's about fifty miles from the site of the Pyramid complex, old and dying as a tourist attraction. Ferrying the Queen up the Tether will earn her gratitude and agreement to nearly anything. - ------------- The Ant Queen: 4 Co/2 Et/1 Ce. (G:IN: IQ 7.) Her Vessel includes: Mute, Deaf, No Fine Manipulators, Horrifying Appearance, high Strength/ST, Body Hits/HT, Claws, Mandibles, tough exoskeleton (high Protection/PD/DR), six-legged, and antennae for air currents. If playing in G:IN, the Queen is the center of a Hive Mind with Mindless Drones (the Workers) that function up to 100 miles. She has 50 Workers at game start, but can have up to 99. The Workers: may be encountered building the complex, gathering food nearby (organic mass is to build new Workers), or tending to the Queen. They're mindless, under total control of the Queen. They have just enough independent function to fight or perform other basic tasks when ordered to. They have a single Corporeal Force. While their Body Hits/HT are low, one must pass the Protection/PD/DR of their exoskeleton to damage them, and they can attack with claws and mandibles, similar to the Songs of Claws(short) and Fangs(large). They will wait for orders before defending themselves, communicated chemically. The Pyramid Complex: The main pyramid is 200' on a side and so far 50' tall. Inside is a maze of chambers and passages similar to a standard ant colony, except for architecture. The Queen's chamber is dug in 20 feet underground near the center. The Media team: 2-5 9-Force demons of the Media, leaning toward Ethereal Forces. They have some Corp. Discords... needed Vessels fast. The Malakite: 11-Force (4 Co/3 Et/4 Ce) solo agent of Jordi's, large coyote Vessel usually patrols this area. The local ecosystem was doing fine until this came along. William ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 21:24:19 -0400 (EDT) From: "Rev. Pee Kitty" Subject: Re: IN> The Lady and the Scarab (Iron Rev submission power!) Interesting seed - I liked it. The PCs do miss a lot of the backstory, unfortunately, but it makes for more chaos right from the get-go. Plus it gives a lot of interesting hooks if the PCs happen to be curious types (curious PCs? who has those?) and decide to investigate just what the hell happened... - -- Rev. Pee Kitty, of the order Malkavian-Dobbsian, Q4B4L! Meow! "People love to be told what to do. They love not doing what they've been told even more. They love it the most when they are made to do it anyway." ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 21:25:28 -0400 (EDT) From: "Rev. Pee Kitty" Subject: Re: IN> Iron Rev Scenario : Eye of the Needle Heh... In Nomine Cliffhangers, anyone? This one definitely has to be played over-the-top, what with all the cliches and action-movie elements... - -- Rev. Pee Kitty, of the order Malkavian-Dobbsian, Q4B4L! Meow! "When you're alive you gotta SHOUT, and MAKE A LOT OF NOISE or WHATEVER, 'cause when you're dead, you SHUT UP LIKE HELL!" -- St. Jeroen Van Braam ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 20:24:43 -0400 From: Mike Bruner Subject: IN> Consider Cthulhu "Bbbbbbaaadahahdhadhadhbbbaaaa!!..." *crunch* *chew, chew* *BURP!* (Forgive the silliness; you can blame Mr. Phipps's "Consider Pikachu" for putting the idea in my head (after all, the thought of Pikachu brings insanity, so from there it was a quick mental leap...)) - -- Mike Bruner-- bruner@delaware.infi.net ("Aiieeee!" "No, no, it's 'Ia, ia'...") ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 21:27:58 -0400 (EDT) From: "Rev. Pee Kitty" Subject: Re: IN> Iron Ref - ML On Fri, 4 May 2001, Maurice Lane wrote: > Le Adventure Humanitie Moetic Hmm... I'm a little lost with this one, honestly. The recipe layout was clever - maybe a little too clever for my simple mind. I don't quite get the overall plot. And the "unlikely insect".. is what the wiretap is supposed to be? Wasn't sure if I missed something... - -- Rev. Pee Kitty, of the order Malkavian-Dobbsian, Q4B4L! Meow! When you're having a bad day, remember: It takes 42 muscles to frown, but only 4 to pull the trigger of a decent sniper rifle. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 21:34:47 -0400 (EDT) From: "Rev. Pee Kitty" Subject: Re: IN> Long Live the Queen (Iron Rev submission) Heh, I was waiting to see this "insect <-> pyramid" connection used; it fits perfectly. A nice balance of combat opportunities and roleplaying opportunities - dice rolling *and* moral decisions. - -- Rev. Pee Kitty, of the order Malkavian-Dobbsian, Q4B4L! Meow! STEP 21. Frost the nuts. Big bag of nut in grocery store, why are they there? There for buying, and then to frost. Much like cake frosting, nut frosting sweet and smooth. Spread much like butter, but without grease and bubble. Allow nut to dry, then place on very best noodle tray. While allow for nuts to dry, think about new form of punishment. No frost for nut go bad, so take away and replace. ("How To Become A Famous Rock Star", LMNOP) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 22:37:35 -0400 From: "Charles Phipps" Subject: IN> Holy Cults Weird idea I have here... We've seen by Angora Wat that tethers can appear in Ethereal worshipping cultures as well so I was curious if during periods of great unrest (i.e. always) on Earth that Heaven would maintain either divine worshipping or divinely guided groups even in areas where they would be forbidden or completely unknown. For instance in Japan a Shinto Shrine Keeper (A Cherub of Flowers, Stone, Oceans, Wind, or Fire) guides a group of samurai during the Middle Ages to do battle with the Forces of Hell and evil etherals in Japan while either A:) Not preaching and letting destiny guide B:) Give a private mythological lessons on the sly. In South America a group of Quezticoatl worshipers (who may or may not be a Cherub) are taught by a Seraphim (a feathered serpent) to fight human sacrafice and battle the dark foces which encourage them and tyranny. Actually fun things aside in the highly free-will less world of In Nomine (on occasion) there may be quite a bit of truth to Mormon Legends about the area. Servitors of Judgement run a Confuscius based school of thought battle Legalism in the area as ordained by the Game supported servitors of Asmodeus. Thoughts? - -Charlemagne ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 23:59:02 -0400 From: "Eric Bertish" Subject: Re: IN> Long Live the Queen (Iron Rev submission) >(The seed itself is just under 1000 words... tough limit. ;^) ) Yeah, no kidding. Any chance we can get this raised for future contests? It's taken me 900 words just to do the setting. ;) Maybe I'm just being wordy, but I feel I need to adequately explain the motivation of an Elohite NPC or else the seed just won't fly. - -- Casca _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 01:31:34 -0400 (EDT) From: "Rev. Pee Kitty" Subject: Re: IN> Long Live the Queen (Iron Rev submission) On Sat, 5 May 2001, Eric Bertish wrote: > > >(The seed itself is just under 1000 words... tough limit. ;^) ) > > Yeah, no kidding. Any chance we can get this raised for future contests? > It's taken me 900 words just to do the setting. ;) Hmm... I just went by the byte count given, since my editor doesn't have a word-count feature. "1,000 words (~10K)", and it was a little under 9K. Looking at it, though, word-for-word, I might've been a little over, too. - -- Rev. Pee Kitty, of the order Malkavian-Dobbsian, Q4B4L! Meow! "It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth...that you are a slave. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage - born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch...a prison for your mind." -- Morpheus, _The Matrix_ ------------------------------ End of in_nomine-digest V1 #2205 ******************************** The material here is (C) 2001 Steve Jackson Games, Incorporated. All rights reserved.