From owner-in_nomine-digest@lists.io.com Tue Nov 18 17:06:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: from lists.io.com (lists.io.com [199.170.88.15]) by pyramid.sjgames.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA02789 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 17:06:36 -0600 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by lists.io.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id QAA02895 for in_nomine-digest-outgoing; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 16:54:26 -0600 Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 16:54:26 -0600 Message-Id: <199711182254.QAA02895@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 #478 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 Tuesday, November 18 1997 Volume 01 : Number 478 In this digest: IN> [BUFFY] the Slayer Project, the Infernal Opposition RE: IN> Superior's Hearts Re: IN> Nessie Re: IN> Superior's Hearts Re: IN> Superior's Hearts RE: IN> Superior's Hearts Re: IN> Superiors' Hearts IN> Angelaki RE: IN> Seed: Truth is Stranger than Fiction... RE: IN> Angelaki Re: IN> Superiors' Hearts RE: IN> Angelaki IN> Seed: Socks and Violence Fluff (RE: IN> Superior's Hearts) Re: IN> The Metatron Re: IN> Seed: Socks and Violence RE: IN> Seed: Truth is Stranger than Fiction... Getting Fluffy (Re: IN> Superior's Hearts) Re: Getting Fluffy (Re: IN> Superior's Hearts) RE: IN> Angelaki Re: IN> Seed: Socks and Violence RE: IN> Angelaki ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 03:09:23 -0500 From: "bruce dykes" Subject: IN> [BUFFY] the Slayer Project, the Infernal Opposition Dig this crazy new distinction for the servitors of Baal. Also, Any Songs, Artifacts, or Attunements or other such things that can be applied to a generic IN campaign are reprinted in the Notes chapter, so anybody not specifically interested in the Slayer Project can look there for stuff useable in their campaign without wading through all the other stuff... The Infernal Opposition consists primarily of vampires. But there's plenty of variety. The first vampire we're introduced to is The Master. A vampire/sorceror in service to Saminga, he had attempted to build a tether to Abbadon from a cavern beneath Sunnydale in the late thirties. This attempt was thwrted by an earthquake induced by a servitor of David, but the tether remains on the brink of completion. His overriding goal is to complete the tether, but Buffy slew him before he could complete it. Eventually, he creates a new vampire from a Rite involving the sacrifice of five humans. This new vampire is called The Anointed One, and he appears as a 9 year old boy. He's also believed dead at this point in the storyline. The two new vampires on the block are Spike and Druscilla. Spike lokks and sounds like a cross between David Bowie and Billy Idol, and, coincedentally, was sired by Angel (see the Divine Players). Druscilla is your stereotypical angst-ridden vampire goth chick. Spike came up with a scheme to attack the School during Parent Teacher night. Principal Snyder assigned Buffy and a second problem student to the decorating commitee with the promise of a favorable report to their parents if all goes well. When the attack occurs, Buffy, Giles, and Miss Calendar snap into action, and Principal Snyder hollers something about a gang hopped up on PCP. Groups are isolated, and Buffy leaves her mother, Principal Snyder, and another teacher in a bolthole, while she goes out to execute some major kickbutt. With some help from Angel, Xander, and the angels, the attack is thwarted, and the police chief asks Principal Snyder if they're going to use the usual cover story, a gang on PCP. Buffy's mother is a lot less concerned about her grades and her school discipline after seeing her perform under fire. She still doesn't know of Buffy's Role. Spike slew the Anointed One, and now they're the new gang in charge of the undead scene in Sunnydale. Aside from the undead, there are plenty of other supernatural enemies. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------- Ethan Rayne Balseraph servitor of Kobal Ethan is an *old* buddy of Giles'. In fact, they knew each other before the Fall. Inspired by the original "Lost Weekend" with Byron and the Shelleys (I've got every one of their albums;), Giles, Ethan, and three others (Diedre Page, Philip Henry, Thomas Sutcliffe, all deceased, but included if you want to use them for a Victorian England game). - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------- My personal favorite involves a relic that was used by monks in the twelfth century to bind a demon. As the monks chanted, the Demon was bound to the leaves of the tome as text (how's that for being word-bound). The Demon will remain in the tome until the words are read aloud, and the Demon will be freed. What happened in this case was that the book was scanned into a computer, at which the Demon gianed existence *inside* the computer. By communicating with the computer students, he convinced some of them to break into an abndoned industrial computer lab and create a robotic vessel for him to be downloaded into. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------- In another story, during a field trip to the zoo, Xander gets caught up with the bully clique while they accidentally trigger a Rite that summoned either Shedim or Ethereal Spirits, and caused the group of five kids to behave like a pack of hyaenas., with Xander as the leader. Eventually, the pack is called to the Principal's office after they're suspected of eating the school mascot, a piglet. Their discussion with the Principal doesn't go well, and they eat him. The Rite was originally due to be performed by the caretaker of the hyaenas, but the kids got there first. After this, Principal Snyder was brought on the scene. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------- The fraternity of Delta Kappa Zeta is comprised of the sons of California's wealthy elite. How did they become California's wealthy elite? Well, you join the fraternity, go out and kidnap a few virgins, and sacrifice them to the demon Makita (the Demon of Power Tools? ;) in the basement. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------- In a Marches story, we had a child in a coma who was able to open the Marches into Sunnydale. Consequently, evrybody's nightmares started manifesting in real life. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------- Knights of the Order of Turaka A new Distinction for servitors of Baal. The Knights of Turaka are a special strike force. Each one works alone. They each have a ring, or other suitable item of jewellry, with the sigil of the order inscribed upon it. These are very special ornaments. Not only is it imbued with the celestial Song of Attraction, but they are *ALL* attuned to the *SAME* person. They are also imbued with a Geas/3 to kill the object of attunement. Each day that the Knight fails to journey to the target, he incurs 1 note of dissonance (GMs, be as gentle or as strict as is appropriate for your campaign. If the bus breaks down in the middle of nowhere, and the demon won't be able travel 'til the next day, I wouldn't give him dissonance, but it's your campaign). Once the target is slain, the artifacts become detuned. And the Knights are free to continue their duties. When Baal needs to activate the Knights, he sends a trusted agent out with a special artifact (if you need it immediately, go ahead and create it, I'll probably wait for the LR). By touching the intended target with the artifact and spending 15 essence, the Knights are all immediately attuned to the target, and geas conditions apply. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------- As you can see, there's plenty of room for the full scope of IN plots in Sunnydale. For the rest of the plot synopses go to http://www.buffyslayer.com Bruce Impudite Captain of Cross-Licensing bdykes@intac.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 08:56:08 -0000 From: "Hart, Joanna" Subject: RE: IN> Superior's Hearts >> Is it canon that Andre used to be Archangel of Ecstacy, or is >>that a DV-ism? If it's canon, where's it from? >It is not canon. Andre's Word will be revealed in... The Infernal >Player's Guide. My money's on 'Desire'. Re: St Trinians. I did write it up for Vampire as a training base for wannabee vampire hunters (and no I have never seen Buffy but from Bruce's slayer stuff I guess someone else had the same idea :) ), and much as I hate to say it, I think they'd just as easily be soldiers of God as Satan (Probably in service to Janus/ Valefor -- start worrying :) ). jo ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 09:17:49 -0000 From: "Hart, Joanna" Subject: Re: IN> Nessie From: Earl Wajenberg >Very cute, though I was expecting something about the Loch Ness monster. I know, and I'm sorry, its a really pathetic play on words ('Ness' is the Hebrew for miracle ;-) ). Also it turned up as an unnnamed demon in a game I ran in Scotland (and I'd tried to set it locally) "For all we know, the Loch Ness monster might surface, upturn the motor-boat which is chasing us and cause a stampede of American tourists by the car park to cover our escape. Its a million to one shot but.. it might just work! " >You probably want to put an upper bound on that power, too, or she >can use it to, say, teleport Notre Dame de Paris (the international >Heavenly tether) into the Atlantic by quantum tunneling, with just >seven essence. Its a good point. I'd really only been thinking of it as a kind of plot device. For the devious though, maybe she has to think of something which is improbably with /precisely/ the probability of a million to 1. jo ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 11:28:01 -0500 (EST) From: Emily Dresner Subject: Re: IN> Superior's Hearts > The idea of the Cathedrals being the Superior's Hearts is similar to one > that features in the Kult game, in which the Citadels of the Archons > actually are the Archons in one sense. Personally I think it's a cool > idea. It could be that the experience of being inside a Cathedral *is* > telling you where the Archangel in question is, like a massive puzzle. > it's just that most angels (and AA's) simply aren't equipped to process > the information. It's like trying to see the giants patterns at Nazca > while you're still on the ground. In fact most of them don't even > understand it for what it is, accepting it as being purely what it > seems. > Perhaps it only makes sense from a...higher perspective. *pull out copy of Metropolis* Indeed, I have had the same thought. Except the Citadels of the Archons in Metropolis are... a little more nasty. Okay, alot more nasty. Although it would work beautifully for some of the areas of Hell. Let's see. We have Kether, Binah, Geburah, Tipareth, Netzach, Malkuth. (Hod, Yesod, and Chesed I believe are dead... I don't have my KULT gear with me.) The easiet ones I can do this with are... Netzach = Baal Geburah = Asmodeus Malkuth = Vapula Kether? Traditions? Never moving? He makes a good David, I guess. Tipareth might be a Lilith. As for Binah, Beleth? I dunno. I think the setting is cool, though. - - Em ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 11:34:24 -0500 (EST) From: Emily Dresner Subject: Re: IN> Superior's Hearts > >Hey hey hey, don't mess up the hair. I had to go to a STYLIST for this. > >:) > > Then don't try to steal the hat... But the hat would go well with my suit. > >(Think about the havoc I could cause with that thing! Woooooooo!) > > (I don't even want to think about a Balseraph of Line Editing.) Well, it would all be MOSTLY true. But infinitely cooler, schmoover, and more hip. Everyone would want stuff. And everyone would get a cheeto, slightly smashed, with their copies of sourcebooks. :) > >>>>>* The Cathedrals of Fallen/Dead Archangels still stand, although > >>>>>abandoned. [...] > >Well, that's interesting. It means Heaven is a bit larger then I > >originally conceived. Which is fine, I could use my horizons broadening. > > Heaven is really really big. Sort of like Space, only with gravity. Space does have... oh, never mind. :) I can see it being non-Euclidean, though. > > >I don't want to think about Andre's old pad. The entire concept makes my > >head spin. > > Oh, well, eventually... Actually, I like this as well. What a weird place to walk through, now that it's empty. Hmmmm.... Redneck's Archangel of Ecstacy... hmmm... plot... hmmm... My mind churns and does a little dance on the plot. I'm glad I have a new notebook for my notes. > >Hmmmm. Maybe like holding his spot open at the Seraph Council, they're > >always hoping that one day Lucifier will rejoin the flock. > > Yup. Angels are silly and maudlin like that. Which is why Demons are so cool. :) > >>And some Superiors might get annoyed by that. "Shaddup, take a number and > >>wait in line like everybody else!" > > > >*cough*Michael*cough* Do YOU want to summon up this guy if he's down on > >earth slaughtering terrorists in the jungles of Central America? > > > >Not I. > > Heck, do you want to summon Laurence if he's in Heaven, plotting > strategy. "Yes, yes, I hear you. It better be *important*...." > > For that matter, do you want to summon Novalis if she's busy with > a sweet little assignation in the hedge maze? "NAKED HEDGE MAZE WATER TAG!!!" And here you are, summoning her. I would think this works both ways, but why you have trouble getting people's attention down on the Earth. When you call your Superior, you are probably interrupting something, and then getting yourself into further trouble. Hmmm. Angry Superiors. This is why I have 1 pt essense Celestial Email. > >>>That is... seriously deep. You get the Gold Star Deep Award for the day. > >> > >> Deep into *what*, now that's the question... > > > >Into, uh, deepness! Hip deep into deepness! Yeah! That's it! > > That sounds messy. Hm. And you're a Balseraph... *grin* It could be pudding. Have you tried it? > >>>The onions off my egg salad sammich at lunch. Mmmmm... egg salad. > >> > >>I prefer chocolate, myself. > > > >Not for lunch. But the comment prompted me to get up and get a cup of > >hot cocoa. > > Oh, good. (Well, chocolate for bait, is what I mean.) > All I would catch are silly Bright Lilim who like cookies. :) - - Em Current Quote: "Do you know the true name of God? Have a churro." - The Malkavian Sarah, in a contemplative mood ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 11:35:10 -0500 (EST) From: Emily Dresner Subject: RE: IN> Superior's Hearts > >>>I don't want to think about Andre's old pad. The entire > >>>concept makes my head spin. > > > >>I dunno. A Cathederal dedicated to an Archangel of Ecstacy might > >>just be worth a look, abandoned, corrupted or not... > > > > Is it canon that Andre used to be Archangel of Ecstacy, or is > >that a DV-ism? If it's canon, where's it from? > > It is not canon. Andre's Word will be revealed in... The Infernal > Player's Guide. > Oh, fine. Make us all wait. *THHPT* Me, I like it too much. And I like the empty cathedrals too much. I'm just going to go ahead and move my game further into non-canon-dom. - - Em ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 11:36:30 -0500 (EST) From: Emily Dresner Subject: Re: IN> Superiors' Hearts > I wouldn't say "shatters," though -- I'd go around saying something > like, "Expands and vaporizes in a blaze of glory as the Power of the > celestial grows beyond the ability of the Heart to contain.<<< > > > Or they keep their old Heart sitting on their desk as a memento. > A young servant walks into Dominic's office. "Uh, sir, what is that?" *points to glowing pulsing object* "That is my heart, servant. Now it holds down my IN-BOX. Any other questions?" - - Em ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 12:44:49 -0500 From: "bruce dykes" Subject: IN> Angelaki > Other possibilities, using other diminutive endings, are: > > angelidio > angelio > angelario > angelaki > > Earl I hear Shal-Mari has a quite a few good angelaki stands...on a hot day, nothing beats some angelaki, followed by some angelato for dessert. But don't *ever* try the Soylent Angel... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 13:38:38 EST From: "Perry M. Lloyd" Subject: RE: IN> Seed: Truth is Stranger than Fiction... It's really nice to see a person in Hell being a character, rather than just some essence supplier. O:::) I know the game is about playing angels and demons, but so often I seem to forget that people are involved in the War, too. Somehow, things get out of perspective. Is the game about people or about Celestials? Celestials, but people are there, too. - -Perry Perry M. Lloyd "Here he comes again, head high and smiling shakin' down the world, playin' it cool. He smiles as though he never been hunted by the crowd, beaten by all the fools. -excerpt from "Here He Comes Again" by Rod McKuen ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 13:45:07 EST From: "Perry M. Lloyd" Subject: RE: IN> Angelaki >I hear Shal-Mari has a quite a few good angelaki stands...on a hot day, >nothing beats some angelaki, followed by some angelato for dessert. But >don't *ever* try the Soylent Angel... Soylent Angel is people! It's made of people! Ahhhhhh!!!! Oh, pardon me, couldn't help myself. - -Perry Perry M. Lloyd "Here he comes again, head high and smiling shakin' down the world, playin' it cool. He smiles as though he never been hunted by the crowd, beaten by all the fools. -excerpt from "Here He Comes Again" by Rod McKuen ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 14:10:00 EST From: "Perry M. Lloyd" Subject: Re: IN> Superiors' Hearts From: Emily Dresner >> >> Or they keep their old Heart sitting on their desk as a memento. >> > >A young servant walks into Dominic's office. > >"Uh, sir, what is that?" *points to glowing pulsing object* >"That is my heart, servant. Now it holds down my IN-BOX. Any other >questions?" > >- Em Kobal turns to the newly formed demon who has just arrived to receive his heart. "Mint?" he asks, holding out an oddly shaped, throbbing bowl. "Certainly." The demon takes the bowl, dropping it immediately as it quickly becomes red-hot. Mints spread out over the floor haphazardly. "It that what I think it is?", the newbie asks in horror. "No, that one's mine," Kobal replies. He reaches into the drawer of his desk, pulling out a pansy pink and blue globe. "This," he says holding it with two fingers, like it were a object of disgust, "is *your* heart." - -Perry Perry M. Lloyd "Here he comes again, head high and smiling shakin' down the world, playin' it cool. He smiles as though he never been hunted by the crowd, beaten by all the fools. -excerpt from "Here He Comes Again" by Rod McKuen ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 19:33:31 GMT From: maya@tcp.co.uk (GR Cogman) Subject: RE: IN> Angelaki >>I hear Shal-Mari has a quite a few good angelaki stands...on a hot day, >>nothing beats some angelaki, followed by some angelato for dessert. But >>don't *ever* try the Soylent Angel... > >Soylent Angel is people! It's made of people! Ahhhhhh!!!! > I had this vision of the Angel Food Bar in Shal-Mari. Cherub Cutlets! Seraph Steaks! All fried over real captive Ofanim! "We want a pizza. Seraph wings to go, no anchovies. And get the blessed scales out this time, poor Ahese nearly broke a tooth last time." - --- Maya, Elohim of Eli in service to Blandine maya@tcp.co.uk - -- "There are those who say that wizards are subject to temptations and addictions beyond the understanding of ordinary men: the addiction to shape-changing, or to meditation under the influence of certain herbs and conditions of the stars; the obsession with knowledge, and the development of power. Yet this is not so. Temptation is temptation, obsession is obsession, and choice is choice." - Isar Chelladan, Precepts of Wizardry. -- "Dog Wizard", Barbara Hambly. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 15:33:56 -0500 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: IN> Seed: Socks and Violence [What I wouldn't do to have been able to fit stringed instruments into this seed, for Socks and Violins...] AKA THE GREAT VAPULAN MISSING SOCK PLOT (A nice silly seed... You don't want to know what sparked it.) A collection of 7-Force Vapulan demons have concieved of a great plot to make angels destroy the universe. It all relies on Dark Matter, and whether the universe is ultimately expanding (due to the force of the Big Bang, aka the Symphony starting up) or contracting (due to gravity as all the physical bits of matter draw together in the mother of black holes). The trick, you see, is to get Creationers to keep making matter, ultimately upsetting the balance of the universe. (Having people make vessels and leave them lying around dead is also good, but it's hard to convince people to undergo Trauma willingly.) And how better a way to get more matter made than to steal little, trivial things, that an angel might not think twice about making a replica of... Such as: socks. Steal one half of a pair, and the Creationer makes more! Thus, Vapulans have been secretly planting little artifacts in washing machines and dryers. These relics incorporate the Celestial Song of Motion and a reliquary to power it. When a load of laundry is placed within the booby-trapped machinery, the Song is activated as soon as the lid is closed. It's only *supposed* to work on socks, but sometimes it catches undergarments and towels as well. Often, the items end up at the side of the road somewhere. This contributes to landfills, which suits most Vapulans just fine. However, Schaaph, a cunning young Impudite of Technology, has a grand theory -- Creationers spend Essence when they use Abracadabra or Transubstantition, right? Well, obviously that Essence is being turned into matter. The trick would be to turn matter into Essence! While this doesn't contribute to the production of "dark matter" (the stuff that scientists know just *has* to be out there in the universe for acceleration of suns to work they way it does, but haven't quite been able to find yet) directly, it *would* make a nice source of energy for a drained demon, right? So he's been carefully "retuning" some of these relics, so that instead of sending their precious cargo of socks just anywhere at random, the socks get dumped in *his* lab. There, he seeks to find ways to easily release the Essence inside them... Enter Lucas, Elohite of Creation in service to Lightning, and Zibiah, Cherub of Lightning. After investigating the bursts of Essence coming from a local laundromat, the pair has discovered that there is a sock-thief around. (Well, Lucas was getting tired of losing socks, too...) After much debate, Zibiah has attuned herself to a pair of socks, which is being run through the wash as many times as they can gather quarters. While she does this, Lucas has gone to fetch some additional help, since such a bizzare plot *has* to have demons at the back of it. Lucas (wrongly) suspects agents of Kobal. Angelic PCs are obviously those recruited by Lucas (who will probably not be accompanying them, as he is not combat-capable and has a job to maintain; Zibiah will have to be along to lead the PCs to her attuned socks). Demonic PCs have been recruited by Schaaph to guard his lab -- he thinks that some Soldiers (or enemy Hellsworn, or maybe the Game) were poking around trying to steal his ideas. (He may be right or wrong, depending on what would most add to the general confusion when the angels assault the lab...) The angel attack will happen, of course, just as Schaaph is starting a test that involves bombarding Zibiah's attuned sock(s) with high-energy particles...in a device that's fragile, cranky, and inadaquately shielded. Random explosions and lots of violence -- what more could be asked for in an adventure? - --------------- [I'm in a character designing mood, what can I say?] Lucas, Elohite of Creation in service to Lightning - -------------------------------------------------- Corporeal 1, Strength 2, Agility 2 Ethereal 4, Intelligence 8, Precision 8 Celestial 4, Will 7, Perception 9 Vessel: Human male/3 [9 points] Role: Lab Assistant/3 (Status 2) [3 points] Skills: Artistry (Watercolors)/1, Chemistry/1, Computer Operation/1, Detect Lies/1, Driving/1, Electronics/1, Knowledge (General Sciences)/1, Lying/1, Medicine/2, Singing/1, Tactics/1 [12 points] Songs: Tongues (Corporeal/2) [2 points] Attunements: Elohim of Creation, Transubstantiation Combat is *not* Lucas' speciality -- or at least not corporeal combat. On the other hand, he *is* good at his job in a chemical laboratory. His one flaw is that he thinks something so *brain-damaged* as sock-stealing *has* to be a Kobalic plot. Zibiah, Cherub of Lightning - --------------------------- Corporeal 3, Strength 4, Agility 8 Ethereal 2, Intelligence 5, Precision 3 Celestial 4, Will 6, Perception 10 Vessel: Human female/2 [6 points] Role: Computer Sciences Student/3 (Status 2) [3 points] Skills: Acrobatics/1, Computer Operation/3, Detect Lies/1, Dodge/2, Electronics/2, Fast-Talk/2, Fighting/2, Knowledge (Math)/1, Move Silently/2 [16 points] Songs: Tongues (Corporeal/1) [1 point] Attunements: Cherub of Lightning, Remote Control [10 points] A young Cherub, Zibiah's previous assignments were mixed between simple "infiltration of the area" (such as her current one) and a few that required a bit of sneaking around. She'd be inclined to see Vapulans behind every telephone pole -- she's excitable, for a Cherub -- but Lucas has convinced her that not even Vapulans would be this...random. She's going to have a lot of fun teasing him about it when she gets back. She's *not* wild about being attuned to socks. It's undignified, for one, and liable to net her some dissonance for another -- especially since she doesn't have the Corporeal Song of Healing. (Something she intends to fix, real soon now.) She's going to be utterly mortified when her resonance tells her that her socks are in mortal danger... Schaaph, Impudite of Technology - ------------------------------- Corporeal 3, Strength 5, Agility 7 Ethereal 3, Intelligence 7, Precision 5 Celestial 3, Will 9, Perception 3 Vessel: Human Male/2, Charisma +1 [8 points] Role: Mad Scientist/4 (Status 3) [6 points] Skills: Chemistry/1, Computer Operation/3, Electronics/3, Engineering/5, Fast-Talk/1, Knowledge (High Energy Physics)/1, Lying/1, Running/1 [16 points] Songs: Healing (Corporeal/1) [1 point] Attunements: Impudite of Technology, Balseraph of Technology [5 points] Schaaph is one of Vapula's more promising researchers -- if he'd only manage to actually make something work. If the group behind the Dark Matter Socks Of Creation plot knew that he was sabotaging it, Schaaph would be in deep trouble. (Schaaph knows about the DMSOC plot, but doesn't think he's doing enough harm for that to matter.) That trouble would all go away if Schaaph were actually able to distill created socks down for their Essence. He's not a combat type, but given half a chance, he'll surround himself with people who *are*. If the PCs are angelic, equip Schaaph with a half-dozen Hellsworn and demons (7-9 Forces), mostly fellow Vapulans, but a Servitor or two of the War migh be in there as well. - --emccoy@nh.ultranet.com // arcangel@io.com In Nomine Line Editor GURPS, Roleplayers, In Nomine stuff; Art: http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 16:04:17 -0500 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Fluff (RE: IN> Superior's Hearts) At 8:56 AM +0000 11/18/97, Hart, Joanna wrote: >>> Is it canon that Andre used to be Archangel of Ecstacy, or is >>>that a DV-ism? If it's canon, where's it from? > >>It is not canon. Andre's Word will be revealed in... The Infernal >>Player's Guide. > > >My money's on 'Desire'. Hey, Karakash, do you think it would be wrong for me to run a betting pool till the IPG comes out? - --emccoy@nh.ultranet.com // arcangel@io.com In Nomine Line Editor GURPS, Roleplayers, In Nomine stuff; Art: http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 16:02:16 -0500 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Re: IN> The Metatron At 1:10 AM -0500 11/18/97, The Other Chris wrote: >Here's a query for the Archangel Beth... >Before IN (finally!) came out, I wrote Derek a few times. In one of my >posts I asked about the Metatron. He replied that the Metatron was going >to feature in more in depth descriptions of Hell, that the infernal >realm was going to be carved out of the Metatron's body, and that he >would be the infernal's only real friend. > >So, I've read H&H and the Metatron ain't there. How come? To quote Lois McMaster Bujold: "The author always reserves the right to have a Better Idea." There's a reference to Metatron's corpse, IIRC, in the Lucifer story, on the SJG official In Nomine pages, and that's all *I* know about it. I'll ask Derek when we unchain him from his word processor. - --emccoy@nh.ultranet.com // arcangel@io.com In Nomine Line Editor GURPS, Roleplayers, In Nomine stuff; Art: http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 16:04:36 -0500 (EST) From: Emily Dresner Subject: Re: IN> Seed: Socks and Violence That's it. No more sugar or caffeine for you. You are officially CUT OFF. *waggle finger* And why do poor Kobalites always get the short end of the stick? :) - - Em Current Quote: "Let's be bad." - Bart Simpson ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 16:12:06 -0500 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: RE: IN> Seed: Truth is Stranger than Fiction... At 1:38 PM -0500 11/18/97, Perry M. Lloyd wrote: >It's really nice to see a person in Hell being a character, rather than >just some essence supplier. O:::) > >I know the game is about playing angels and demons, but so often I seem to >forget that people are involved in the War, too. Somehow, things get out >of perspective. Is the game about people or about Celestials? Celestials, >but people are there, too. Celestials *ARE* people! (Celestials are people too!) But yeah, humans need to show up too. Soldiers are usually the ones who get used as the token humans, but servants do well too. (Hey, Servitors of Nybbas get human servants. I figure that even those who haven't gone would have one, and, well, it was fun to design one.) - --emccoy@nh.ultranet.com // arcangel@io.com In Nomine Line Editor GURPS, Roleplayers, In Nomine stuff; Art: http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 16:10:11 -0500 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Getting Fluffy (Re: IN> Superior's Hearts) At 11:34 AM -0500 11/18/97, Emily Dresner wrote: >> >Hey hey hey, don't mess up the hair. I had to go to a STYLIST for this. >> >:) >> >> Then don't try to steal the hat... > >But the hat would go well with my suit. Tough. My hat. Mine, mine, mine. (Hm. Am I a Djinn?) >>>(Think about the havoc I could cause with that thing! Woooooooo!) >> >>(I don't even want to think about a Balseraph of Line Editing.) > >Well, it would all be MOSTLY true. But infinitely cooler, schmoover, and >more hip. Everyone would want stuff. And everyone would get a cheeto, >slightly smashed, with their copies of sourcebooks. :) ...... I don't think the cheeto would sell all that well. Though I admit, if you could convince the Texas Public School system to adopt In Nomine as the official religion in school book, I'd give you the hat and stay on as an obnoxious, pushy advisor. >> >>>>>* The Cathedrals of Fallen/Dead Archangels still stand, although >> >>>>>abandoned. [...] >> >Well, that's interesting. It means Heaven is a bit larger then I >> >originally conceived. Which is fine, I could use my horizons broadening. >> >> Heaven is really really big. Sort of like Space, only with gravity. > >Space does have... oh, never mind. :) I can see it being non-Euclidean, >though. That too. And actually, Heaven has *optional* gravity. You can have it if you want it, or not. >> >Hmmmm. Maybe like holding his spot open at the Seraph Council, they're >> >always hoping that one day Lucifier will rejoin the flock. >> >> Yup. Angels are silly and maudlin like that. > >Which is why Demons are so cool. :) But I *know* demons are cool. Especially the Balseraphs. "Why do you think they call it snake oil?" >>>>And some Superiors might get annoyed by that. "Shaddup, take a number and >>>>wait in line like everybody else!" >>>*cough*Michael*cough* [...] >>For that matter, do you want to summon Novalis if she's busy with >>a sweet little assignation in the hedge maze? > >"NAKED HEDGE MAZE WATER TAG!!!" > >And here you are, summoning her. I would think this works both ways, but >why you have trouble getting people's attention down on the Earth. When >you call your Superior, you are probably interrupting something, and then >getting yourself into further trouble. Exactly. What do *you* have to say that's soooooo important you have to come up and deliver it personally instead of staying down there and doing your job, HMMMMMMM? >Hmmm. Angry Superiors. This is why I have 1 pt essense Celestial Email. Well, we use a cellphone and a Tether. >>>>>That is... seriously deep. You get the Gold Star Deep Award for the day. >>>> >>>> Deep into *what*, now that's the question... >>> >>>Into, uh, deepness! Hip deep into deepness! Yeah! That's it! >> >>That sounds messy. Hm. And you're a Balseraph... > >*grin* It could be pudding. Have you tried it? Nooooooo..... And I'm scared to. You go first. >>>>>The onions off my egg salad sammich at lunch. Mmmmm... egg salad. >>>> >>>>I prefer chocolate, myself. >>> >>>Not for lunch. But the comment prompted me to get up and get a cup of >>>hot cocoa. >> >>Oh, good. (Well, chocolate for bait, is what I mean.) > >All I would catch are silly Bright Lilim who like cookies. :) Is this a problem? You can trade the cookies for Geasa... - --emccoy@nh.ultranet.com // arcangel@io.com In Nomine Line Editor GURPS, Roleplayers, In Nomine stuff; Art: http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 17:02:46 -0500 (EST) From: Emily Dresner Subject: Re: Getting Fluffy (Re: IN> Superior's Hearts) > >But the hat would go well with my suit. > > Tough. My hat. Mine, mine, mine. (Hm. Am I a Djinn?) Sure you are. Are you sure you wouldn't like a nice pair of gloves to fixate on instead? Or a nice muff? How about a little beanie with a propeller? > >>>(Think about the havoc I could cause with that thing! Woooooooo!) > >> > >>(I don't even want to think about a Balseraph of Line Editing.) > > > >Well, it would all be MOSTLY true. But infinitely cooler, schmoover, and > >more hip. Everyone would want stuff. And everyone would get a cheeto, > >slightly smashed, with their copies of sourcebooks. :) > > ...... I don't think the cheeto would sell all that well. Though > I admit, if you could convince the Texas Public School system to > adopt In Nomine as the official religion in school book, I'd give > you the hat and stay on as an obnoxious, pushy advisor. No cheeto? People don't have a sense of style. I don't have access to the Texas Public School System, but I'd certainly try if given half a chance. Just for the outright humor value. I did get a guy to explain to me his entire theory of the universe once, where all "unexplained phenomena" existed on another, yet parallel plane of existance. He was very... adamant about it. He was all insulted when I was laughing out of context later. Anyways... > >> >Hmmmm. Maybe like holding his spot open at the Seraph Council, they're > >> >always hoping that one day Lucifier will rejoin the flock. > >> > >> Yup. Angels are silly and maudlin like that. > > > >Which is why Demons are so cool. :) > > But I *know* demons are cool. Especially the Balseraphs. "Why do you > think they call it snake oil?" And attractive, and cuddly, and people you want hanging around. Really. > >And here you are, summoning her. I would think this works both ways, but > >why you have trouble getting people's attention down on the Earth. When > >you call your Superior, you are probably interrupting something, and then > >getting yourself into further trouble. > > Exactly. What do *you* have to say that's soooooo important you > have to come up and deliver it personally instead of staying down > there and doing your job, HMMMMMMM? There are life, death, and Dominic situations, though. Every once in a while, it might actually be useful to be able to yank your Superior back from Earth up to Heaven. "Hey, Boss? There's a Triad here, and they wanna speak to you..." > > >Hmmm. Angry Superiors. This is why I have 1 pt essense Celestial Email. > > Well, we use a cellphone and a Tether. I found that even Tethers were a pain, because I have so few of them. So I needed some other method to keep from the players from going insane. > >>That sounds messy. Hm. And you're a Balseraph... > > > >*grin* It could be pudding. Have you tried it? > > Nooooooo..... And I'm scared to. You go first. What, don't you trust me? > >>Oh, good. (Well, chocolate for bait, is what I mean.) > > > >All I would catch are silly Bright Lilim who like cookies. :) > > Is this a problem? You can trade the cookies for Geasa... The problem is that the geasa will be things like, "For a cookie, you have to be polite to everyone you meet for the next three hours." Or, "For a cookie, you have to not yell at your coworker." It will be stuff to make the world a nicer, happier place. Nah. No thanks. :) Emily K. Dresner, M.S.Eng. Applications Programmer III and Balseraph of the Game Desktop Applications Team - Medical Center Information Technology Current Quote: "Let's be bad." - Bart Simpson ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 17:04:27 -0500 From: Jesse Rooney Subject: RE: IN> Angelaki >"We want a pizza. Seraph wings to go, no anchovies. And get the blessed >scales out this time, poor Ahese nearly broke a tooth last time." Is it just me or are there only three other people in the symphony besides me who like anchovies? How about a demon of anchovies Beth? - -Jesse ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 18:02:58 -0500 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Re: IN> Seed: Socks and Violence At 4:04 PM -0500 11/18/97, Emily Dresner wrote: >That's it. No more sugar or caffeine for you. You are officially >CUT OFF. *waggle finger* No more *CHOCOLATE*? >And why do poor Kobalites always get the short end of the stick? :) Because they didn't booby trap the sock-stealing relics first? - --emccoy@nh.ultranet.com // arcangel@io.com In Nomine Line Editor GURPS, Roleplayers, In Nomine stuff; Art: http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 18:06:43 -0500 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: RE: IN> Angelaki At 5:04 PM -0500 11/18/97, Jesse Rooney wrote: >>"We want a pizza. Seraph wings to go, no anchovies. And get the blessed >>scales out this time, poor Ahese nearly broke a tooth last time." > >Is it just me or are there only three other people in the symphony besides >me who like anchovies? How about a demon of anchovies Beth? Send me one and give me the energy, and the INC gets one. But it's definitely a *demon* of anchovies. Little dead guppies on pizza, ick. (My mother likes them on salad. *Ick*.) - --emccoy@nh.ultranet.com // arcangel@io.com In Nomine Line Editor GURPS, Roleplayers, In Nomine stuff; Art: http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ End of in_nomine-digest V1 #478 ******************************* The material here is (C) 1997 Steve Jackson Games, Incorporated. All rights reserved.