From owner-in_nomine-digest@lists.io.com Sun Nov 7 13:03:42 1999 Return-Path: Received: from lists.io.com (majordom@lists.io.com [199.170.88.15]) by pyramid.sjgames.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA17766 for ; Sun, 7 Nov 1999 13:03:42 -0600 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by lists.io.com (8.9.3/8.9.1a) id NAA08618 for in_nomine-digest-outgoing; Sun, 7 Nov 1999 13:05:21 -0600 Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 13:05:21 -0600 Message-Id: <199911071905.NAA08618@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 #1394 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 Sunday, November 7 1999 Volume 01 : Number 1394 In this digest: Re: IN> The Final Battle (Was: Re: Pride IS a sin) IN> Shared Tethers Re: IN> Ethereal Campaigns Re: IN> Falling Archangels (Yves) Re: IN> Ethereal Campaigns IN> Big Increase Re: IN> The Final Battle (Was: Re: Pride IS a sin) Re: IN> The Final Battle (Was: Re: Pride IS a sin) IN> Dodging vs. resisting IN> Itty-Bitty Pistol IN> In Nomine Web Page Update Re: IN> Ethereal Campaigns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 11:33:11 -0600 From: "Prodigal" Subject: Re: IN> The Final Battle (Was: Re: Pride IS a sin) > >> At 7:50 PM -0800 11/5/99, Azrael wrote: > >> Two wrongs still do not make a right, regardless. };;;> From: Amo Nympham > but three lefts do. You still wind up on the wrong street, though. ;;;p ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 16:06:53 -0600 From: David Edelstein Subject: IN> Shared Tethers >>>Because the thought of it makes my head hurt trying to think of what the mechanics would be.<<< Same mechanics as for other shared Words. - -David ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Nov 99 11:05:53 PST From: "Azrael" Subject: Re: IN> Ethereal Campaigns EPG I must have one!!! Azrael . Has an Ethereal Players Guide > already been considered and rejected? If not, I think some thought > should be given to it when other ideas for books start running low... > > -- Santiago > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 02:10:00 -0000 From: "Liam" Subject: Re: IN> Falling Archangels (Yves) From: John Karakash > I've been of the opinion that Yves would cease > to be if the Symphony chose its Fate i'd go along with that liam ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 02:14:39 -0000 From: "Liam" Subject: Re: IN> Ethereal Campaigns From: Santiago > Has anyone done much exploration into Ethereals as player > characters? I'd say that this could certainly be quite interesting. ethereals are cool. i like the idea of playing one of those primal elemental spirits, or a has-been god liam ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 22:16:48 -0500 From: "Lou" Subject: IN> Big Increase *** URGENT *** ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS FOR YOUR BUSINESS AND INCREASE YOUR PROFITS 30%-50% ! 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The ramifacation of such a change are obvious; we can not truly >even be in the 1999 as yet. Actually, Augustus just changed the names of two months. Yes, ceasar re-organised the calender, but as it says: "Caesar next turned his attention to domestic reforms. First he reorganised the calender which the College of Priests had allowed to fall into such disorder, by inserting days or months as it suited them, that the harvest and vintage festivals no longer correspondd with the appropriate seasons. He linked the year to the course of the sunby lengthening it to 365 days, abolishing the short extra month and adding an entire day every fourth year. But to make the next first of January fall in the right season, he drew out this particular year (46 BC) by two extra months, inserted between November and December, so that it consisted of fifteen, including the intercalary one inserted after Febuary in the old style." (Kris hugs Suetonius - The Twelve Caesars, which isn't just tabloid filth) The 365 and 1/4 day year is actually known as the solar year, because it's the time it takes for the sun to return to a position. It's not a solely roman invention either - most civilisations with even a basic grasp of astrology used it, for example, the Sumerians, Babylonians, Mayans, Greeks, Aztecs, Chinese, etc. all used it, although not all of tehm got the 1/4 thing. >> Finally, Abbaddon, Celestial (it was uncertain if he was a Demon, Angel >> or _other_, like Yves and Kronos) of the End. He got tired of waiting, and >> let a renegade Malakite of Fire (who happened to know the Song that >> destroyed Soddem and Gomora) start the beginning of the End for him. . . >> The Four Horseman were not far behind. > >Abaddon is officially (not in IN, in "real" life) said to be the demon of the bottomless pit. "And they had a king over them, Which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon" Revelation 9: 11 (Kris hugs the bible, is tempted to repeat his Suetonius comment, but doesn't.) >"Soddem" is actually spelt Sodom, and is the root for sodomy (see similar hey), this is >because men would lay with both other men and animals, not only their wives, in the >town of Sodom. Genesis 18: 13 onwards (kris hugs the bible again) Hope that helps/is half interesting, Kris ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 02:35:42 -0800 From: Steel Angel Subject: Re: IN> The Final Battle (Was: Re: Pride IS a sin) bichwa@telstra.easymail.com.au wrote: > (Kris hugs Suetonius - The Twelve Caesars, which isn't just tabloid filth) > > The 365 and 1/4 day year is actually known as the solar year, because it's the time it takes for the sun to return to a position. It's not a solely roman invention either - most civilisations with even a basic grasp of astrology used it, for example, the Sumerians, Babylonians, Mayans, Greeks, Aztecs, Chinese, etc. all used it, although not all of tehm got the 1/4 thing. I think you mean "Astronomy". (Oh great and puissant Demon princess...that count for Nitpicking Essence?) Also, for Sodom, it wasn't just animals and other men...the people there wanted to sleep with the pack of -angels- that visited Lot. Also, Lot -did- offer his daughters to a few of them (will find chapter and verse). - - Abracax: Shedite of Riots ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 04:27:28 -0800 From: "Jace" Subject: IN> Dodging vs. resisting I have some questions about dodge. On P. 66 of the core book, it describes dodging Vs. resisting. it says very clearly their is something called resisting, but nowhere I can find does it go into what resisting is. It says on P. 78 that songs can not be resisted or dodged. Is their anything else that can't be dodged or resisted? (whatever resisting is?) Thank you very much in advance Jace ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 04:44:59 -0800 From: "Jace" Subject: IN> Itty-Bitty Pistol I've been looking at the gun Nicole used in the story at the beginning of the Core book. If I'm reading it right it has the power of the check digit multiplied by the artifact level. But here's the point I'm making. . . The pistol is only artifact level one, so even if she hit with a 6 check digit, 6 multiplied by 1 is 6. So she only got a max possible damage of 12. A normal gun could do that (Maybe not a pistol). I don't see how it could have killed the Demon Adam with one shot. Is this right? Or am I missing something, I'm afraid that I'm playing something wrong and the holy pistols do a lot more damage that I suspect. I would appreciate if someone would correct me. Thanks Jace ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 12:23:43 -0500 From: David Edelstein Subject: IN> In Nomine Web Page Update Just a little shameless self-promotion: I've moved my web page, and finally updated it a bit. You'll now find Azrael and Uriel, In Nomine San Francisco, and some cuts from the Corporeal Player's Guide, among other things. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/AmadanSJG/Innomine.htm - -David ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 12:05:08 -0700 From: EDG Subject: Re: IN> Ethereal Campaigns At 05:29 PM 11/5/99 -0600, you wrote: > Has anyone done much exploration into Ethereals as player >characters? I'd say that this could certainly be quite interesting. Unofficial plug: check out Where Angels Fear To Tread, at http://www.meta-earth.com/nomine/ethereal/index.html - it's a good resource for Ethereal campaigns. It's also linked on the Unofficial Sites page, in case I typed that address wrong. :) As far as an EPG goes... oddly enough, I don't see it on the survey list, and I don't remember whether it was even included. It seems to be a popular idea, though. - -EDG it's been a long morning. Bear with me. ------------------------------ End of in_nomine-digest V1 #1394 ******************************** The material here is (C) 1999 Steve Jackson Games, Incorporated. All rights reserved.