From owner-in_nomine-digest@lists.io.com Thu Jul 29 13:20:54 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 NAA26986 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 13:20:54 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by lists.io.com (8.9.3/8.9.1a) id NAA10227 for in_nomine-digest-outgoing; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 13:19:27 -0500 Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 13:19:27 -0500 Message-Id: <199907291819.NAA10227@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 #1294 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 Thursday, July 29 1999 Volume 01 : Number 1294 In this digest: Re: IN> Virtues Re: Re IN> Ethereals Re: IN> Re: Re IN- Ethereals Re: IN> Bad 'Shrooms (Fluffish?) IN> Little Canadian Joke Re: Re IN> Ethereals Re: IN> Virtues Re: Re IN> Ethereals Re: IN> Virtues Re: Re IN> Ethereals Re: IN> Re: Re IN- Ethereals IN> Expanded Rites (Fluffish?) IN> Re: IN- Virtues Re: IN> Re: IN- Virtues Re: IN> Re: IN- Virtues Re: IN> Virtues ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 13:18:06 -0500 From: "Prodigal" Subject: Re: IN> Virtues - ----- Original Message ----- From: > > IIRC, the four cardinal virtues are Prudence, Justice, Temperance, and > Fortitude. With the four gaming virtues being Fortitude, Potence, Celerity and Protean. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:11:14 -0400 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Re: Re IN> Ethereals At 8:57 PM -0500 7/27/99, Benjamin Acosta wrote: >I have a very weird question which looks at Celestial/Ethereal connections >from the other side, which involves a situation which would probably never >come up in a Canon setting. What would happen if a celestial was given an >ethereal as a Word? Well, if it were successful in diverting Essence, and the ethereal died for lack of power going to _it_, the Word would then fade, and the Word-bound celestials would fade to nothing.... So I suppose you could do it, if you really hated the celestial. If it didn't divert the Essence, then they'd grow strong together, and you'd probably get the celestial acting like a Word-bound Seneschal (plug: Liber Castellorum!) or Cherub. (Not saying it's canon, but operating from canon...) - --emccoy@nh.ultranet.com // arcangel@io.com In Nomine Line Editor GURPS, Roleplayers, In Nomine stuff; Art: http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:24:57 -0400 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Re: IN> Re: Re IN- Ethereals At 8:09 PM -0700 7/27/99, Miles 2 Go wrote: >Benjamin Acosta wrote: >Hmm, I know one of my players is on the list. The following >contains spoilers for my Points of View campaign. > >spoiler space > > > > > > > > > > > > (a bit more to deal with what I snipped up there) >As long as I'm on the subject of the holder of the word of dragons, >let me ask some questions I've been tossing around... > >Could a word-bound Elohite choose from sheer logic that the best way to >serve his word would be to place himself in the service of a Demon Prince? It's very. very. very. very. very. VERY unlikely. But possible. Most Elohim would ponder this. Then ponder it again and again, and consult older Elohim to try to find the flaw in their logic. But possible. >If so what would happen to the Elohite? Would the Superior require him to >fall to accept him? Very likely, unless the Prince think it's hysterically funny to have a _real_ angel serving him. (Kobal might get a kick out of it, for instance. Beleth? She might not insist that the Elohite Fall, but she probably wouldn't do anything to protect him from Habbalah -- who would be all too willing to help their "deluded catapillar" of a 'relative' to "fledge" into a _real_ angel: Habbalite.) > Or does a purely logical decision that one must serve >hell to serve one's word still cause an Elohim to fall? The decision? Nah. The aftermath? Very likely. Do you really want to live around Habbalah...? >What is Jordi's reaction? If fallen the Habbalite of course still >considers himself to be an angel, an Angel of Jordi in Service to Beleth. >So would Jordi strip the now demon of his attunements? He wouldn't have to -- if you Fall for real, you lose all angelic Rites and attunements. If he hadn't Fallen, then he'd be in the same boat as any other Outcast, I bet. (I strongly doubt Jordi has much patience with people doing crazy things like working for Hell. Unless the Elohite had _strongly_ impressed Jordi somehow, his Rites will be cut off -- but if he didn't stop by to explain all this to Jordi before he ran off, then he'd still have the powers of whatever attunements and Distinctions he had when he ran Outcast.) - --emccoy@nh.ultranet.com // arcangel@io.com In Nomine Line Editor GURPS, Roleplayers, In Nomine stuff; Art: http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:27:11 -0400 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Re: IN> Bad 'Shrooms (Fluffish?) At 10:12 AM -0400 7/28/99, EDG (and Orc) wrote: >At 10:00 AM 7/28/99 -0400, you wrote: [...] >*grumble* Or I could already have linked to it and forgotten about it. >Yes, folks, there _is_ a You Are Here link on the main In Nomine page, >despite what I, the maintainer, thought. ;) They just tucked the cover-art link in. >(Look at me. I'm nitpicking _myself_.) - --emccoy@nh.ultranet.com // arcangel@io.com In Nomine Line Editor GURPS, Roleplayers, In Nomine stuff; Art: http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:52:31 -0400 From: "Jason Terlecki" Subject: IN> Little Canadian Joke This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0063_01BED908.D1D64980 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I know I will probably my behind skinned for this, but I had to post it = anyways. All in good fun (and if not, please dont hurt me...) - --- On the sixth day God turned to the angel Gabriel and said "Today I = am going to create a land called Canada. It will be a land of outstanding natural beauty -- it shall have tall majestic mountains full of mountain goats and eagles, and beautiful sparkly lakes bountiful with carp and = trout. There shall be forests full of elk and moose, high cliffs overlooking = sandy beaches with an abundance of sea life, and rivers stocked with salmon." God continued, "I shall make the land rich in oil so to make the inhabitants prosper, I shall call these inhabitants Canadians, they = shall be known as the most friendly people on the earth." "But Lord," asked Gabriel, "don't you think you are being too = generous to these Canadians?" "Not really." God replied. "Just wait and see the neighbours I am = going to give them." - --- Jason would be angel of cookies (I really hope to get my word!) - ------=_NextPart_000_0063_01BED908.D1D64980 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I know I will probably my behind = skinned for=20 this, but I had to post it anyways.  All in good fun (and if not, = please=20 dont hurt me...)
 
 
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    On the sixth = day God=20 turned to the angel Gabriel and said "Today I am
going to create = a land=20 called Canada. It will be a land of outstanding
natural beauty -- it = shall=20 have tall majestic mountains full of mountain
goats and eagles, and = beautiful=20 sparkly lakes bountiful with carp and trout.
There shall be forests = full of=20 elk and moose, high cliffs overlooking sandy
beaches with an = abundance of sea=20 life, and rivers stocked with salmon."

    = God=20 continued, "I shall make the land rich in oil so to make = the
inhabitants=20 prosper, I shall call these inhabitants Canadians,  they = shall
be known=20 as the most friendly people on the = earth."

   =20 "But Lord," asked Gabriel, "don't you think you are being = too=20 generous
to these Canadians?"

    = "Not=20 really." God replied. "Just wait and see the neighbours I am=20 going
to give them."
 
 
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would be angel of cookies (I really = hope to get=20 my word!)
 
- ------=_NextPart_000_0063_01BED908.D1D64980-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 15:13:45 -0400 (EDT) From: jadasc@ma.ultranet.com (Jason Schneiderman) Subject: Re: Re IN> Ethereals At 9:51 AM 7/28/99, Earl Wajenberg wrote: >Benjamin Acosta wrote: > >> I have a very weird question which looks at Celestial/Ethereal >> connections from the other side, which involves a situation which >> would probably never come up in a Canon setting. What would happen >> if a celestial was given an ethereal as a Word? You mean like a Mercurian of Christopher with the Word of Santa Claus? ;) J - --- jadasc@ma.ultranet.com (life) werther@hilander.com (play) jayafter12am@hotmail.com (late-night) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 17:13:14 -0400 From: Douglas Muir Subject: Re: IN> Virtues >Splendid Virtues: > >Charity >Faith >Hope >Justice >Fortitude >Wisdom >Temperance Any of these would be *major* Words, obviously. Faith is already taken, of course; probably Fortitude too (David). >Deadly Sins: > >Pride >Avarice (Greed) >Envy >Sloth >Wrath >Lust >Gluttony People are occasionally surprised to _not_ find certain things among the Big Seven, like "hate" or "lies". However, "hate" is not necessarily a sin, nor does it necesarily tend to lead to sin. It's completely OK, virtuous even, to hate wickedness. Some of them have broader meanings than are immediately obvious from the English word. Frex, "sloth" includes "willful despair", while "temperance" includes all sorts of moderation and self-control. >The trio of faith, hope and charity does come from the Bible, and so are >called the "three theological virtues." Charity is the greatest of the >three. In IN terms, charity would be roughly equal to unselfishness. Doug M. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 00:36:34 +0100 From: Ashley Subject: Re: Re IN> Ethereals Ethereals (not unlike celestials) are varied. They can be powerful or weak and have all manner of abilities. Ethereals are human constructs, they are fabric of imagination and as such take many forms. They are frequently bound by rules, even the most wild have a purpose which they are supposed to perform. Unlike Celestials this purpose is binding, etherials are not generally speaking able to deny their nature. Take for example the Sidhe. They may appear wild, but they have a fixed nature. Some hoard gold, others play tricks, offer enlightenment (at a price), steal milk from cows, bestow gifts, etc. They cannot stop what they do, if one makes shoes that it its role and function. If another leads the Wild Hunt that it its role. The Role of the Sidhe might also be the Word of a Celestials but the Sidhe still has the Role and this does not closely equate with a Word - they are different things. The Sidhe also have very long memories and codes of conduct which are bound up by their nature. Again these are unchanging. The rules for dealing with the Sidhe court are fixed, as in many ways are the consequences of not following them (universally bad - though the precise implications may change). To discuss the Sidhe as two aspects (light/dark, un/...) is to my mind not the issue. To assume some Sidhe might have leanings towards Heaven is at best unlikely, the light court (for want of a better term) suffered at the hands of Uriel and his followers. This will not have been forgotten. At the very least reparations would be demanded, more likley the head of Uriel on a plate along with his cohorts which includes more than one Archangel. As to whether the Sidhe might favour Hell, in my opinion no. Hell is just as much part of the nature of celestials as Heaven, both are damaging, neither offers a solution. For the Sidhe gaining essence is not a real issue, much of it comes from nature, the wild places. There are plently of these places left, though they are shrinking. The Sidhe are not dependent on belief or worship. The major Ethereal deities on the other hand are somewhat less bound by their nature. Most also suffered at the hands of Uriel and will bear Heaven no warm feelings. Many have been courted by Hell, some may be actively seeking alliances. But ultimately they too are not part of the Symphony. These deities also have Roles though they are by no means quite as tied as the Sidhe. Loki may be a trickster, Artemis a huntress, but they are also more than simply these words. Should a celestial take the word Hunter or Huntress it would no more diminish Artemis than it would the leader of the Wild Hunt. The words may be similar but the concepts are not. One Word is driven by the Symphony and one Role by Humanity and human imagination. Potentially there is little limit to the power of an Ethereal Deity. Sure they need to be worshipped. It is all well and good to list Thor as minor in the Revelations Cycle, but he is only minor (or weak) until he has his stuff back. I do not think most celestials would be keen to take on Thor once he is back to his full capabilities. The same would be true of any other Ethereal Deity who had enough worshippers or mythic equipment to make a point. How they get the following is an issue but these days all manner of cults are springing up, and there is no reason why Beleth and / or Blandine might not have a hand in this, these deities are after all in part the product of human dreams. In addition there are all manner of other ethereals, the list is almost endless. Each has its own unique nature (or place in human creation). Some are minor, some are strong. Some may have similarities to various celestials. Some are modern (Y2K Bug for example) others are old, mythic or ancient. Most Ethereals if not all are likely to be hostile to the symphony (Heaven and Hell). The Ethereal Deieties are in a position to have some freedom of will with which to make a decision, but ultimately all serve their own function which is a product of human belief and imagination as opposed to the nature of the Symphony. Ethereals are in some ways closer to humanity. Despite their alienness especially in the case of the Sidhe and various other spirits they are the product of human imagination and dreams. They have human(like) feelings, failings, motivations, purposes. Celestials on the other hand do not, Heaven and Hell are not part of the human driven universe, they stand outside by being created from the Symphony. Celestials have far less in common with humanity, the Corporeal comes as a shock to celestials and many take years to understand it. Celestials are alien, they do not need sleep, to eat, to drink, they do not have human urges. Celestials might learn how to deal with Humanity and the Corporeal (but at a risk of falling or going renegade), Ethereal on the other hand come with the ready knowledge and background to fully understand humanity and human nature. I guess what I am saying is the Celestials and Ethereals are vastly different and cannot really be equated or bound towards each other through Word or Role. Ashley ashley.omentide@virgin.net http://freespace.virgin.net/omentide.omentide ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 21:08:12 -0400 From: "EDG (and Orc)" Subject: Re: IN> Virtues At 05:13 PM 7/28/99 -0400, you wrote: >Any of these would be *major* Words, obviously. Faith is already taken, of >course; probably Fortitude too (David). I would tend to think that these could be easily set to existing Archangels: Charity: Selflessness, as you note below. A key angelic characteristic and therefore probably the Word of God (to coin a phrase), if He has one. Faith: Khalid. Hope: Analogous to Dreams; Blandine. Justice: Theoretically analogous to Judgment; Dominic. Fortitude: Analogous to Stone; David. Wisdom: Probably Yves, /maybe/ Jean or Raphael when she was still around. Temperance: I'd go for Novalis. Likewise: Pride: Value of self to an extreme. The ultimate Demonic Word. Avarice (Greed): Mammon. Envy: Malphas would probably take this one. Sloth: Meserach (eaten). Wrath: Probably Belial. Lust: Andrealphus. Gluttony: Haagenti. However, it would definitely be interesting to see Superiors actually written up with those Words... - -EDG hmm... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 22:06:50 -0400 From: Frank Lazar Subject: Re: Re IN> Ethereals At 3:13 PM -0400 7/28/99, Jason Schneiderman wrote: > >You mean like a Mercurian of Christopher with the Word of Santa Claus? ;) > >J Santa's spoken for. Some dude named Mammon I think. :) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | _ | | We are dreamers, shapers, singers and makers. /_\ | | We study the mysteries of laser and circuit, // \\ | | Crystal and scanner, holographic demons, \\ //___\\ | | And invocations of equations. \\ // \\ | | \\__// \\ | | These are the tools we employ. And we know... many things. \\ | | \\ | | | | \\ | - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 02:44:32 -0500 From: Trent Subject: Re: IN> Re: Re IN- Ethereals > As per your example, as second order creations, there wouldn't be > a Word for Dragons. I've given it some thought and I rule that the > Council can only grant Words for first order Symphonic themes, those > directly created by God itself. The ethereal creations of Humanity > are second order. The purly corporeal creations of Humanity are > planned for by the Symphony and are thus, first order. > Now your assuming that dragons only existed in the marshes before the purity crusade. I'm almost sure that cannon strongly implies if not outright says that dragons once existed on earth as creation of Jordi. Trent Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 03:09:10 -0500 From: Shadowstar Subject: IN> Expanded Rites (Fluffish?) Demon Princess of Nitpicking: - ---------------------------- * Convince a Nitpicker to nitpick himself. (I couldn't resist, really. *evil grin* Would I lie?) (And hey, EDG. . . Thanks for making me accept that the english language has way too many exceptions.) "You know, I -could've- been a Balseraph of Nitpicking. Alas, it's a real shame I'm a Malakite of Fate instead. . . An Angel can dream. . ." Be seeing you, - - Tafka J. = shadowstar@centuryinter.net # Balseraph of Fate, Marquis of Delusions of Grandeur * http://www.best.com/~lyceum/shdwstar/in-nomine ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 08:51:12 PDT From: "liam astley" Subject: IN> Re: IN- Virtues >From: "EDG (and Orc)" > >I would tend to think that these could be easily set to existing >Archangels: > >Charity: Selflessness, as you note below. A key angelic characteristic and >therefore probably the Word of God (to coin a phrase), if He has one. i'd go along with that, though i would assume there'd be an angel of charity somewhere >Faith: Khalid. your friendly neighbourhood nutjob >Hope: Analogous to Dreams; Blandine. IMC i've had a recurring NPC called Aaron who's the angel of hope, a bigwig servitor of Blandine and the first Menunite to have been created >Justice: Theoretically analogous to Judgment; Dominic. >Fortitude: Analogous to Stone; David. again i'd agree with these, with major servitors of both superiors actually holding the words >Wisdom: Probably Yves, /maybe/ Jean or Raphael when she was still around. from what i've read, jean doesn't always seem that wise. i'd go for yves >Temperance: I'd go for Novalis. > yep >Likewise: > >Pride: Value of self to an extreme. The ultimate Demonic Word. lucifer's word? >Avarice (Greed): Mammon. >Envy: Malphas would probably take this one. yep and yep >Sloth: Meserach (eaten). shame. he'd be doing so well these days >Wrath: Probably Belial. or baal, maybe. liam (angel of lucky breaks) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 11:57:41 -0500 From: Earl Wajenberg Subject: Re: IN> Re: IN- Virtues liam astley wrote: > IMC i've had a recurring NPC called Aaron who's the angel of hope, > a bigwig servitor of Blandine and the first Menunite to have been > created If I recall canon history correctly, Blandine started out as the Angel of Hope before being elevated to the Archangel of Dreams, so it sounds like her first menuite inherited her old Word, which makes a certain amount of dramatic sense. > >Pride: Value of self to an extreme. The ultimate Demonic Word. > > lucifer's word? There's an old saying, "Proud as Lucifer." The name itself comes from a goreously thunderous verse in Isaiah (I think) about overweening pride: How art thou fallen from Heaven, O Lucifer, Son of the Morning! How art cast down to the ground, Thou who didst weaken the nations! Earl ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 11:46:04 -0500 From: "Eeyore" Subject: Re: IN> Re: IN- Virtues From: liam astley >>From: "EDG (and Orc)" >>Justice: Theoretically analogous to Judgment; Dominic. >>Fortitude: Analogous to Stone; David. > >again i'd agree with these, with major servitors of both superiors actually >holding the words In the case of Fortitude, I believe that this was Magog's Word before he Fell. J. Michael Neal ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 14:21:48 -0400 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Re: IN> Virtues At 9:08 PM -0400 7/28/99, EDG (and Orc) wrote: >At 05:13 PM 7/28/99 -0400, you wrote: > >>Any of these would be *major* Words, obviously. Faith is already taken, of >>course; probably Fortitude too (David). >Fortitude: Analogous to Stone; David. IIRC, Magog's former Word, and listed as a Malakite of Stone in the APG... - --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 #1294 ******************************** The material here is (C) 1999 Steve Jackson Games, Incorporated. All rights reserved.