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Re: IN> A thought on Superior Remnants Re: IN> GURPS In Nomine (feedback 2) Re: IN> [Fwd: Fwd: read and pass on immediately] Re: IN> pronuniation Re: IN> Collecting on a Geas. Re: IN> The origin of Kronos Re: IN> Collecting on a Geas. IN> A somewhat amusing scenario Re: IN> A somewhat amusing scenario Re: IN> January 14, 2001 (ML) IN> January 15, 2001 (MW) Re: Word of Probability (was Re: IN> GURPS In Nomine (feedback 2)) Re: IN> A somewhat amusing scenario IN> An unusual idea... Re: IN> January 15, 2001 (MW) Re: IN> Dream-love (seed) Re: IN> Collecting on a Geas. Re: IN> An unusual idea... 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- ------=_NextPart_000_0046_01C07EDB.E192B640-- - --0-1159126505-979549613=:10658-- - --------------5B7B50CCFB6605C5857E5AB0-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 08:43:09 -0500 From: Marc Bowden Subject: Re: IN> [Fwd: Fwd: read and pass on immediately] - --On Monday, January 15, 2001 23:38 +1030 gnezda wrote: > Note: forwarded message attached. > Is there a writeup for the Demon of People Who Pass On Internet Hoaxes To Everyone In Their Address Book Without Checking Them Out First? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 08:45:24 -0500 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Re: IN> Can it really be that easy? At 3:47 PM -0500 1/12/01, Jo Hart wrote: >>So trying to geas someone who has a mental problem -- brain damage, >>Alzheimer's, etc. -- might also fail, if the person didn't remember >>that the favor had been done? > >That would be amusing if the lilim geased someone who was drinking, and went >on to get so drunk that the entire evening became a blur :) I could handle that effect, I think. (Am I speaking canon? Not at the moment, I'm not.) It would come into the "able to accept the favor" category, without going full into the "must make open deal" mode. >(Am imagining angels following lilim around so as to get their victims blind >drunk.) Though for this image alone, I'm tempted! At 2:57 PM -0600 1/12/01, Santiago wrote: >> > Or maybe the acceptance of a Geas requires a level of sentience >>greater than >> > a child's. >> >>A Need is a Need, IMO....doesn't really matter if it's from a newborn or >>an adult. Geas-hooks are forever > > But, if you can geas someone who isn't even aware that you're >helping them, where do we draw the line? Can you geas a dog? Only if you're a Lilim of Jordi... (And even then, it's not really _geasing_ -- it's trading favors and of _course_ it can't be anything to hurt the animal. Not if you want to stay in Jordi's service -- not to mention alive...) - --emccoy@nh.ultranet.com // arcangel@io.com In Nomine Line Editor RPG links; Random name list, Art: http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 08:42:55 -0500 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Re: IN> Collecting on a Geas. At 9:10 AM -0800 1/12/01, Joey Lyon wrote: >A smart Lilim would use the assistance of an associate >who has the song of attraction - it specifically >states that the cong can be used to track those who >owe favors. 8) Affinity. Celestial Song of Affinity. Not Attraction. And she doesn't want an associate with that, she wants to have it herself. And the Celestial Song of Charm to zot the Will of the victim just before invoking the Geas... O:> - --emccoy@nh.ultranet.com // arcangel@io.com In Nomine Line Editor RPG links; Random name list, Art: http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 08:51:50 -0500 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Re: IN> A thought on Superior Remnants At 8:00 PM -0800 1/13/01, Kish wrote: >I remember reading (on this list, if I'm not mistaken) a rumor to the effect >that Kronos found Raphael's Remnant and used it in the creation of a >rather...special...Habbalite, named Vapula. > >I don't know whether that's actually in Superiors 4 or whether the author >made it up, mind. I haven't seen it in any of the books that I have. It's listed as one of the rumors in Superiors 4. The GM can decide what to do with the rumor, since it's just a rumor. (It is canonical that there exists such a rumor. The truth of the rumor has not been addressed in canon.) (Clear as mud, right? O:> ) - --emccoy@nh.ultranet.com // arcangel@io.com In Nomine Line Editor RPG links; Random name list, Art: http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 09:09:24 -0500 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Re: IN> GURPS In Nomine (feedback 2) At 5:22 AM -0500 1/15/01, Perry Lloyd wrote: [Reliquaries] >Urm . . . well . . . >GINpg160 >"It costs 10 Essence for every point of Essence a reliquary holds." Lemme think on this.... 1 Essence of Enchantement = 1 mageday of enchantment... Celestial items from Liber Reliquarum are 1 year per level of celestial artifact... This may well be a typo for _100_ Essence per point of Essence in a reliquary -- essentially, the Essence cost to enchant, in GIN, is supposed to make the _time_ to enchant come out roughly similiar to the times listed in Liber Reliquarium. So it's 10 per level of Corporeal Artifact, 30 per level of Ethereal, and IIRC, 100 for Celestial... The stuff on p. GIN160, regarding stored Essence, strongly suggests to me that reliquaries should be 100 points/level and somewhere a 0 was eaten. Ho, errata. O:p - --emccoy@nh.ultranet.com // arcangel@io.com In Nomine Line Editor RPG links; Random name list, Art: http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 09:26:26 -0500 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Re: IN> [Fwd: Fwd: read and pass on immediately] At 8:43 AM -0500 1/15/01, Marc Bowden wrote: >--On Monday, January 15, 2001 23:38 +1030 gnezda > wrote: > >> Note: forwarded message attached. > Is there a writeup for the Demon of People Who Pass On Internet >Hoaxes To Everyone In Their Address Book Without Checking Them Out >First? Well, for people who do it, and do it in HTML, and do it without remembering that all such commentary is prohibited and such alerts are supposed to go through the list admin, there is a _word_. That word is: U N S U B S C R I B E D. - --Beth, List Admin http://www.sjgames.com/in-nomine/listrules.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 01:03:31 +0000 (GMT) From: Rhodri James Subject: Re: IN> pronuniation In article , cassandra benner wrote: > How is Eli's name pronounced.. > sounds silly i know but if you have a sorcerererererer calling out for > (sounds like) Ellie (girls name spelling) > or Ely (sounds like Eeeelie) Careful, some of us live near Ely (sounds like Ee-lee) :-) > or is it pronounced like Elliot? but with out the 'ot' bit? I usually say "Ee-lie" - -- Rhodri James *-* Wildebeeste herder to the masses If you don't know who I work for, you can't misattribute my words to them ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 08:39:26 -0800 (PST) From: Joey Lyon Subject: Re: IN> Collecting on a Geas. Sorry, I meant Attraction. Yes, it is of course best if the Lilim has her own song of attraction, however, my Lilim does not so she has to depend on associates if she wants to track someone down. I am a newly turned Bright, however, so I am not really anxious to go tracking down infernals, seeing how Asmodeus is already hunting me... - --- Elizabeth McCoy wrote: > At 9:10 AM -0800 1/12/01, Joey Lyon wrote: > >A smart Lilim would use the assistance of an > associate > >who has the song of attraction - it specifically > >states that the cong can be used to track those who > >owe favors. 8) > > Affinity. Celestial Song of Affinity. Not > Attraction. > And she doesn't want an associate with that, she > wants > to have it herself. And the Celestial Song of Charm > to zot the Will of the victim just before invoking > the Geas... O:> > > > --emccoy@nh.ultranet.com // arcangel@io.com In > Nomine Line Editor > RPG links; Random name list, Art: > http://www.io.com/~arcangel/ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 15:34:34 -0500 (EST) From: "Rev. Pee Kitty" Subject: Re: IN> The origin of Kronos On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Tafka J. wrote: > The only thing I can see you might want to consider in the vignette is > to explain why Kronos didn't show up until about 1,100 years ago. > (Theories state that Lucifer held onto Kronos for sometime longer than > this, but again an explination of sorts might come in handy.) A thought... Maybe Kronos didn't fall right away. Yves certainly wouldn't have forced his fall, and couldn't (IMO) create a demonic being directly, so Kronos would have been 'born' a mysterious angelic being, just like Yves, except twisted into a reflection of the Symphony's Fate. Perhaps Kronos did fall away from Heaven immediately... but then walked the Earth an Outcast for a few centuries. He saw humanity, he saw the world... and eventually, finally, he could take no more, and Fell, plumetting like a rock into the deepest bowels of Hell, where Lucifer found him. - -- Rev. Pee Kitty, of the order Malkavian-Dobbsian, Q4B4L! Meow! "If this television craze continues...we are destined to have a nation of morons." -- Boston University president Daniel Marsh, 1950 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 13:57:28 -0500 From: Elizabeth McCoy Subject: Re: IN> Collecting on a Geas. At 8:39 AM -0800 1/15/01, Joey Lyon wrote: >Sorry, I meant Attraction. Pronounced "AFF-in-ih-tee"? O:> > Yes, it is of course best >if the Lilim has her own song of attraction, however, >my Lilim does not so she has to depend on associates >if she wants to track someone down. Thing is, I don't think it would _work_ unless she used it on the Geas-hook tokens _she_ held. Otherwise, how is the other person going to get a "feel" for 'em? > I am a newly >turned Bright, however, so I am not really anxious to >go tracking down infernals, seeing how Asmodeus is >already hunting me... Are your buddies staking you out for Gamesters yet? (And might I suggest investing in the Celestial Song of Motion? O:> ) - --Beth, typing w/a uncoopertive baby (iolanthe) causing typos. "I'm nursing a TROUT! With legs!" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 13:09:31 -0600 From: "Bradley Paranial" Subject: IN> A somewhat amusing scenario A standard guide to torturing Seraphim: 1). Chain him to a chair in front of a TV 2). Have him watching a tape of Bill Clinton saying "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" and Reagan saying "We did not sell arms for hostages" Over and over and over again in an endless loop. Now picture if that somehow, Kobal and Nybbas were able to capture Michael (How?, you don't want to know) and drag him back to Hell and subject him to this treatment. Not good enough for you, what if they did the same to Dominic and locked them both in the same room together....alone. How long before the both go nuts. Bradley _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 13:22:15 -0600 From: "Charles Glasgow" Subject: Re: IN> A somewhat amusing scenario - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bradley Paranial" To: Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 1:09 PM Subject: IN> A somewhat amusing scenario > A standard guide to torturing Seraphim: > > 1). Chain him to a chair in front of a TV > > 2). Have him watching a tape of Bill Clinton saying "I did not have sexual > relations with that woman" and Reagan saying "We did not sell arms for > hostages" Over and over and over again in an endless loop. > Now picture if that somehow, Kobal and Nybbas were able to capture Michael > (How?, you don't want to know) Especially since Michael is pretty much the epitome of the "You'll never take me alive!" mentality... Of course, I'm pretty sure that HellTV's equivalent of "Celebrity Deathmatch" has already shown a Claymation mock-up of Michael being beaten silly by an endless series of challengers, and this would probably be one of them. *g* > and drag him back to Hell and subject him to > this treatment. > > Not good enough for you, what if they did the same to Dominic and locked > them both in the same room together....alone. > > How long before the both go nuts. First off, since a Seraph's resonance is not always on -- he has to choose to use it -- the Seraph can avoid the torture of this simply by not using his resonance. (Of course, he'll still be uncomfortable, but being captured by Hell is never fun.) Second, even if you somehow managed to get the two Archangels stuck in the room *and* turn their resonances on against their wills, they'd still be fine -- 'cause Michael and Dominic would be so busy arguing with each other that they wouldn't even have time to *hear* the TV. *g* - -- Chuckg ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:26:34 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> January 14, 2001 (ML) - --- Maurice Lane wrote: > Servitor Attunement (Dark Humor) > > Wuv, Twoo Wuvvv... Heh, heh. > Hey, it's a poor Joke that has only one target... Hmmm... that explains the American political system. ===== Michael Walton, #9805-068 "If you want someone to take off their armor, you must first put down your sword." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:29:06 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Walton Subject: IN> January 15, 2001 (MW) This should be appropriate for MLK day. 0;;;> Songs of Equality These Songs are newly discovered and aren't widely known yet. The Superiors who know them haven't taught them to any Servitors as of this writing, but it's only a matter of time. Corporeal - Successful use of this Song surrounds the player in a grayish aura. Anyone who does corporeal damage to the player while the Song is in effect takes an equal number of Body Hits. The aura lasts for (CD + Essence spent) turns. Anyone who sinks to using this Song against a weaker opponent finds that the effect works both ways. Those with the honor to pick on someone their own size or larger don't suffer this penalty. Ethereal - This Song gives the target such awesome empathy that treating anyone else as less than an equal becomes painful. Any attempt to empathize with another being adds the CD to the Target Number, but each attempt to mistreat or belittle others inflicts the CD in Mind Hits on the culprit. The enhanced empathy remains in effect for a number of minutes equal to the player's skill with this Song. The player of the Song is also under its effect. Celestial - When this Song is successfully played, all of the Essence within (CD x player's Celestial Forces) yards is redistributed evenly. Add up the current Essence within all living beings and Reliquaries within the effect radius and divide the sum by that number of beings (round down; any excess bleeds off into the Symphony). All Essence repositories are reset to that amount. The unique nature of this Song prevents it from being placed within any Relic that has a built-in Reliquary. Essence Requirement: 3 (Corporeal 1-3) Degree of Disturbance: 3 Available: David, Kobal (Corporeal only); Khalid (Ethereal only); Lilith, Marc (Celestial only) ===== Michael Walton, #9805-068 "If you want someone to take off their armor, you must first put down your sword." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:32:15 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: Word of Probability (was Re: IN> GURPS In Nomine (feedback 2)) - --- Shane wrote: > ObIN: I wonder what neat tricks the Word of Probability > grants? Probability includes randomness, which Janus claims as part of his Word. ===== Michael Walton, #9805-068 "If you want someone to take off their armor, you must first put down your sword." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:40:31 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> A somewhat amusing scenario - --- Bradley Paranial wrote: > Now picture if that somehow, Kobal and Nybbas were able to > capture Michael Not without LOTS of help, they won't. };;;> > Not good enough for you, what if they did the same to Dominic > and locked them both in the same room together....alone. > > How long before they both go nuts? Shoot, for Mike you wouldn't have to do more than lock him in a room with "the Hyena." As for Dommie, tapes of the O.J. trial might work better. ===== Michael Walton, #9805-068 "If you want someone to take off their armor, you must first put down your sword." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:05:30 -0500 (EST) From: "Rev. Pee Kitty" Subject: IN> An unusual idea... WARNING - Some of you out there probably take your politics and politicians seriously. Don't read this if you do; there's a little something here to offend both sides of the spectrums, I'm sure. :) - ---------- "Have you ever felt like there's something deep inside you? Something that pushes you towards greatness... but sometimes seems to get you in trouble instead? "You mean... like an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other?" "No, not like that... like... I don't know. Nevermind. I'm just tired. Goodnight." "Goodnight, hon." - ---------- Melinultiel Remnant Kyriotate Vassal of Trade CorF: 2 (Str 4, Agi 4) EthF: 3 (Int 8, Pre 5) CelF: 0 (Wil 2, Per 1) (Melinutiel had raised his Precision, Will, and Perception independently.) Advantages: Charisma +3* Skills: Detect Lies/5, Driving/2, Emote/5, Fast-Talk/4, Knowledge (Law/3, Politics/6), Lying/4, Ranged Weapon (Pistol/2), Savior-Faire/3, Seduction/2. Songs: None remembered. Attunements: Kyriotate of Trade, Kyriotate of Destiny, Divine Contract, Vassal of Trade Discord: Lustful/3 - ---------- Melinultiel is in an odd situation. After all, Kyriotate Remnants can't exist. Which may explain why no one has noticed his existence yet.... One of Marc's best and brightest, Melinultiel was in line for the word of Aspiring Politicians. He worked closely with servitors of Destiny and Dreams as well as Trade, to encourage honest, god-fearing young men** to try to make the world a better place by becoming community leaders. He coordinated Cherubim guardians and Mercurian advisors for the high ranking politicians of North America (his primary area of operations). Cut to January 27, 1952. Acting on a tip from an Ofanite of War, Melinultiel rode along with Supreme Court Justice Thomas Clark, in the body of his pet cat. Sure enough, the demonic assassination attempt took place, but was thwarted with a quick Song of Shields. Fleeing the cat's body, Melinultiel confronted the Calabite of Fate directly, in celestial form, as the car sped off to safety. The battle was brief and intense, but while the Calabite lost several forces of his own, he dispatched the Kyriotate's celestial forces within the first minute of combat, and watched as the Domination faded into the Symphony before him, unaware of the Divine Intervention that took place with the final assault... and never once thinking about the Senator from Boston that Melinultiel was currently possessing.... Melinultiel's Kyriotate of Destiny attunement warped itself strangely as he settled into the mind of the young John F. Kennedy... not ejecting the humans' consciousness into the Marches, but merely sharing it. He spent several years merely recovering, before he understood what he was meant to do. He was an Aspiring Politician, right? It was time to aspire to a higher office... It's not too hard to become the youngest ever elected president when your subconscious mind is an experienced, charismatic, brilliant Vassal of Trade. Even if he did lose his memories and identity, the instincts were still there, along with the willingness to sometimes come to the forefront of John's personality at a crucial moment... almost always when it was needed. Almost. The ex-Kyrio's discord would sometimes surface itself as well, and the White House spin doctors would sometimes have to work overtime to minimize scandals. Overall, though, with his special edge, JFK became known as one of the greatest presidents of our time. Melinultiel was feeling fulfilled... too fulfilled, actually. Something wasn't right. Somehow... he knew he needed to be an ASPIRING politician, not a successful one who'd reached his goal so completely. On one fine July day in 1963, Melinultiel and John happened to meet a young college student named Bill Clinton***. They chatted for a few minutes, and Bill told John of his plans to enter the political arena one day, and perhaps to even become President. John encouraged him, not particularly impressed with the youth, but something about Bill caught Melinultiel's attention. Not even sure how he did it or what he was doing, Melinultiel slipped away from John and into Bill's mind, ready to become what he had to be, again. Four months later, his semi-angelic protector gone, John was killed. Melinultiel and Bill set their minds to honoring his memory by following in his footsteps, and they enrolled at Georgetown University, with law school in mind. Somehow, Melinultiel knew they could do it again... if only he could keep that Discord under control this time.... Happy Holiday, everyone! - ---------- * I think it's silly to restrict Charisma to vessels, especially since that means there are no charismatic Kyriotates out there (except for Michael's, Laurence's, and maybe David's, though that's an odd thought...) ** Yes, "men", not "men and women". This was the early 1900s here. *** Yes, it really happened. Makes you think... - -- Rev. Pee Kitty, of the order Malkavian-Dobbsian, Q4B4L! Meow! There will be no taxes. Everyone will be rich without working. We will germ-warfare all other nations out of existence so that our Armed Forces can be disbanded, and there can finally be World Peace. -- Ivan Stang (for President) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:15:36 +1000 From: "Shane" Subject: Re: IN> January 15, 2001 (MW) On 15 Jan 2001, 11:29, Michael Walton wrote: ... > Celestial - When this Song is successfully played, all of the > Essence within (CD x player's Celestial Forces) yards is > redistributed evenly. Add up the current Essence within all > living beings and Reliquaries within the effect radius and > divide the sum by that number of beings (round down; any excess > bleeds off into the Symphony). All Essence repositories are ... Hmm. No roll to resist. So what happens if you Sing that next to a Superior? :) (or is "living beings" meant to mean corporeal critters only?) Shane. "Why is my hair standing on end and sparking? Oh crud, isn't that Laurence coming around the corner, and he looks... um, better go now..." :) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:42:19 -0500 From: Whistling in the Dark Subject: Re: IN> Dream-love (seed) This is a truly evil seed. Nicely done. - -- Eric Alfred Burns - Habbalite of Belaboring the Point ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 17:47:12 -0800 (PST) From: Joey Lyon Subject: Re: IN> Collecting on a Geas. Can you tell it has been a very long day?? Yeah yeah, okay, I meant Affinity hehe. I have 5 kids, helping with 2 science project, studying for my LSAT, it is a wonder I was even able to read the email, let alone process it or reply to it. M O O N that spells affinity. I know I am basically a bright red bullseye - I have, however, offered my services to Laurence to help endear myself to the other Superiors should I need to call on them for help later. I also researched and bought a bronze donkey - a 2 inch sculpture made by a blind sculptor - adds 5 to my invocation for Eli. I am going to end this long day now by engaging in an invigorating game of In Nomine (Monday is one of my game days 8) ) Serendipity - Bright Lilim of Eli - --- Elizabeth McCoy wrote: > At 8:39 AM -0800 1/15/01, Joey Lyon wrote: > >Sorry, I meant Attraction. > > Pronounced "AFF-in-ih-tee"? O:> > > > Yes, it is of course best > >if the Lilim has her own song of attraction, > however, > >my Lilim does not so she has to depend on > associates > >if she wants to track someone down. > > Thing is, I don't think it would _work_ unless she > used it on the Geas-hook tokens _she_ held. > Otherwise, > how is the other person going to get a "feel" for > 'em? > > > I am a newly > >turned Bright, however, so I am not really anxious > to > >go tracking down infernals, seeing how Asmodeus is > >already hunting me... > > Are your buddies staking you out for > Gamesters > yet? (And might I suggest investing in the Celestial > Song of Motion? O:> ) > > --Beth, typing w/a uncoopertive baby (iolanthe) > causing typos. > "I'm nursing a TROUT! With legs!" > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 18:15:08 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> An unusual idea... - --- "Rev. Pee Kitty" wrote: > Melinultiel > Remnant Kyriotate Vassal of Trade You are one _strange individual_. That's what I like about you. ===== Michael Walton, #9805-068 "If you want someone to take off their armor, you must first put down your sword." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 18:18:09 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Walton Subject: Re: IN> January 15, 2001 (MW) - --- Shane wrote: > On 15 Jan 2001, 11:29, Michael Walton wrote: > ... > > Celestial - When this Song is successfully played, all of > the > > Essence within (CD x player's Celestial Forces) yards is > > redistributed evenly. > Hmm. No roll to resist. Naaaaah -- but remember that it effects everyone within range, including the player. > So what happens if you Sing that next to a Superior? :) Oops. I thought I put that part in. The short version: don't even _try_ it. ===== Michael Walton, #9805-068 "If you want someone to take off their armor, you must first put down your sword." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 21:46:26 -0800 (PST) From: Maurice Lane Subject: IN> No January 15, 2001 Personal choice: my generally sardonic attitude would be hideously inappropriate for anything dealing with MLK. However, I _do_ have a new artifact... :) Moe Panic Button Jean played around with these for a while, but decided that they weren't too cost effective. To Vapula, that same lack just made them sexier. A Panic Button is the inevitable black box with the big red button. Push it, and you go away. Far, far away. There's a built-in Essence reserve to make sure that you can go several hundred miles in a second. Of course, it kicks up a storm of disturbance, and you won't be able to control where you end up, and you can only use it once, but hey, it _works_, right? Anything that Vapula makes that works as described should be loved and hugged and called George... Panic Button Relic/6 (Celestial Song of Motion)self powered): 18pt; Reliquary/6 (used for Song only, and only to bump up the check digit; 12pt; Activation Time: brief,silent: +1; Fragile (Half as many hits): -1; Vulnerable (celestial artifact destroyed when corporeal form destroyed): -4pt, Extra Disturbance/12: -6pt; Use Restriction: user may not choose destination: - -4pt; One charge: /4 Total Cost: 4 ===== In Nomine stuff: http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html Last updated 11/25/00 (this is usually way out of date) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:16:12 -0600 From: Santiago Subject: IN> X-Files Did anyone else catch Sunday's X-Files? Near the end of the intro segment, when the car plows into the guy standing there and gets split in half while he's unharmed, how many others immediately though "Malakite of Stone"? - -- Santiago ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 22:30:21 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Eng Subject: Re: IN> Dream-love (seed) > Mike is a Soldier of Dreams, and he's quite good at his Corporeal-based > job. As a reward, his Mercurian friend, also serving Dreams, crafted a > wonderful dream for the lovesick Mike. In the dream, Mike fell in love, > and did the whole 'living happily ever after' deal. > > The only catch is that Mike actually fell in love with the woman in his > dreams. Except she's not real. Not that that stopped him, though. He > became obsessed with this woman, and he searched long and hard for a way > to make her real. > Lilim wait centuries for chances like this. "A soldier with a Need so great that it creates a new Ethereal. Oh, rapture. I'll just pick up a hook on my sister serving Beleth, and give her an exclusive on the Ethereal over while I play with this Soldier's head." "And then I can sell off the hooks to Fate, or The Game, or The War...a girl could keep herself in Essence for years on something like this." Peter Eng ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 10:46:27 -0500 From: "Tyto Alba" Subject: IN> Fwd:Fwd:Fwd:Vapulan Internet Plot Please forward this message to everyone you know! A lilim of Vapula has created a dangerous chain email, which claims to be a warning about a possible virus. It asks you to forward it the email to everyone you know. After you have passed the email on to everyone in your address book, the virus will reformat your hard drive, initialise any floppy disks, and rewrite any CD-Rom to the Cranberries doing covers of Marilyn Manson. Anyone using your keyboard will get AIDS. If you believe in the virus, then the lilim has done you a favour by warning you, and when she comes to collect, she will make you do something vicious and degrading like spamming cool mailing lists. Furthermore, Vapulans are tracking the chain email, looking for potential test subjects. Those who accept it without checking it out are exactly the type Vapula needs (low INT, PER and Will scores). If you receive any suspicious chain email, delete it without opening! (It's not like you don't already have a copy in your In Box, anyway). Pass this warning on to your friends! Forward it to people you don't know! Join new lists in order to spread the word! When people tell you that it is a hoax, don't believe them! Just keep sending them copies of this warning; they'll thank you later! ************************* tyto a. Habbalite Knight of Derision Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ End of in_nomine-digest V1 #2021 ******************************** The material here is (C) 2001 Steve Jackson Games, Incorporated. All rights reserved.