From owner-in_nomine-digest@lists.io.com Fri Apr 27 11:37:33 2001 Return-Path: Received: from lists.io.com (majordom@lists.io.com [199.170.88.15]) by pyramid.sjgames.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA12880 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2001 11:37:33 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by lists.io.com (8.9.3/8.9.1a) id LAA07143 for in_nomine-digest-outgoing; Fri, 27 Apr 2001 11:45:13 -0500 Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 11:45:13 -0500 Message-Id: <200104271645.LAA07143@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 #2185 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 Friday, April 27 2001 Volume 01 : Number 2185 In this digest: IN> Unusual thrown weapons Re: IN> Come to think of it ... Re: IN> Come to think of it ... IN> Word up. And looking *mean*. IN> This explosion brought to you by the letters M, O and E... Re: IN> Word up. And looking *mean*. Re: IN> Come to think of it ... IN> The greatest trick the devil pulled... IN> Heaven Public TV: At the Movies with Dominic... Re: IN> Heaven Public TV: At the Movies with Dominic II Re: IN> Heaven Public TV: At the Movies with Dominic II IN> April 19, 2001 (ML) IN> Kyrio of Lightning in a 3.5 inch floppy... Re: IN> A different Kyriotate of Lightning question IN> Rules on Resisting IN> The Angel of Geeks Re: IN> Re: EPG Re: IN> Word up. And looking *mean*. Re: IN> Come to think of it ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 01:47:10 From: "Janet Anderson" Subject: IN> Unusual thrown weapons If you enchant a prayer book and throw it at something that can only be damaged by magic, is it a magic missal? Janet Anderson (I'll leave now ...) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 21:49:35 -0400 From: Marc Bowden Subject: Re: IN> Come to think of it ... - --On Thursday, April 26, 2001 15:50 -0500 Prodigal wrote: > From: "Phillip" > >> > Recoverer of Garden Gnomes >> >> Ok, that's it. I now have the starting point for that comedic IN >> game > I've >> been thinking about for the past few millenia. *Mental image of a >> stern, tough anti-hero type Malakite recieving his orders* >> >> "You want me to hunt down -WHAT-?" > > It'd make for a great adventure for Kyrios of Stone, though. Fighting > gnome with gnome, and all that... > Cumulating in the pitched battle in the garden of that nice old spinster down the block, Annie (by sheer coincidence, called the "old gnome" because of hunching in her advanced age). She thinks she's been hearing voices anyway... You know the one. Gnome Ann's Land. Marc. Just Marc. Elohite Angel of Salvation ("Who's going to believe her? After all, she's got no family, doesn't see her friends much. You could go so far as to say that Gnome Ann is an island...") ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 01:56:42 From: "Janet Anderson" Subject: Re: IN> Come to think of it ... >("Who's going to believe her? After all, she's got no family, doesn't >see her friends much. You could go so far as to say that Gnome Ann is >an island...") Then again, if *he's* still here ... Janet Anderson _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 19:10:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Maurice Lane Subject: IN> Word up. And looking *mean*. I love having a mild fever. Not much of one, mind: just enough to let in the weird dreams, while still permitting one to function normally... Anyway, this is a lead up to the next bit. :) Moe Songs of Words While these Songs were first discovered by Jean, he is generally not credited with the accomplishment - at his own emphatic request. Raphael was barely more tolerant. However, there were enough Orphans of Wisdom that knew these Songs to prevent them from being lost. Blandine finds them very useful tools for the ethereal plane: needless to say, so do Beleth and Nybbas. Even they, however, blanch at using them anywhere else... Note that the effective CD for all three Songs may never be higher than the higher of (the performers Ethereal Forces) or (his or her Knowledge (Literature) skill). Corporeal The performer may knock people unconscious with a blizzard of words. This isn't metaphorical, by the way: a large stream of visible words actually comes out of the performer's mouth and covers the target, who must make a Strength roll at -3 every turn or be knocked out for CD hours. Note that this does not actually do any kind of damage: knocking someone out this way on the ethereal plane will not result in Discord. The performer may also choose to create a sentence and use it in hand to hand combat: this does do Body Hits (Power equal to Essence spent, Accuracy equal to the CD). Ethereal The performer creates a ball of text, which is thrown at the target. Once it 'impacts', it explodes, causing (CD x Essence) Mind Hits. This, like any form of ethereal damage, can cause Discord. Alternatively, the performer may choose to wrap the text around himself, giving a Protection to ethereal attacks equal to the CD + Essence spent. Every four points of damage that are stopped by this textual armor will reduce the Protection by 1. Celestial This is the nasty one: it temporarily makes the target into an appropriate Word-bound (GM call for the actual Word). A successful roll will give the target a Word equal to the CD. However, the target will also have his or her regular Forces reduced by the same amount, for the duration of the Song. This will effect everything, including total hits and all skill or characteristic rolls. The target may resist this with a Will Roll at -2: success means that the target is immune to this Song for the next 5 minutes. Only celestials may be affected by this Song, and only by one Celestial Song of Words at a time. If the celestial does not have sufficient Forces to make the shift, it will take CD x 3 Soul Hits instead. Available: Everybody, but don't get caught using them on the corporeal plane... Bonus: Destiny, Fate, Wisdom (assuming that you have any around), Archives, the Media Range: 10 yards Duration: one minute per each 2 Essence spent (minimum 2). May be maintained, except for the explosive Ethereal Song. Essence Requirement: 2 to 6. Cost to maintain: same. Maintenance may not be boosted/or reduced from initial Essence expenditure. Degree of Disturbance: none extra. However, use of any of these Songs on the Corporeal plane will cause 8 Disturbance. ===== Liber Licentiae Moeticae: http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html Last updated 04/01/01(this is usually way out of date) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 19:12:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Maurice Lane Subject: IN> This explosion brought to you by the letters M, O and E... I was going to make this Vaputech, but then I realized that it couldn't be: after all, it's funny enough when it works properly... :) Moe A-bomb No, it's not a nuke, alas. These one-shot relics are considered ideal for cleaning out ethereal infestations. When triggered, they release the Ethereal Song of Words upon the target. Observers - and more importantly, the target - - will see what appears to be an sudden cloud of razor sharp letters appear and pierce the target's very soul (it's called an A-bomb because, for some reason, using the letter A works better than any other letter). This relic, unlike the standard Ethereal Song of Words, will also do half damage to anyone close to the target: until the EPG comes out, this will be a GM call (but as a general rule, if somebody can reach out and touch the target, they can be affected). However, also unlike the regular Song, this relic may be Dodged... These relics are, most emphatically, restricted to the ethereal plane - but Kobal sneaks them onto Earth (and into the hands of the worthy) from time to time. He can't help himself. A-bomb Relic/6 (Ethereal Song of Words variant): 18pt Self-powered: 0pt Fragility: Easy to Destroy: -2pt Extra Disturbance (6pt): -3pt Celestial Artifact Destroyed when corporeal form destroyed: -4pt One Use: /4 Final Cost: 3. Sometimes a milder but tougher version (Relic/5, Fragile, Extra Disturbance (4)) is issued. Final cost: 2. ===== Liber Licentiae Moeticae: http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html Last updated 04/01/01(this is usually way out of date) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 02:29:21 From: "Janet Anderson" Subject: Re: IN> Word up. And looking *mean*. Have you been reading *The Phantom Tollbooth* while you have a fever? Janet Anderson _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 22:29:36 -0400 From: "Eric Bertish" Subject: Re: IN> Come to think of it ... From: "Marc Bowden" > You know the one. Gnome Ann's Land. > > Marc. Just Marc. > Elohite Angel of Salvation > ("Who's going to believe her? After all, she's got no family, doesn't > see her friends much. You could go so far as to say that Gnome Ann is > an island...") Remember that keyboard you said I owed you, Marc? We're even now. - -- Casca ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 22:41:45 -0400 From: "Charles Phipps" Subject: IN> The greatest trick the devil pulled... "IT" Unknown Servitor of Lucifer Cor-6 Str-12 Agil-12 Eth-6 Eth-12 Pre-12 Cel-6 Will-12 Per-12 Vessel: Alternating 6/ Charisma -3 to +3 Artifact: Unholy pistol 6/, (Unholy Bullets 6) Songs: Song of Dreams (Cor 6/), Form (Celestial 6/), Song of Tongues (Cor 6/, Eth 6/, Cel 6/), Song of Light (Corporeal 6/), Skills: Acrobatics 4/, Computer Operation 2/, Detect Lies 5/, Disguise 6/, Driving (Airplane, Car, Horse, Boat 3/), Dodge 1/, Electronics 4/, Emote 6/, Fast talk 6/, Fighting (Kung Fu 5/, Barroom Brawling 3/), Investigation 6/, Languages (English to Babylonian 3-6/), Large Weapon (Battle ax, Broad Sword, 5/, Baseball Bat 4/), Lying 5/, Move Silently 6/, Savoir Faire 4/, Small Weapon (Garrote, Knife, Pipe, Hook, Dagger 6/), Throwing 6/ Attunements: Whatever it wants Word Forces: Unknown if any It is a scare legend among both Demons of Hell and the Angelic Host both. It quite simply is Lucifer's personal assaisin and charged by Lucifer with eliminating prey which Lucifer personally wishes destroyed whether it is at the hands of enemies manipulated into doing it of his or personally done by It. Rumors persist that It has actually destroyed Demon Princes whom have rebelled against Lucifer in his time but if there is any truth to this rumor it is unknown for no demon truly knows what It is like and there is the distubring acknowledgement among the Host and the Bands of Hell that It either does not exist or remains ineffable just like his master Lucifer, wilder rumors remain that It is himself Lucifer or a form of him and sent to deal with foes of the devil who need reminding of who is in charge. It knows better. The assaisin It can change it's shape at will with no trace of inaccuracy possible to notice save perhaps the Symphony itself might say and It is always prepared against such eventualities. No one knows It's true identity and it is wondered if at some point he might have been a servitor of Lucifer or if he was created at some later point. Kronos himself is disgusted by the knowledge that he cannot even discover It's true band and has promised a great reward to whoever can confirm It's true identity, the old demon knows that any of his servitors stupid enough to take it up deserve to be weeded from his ranks. The number of causalties attributed to it could never be counted fully but the actual victems of the being are always confirmable for the Demon (if demon he may be-some have actually suggested It is a rogue Malakim stripped by Lucifer of his oath to suffer evil to live and to surrender to Hell) for It leaves a mark of a dragon eating it's own tail burned nearby his victems at every point. Certain demons have replicated this mark and certain angels but within a week's time they have all been found soul-killed with the mark nearby them. The last one who tried it was an Elohim of Yves and the mark was burned on his library table where he was found with an unholy bullet through the back of his head. The story is still being contained by Dominic for the possibility of treachery as opposed to demonic infiltration of the Lower Heavens but is merely one of the many tales which have been associated with him. In any case it's generally known you'll know when It is comming for you for all victems's get an undescribable feeling of aprehension about themselves that they cannot shake just before he makes his appearence known. - -Charlemagne ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 22:56:31 -0400 From: "Rolland Therrien" Subject: IN> Heaven Public TV: At the Movies with Dominic... Ever wonder if they had TV in Heaven? Personally, I think they do, if only in a PBS/Public Access kinda way, only with much better people participating. Including Archangels. This was my first idea for a show. I apologize in advance... Oh, and Chuckg, I only made Michael act like this for the sake of argument... ^^! Cue: At the Movies with Dominic. Scene: Dominic sitting with his kitten in his lap in a movie balcony, looking at something until he notices the camera, and peers into it, stroking it carefully. Dominic: Greetings, and welcome to this first episode of "At the Movies with Dominic", where I, The Archangel of Judgement, and a random guest of the week, discuss and pass judgement on any given movies we've watched this week. And my first guest is... He looks at the cue card, blinks, then looks at it again... then resonnates it before finally tossing it in frustration at seeing it's not a prank, before he says: Dominic (Coldly): Michael, The Firstborn, Archangel of War... Michael smirks as he walks onto the stage, taking a seat right next to Dom's, putting his feat up on the seat in front of it as he reaches over to pat Dom on the back. Michael (Smug):Hiya, Hyena! Ready for the first show? Dominic (Glaring at Michael): You Just HAD to be on my first show, didn't you..? Michael just grins at him, reaching down to wriggle his fingers at Hammurabi, who's trying to snatch them, mewing innocently before Dom shifts back to stare at the camera, visibly annoyed. Dominic: A-Hem... Anyways, our first movie selection, at Christopher's insistance, was Pokemon the Movie 3: Spell of the Unknown. (Author's Note: Yeah, I saw it... I had nothing to do that Sunday, and Crocodile Dundee in LA lost the cointoss...) Michael: Oh Yeah, I saw that one too, like Chris asked me before I signed up for this. Not a bad movie, actually. Dominic: Well, I don't know what you saw in it, but I found it needlessly long and tired... It felt more like a simple episode of Pokemon Jotoh, stretched out over an hour and a half, rather then an interesting movie... Michael: Well, I agree that it wasn't any Award winner, but it was a nice way to spend an afternoon, watching all those Pokemon Fights and all... Dominic (muttering): Figures you'd like those pointless slugfests... Michael: Pardon me? Dominic (smirks): Don't press your luck. (Normally again) Anyways, I felt that movie was somewhat uninteresting; the first few Pokemon fights had little to do with plot advancement, and the last one was only midly interesting... Michael: Ok, I'll give you that. And now that you mention it, They didn't have a whole lot of character development in that movie, either. Dominic: It's Pokemon, Mike... It's not like we're talking about the Miles Vorkosgian saga here... The amount of character growth done by characters in Pokemon across all the seasons and movies would fit about a single season in any other show... Michael: You're always so critical about these things, Dom. You really should learn to relax and just enjoy the show sometimes. Dominic: And what's with Team Rocket, anyways? Are they still supposed to be villains or something else? They didn't do anything in this movie, except hang around in the background. Heck, take them out of the movie and the plot resolves itself almost identically. Michael: Ok, now there I have to agree: That Pokemon show needs better villains, in my opinion. Jesse and James are good, but as it is, they just seem like poor rip-offs of Boris and Natasha to me. Dominic: ...Right. And then there's the prologue movie, "Pikachu and Pichu", which was cute and sweet. Michael: Yes, very sweet. Dominic: Sickeningly Sweet, wouldn't you say? Michael: Thank God Celestials don't suffer from Diabetes... Dominic: Yes... I'm sure Iolanthe got some Essence rush from that short... Michael: What do you know, we finally agree on something... Dominic: I'm sure the Ofanites have stopped spinning, Firstborn. ...Anyways, from the handsigns our director's making, I'd say our time's almost about up. In conclusion, I gave Pokemon 3 a Thumbs Down: Unimaginative, uninteresting and overall not worth your time, I judge. Michael: Well, I'll give it a thumbs up, but only to contradict you. If you have a free afternoon, you might want to bring the kids to see it, they'll go nuts for it. Well, I might as well go now. Catch'ya at the Council Meetings, Hyena! Michael gets up and walks off, leaving Dominic to glare as he leaves, before turning back to the Camera. Dominc: Well, that's all the time we have here "At the Movies with Dominic", but be sure to come back next week, when my guest will NOT be Michael, God willing. Until then, the Balcony has been found Closed. Fade to Black, with a vo of Dom: Get me whoever's responsible for inviting the Guest Hosts, NOW... - -Exit the LoneWolf ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 22:41:05 -0500 From: "Charles Glasgow" Subject: Re: IN> Heaven Public TV: At the Movies with Dominic II Cue: At the Movies with Dominic, Episode II. Scene: Dominic sitting with his kitten in his lap in a movie balcony, glaring angrily off-camera at someone. Dominic -- "... and if tonight's guest is Janus, I swear that..." (From off-camera) -- "Pssst! You're on!" Dominic turns around to face the camera, getting his expression (it's amazing how a cowled Seraph whose face you can't even see still has expressions) straight. Dominic -- "Good evening, and welcome to the second edition of "At the Movies with Dominic", where tonight's guest host will be somebody I have *friendly* associations with for a change, *RIGHT*?" Dominic looks up at the cue card, and he suddenly jumps up in utter shock... until he resonates the cue card and realizes that it's not True. After a frantic wave at the crew, we catch a momentary glimpse in the corner of the camera of a stagehand frantically rushing out the side exit holding a cue card. Just visible out from under his harm is the name "..BAL". Dominic looks up again and slumps in relief upon seeing the real cue card underneath. Dominic -- "Yes. Definitely a Superior I have good relations with. And thus, for tonight, my fellow guest-star is David, Archangel of Stone." David, in all of his Malakite glory, walks onstage -- in his usual state of (non-)attire. Dominic winces. After a shocked pause by the camerman, the camera *immediately* refocuses to show only a waist-up view of the two Archangels. Dominic -- "Errr... *ahem*... thank you for coming on tonight's show, Archangel David." David -- [nod]. Dominic -- "Yes. Anyway, tonight's movie is a classic that was released last year and still going strong... "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". David -- [grunt] Dominic -- "Errr... yes. In any event, this movie was definitely suitable for angelic viewing, despite the ending. It had a significantly deep philosophical element, two very good examples of selfless love and devotion, a wonderful role model for Elohim (or any other Choir, really) of the Sword -- indeed, box office demographics indicate that approximately 112% of Laurence's Servitors have been to see... *one hundred and twelve* percent?!?" David -- [raises two fingers] Dominic -- "Um... oh! Yes, you are right, apparently many of them *are* watching it at least twice." David -- [nods] Dominic (glares mildly at David's lack of communication) -- "Thank you for that comment. Anyway, as I was saying -- this movie is possessed of significant depth, passion, drama, mystery, and amazingly enough managed to mix all that in and *still* find room for enough mindless hack-and-slash fight scenes to occupy the miniscule attention spans and thoroughly plebeian and narrow-minded tastes of Servitors of a Certain Archangel Who Shall Remain Nameless..." David -- [grumbles menacingly] Dominic -- "... errr. Yes, that's right, you're about the only Archangel that's friends with both of us simultaneously. Never mind, then. As I was saying, the only bad elements of this movie are the thoroughly repellent and selfish character played by Ziyi Yhang -- a fine young actress, I hasten to add, it's merely her character that was almost Diabolical in her thoroughly awful self-centeredness... and the tragedy of the ending. What do you think, David?" David -- [grunt] Dominic -- *ahem* "Do you agree or disagree with my assessment of the movie so far?" David -- [shrugs] Dominic (visibly approaching the limits of his patience -- "*Yes* or *no*?" David looks at Dominic with a 'You're missing the obvious' expression of exasperation on his face and taps one finger to his temple. Dominic, finally taking the hint, resonates David's body language for the Truth of his last shrug. David looks very faintly smug. Dominic -- "He's going to owe you a favor for this, isn't he? Don't answer that, I don't want to know. *Moving on*... "Inexperienced Seraphim and Lightning servitors might say that the highly stylized wuxia of this movie, with its blatantly false concepts of physics, history, and dramatic timing, are flaws in this movie. But I would disagree with them if they did. While it is True that the setting and staging of this movie is utterly unrealistic, it is also True that a good story can often not be as much about realism as it can be about myth. In other words, it is True that the mythic symbols of the plot stand for things other than their most literal interpretation. As a tale using several classic elements of tragedy, myth, doomed love, and selfless questing, would you say that this movie was a success? David -- [silence] Dominic -- "Right. And we now come to -- I can't say it's a flaw, really, because it's not -- but the part of this movie that made the saddest. The ending. Here we have this brave and selfless and noble man, who never lost sight of his either honor or his duty, dying at the end because of the misplaced hatred of one old villain, under circumstances that would never have been made possible if not for the needless and repeated and utterly closed-minded selfishness of that young princess. How did you feel when you saw Li Mu Bai die, David?" David -- [shrugs, looks totally aloof] Dominic -- "That's right, you have a reputation to maintain as an old stone face. [resonate resonate resonate] Very well then, *don't* admit that you cried for five minutes when you saw the ending." David turns and gives Dominic a laser death-beam eye-glare that could shatter titanium. Dominic [looking very faintly smug] -- "So, overall, my Judgement is that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" deserves a big thumbs up. And it should be viewed by all young celestials as a prime example of why selflessness and courage and duty should be encouraged, where selfishness and brashness only hurt everyone around you. Archangel David, any last words?" David (still glowering) -- [shakes his head] Dominic -- "So, that's two thumbs up for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". And next week, on "At the Movies with Dominic", we will have a guest-host who I can get along with *and* who will actually *SAY SOMETHING*...." [fade to black] Off-camera voice-over -- "And I thought I had it bad when were writing that 'Confessions' series... *sob*" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 00:03:28 -0400 From: "Rolland Therrien" Subject: Re: IN> Heaven Public TV: At the Movies with Dominic II - -----Original Message----- From: Charles Glasgow To: in_nomine-l@lists.io.com Date: Thursday, April 26, 2001 11:46 PM Subject: Re: IN> Heaven Public TV: At the Movies with Dominic II >Cue: At the Movies with Dominic, Episode II. Congratulations, Chuckg... You've once again proven why I'm only the Laurence to your Michael... ^^! _Exit the LoneWolf ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 22:21:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Maurice Lane Subject: IN> April 19, 2001 (ML) Well, it's different, at least. :) Moe Tausa Balseraph Baron of the Book of Days Corporeal Forces: 4 Strength: 6 Agility: 10 Ethereal Forces: 6 Intelligence:12 Precision: 12 Celestial Forces: 6 Will: 12 Perception: 12 Vessel: human male/4 Skills: Computer Operation/1, Detect Lies/3, Dodge/3, Emote/2, Fighting/5, Languages (A bunch, from Belgian to Spanish, usually at /1), Ranged Weapon (pistol/3, rifle/3), Savoir-Faire/2, Seduction/2, Small Weapon (Club/2, Knife/2), Tracking/1 Songs: Affinity (Ethereal/3), Entropy (All/3), Form (Celestial/2), Light (Celestial/6), Might (Corporeal/3), Shields (Corporeal/3, Ethereal/2, Celestial/3), Symphony (All/3) Role: Usually a 'private investigator'-type/4, Status 3 Attunements: Balseraph of Fate (Malakite), Impudite of Fate, Fated Future, Past Lives *, Window of Time, Baron of the Book of Days (20th Century) *Probably not called this by Kronos, but he must have an equivalent to Yves' Servitor Attunement, and he's given it to Tausa. Oaths: "Suffer not one of Kronos' desired acquisitions to live, if it is my choice." "Never surrender, or allow myself to be captured by forces opposed by my Superior." "Never kill a human that has not achieved his or her Fate." "Never allow one of Kronos' desired acquisitions to achieve his or her Destiny." Kronos has one hobby. The Demon Prince of Fate likes to collect souls: while this seems obvious enough, given his Word, Kronos has very strict requirements when it comes to his personal gallery. They just can't be any souls: he'll be satisfied with nothing less than the best (or worst, depending on your point of view). Like any Prince, he's got a decent collection of infamous monsters in human form, but Kronos only keeps them because he's expected to. What he really likes is getting his hands on those whose evil was unconscious. He appreciates evildoers who simply slipped into committing atrocities and depravities for no real reason, and has even been known to smile when contemplating a human soul who colluded in mass murder 'because everybody else was'. They sing to what passes for his soul, subconsciously confirming his utter contempt for humanity. Now, Fate being what it is, most of his acquisitions will make their way to Hell normally, and Kronos will either be given them, or later trade for them. The other Princes will actively negotiate with him (even the ones that loathe the Prince of Fate), because being one of Kronos' conversation pieces is widely regarded as being a special Hell of terror and helplessness, and it never hurts to provide a little motivation to your own damned souls. However, Fate being what is (again), sometimes a human soul will somehow manage to commit deeply evil acts and still not be damned. Kronos dislikes that immensely: like all fanatical collectors, he wants complete sets. Luckily, he's got a very good corporeal agent to track these treasures down. Tausa has been Kronos' acquisition agent for several centuries, and he's good at his job. Jobs, really: Tausa has two major duties. The first is to seek out those Fated that fit Kronos' stringent standards for worthiness (and are not likely to serve Hell further) and kill them. Kronos has an understanding with Asmodeus that said individuals are to be sent over to the Archive once they reach Hell. The second task is to track down notable specimens that somehow managed to not meet their Fates. This is more common than one would expect, actually, thanks to the vagaries of the Symphony. To use a current example, the Fates of many National Socialists were inextricably linked with the successful creation of a Thousand-Year Reich. Such a technicality didn't keep the higher-ups out of Hell, but many of the rank-and-file ended up reincarnating (more even than those involved in the Taiping Rebellion, which was Kronos' previous enthusiasm). However, Kronos wants those rank-and-file (plus the ones still alive and useless to Hell, of course), so Tausa is often assigned to bring them to their Fates and finish the job. He's also constantly on the lookout for particularly hard-to-get pieces, of course (there's this one member of Beria's personal execution squad that keeps eluding Kronos, for example). Tausa has the resources of Kronos' organization to draw upon, if he really needs to, but he rarely needs to. Considering that he's a Balseraph of Fate who has the mindset of a Malakite permanently grafted onto him, Tausa is actually fairly stable. His urges for honor have been more or less safely channeled into doing his job cleanly and without undue fuss. Of course, the fact that his usual targets are undeniably guilty of things that the Prince of Fate considers noteworthy helps keep those annoying Malakite drives from getting too aggravating. Tausa, in fact, almost considers himself a 'real' Malakite: after all, he's not precisely suffering evil to live. He's just concentrating on the very worst. Now, Heaven doesn't buy this argument at all, naturally. While it's nice that there's somebody out there dedicated to sniffing out Fated individuals and sending them to Hell, where they'll no longer be a danger, there's that entire issue with damning those who still have a chance for salvation. Not even the most pragmatic Archangel is willing to argue with the Symphony on this one, so Tausa can count on interference from the Host when he's not actively engaged in pest control - and sometimes even then. Real Malakim consider it quite a coup to send the Balseraph to Trauma (when they can - he's pretty nasty in a fight), then sending down the particularly nasty bastard that the demon was sent to acquire immediately afterwards. Kronos doesn't seem to care much: put then, he getting his collector's item anyway, so why should he? ===== Liber Licentiae Moeticae: http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html Last updated 04/01/01(this is usually way out of date) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 23:57:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Eng Subject: IN> Kyrio of Lightning in a 3.5 inch floppy... It is rumored that a Kyriotate of Lightning who reports to Orc is designing the framework for an Attunement, with the working title of "Self-Drive." This attunement, if it works, will allow a servitor of Lightning to "read" a floppy disk or CD-ROM simply by holding it and expending 3 Essence. Kyriotates will have to possess the disk. The current design problem is reportedly incorporating translation of the file format into the Attunement. If the rumors are true, Self-Drive currently requires learning a language skill for whatever OS saved the file. Any character who manages to get his hands on this ability will therefore have "Self-Drive v0.85b (pre-release)," and will have to pay more character points for the release version. Peter Eng - -- (This sounded better when I was first imagining it...) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 03:55:56 -0700 From: "Perry Lloyd" Subject: Re: IN> A different Kyriotate of Lightning question > At 7:38 PM -0400 4/26/01, Whistling in the Dark wrote: > >At 5:15 PM -0600 4/26/01, Ben Glickler wrote: > >> > >>Could a Kyriotate of Lightning possess pages of a book and then be able to > >>know what the pages say? > > > >I'd say no, the Kyriotate doesn't know what the words of the book are > >when they possess the book. And certainly wouldn't know what the > >software encoded on a disk was. > > If the Kyrio "reads" each page upon it naturally, then it can know > what the pages say -- but it doesn't "just know" itself while possessing > the book. It actually has to read the material. (Kyriotaties of Archives > have better abilities, but that's a special attunement. O:> ) > > So it would have to execute the programs to know what was there; if the > GM allowed "reading" a CD-ROM or whatever, then the Kyrio would get... > lots of 1s and 0s, which it might be able to translate. This still would > be unlikely to defeat encryption. Um, there's an exception here, I believe. Those with the Kyriotates of Yves attunement, as well as Kyriotates taking advantage of the expanded Resonance check results in the APG pg 55 . . . - -Perry. KFc perrylloyd@hotmail.com pl312993@oak.cats.ohiou.edu http://www.geocities.com/llloyd.geo "A person's character is his destiny." - --fortune cookie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 18:51:16 +0800 From: "James Lee" Subject: IN> Rules on Resisting I am unable to find the section directly dealing with generic rules on resisting attacks and such in the core rules book, yet I find references to resisting throughout the book. I know that it is mostly on a case-by-case basis, but there seems to be some basic procedure out there that perpetually eludes me. Can someone please help me by giving me the official rules on resisting? Thanks a lot! Quite besides the point, what's with the flaming of White Wolf? Is there some kind of rivalry between White Wolf and SJG fans? I happen to play White Wolf games myself... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 08:40:51 -0400 From: Cameron McCurry Subject: IN> The Angel of Geeks Just another thing that needed to be written... Bedeul Seraph of Lightning The Angel of Geeks Corporeal Forces 4 Strength/8 Agility/8 Ethereal Forces 6 Intelligence/12 Perception/12 Celestial Forces 4 Will 7 Perception 9 Songs: Charm (Corporeal/4), Healing (Corporeal/3, Celestial/5), Motion (Corporeal/5, Celestial/3), Shields (Corporeal/4, Ethereal/3) Skills: Computer/6, Detect Lies/4, Dodge/5, Knowledge (Computer Operating Systems/4, Computer Networks 6), Savoir Faire/3 Artifact: "Clarence" A laptop computer that adds 4 to the user's Computer skill and plays a mean game of Go (That last bit was an addition of Bedeul's). Attunements: Seraph of Jean, Malakite of Jean, Angel of Networks, Angel of Geeks Role: Raymond Carter, Freelance Computer Technician (6/4) Angel of Geeks: Once per day, Bedeul can know what needs to be done to bring up a network that has crashed. OK, the real Word he has is "Computer Operating System and Network Maintenance." But let's face it; everyone calls people like that "Geeks." Even other angels refer to him as a Geek. Rather than be insulted (Which he was at first), Bedeul simply accepted the name and went on with life. Bedeul started out as a Seraph of Lightning that got assigned to Orc. He was fascinated with the whole concept that machines could talk to each other and how a few simple commands could link systems (OK, simple to him). He earned his Word in the late 80s with the support of Jean and Orc and he began to make a name for himself in the world. The rise of computer technology in the world has ensured that he always has a job to do somewhere. His main Role is Raymond Carter, a freelance consultant for computer network problems. He's taken on a few Saints and Soldiers of Jean's in this business and has racked up an impressive list of regular clients through a strong work ethic and word of mouth . Even a few Vaputech companies have him as a contractor and they are just as oblivious to his Celestial nature as the mundane companies. Physically, he's not too impressive. He appears as a man in his early fifties with greying hair. He's somewhat aloof with people who don't understand computer systems as he does (The fact he's a Seraph and one of Jean's makes this very noticeable) but is quick to answer people's questions in more detail than RTFM. Obviously, Bedeul is not a front line fighter in the War. He prefers to work on his beloved networks, teach humans and Saints how to use computers (He's recently hired a Mercurian to help out in dealing with people) and steer people away from Infernally influenced companies. So far, he's had a great deal of success; he's managed to instill a sense of ethics in some kids who might have used their skills to do harm to companies and there are several corporations whose operations are well maintained. Now if only he could cut back a bit on the coffee.... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 07:51:11 -0500 From: Andrew Hackard Subject: Re: IN> Re: EPG At 10:19 AM 04/26/01 -0400, Joseph Rocchi/Toronto/IBM wrote: >What I'm proposing lets SJG not only get >rid of that tax expense - but write off the material as a Promotional >item, getting a tax benefit instead of a tax loss. Talk to Control, then. If she thinks it's a good idea, she'll sell it to the right people. >Not even "Q1 - 2002?" as a date - the idea being to show the retailers and >players that this isn't a "flash in the pan" - that the line is going to >be supported. Not even. We've had to revise some announcements a few times*, so now the policy is NO announcements, except for very, very rare cases, until three to four months before the release date. At best, we'll announce that something is in playtest, which is a pretty good clue that we're going to release it . . . eventually. * E.g., Hot Lead. And In Nomine itself, come to think of it. - -- **A note from Jack Chick, concerned about the speck in your eye: "It only takes one error to disprove the Qur'an. That's right. Just one little error and the whole book goes down in defeat! You have just discovered one irrefutable error in the Qur'an. What are you going to do about it?" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:57:34 -0500 From: Earl Wajenberg Subject: Re: IN> Word up. And looking *mean*. Sounds suitable for "In Anime." Earl ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:36:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Maurice Lane Subject: Re: IN> Come to think of it ... Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 15:06:41 -0500 From: "Prodigal" Subject: Re: IN> Come to think of it ... >And now I can't get the mental picture of Mr. T, >soldier of Stone, out of my head... Actually, everybody makes that mistake about him. He's actually the rarest of collectables: a Bright Lilim with a male gender identity. (pause) I _mean_ it. Look at the chains, for God's sake*... Moe *The A-Team: servants of Stone (they never actually managed to hit the people they were shooting at, you know), or Flowers (what? They built an armored car every episode and sprayed automatic weapons fire in all directions at once, and _still_ nobody ever died?)? You make the call... ===== Liber Licentiae Moeticae: http://www.stormloader.com/users/moelane/innomine.html Last updated 04/01/01(this is usually way out of date) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ End of in_nomine-digest V1 #2185 ******************************** The material here is (C) 2001 Steve Jackson Games, Incorporated. All rights reserved.