Mage The Ascension (WoD1.0) - Whose up for it?

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:58 pm

frigidmagi wrote:Would a Son of Ether really say Scry or would he use a sciency term like remote view or something?

Depends on him and his paradigm. They are the most mystical of technocrats and the common terminology of the Traditions is mostly derived from the Hermetic terminology (because they are the Tradition most inclined to systematically categorize mystical information and understand/integrate non-Hermetic magics).

Post by **Dark Silver** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:14 am

And he's not a Son of Ether, he's a Hermetic Mage of the House of Thig - while they are the most Technomancer the the various Houses of Hermes, they re still very much Order of Hermes mages.

That, and honestly...the Traditions are groups of like minded magickal societies, not hard and fast of how you HAVE to act if you join them, while each Tradition will influence how your character looks at magick, doesn't mean he will be exactly like everyone else in the Tradition.

Post by **B4UTRUST** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:00 am

I think the differences between Gren and James show that particular rule of thumb.

Comrade Tortoise · Post by **Comrade Tortoise** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:37 am

frigidmagi wrote:Would a Son of Ether really say Scry or would he use a sciency term like remote view or something?

What DS said. He is a House Thig hermetic, which makes him... to put it one way, a somewhat odd hybrid of etherite and hermetic, though more biased toward hermetic.

I think I managed to capture that pretty well...

Post by **Dark Silver** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:03 am

hey Ben, since I don't have the log on my laptop (and I'm at work with no desktop access), what was the difficulty I told you for the Scrying?

I think it was a difficulty 7.

Comrade Tortoise · Post by **Comrade Tortoise** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:37 am

It was 6 actually... Not that it matters

Post by **Dark Silver** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:56 am

yeah, you still manage to get it

I'll post results in a bit.

Post by **Dark Silver** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:56 pm

undead from a PSP. . . .

yeah don't expect postings from this thing. . . .

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:19 pm

So... is getting teased like that by Rumor a Good Thing?

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:21 pm

See this is why I prefer dogs. I've never had a dog make cryptic comments and up and disappear without doing something vaguely useful.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:28 pm

frigidmagi wrote:See this is why I prefer dogs. I've never had a dog make cryptic comments and up and disappear without doing something vaguely useful.

You've never been around Ragabash, have you.

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:33 pm

LadyTevar wrote:
frigidmagi wrote:See this is why I prefer dogs. I've never had a dog make cryptic comments and up and disappear without doing something vaguely useful.
You've never been around Ragabash, have you.

Or Bone Gnawers.

rhoenix · Post by **rhoenix** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:37 pm

Or Stargazers...

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:02 pm

rhoenix wrote:Or Stargazers...

No experience with them (only played a little Werewolf), but their rep is enough.

rhoenix · Post by **rhoenix** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:03 pm

Cynical Cat wrote:No experience with them (only played a little Werewolf), but their rep is enough.

Oh yes it is. Even their Ahroun will mindfuck you, and then gracefully whip your ass with Kailindo.

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:23 pm

rhoenix wrote:
Cynical Cat wrote:No experience with them (only played a little Werewolf), but their rep is enough.
Oh yes it is. Even their Ahroun will mindfuck you, and then gracefully whip your ass with Kailindo.

I know about Werewolf Kung fu. It's nice, almost as nice as Do. I've seen an Akashic kick a shmuck werewolf's ass with that. Only a multitasking Mind rote to help with the extra dodge actions. The Akashic was unarmed. Garou was in Crinos. The GM did not cheat, because even though it was outrageous that the Do monster (admitedly built that way) novice mage would kick my werewolf npc's ass in hth, that's what happened.

rhoenix · Post by **rhoenix** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:44 pm

Cynical Cat wrote:I know about Werewolf Kung fu.

The Stargazer beginnings and background of it was fascinating reading.

Dammit, I wish I still had the tribebook.

Cynical Cat wrote:It's nice, almost as nice as Do.

Heh. Sadly, that really is the best way to compare Kailindo with something. Really though, comparing it against Do is...kinda like comparing a pistol with an entire marine unit.

Cynical Cat wrote:I've seen an Akashic kick a shmuck werewolf's ass with that. Only a multitasking Mind rote to help with the extra dodge actions. The Akashic was unarmed. Garou was in Crinos. The GM did not cheat, because even though it was outrageous that the Do monster (admitedly built that way) novice mage would kick my werewolf npc's ass in hth, that's what happened.

So...we had a tweaked beginning Mage against an average Garou as a test?

When I ran the same test a few years back when I was getting into Mage, I twinked the shit out of both of them for flavor. The Mage still won twice out of three, but it was much bloodier than your example above.

EDIT: The mage in question had Mind and Entropy, if I remember right. The Garou was an Ahroun Get of Fenris who (somehow) knew Kailindo.

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:58 pm

It wasn't a test, it was what happened when an Akashic PC decided to go mono on mono with a werewolf hth, without using any other magic. I thought he was crazy to try it, but he won. Werewolves are so top loaded for combat and have so many fucking advantages that losing in HTH against a mage (and the werewolf wasn't incompetent, just not a combat monster by werewolf standards) who is not using magic is notable.

It means Do is very, very nasty.

rhoenix · Post by **rhoenix** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:09 pm

Cynical Cat wrote:It wasn't a test, it was what happened when an Akashic PC decided to go mono on mono with a werewolf hth, without using any other magic. I thought he was crazy to try it, but he won. Werewolves are so top loaded for combat and have so many fucking advantages that losing in HTH against a mage (and the werewolf wasn't incompetent, just not a combat monster by werewolf standards) who is not using magic is notable.

Aaah, I see what you mean.

Yeah, that's hilarious.

Cynical Cat wrote:It means Do is very, very nasty.

Oh, of course! I'm very, very thankful nobody but mages can get Do.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:55 am

Werewolves are not dogs and I imagine they would take offense at the thought.

Post by **B4UTRUST** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:13 am

Yes, generally in my experiance they dislike being called dogs. Of course when you've got a fuckton of Vamps all running through the hotel in the middle of the night screaming at the top of their lungs "Get the dogs! Find the dogs! Slaughter them all!" things get bloody.

The police didn't find it very amusing... wasn't our fault there were people from the dog show the next day staying at the hotel...

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 12:40 pm

Personally I think 'puppies' is a better term for them, as they usually show about as much intelligence and sense...

(says the Bastet-player, who also played many Garou in various LARPs)

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:46 pm

Are we waiting on GM action?

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:50 pm

I think so.

Charon · Post by **Charon** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:36 pm

Never a GM around when you need them. *shakes fist*

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