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Message: 11/1 Posted Author
Kinfolk merit by race/subrace Tue Mar 28 WhoopingCrane
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'+rules kinfolk' has been updated to formally clarify which races/subraces are
allowed to take the Kinfolk merit. If you were previously denied this merit,
but your race/subrace is now on the allowed list, then please +xpreq.
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Message: 11/2 Posted Author
Abyss Mysticism Sun Apr 09 WhoopingCrane
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This is now allowed. Bottom of '+rules blood magic' covers requirements and
abilities.
Existing Lasombra not already on an appropriate Path of Enlightenment would
need to switch paths, which is intentionally difficult. See rules in back of
main Vampire rulebook ('Switching from Humanity to a Path'), adapted as
needed if you're currently on a different Path of Enlightenment.
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Message: 11/3 Posted Author
Update on free lores Mon Jul 03 WhoopingCrane
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'+rules lores' has been updated to address two cases:
1) PCs who intentionally declined some/all of their free lores in chargen
2) PCs who convert to a different type post-chargen (e.g. ghouling)
tl;dr: In both of these cases, the first dot of relevant Lore(s) is free of
cost, time limit, or other restriction. Anyone who previously paid XP for the
first dot of such a lore can +request an XP refund (but we're not going to
pro-actively check every PC for that).
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Message: 11/4 Posted Author
+policy village idiot Mon Jul 03 WhoopingCrane
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tl;dr: Have you considered not being one?
Similar to '+policy antagonists', this is an advisory document explaining that
you /can/ play such a PC, but staff politely requests you bear some things in
mind that are in everyone's interest, including yours. You are not playing in
a vacuum; your actions affect other PCs, or at least run a reasonable risk of
doing so, and they may reasonably want to fix the problem before it
completely blows up. If you're playing a guy whose faults logically /should/
get him taken out inside of a week, don't be too surprised if they /do/ get
him taken out inside of a week.
'Incompetence porn' (as this style of RP is sometimes described) is pretty
common in the Paranoia RPG, but even there, different players have different
play styles ranging from 'TRAITOR! *zap zap zap*' to premeditated frame jobs.
Same goes around here, and we aim to resolve that by offering separate
circles to travel in.
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Message: 11/5 Posted Author
+policy cross sphere Mon Jul 03 WhoopingCrane
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Similar to the previous bbpost. tl;dr: It's allowed, but it can get
complicated, here are some common forms and some advice on what to think
about beforehand.
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Message: 11/6 Posted Author
'+rules blood magic' cleanup Thu Jul 06 WhoopingCrane
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I've updated '+rules blood magic' to break it into sections (one general and
one per type) and list some useful basics and references. This shouldn't be
anything new, just summarizing some stuff from canon or past practice.
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Message: 11/7 Posted Author
Spirit Slaves Sun Jul 09 WhoopingCrane
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I added '+rules spirit slave' to clarify and expand on the brief write-up in
the Giovanni clanbook.
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Message: 11/8 Posted Author
Home Base background Fri Jul 28 WhoopingCrane
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See '+rules home base'. This is just generalizing the mage Chantry background
mechanic (because there's nothing about the concept that really /requires/ a
mage to be involved), plus imposing a membership cap (sorry, no all-Cam or
all-Gaian-Garou supergroups).
Basically, what this does is let a group of PCs buy dots in the Home Base
background, and every 2 dots of Home Base supports 1 dot of some other
background which is then formally shared by that group of PCs.
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Message: 11/9 Posted Author
Wanga Fri Aug 04 WhoopingCrane
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This is now allowed. '+rules wanga' covers requirements and abilities.
Unlike most blood magic, wanga /can/ be learned by anyone, but it's more
difficult. Forever. Exactly one (1) currently approved PC counts as 'declared
belief during chargen', and they know who they are.
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Message: 11/10 Posted Author
Brock removed Sat Aug 05 WhoopingCrane
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Skipping the usual four-day delay because there's zero gray area:
A while back, Brock sent a couple people unsolicited pages of 'Does <your PC>
give head?'. Now if this was part of ongoing banter and the recipients were
amused then it would be fine, however it absolutely wasn't and they
complained. He got a 72-hour suspension, he acknowledged it and promised not
to re-offend. Yesterday, he did re-offend, so out the door he goes.
Anyone who wants to bring up his disappearance as an IC topic, please +request.
I've given the Hidden Meadows crew first dibs since he was part of that group
(at least on paper).
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Message: 11/11 Posted Author
Minimum banality Tue Sep 12 WhoopingCrane
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'+rules banality' has been adjusted to impose a hard minimum of 1 across the
board. The only things that can have Banality 0 are chimera and residents of
Arcadia, neither of which include PCs.
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Message: 11/12 Posted Author
Influence endeavors/modifiers Tue Sep 12 WhoopingCrane
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Because we've recently had some Influence-based PVP and attempted
counter-action, we're expanding the Influence background to include the
endeavors and modifiers from Dark Epics (a MET book for large games). I'll be
creating a wiki page 'Influence' that summarizes everything in one place.
This may also evolve a bit as we work out how to adapt things from a typical
LARP schedule (monthly games with downtime actions in between) to continuous
play. During this first month, we'll also allow retroactively attaching
modifiers to previous Influence actions.
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Message: 11/13 Posted Author
Horizon Realms Sun Oct 01 WhoopingCrane
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See '+rules horizon realms'. I've also updated '+rules maelstrom2' to be vaguer
about how badly the Other Places are damaged these days, and '+rules nodes'
to clarify that creating/expanding a node requires Prime 5 /and/ buying the
background (we'd been doing that for a while but hadn't written it out).
PRPs involving a one-off visit to a Horizon Realm are OK and don't require
anyone to purchase anything (you can handwave going out of town and borrowing
someone else's gateway), but staff would still appreciate being informed,
particularly in case anyone ever wants to revisit that Realm later. Also, any
magic cast during such a PRP needs to be limited to that PRP.
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Message: 11/14 Posted Author
Delirium and mummies Sat Oct 07 WhoopingCrane
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'+rules the delirium' has been updated to add mummies to the immune list. Their
omission was an oversight.
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Message: 11/15 Posted Author
Reallocating Influence Thu Nov 16 WhoopingCrane
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'+rules influence' has been updated to allow abandoning existing Influence (no
XP refund, limit 1/month/PC) in order to make room for another type.
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Message: 11/16 Posted Author
Activating demon-enchanted items Wed Nov 22 WhoopingCrane
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Wiki page 'Creating Magical Items' has been corrected to match canon (the
difference was an unintentional mistake on my part): If an item created using
Lore of Forge 4 (Enchant Object) is activated multiple times in the same
scene, each use requires a separate activation roll. (As usual, if you're
attuned to the item, then you can still skip these rolls.)
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Message: 11/17 Posted Author
+rules stacking Fri Nov 24 WhoopingCrane
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I've been meaning to add this for ages, finally got around to it. Any oddball
cases will be clarified if/when they come up in practice.
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Message: 11/18 Posted Author
Medium / Spirit Sight Sun Dec 03 WhoopingCrane
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'+rules medium' and '+rules spirit sight' have been added. This mostly just
codifies existing practices, as apparently there were some occasional
misunderstandings.
* Medium lets you hear wraiths, but not see them.
* Spirit Sight lets you see and hear fae/umbra/wraith stuff, but not touch or
enter them. Immunity to the Mists is limited to seeing fae stuff in
normalspace. (If you're Enchanted and brought into the Dreaming, the Mists
still applies to that.)
* Insisting that the level of distraction is crippling is wrong. Insisting that
the level of distraction is trivial is also wrong. (Dual Perception helps a
great deal, but you still need to ICly decide when to turn stuff on/off, and
stuff is still distracting while turned on.)
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Message: 11/19 Posted Author
Temp Banality, Nightmare Dice Sun Dec 03 WhoopingCrane
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'+rules banality' has been updated to explain when temporary Banality should be
gained and lost. This is mostly just reiterating canon for convenience. All
relevant PCs should have a new 'Temp Banality' pool on +sheet, initially
zero. Average Banality by race/etc. has been moved to '+rules banality by
race' ('+rules banality chart' also works).
'+rules nightmare dice' has been added. This is also mostly just reiterating
canon for convenience. All relevant PCs should have a new 'Nightmare Dice'
pool on +sheet, initially zero.
Insisting that a changeling needs to flee the moment a Banality 8+ PC shows up
is wrong, especially if they're on the other side of the room and not
particularly interacting. Insisting that your changeling is totally fine
hanging out with a Banality 8+ PC for an entire scene is also wrong. (OOC
oversights happen and are okay, but Banality perception is now also built
into +glance. Insisting 'my PC is a masochist and gets off on the pain' is
doublepluswrong.)
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