Public Policy 2018
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Message: 11/1 Posted Author
IC introductions Sun Jan 14 WhoopingCrane
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'+policy ic introductions' ('+policy intros' for short) has been added. This
covers some getting-started questions that come up once in a while, and also
attempts to sort out a few potential points of confusion.
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Message: 11/2 Posted Author
IC property transfer Sat Jan 27 WhoopingCrane
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'+policy inactive' has been updated to clarify the terms for transferring build
projects (approved and on grid and not just +rent units) left behind by
inactive players. Please let us know if there are any questions or
suggestions on this topic.
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Message: 11/3 Posted Author
Unbondable merit Wed Feb 28 WhoopingCrane
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'+rules blood bond' has been updated to cover the Unbondable merit: limits on
buying it post-chargen, higher cost and risk implications for ghouls. (Higher
cost for ghouls is canon, it's just pointed out because you wouldn't catch it
from reading the main rulebook alone.)
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Message: 11/4 Posted Author
Abilities enhancing mage magic Sat Mar 03 WhoopingCrane
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http://coh.spork.com/index.php?title=Mage_Charts has been updated, specifically
the notes on 'Researches lore on subject before using magic'. This adds a
couple options (shouldn't make a huge difference in practice) and
clarifications.
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Message: 11/5 Posted Author
Bygones reopening Sun Apr 01 WhoopingCrane
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Applications for these rare and ancient creatures from The Bygone Bestiary are
being reopened on a staff-discretion basis. Limit one (at a time) per player.
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Message: 11/6 Posted Author
IC News equals IC knowledge Mon Apr 02 WhoopingCrane
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Because there was a recent misunderstanding, and because this isn't the first
time it's happened, I will attempt to clarify this further:
Any post to the IC News bboard (#12) is available as IC knowledge to any PC who
wants to handwave 'I heard about that'. If that's not what you want, then do
not post it to IC News (#12). (This also applies to the 'IC News for <year>'
bboards, where older posts are eventually moved.)
The only exception to this is if staff determines that the post was invalid
(e.g. 'someone would have ICly intervened'), in which case staff will clearly
announce such.
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Message: 11/7 Posted Author
+book approval/rejection Wed Apr 04 WhoopingCrane
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I've gone through and updated approval (+) / rejection (-) flags for some of
the books in the +book database. This is not and never will be an exact
science - we don't have time to review every page of every book, and we may
approve a few selected things from a rejected book or vice versa - but at
least it should give everyone a better idea of what's on the table.
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Message: 11/8 Posted Author
Awareness cleanup Sun Apr 08 WhoopingCrane
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'+rules awareness' has been broken up into sections (long overdue), with a new
section on timing (for e.g. countermagic in combat) and a couple other
adjustments. Easiest way to see what's different is here ->
http://coh.spork.com/index.php?title=House_RulesFAwareness&diff=129334&oldid=9
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Message: 11/9 Posted Author
+xpnoms Tue Apr 24 HoneyBadger
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There are a couple of things I would like to mention about the +xp/nom system.
*+xp/nom is intended for good RP. Simply posing leaning against the wall for
several hours, should not get you a +xp/nom. We approve those, if they're
well-written, but +xp/nom is supposed to be a reward for good RP, not for
participation. If everyone in the scene is good RP, then by all means, nom
them, but just posing in doesn't get you XP. That's what +vote is for.
*ALMOST ALWAYS, we will approve ACTING and CONCEPT together. So if you think
someone did a good job in the scene, +xp/nom them for both, rather than just
ACTING. Some say 'Well, I don't know what their concept is!' Well, if they're
RPing, that's probably part of their concept. Give them 2 xp for their good
rp instead of 1. If they showed heroism or they learned something, then maybe
they can get three or four XP instead of just that one!
These are just suggestions. If you want to continue nomming everyone in the
room for concept alone, then we will still process them just as we always
have: with a mighty 'meh'.
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Message: 11/10 Posted Author
Touched background Fri May 04 WhoopingCrane
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'+rules shifter misc' has been updated to clarify a potential ambiguity with
the Wyld version of the Touched background.
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Message: 11/11 Posted Author
'Unsoakable' tweaks Thu May 24 WhoopingCrane
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After some staff discussion about how White Wolf is /totally consistent across
all game lines ever/, I've updated
http://coh.spork.com/index.php?title=Combat#Soak to limit 'unsoakable' to
blowback rather than offense.
(As usual: Discussion of this change should go on bb 7. We may decide to
reverse or further adjust this house rule down the road, but it ain't a
democracy; you still have to convince me that a change would be better for
the game overall. Closed PRPs and such can handwave whatever approach they
prefer.)
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Message: 11/12 Posted Author
+rules technology Thu May 24 WhoopingCrane
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A routine entry to make it unambiguous that, no, we are not stuck with 1990s
tech just because that's when the books were written. (Not something that
comes up often, but we have occasionally been asked.)
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Message: 11/13 Posted Author
+rules stat caps Thu May 24 WhoopingCrane
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This covers 'power X raises stat Y but doesn't say whether it can raise stat Y
above its normal max'. (Default no, except for some inherent racial things
which are either summarized for convenience, or house-ruled because I
couldn't find something explicit in canon. Please +request if you think any
specific additional exceptions should be added.)
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Message: 11/14 Posted Author
'+policy prp' updates Thu Jul 05 WhoopingCrane
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Because these have come up a number of times:
* 'Is cross-sphere' is now explicitly listed as a thing that you should
communicate to participants up front. While these are allowed, they can
easily become more complex in terms of ICC as well as game mechanics, and
some players may be more selective about them.
* If the PRP is mentioned on an IC news bboard, then just like everything else
on said bboard, it's fair game for /anyone/ to ICly react to. If you don't
want that, then don't post there, and make sure your participants know not to
post it there either. (The Cutscenes bb is okay if you just want to show off
'oh man this pose was so cool!' without ICly disclosing it.)
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Message: 11/15 Posted Author
+rules changeling realms Sat Jul 07 WhoopingCrane
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This has been added to clarify some things that were glossed over in canon,
mostly dealing with kinain as well as less common types of changeling
(Nunnehi etc). Hopefully all clear and uncontroversial, hit us up with any
questions/concerns as usual.
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Message: 11/16 Posted Author
Advanced combat Sun Jul 22 WhoopingCrane
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http://coh.spork.com/index.php?title=Advanced_Combat
We're starting with Martial Arts (from KotE but available to all races) and
shifter pack tactics (which were always allowed, but now have a wiki write-up
because White Wolf made some mistakes and also didn't account for fera).
Coming up soon will be Do (for Akashics), Kailindo (for Stargazers), and
probably also the extra martial arts maneuvers from KotE Companion.
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Message: 11/17 Posted Author
Brohain removed Thu Jul 26 WhoopingCrane
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The player of Brohain / Chullain / Sasha / Tormod / Wilder was banned this past
weekend.
* On multiple occasions, he was an overbearing jackass both IC and OOC
(especially through off-game channels) when another man socialized with one
of his bedmates or some other IC situation didn't go his way, in some cases
escalating his IC response to the point of cartoon villainy.
* We'd noticed significant circumstantial evidence that he was the player of
Kidd (+bbread 11/203). Similar IP address, similar RL job, similar desc
style, similar pose style, similar pattern of intermittent but fairly serious
bad behavior. Still, we'd previously lifted some bans dating back to the
Sponge/Coyote era, so I decided to wait and watch.
* The tipping point was the attempt to resolve some ICC likely to lead to
Brohain being PKed for the aforementioned cartoon villainy. ('You refused my
generous offer? I'll use nightmares to grind down your Willpower and make you
think it was a terrible mistake!') He repeatedly dragged his heels on RL
scheduling, abusing the RL-medical-problems card (I trust his problems are
genuine but he still abused them as an excuse). He grasped at multiple straws
in an attempt at 'nuh-uh, they totally couldn't track me down'. And when I
warned him that he was already on thin ice, he had the gall to (a) ask why
and (b) address the question to HB instead of me.
* While brainstorming regarding the above, we did some more digging into the
'Brohain = Kidd' theory, which quickly went from 'significant' to
'overwhelming'. Multiple phrases / sentence structures were repeated across
both multiple Kidd alts and multiple Brohain alts, and apparently Kidd was
using the name 'Chullain' elsemu* while threatening to hack it and bring it
down.
In retrospect, I may need to apologize for not taking this course of action
sooner. Weighing 'is this player trying to improve' against 'are they driving
good players away' never comes lightly, as some of you have noticed over the
years. (Mind you, a couple people have managed to wave the 'I'm a super
jackass' flag even before becoming a player.)
Please submit a +request if you have any interest in the IC fate of one of
these characters. (Brohain's has already been settled, possibly also some of
the others but I'd have to double check.)
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Message: 11/18 Posted Author
'+policy antagonist PCs' update Sun Jul 29 WhoopingCrane
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This bullet point has been added:
* Be aware that you may be putting yourself and other PCs in your faction on
the radar of an opposing faction that outnumbers and outguns them, which may
be OOCly unwanted by one or both sides. Even if you're okay with being PKed,
consider how to have the PKs stop there while still making IC sense.
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Message: 11/19 Posted Author
Advanced combat: Do, etc. Sun Jul 29 WhoopingCrane
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Do (for Akashic Brotherhood mages) has been added. Also the extra maneuvers
from KotE Companion. Next up will be Kailindo, then Klaive Dueling.
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Message: 11/20 Posted Author
Advanced combat: Kailindo Sun Jul 29 WhoopingCrane
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This one is now added as well. We may tweak the mentoring requirements a bit,
but this is good enough to get started at least.
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Message: 11/21 Posted Author
Shifter Beast Courts Tue Jul 31 WhoopingCrane
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We now officially support the Beast Courts, including renown. See 'Hengeyokai
Renown' on wiki for All The Things.
* In chargen, set Affiliation = Beast Courts, then set Glory Virtue Wisdom to
appropriate values (and blank out any other renown categories from your
quickstart).
* Existing PCs who already self-identify as Beast Courts or now wish to do so,
submit a +request to be converted.
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Message: 11/22 Posted Author
Custom apoc forms (less limited) Sat Aug 04 WhoopingCrane
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The limit on customizing your apocalyptic form has been expanded from 'must
keep at least 2 low-torment and 2 high-torment features' to 'must keep at
least 1 feature, either low or high'. (This is the canon limit from DPG 98
but I probably overlooked it back in the day.) Changes can be requested using
+xpreq or just +request (staff will figure out what you mean).
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Message: 11/23 Posted Author
Combat and magic specialties Sun Aug 05 WhoopingCrane
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As far as I know, the rule 'specialties don't apply to combat or supernatural
powers' has no support in canon, and was purely a house rule from the old
days. After some discussion, we decided to remove it. Specialties previously
approved for RP flavor can now be used in actual game mechanics, new ones can
be requested.
Specialties still apply only to attributes and abilities. Example: Auspex 4
(Telepathy) doesn't get its own specialty, but if either part of its dice
pool (Intelligence + Subterfuge) is 4+ and has a specialty of 'Telepathy',
then that does apply.
Specialties also need to be reasonably narrow in scope, using book examples as
guidelines, e.g. Melee could have a specialty of 'swords', but 'bladed
weapons' would be overly broad.
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Message: 11/24 Posted Author
+banality update Sun Aug 05 WhoopingCrane
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+banality (and the +glance tie-in) has been updated to work for anyone with a
non-zero Glamour rating. This includes some PCs with the Kinain merit, and
excludes hsien (as neither they nor their magic difficulty is affected by
Banality in the western-changeling style anyhow).
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Message: 11/25 Posted Author
'+rules magical items' tweaks Mon Aug 06 WhoopingCrane
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Rules are updated to be more liberal about which ability determines your
various house-ruled caps, and also to explicitly encourage handwaving
low-priority items that are just for RP flavor.
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Message: 11/26 Posted Author
XP transfer tweaks Wed Aug 15 WhoopingCrane
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'+policy xp transfer' has been updated to explicitly document some guidelines
that have emerged over the years, and also include a more generous retirement
option for kinfolk with no gifts or other powers. (Plain vanilla mortals are
still more generous because they don't have a built-in circle of RP like
kinfolk do.)
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Message: 11/27 Posted Author
Awareness vs Kenning Sat Aug 18 WhoopingCrane
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Another one cleared out of ancient backlog: Awareness and Kenning have some
partial overlap of concept. '+rules kenning' now quantifies the extent to
which one can or can't be substituted for the other.
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Message: 11/28 Posted Author
+roster as IC info source Mon Aug 20 WhoopingCrane
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'+help +roster' has been updated to clarify that, if a roster is based on
Faction or Affiliation, e.g. '+roster vamcam', then it's okay to handwave
learning about other PCs from it. (Some appropriate NPCs filled you in,
whatever.)
This does /not/ apply to things based solely on other things like Race or
Subrace, e.g. '+roster vamp'.
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Message: 11/29 Posted Author
No WP on passive Awareness checks Fri Aug 31 WhoopingCrane
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'+rules awareness triggers' has been updated to clarify that, as usual for
passive rolls, you can't spend Willpower for an automatic success on a
passive Awareness check. (If your Technocratic amalgam is spying on a
suspected Reality Deviant, you should probably be using active sensory
procedures instead.)
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Message: 11/30 Posted Author
Cubs earning renown Mon Sep 03 WhoopingCrane
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https://coh.spork.com/index.php?title=Renown#Rank_and_Auspice has been updated
to clarify what happens when a PC ranks up from 0->1 post-chargen. In
particular, any renown gained prior to Rite of Passage is retained and added
(not replaced), as a bonus for cubs who hit the ground running. (Any cubs who
already did this in the past should +request whatever bonus they would have
gotten, we'll do our best to confirm based on offline archives.)
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Message: 11/31 Posted Author
Orpheus projectors open Sun Sep 09 WhoopingCrane
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Chargen for Orpheus projectors is set up, including quickstart and wiki cheat
sheet. Orpheus-specific backgrounds/merits/flaws will be added on request.
Other code issues and house rules (e.g. +gain/+lose, +rules lores, +rules
multiclass) will be updated as we go.
For obvious reasons, metaplot elements will be included/omitted strictly at
staff discretion. There may be companies hiring projectors, but they're not
widely known or accepted as actually accomplishing anything genuinely
supernatural.
Wraiths will continue to use WtO rules. Orpheus-style spirits and hues may be
added at some point in the future, in which case existing PCs will be given
an option to get their stats translated.
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Message: 11/32 Posted Author
Advanced combat: Klaive Dueling, I Sat Sep 15 WhoopingCrane
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We've added Klaive Dueling (Players Guide to Garou) and Iskakku (Children of
Gaia, but they'll teach others if they care about a non-lethal style for some
reason).
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Message: 11/33 Posted Author
Slow cheap shifter rites Sat Sep 22 WhoopingCrane
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'+rules xp' has been updated to allow shifters to learn rites according to WtA
155 (spending weeks of study in lieu of the usual house-ruled XP cost).
* You /can/ still buy shifter rites with XP as usual, this is just adding a
slower but cheaper option (akin to '+rules instruction').
* Existing requests where we already discussed this option will receive
retroactive credit for time passed. Past XP spends are not eligible for
refunds on this basis.
* Any PC who already knows the rite can play the 'elder'. Learning from a NPC
will be adjudicated by staff as usual.
* A student can only have this type of timer running on one rite at a time,
however you can pause one to work on another for a while.
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Message: 11/34 Posted Author
Vampires: +rules appearing human Sun Sep 30 WhoopingCrane
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This is another thing that I wrote up a while back and then never got around to
actually installing. Shouldn't be any changes from canon, just summing up a
few things in one place for convenience and clarity.
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Message: 11/35 Posted Author
+policy posing Sun Sep 30 WhoopingCrane
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Another rough draft that I finally got around to cleaning up.
* Power posing and meta posing are broken out and expanded somewhat.
* Standard write-up of round robin and 3PR (and machine-gun posing), for the
convenience of players new to the mu* format.
* Wallflowering: If you pose like a NPC, you'll likely be ignored like a NPC.
Also, protocol for 'I didn't pose at all but I was still here IC'.
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Message: 11/36 Posted Author
Fang Dagger does not double added Sun Oct 07 Mouse
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This is an expansion of a previous ruling regarding Potence. Fang Dagger says
it doubles the number of successes on the "damage /roll/". Staff interprets
this to mean unambiguously that any case of adding automatic successes to a
damage roll does not get doubled by the use of a Fang Dagger or other
doubling mechanic. They are instead added at the end of damage calculation.
For example, Cleaving hoof says that the "Dice gained from strength in his
damage pool counts as a automatic successes rather than dice". These
successes would not be affected by a Fang Dagger.
The house rules will be updated and perhaps further clarified shortly.
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Message: 11/37 Posted Author
Touched background Sun Oct 07 WhoopingCrane
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'+rules shifter misc' section on Touched background has been adjusted to bring
Willpower rules more in line with canon. Not a huge change, but you might
need to budget Willpower a bit more carefully during tough fights.
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Message: 11/38 Posted Author
Hengeyokai, Auspices, Gifts Mon Oct 15 Mouse
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While the five Auspices of the Hengeyokai are not quite the same as their
standard counterparts they DO have their own gifts and stipulations. The
Hengeyokai auspices correspond to Garou Auspices as follows:
- Fist is Ahroun
- Pillar is Galliard
- Mirror is Theurge
- Leaf is Ragabash
- Lantern is Philodox
By joining the Hengeyokai and gaining an Auspice the shifter in question gains
the gifts of that Garou Auspice as in-T/A/B. This is the advantage of being
part of the Courts. You can choose an Auspice gift or a Hengeyokai gift in
character generation as you prefer. This also means corresponding Auspice
gifts are 3xRating XP cost.
Courtiers do not have a corresponding Auspice and gain only the Courtier gifts
in the Hengeyokai book.
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Message: 11/39 Posted Author
+policy horrible bosses Sat Oct 27 WhoopingCrane
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So you believe the PC leader(s) of your race/faction have gone off the deep
end, what are your options (besides apping a different race/faction)? Here
are some general guidelines that have emerged from dealing with past cases
over the years.
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Message: 11/40 Posted Author
+help storyteller Sat Oct 27 WhoopingCrane
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This is just a short list of basic documentation useful for players interested
in taking up the Storyteller mantle. Thanks to Gwydion for suggesting this
one.
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Message: 11/41 Posted Author
Specialties for mage spheres Sat Nov 03 WhoopingCrane
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Mage lists sample specialties for spheres, but doesn't explicitly state that
they work the same as attribute/ability specialties. Both 2nd and 20th do
explicitly say so, so we decided this was an oversight in Revised and have
updated +specialties code to support them.
(This is unrelated to your Tradition/Convention's specialty sphere. This is
also unrelated to your specialty foci.)
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Message: 11/42 Posted Author
HtR open Wed Nov 14 WhoopingCrane
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Basics from the main rulebook are in place, including a chargen quickstart and
cheat sheet. There are some known to-do issues (e.g. +gain and +lose for
"Conviction (hunter)", when you run into one then +request and we'll get it
worked out. Ditto for requesting addition of new backgrounds, merits/flaws,
whatever.
As in canon, virtues/edges can't be raised with XP but only by repeatedly
battle-testing your Conviction. '+rules multiclass' is also updated to put
hunters on basically the same basis as other M+ variations.
Hunters should be /highly familiar/ with '+policy risk', '+policy ptmd',
'+policy antagonist', '+rules sniping' and '+rules in public'.
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Message: 11/43 Posted Author
HtR XP, vs-others, etc. Sat Nov 24 WhoopingCrane
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Hunter house rules have been updated. High points:
* For simplicity, I'm adopting the XP costs from Hunter Players Guide,
replacing the main book's 'excess Conviction spills over into virtues which
give more edges' stuff. However, getting your first edge at a new level (e.g.
your first 3 if all your current edges are at 1 or 2) is time-limited on the
'+rules shifter rank' scale. This means you can get level 5 edges, but
minimum time after chargen (where edges are capped at 2) is 3+6+8=17 months.
Alternate edges will be added as e.g. 'Creed Defense' and available at same
chargen/XP costs as the regular versions.
* Interactions with most other races are documented with references. Most of
this is just reiterating canon for convenience.
* The two Lost Creeds (Hermit and Wayward) are officially playable.
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Message: 11/44 Posted Author
'+rules stat caps' removed Tue Dec 04 WhoopingCrane
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The previous house rule on 'can a supernatural effect raise a stat above its
normal max' has been removed. (Raised some questions here and there, and in
retrospect wasn't obviously needed. The answer to that question is now 'yes,
unless something explicitly states a limit'. Other side effects continue to
apply as written, e.g. 'mages suffer problems if they boost their attributes
above 5 for long enough'.)
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Message: 11/45 Posted Author
Various minor policy tweaks Tue Dec 18 WhoopingCrane
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Here are some updates we've made over the past few weeks. No change in how
staff handles things, just documenting some existing practices more clearly.
'+policy alts': Clarifies why separation of knowledge is important, but that
relaying stuff through someone else's character is generally allowed.
'+policy avoidance': Recommends letting staff contact the person you want to
avoid, rather than you contacting them directly.
'+policy channels': New entry, basic guidelines for Public and Help Me! (where
new players are auto-added) vs NC-17 / Debate / Random (opt-in).
'+policy communication': Basic guidelines for giving and receiving criticism.
'+policy good npcs': New entry, NPC employees default to being
competent/loyal/ethical in line with their PC employer's relevant
backgrounds/desires.
'+policy police gear': Clarifies some +equip details.
'+policy xp transfer': Clarifies intent of kinfolk-with-no-powers clause.
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Message: 11/46 Posted Author
Various minor +rules updates Tue Dec 18 WhoopingCrane
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Catching up on announcing some updates since the HtR rollout settled down.
General
* '+rules missing stats': New entry, mostly 'treat them as zero'
Vampire
* '+rules vampire disciplines': Covers powers that assume the target has virtues
* '+rules retainers': Relevant PCs can have retainers with possesed powers /
spirit charms
Shifter
* '+rules shifter misc': Gifts with different levels across splats
* '+rules shifter offspring': New entry, compile info from different books and
house-rule clarifications
* '+rules totem': Bonuses granted to 'packs' in canon still apply to personal
totems
Mage
* '+rules horizon realms': Adjusted to better fit canon and allow more control
over the local paradigm
* '+rules nephandi': New entry, also covers Infernalists (who may or may not be
Nephandi)
* '+rules specialties': Sphere specialties are allowed
Sorcerer
* '+rules sorcerer': Extended casting limited to one day (except
Alchemy/Enchantment which can't be extended)
* '+rules sorcerer rituals': Rituals can't be extended unless they explicitly
say so
Demon
* '+rules demon misc': Clarifies the ancient Enochian languge (+explain
Enochian)
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Message: 11/47 Posted Author
No time limits for Arete 1-3 Wed Dec 26 WhoopingCrane
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The house-ruled time limits on mage Seekings (to raise Arete) now apply only to
3->4 and 4->5. (You can canonically Awaken straight to Arete 2 or 3 anyway,
so if you choose a lower level, you can increase it to 3 as quickly as you
can earn the required XP.)
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