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Thoughts on how my Character would be Treated by Mages now??

The Fixer — Sat May 17, 2008 3:18 pm

Author: The Fixer

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 3:18 pm

DIREWOLF75 wrote:

Dont have it... Wether its official or not, well i wish they could make up their mind about wether they are trying for a medieval paradigm or a modern one.

Well, as far as I understand, a little of both.

They wanna allow players to play muslims or jews. If they make them a people of demonists, that's out.

More so, in the medieval paradigm, the jews thought themselves the... chosen people. The arabics were the Ones with the truth.

Medieval paradigm doesn't nescessarily means christian paradigm, although the 2 are often synonimous.

Note, though, that infernal muslims and/or jews are options, IIRC

Interrogating NPC's

DIREWOLF75 — Sat May 17, 2008 2:55 pm

Author: DIREWOLF75

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 2:55 pm

Quote:

I think it's naive to think otherwise.

Except its also contrary to all evidence.

Chapter 4: The new spring

The Fixer — Sat May 17, 2008 2:11 pm

Author: The Fixer

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 2:11 pm

I feared as much.

We really need both the fleet and pirates, and a tournament success.

How could we prepare for it?

Table talk: OOC

The Fixer — Sat May 17, 2008 2:07 pm

Author: The Fixer

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 2:07 pm

The mostly-completed Novus Mane wiki
I hope you'll enjoy it

Marcellus: a FULL process of character development

Xavi — Sat May 17, 2008 2:05 pm

Author: Xavi

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 2:05 pm

Actually, I have answered all those questions already. I am in the semi-frenzied/nomadic life I carry on during the weekends at my GFs house, though, so I have not had time to write them down!

The actual hunting is what I have to decide, but the basic answer is that the beasts are hunted because they are worthy opponents. She prefers evil beasts, but not necessarily. So it is amix of knight errant and sport. She finds those more interesting than facing human or humanlike opponents. The feral nature of his sapeshifting into predators is also important: she hunts other predators because she feels the urge to be the op of the food chain.

Cheers,

Xavi

Covenant development

The Fixer — Sat May 17, 2008 2:04 pm

Author: The Fixer

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 2:04 pm

A site where fire fell from heaven, leaving a rock behind. Most of the year, it just seems to be a piece of strangely heavy stone, but on the anniversary of its fall, the rock ignites with supernatural flame that can be harvested for Ignem Vis.
The locals think this is the leftovers of a fallen angel, and fear the place accordingly.

(I left the quantities vague on design, to leave space for people to design more sources)

Chapter 4: Justice

Andrew — Sat May 17, 2008 1:59 pm

Author: Andrew

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 1:59 pm

The regio is a long way away, however it may be able to help at the ruins where you exited the regio

Table talk: OOC

Ardath — Sat May 17, 2008 1:49 pm

Author: Ardath

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 1:49 pm

See you soon, then!

Andrew wrote:

It seems that they will meet near to midnight.

So long as we've got 2 minutes to midnight, it's gonna be OK

Spontaneous and ceremonial magic

The Fixer — Sat May 17, 2008 1:42 pm

Author: The Fixer

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 1:42 pm

Agreed

New archetype: Revenant

Wanderer — Sat May 17, 2008 11:44 am

Author: Wanderer

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 11:44 am

Freemage wrote:

Oh, sure--but Sorcerers with Magic 11+ and three stat schticks aren't going to be that common, either; after all, they've got Sorcery Schticks to buy, and unique combination Schticks, and so on and so forth.

True to a degree, but a magical/supernatural character, like my own Revenant, will only need Magic 11+ and one Stat Shtick to get 0 Modifier in "bad" junctures, and whatever bonus they bestow in "good" ones, for both Sorcery and Supernatural Powers. Not a bad deal, and substantially better than canon.

OOC discussion thread

Ovarwa — Sat May 17, 2008 11:37 am

Author: Ovarwa

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 11:37 am

Vortigern wrote:

I don't want to seem like I'm hogging the archmagus' time here guys. No one else has anything to say?

Scipio seems to be handling it well. Too many cooks and all that.

En Route to Visby

Ovarwa — Sat May 17, 2008 8:36 am

Author: Ovarwa

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 8:36 am

[quote="Timothy Ferguson"]

Ovarwa wrote:

You share the Blood, and that is why you are outside our game, but you are mortal and we are not. Were we to choose, it would just be a reflection of another choice.....

"See?", she says, "None novel. None yours. What do you want?"

"Ah," Iohannes says. "We may share much in common. I find my choices similarly constrained by my role. Or," he gestures, "I choose to constrain them. I'm no philosopher to argue the difference. I am a captain, you know, determined, intrepid, adventurous, salt in my clothes and all that. I undertook a venture to find the two and return them, if possible. I like being that kind of man. Or," he smiles, "creating myself in that way. A journey to the Isle of Glass only adds to the appeal. As I suspect you know. Why would I *not* want to go?"

Ars Magica: Light of Andorra (3 to 6 players)

Falls — Sat May 17, 2008 1:34 am

Author: Falls

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 1:34 am

Alas, I'll be traveling over the next two days and won't be available to post much. I'll put something a little more crunchy in our forum soon.

Knights of the Green Stone initiations?

Erik Dahl — Fri May 16, 2008 2:47 pm

Author: Erik Dahl

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 2:47 pm

What about broadening the focus to Stones in general: gemstones, rough stones, stone objects?

Questions about Art and Academe

Eirik — Fri May 16, 2008 1:57 pm

Author: Eirik

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 1:57 pm

Hey,

Art and Academe, in my opinion, is one of the most interesting books for Ars Magica so far, and I'm using it a lot when planning my new campaign (beginning on Sunday). Anyway, I have some questions. Some of these issues have been up before in other threads, so I apologize if I'm repeating myself.

First, in Experimental Philosophy, specifically Alchemy, there are primary and secondary qualities of matter that can be changed. I think I get what the primary qualities are, but what are the secondary? For example, take a random object, say a wooden staff. What would be the primary and secondary qualities of this?

Moving to metaphysics, and movement. We did have another thread on momentum and such. When reading the text under Consequences of Motion, I think it's a bit unclear. It says that "...and object's speed bears no relation to the force that propels it". It goes on to say "...the bullet from a sling cannot do any more damage if it is thrown with greater speed; only the force imparted by the initial mover is important. Further, stones thrown by a strong man doesn't travel any faster than those thrown by a weak man, although they can travel further because of the ability to overcome the resistance of the stone and the air is greater."

Now what I read from this is that a strong man gives the stone more force, which moves it further, overcoming resistance of that which it meets. It doesn't travel faster because of this. But a stone thrown by a strong man will in any case do more damage, not because of speed, but because of the stone's ability to overcome resistance of air (hot and moist particles). A stone will use it's force (coming from the initial mover) to overcome the particles in whatever it hits. More force will give it better ability to overcome the particles of it's target, although, as mentioned, it doesn't travel faster.

Have I understood this correctly? I'm thinking of the part of that texts saying "...only the force imparted by the initial mover is important."

I'm sorry if I bring this up again, but I'm trying to get my head around it.

Cheers,

Eirik