NWO

[kingandy]

The lovely pax_draconis emailed me my player pack yesterday, having already posted it to me by post. I'm probably going to have to be a lot more on the ball than I was expecting, and oh God, I have to remember names and places and all sorts of things. Still, the brief gains enormous points for the appearance of a wholly unexpected name. It's only mentioned in passing so I don't expect to see him at the event, but still, it's nice to know the Demon's Head exists in the game world...

(Oh, and I'm not talking about Divis Mal. Though that, too, does amuse.)

The rules are pleasingly simple, though there doesn't seem to be any sort of limit on how many times you can cast spells at or below your Art level. Maybe I've just not got to the part about Twilight yet. Or something. Parma VioletsMagica is so the way to go.

LINK OF THE DAY: They don't make 'em like this any more. Damn, I'd forgotten how good this advert was... (NOOISEY)

Comments

Sonic

[arwel.livejournal.com]

Ooooo, don't suppose you've got the music from the marble levels of Sonic 1?

Re: Sonic

[kingandy]

Let me see ... why yes, I believe I do.

Hmm ... I don't seem to have it on my HD at the moment, so I can't vouch for it, but DJPrezel can usually be relied on for a decent track.

Re: Sonic

[arwel.livejournal.com]

Ah, the memories.

[kneeshooter]

Yeah yeah. Still, toe the line or your ass is on the line.*

Look Cicero - I can balance a ball on my nose!

* Variation on original in case it appeared too suggestive.

[kingandy]

OH NOES do not shoot me with your quantum lazors!

[jfs.livejournal.com]

There is no limit on how many spells you can cast each day, just a limit on how long you can take between the castings.

The same is true of the tabletop game; as long as you're casting formulaic magic, you can keep casting as long as you want.

At a previous game (The Levant, IIRC) I had to cast about 30 - 40 sense the nature of vis spells because we needed to check an entire tent's contents for magic.

This is a game for Mages; this isn't D+D :-)

[kingandy]

Excellent. That wasn't a complaint, it was more of a query... I do sometimes miss bits, important bits like that. :)

[jfs.livejournal.com]

*grin*

For clarity (though you probably know this already) you can only cast spells at a higher strength than your art by using Vis or booster pool, both of which are limited resources, and you can only cast the formulaic spells you know (but you can cast all of the spells in the NWO rules up to the level of your art, which is a change from previous games.)

Plus all your secret snacky spells as well.

[wulfboy.livejournal.com]

I can make so much food if i can just get some phys-reps. Hmmmm. Who else likes flies?

[kingandy]

I liked that spell because of where it disappears at the end of the day unless it's made with weess. The ultimate diet plan!

[jfs.livejournal.com]

*grin* I must admit, that's the one spell I really don't see the point of.

"I can cast this spell, meaning that everyone here can eat non-real food and get no benefit from it (if I prepare the physrep, which is real food) or I can say "here, everyone, eat my real food"."

Given you have to provide your own physrep ...

Of course, if NWO provided the physrep I'd be casting it every time I got hungry.

Until Ian killed me.

[kingandy]

Maybe that's it. Since it doesn't save you the effort of making it OOC, perhaps the point of the spell is that you have the option of making it without wis - so you're giving people food to eat which is real OOC but vanishes IC. So they have to act hungry and eat more!

[jfs.livejournal.com]

Vis.

and it's pronounced with a V, not a poncy W :-)

("Welease Woderwick"? W*anker ... )

[kingandy]

Ah - I remembered seeing a Atlas Games pronunciation guide at some point where it was pronounced with a w. Since then I've reflexively spelt it that way ...

Also the magical art that deals with the direct manipulation of said energy? Weeeeeem

[jfs.livejournal.com]

When I learnt Spanish, I was taught Castillian Spanish (like what they speak in Spain)which involves several of the words being pronounced as if you have a lisp.

My spanish teacher at the time warned us that if we ever went to South America and spoke Spanish there, to pronounce all those words without the lisp, because the natives of that continent tend to look down on people who speak Castillian as being somewhat effeminate. (Actually, he was clearer than that, but these were in the days before political correctness.)

I have much the same attitude to people who can't pronounce a V as a V. If it were a W, it would look like one.

Bah.

[kingandy]

Vell, I von't be making that mistake at the veekend.

[mrssshhh.livejournal.com]

At Transylvania I had two people say Weeeeez to me. Admittedly, I missed most of the first person's conversation (he bored me, and I was far more concerned about november_girl's "charms" having an effect on my minions chumps scapegoats most powerful masters...), but saying Weeeeez just made them sound either extremely pompous or undescribably stupid.

[mrssshhh.livejournal.com]

Do it. Do it.

[kingandy]

But NWO doesn't provide the physrep.

[jfs.livejournal.com]

Unless I eat Ian?

[pax-draconis.livejournal.com]

This, too, would lead to your swift death.

I am, as is well known, poisonous at events.

[wulfboy.livejournal.com]

Has anyone tried using it to make latex melons/coconuts and thrown them at people yelling "Single" at the top of their little lungs, do you know?

[kingandy]

I would guess not, on account of magi throw like girls.

[jfs.livejournal.com]

Some magi do.

[pax-draconis.livejournal.com]

This would not take long.

[delvy.livejournal.com]

It's a very fun game with elegant rules and wonderful writing. And a quick look through the player list features most of the great and the good of UK LRP, imho.

[arwel.livejournal.com]

"And a quick look through the player list features most of the great and the good of UK LRP, imho."

You mean fat don't you.

[delvy.livejournal.com]

Just because you're putting weight on.... I'll start calling you the Fat Hat at the next Maelstrom if you are not careful!