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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. ParmaVioletsMagica 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)
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
LINK OF THE DAY: They don't make 'em like this any more. Damn, I'd forgotten how good this advert was... (NOOISEY)
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Sonic
Date: 2004-07-02 05:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-02 05:42 am (UTC)Look Cicero - I can balance a ball on my nose!
* Variation on original in case it appeared too suggestive.
Re: Sonic
Date: 2004-07-02 05:48 am (UTC)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.
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Date: 2004-07-02 05:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-02 05:50 am (UTC)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 :-)
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Date: 2004-07-02 05:59 am (UTC)Re: Sonic
Date: 2004-07-02 06:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-02 06:17 am (UTC)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.
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Date: 2004-07-02 06:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-02 06:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-02 06:42 am (UTC)"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.
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Date: 2004-07-02 06:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-02 06:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-02 06:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-02 06:53 am (UTC)and it's pronounced with a V, not a poncy W :-)
("Welease Woderwick"? W*anker ... )
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Date: 2004-07-02 06:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-02 06:57 am (UTC)Also the magical art that deals with the direct manipulation of said energy? Weeeeeem
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Date: 2004-07-02 07:14 am (UTC)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.
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Date: 2004-07-02 07:23 am (UTC)minionschumpsscapegoatsmost powerful masters...), but saying Weeeeez just made them sound either extremely pompous or undescribably stupid.no subject
Date: 2004-07-02 08:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-02 08:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-02 09:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-02 10:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-02 02:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-03 03:04 am (UTC)You mean fat don't you.
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Date: 2004-07-03 03:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-03 09:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-03 09:37 am (UTC)I am, as is well known, poisonous at events.