Dreams of the Third Age

[Kaji-Oni]

Lord-Leafar, just tell me when you know if you are still interested. I won't be upset if you change your mind.

 

[Lord-Leafar]

[QUOTE="Kaji-Oni]Lord-Leafar, just tell me when you know if you are still interested. I won't be upset if you change your mind.

[/QUOTE]
Actually, I think I've solidified my decision to go with an Abyssal to your Integra, so it's all cool.

 

[MaHaSuchi's700]

[QUOTE="Seeker of the End]*whistles* Dat beastform.
On the other hand... I am sorely tempted to learn VB and get master's hand envisioned anew to get shields as form weapons, if not solely for vitriol starmetal PKB

[/QUOTE]
Don't even bother, trust me. The moment you swap out 9 Infernal Charms for the VBoS (10 actually, given you'll want to get Master's Hand Envisioned Anew) suite you're going to see an immediate drop in your character's power. Yes, VBoS offers some neat tricks. Is it worth the extra 6 ability dots in MA? What about the extra 4 background dots (5 BP) for the PKB? Those dots have to come from somewhere. IMO, it's not worth the shuffling for you. MA is really only useful when really invest into it, and given the options you already have available to you, doing so is sub-par to simply going with native Charm trees and/or your DT tree and making more custom Charms for both.


You have a solid character as it is. If I were to change anything I might swap a few regular Infernal Charms out for DT charms that feel more thematically fitting, but that's it.


PS: Artifacts might be too broad of a specialty for Melee - I know the last guy who did that in my tabletop group got a kindly-worded-yet-stern calling out by our ST. Luckily he was new to the game at the time, but if any of us more experienced players tried it we'd get the book thrown at us. Why not use something like "Sword and Shield" instead to play it safe? That's the combat style Xentair will be using anyways, right?

[QUOTE="Lord-Leafar]Actually, I think I've solidified my decision to go with an Abyssal to your Integra, so it's all cool.

[/QUOTE]
Now you're putting the pressure on me to take CMoS for a Walter-esque Sid. Not cool man, I have too many choices already as it is .

 

[Lord-Leafar]

[QUOTE="MaHaSuchi's700]Now you're putting the pressure on me to take CMoS for a Walter-esque Sid. Not cool man, I have too many choices already as it is .

[/QUOTE]
You know you want to.... Badass Butler Martial Artist Assassin.

 

[MaHaSuchi's700]

But but but

 

[Lord-Leafar]

[QUOTE="MaHaSuchi's700]But but but


[/QUOTE]
Hey Maha, get in the chat room, I need some input and advice on a custom Hearthstone.

 

[Seeker of the End]

Question, should I get Malfeas' pd or adorjan's pd?

 

[MaHaSuchi's700]

[QUOTE="Seeker of the End]Question, should I get Malfeas' pd or adorjan's pd?

[/QUOTE]
Depends on your style. Both cost the same against the same caliber of opponent, which is where it really matters.


I say that justice never evades danger, though. It's immovable and inexorable. *wink wink*

 

[Seeker of the End]

Screw it, I'll make my own and purchase that. I need adorjan's pd for her shintai anyway. What do you think of the charms I sent you?

 

[MaHaSuchi's700]

Or you could get Malfeas's because its manlier and awesome. But sure, take the other route.


Need to look closer, been busy. Let me get back to you. Some of them I can say are absolutely awesome, though - particularly the truth-discerning one and a few of the earliest Charms that build off of it.

 

[Kaji-Oni]

Man if we are going full Hellsing does someone have the background dots to get Seras as an ally? Lord-Leafar I am taking Wanting and Fearing Prayer so did you want us to be magically bound or just bound in our backstories?

 

[Lord-Leafar]

What exactly does the bound entail? I'm intrigued, and I would not mind enforcing the alliance magically.


Join us in the chat if you can.

 

[WarDragon]

Here is my sheet

That's pretty cool... my one comment is that you seem to be using the pre-Errata version of Hybrid Body Rearrangement. It's not limited to six points anymore.

 

[Sherwood]

?!?! I must have missed that in the errata. I'll check it, but all I really wanted to be able to do is to make the wings manifest. Probably will add the claws, though.

 

[WarDragon]

Well, you still can. Now, you don't even have to pick mutations for it. You can manifest any mutation that's thematically in line with your totem or anything in your HB library, and the motes aren't even committed. It's probably the single coolest thing canon Lunars have, honestly.

 

[Sherwood]

Sweet.

 

[Sherwood]

I have a rules question for our ST. Some games that I have been in have not allowed me to use the spell 'Unbreakable Bones of Stone' with a Lunar, stating that only a Knack can make changes like that to a Lunar, while other games have allowed it. What is your ruling on this? Can I get the spell for Renna?

 

[MaHaSuchi's700]

Wait... Other games were letting you ignore the rules for Tattoos blocking beneficial form-changing magic? You're going to have to let me know who those STs are, I want to be in their games .

 

[Sherwood]

They were for my PnP game, not here online.

 

[WarDragon]

Added my DT's sorcerous enlightenment.

 

[Goddamnbatman]

Unbreakable Bones on Lunar, going to have to say no on that one. The wide variety of possible lunar forms would make that spell a tad too strong.

 

[Myllinnia]

Syrenica - The Ebon Serpent Dancer

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Infernal DT Vibora

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Motivation/Urge: To birth a nation of her own kind, watch it grow, and protect it.


Intimacies: The Yozi (Wary Concern), Infernals (Fear), Devil Tigers (Distant Familial Loyalty), Following Rules/Laws (Boring), Sticks in the Mud (Annoyance), Unnecessary Cruelty (Hate), Betrayal (Incomprehensible Pain), (possibly a few more)

• Appearance
• Back-stories/History
• Attributes and Abilities
• Backgrounds and Mutations
• Charms and Spells
• Essence/Willpower/Virtues
• Combat Block
• BP/XP

• 
  
  
  Syrenica is a dark colored young Lamia-like woman, her scales are black with red marks, her skin is a light mocha in color, and her slightly wavy hair is jet black with red streaks and highlights that fall to her waist. Her eyes are a gleaming emerald green with a soft red and gold eye shadow, her lips are generally dark red in color, while slightly pointed ears poke out from her hair. Her upper body is shapely and well endowed, a red tattoo marks her right arm, the design strange and arcane in nature. Her only clothes is a soft blue silken loin cloth and a soft blue bra-like top, both gleam with golden designs in them. She stands normally up to seven feet, while her tail extends another 20 feet from there. She prides herself on her appearance and will spend hours upon her appearance at the start of a normal day.
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Spoiler

  Syrenica was an orphan thief discarded and left to die after a failed attempt to get food at one of City of Steel Lotus’ markets. She was only eight at the time, hardly able to understand why she was in pain, miserable, and hungry. Confusion was hers until a woman and two men found her. They were different and strange but their alluring power drew her to them and they trained her to be better. She knew not why, but they explained that the world was broken, its people cruel, she would be their instrument to purify the world. Syrenica was surprising good at this, as long as they fed and clothed her she would steal and gather information. She did not care that her information killed someone, it was not her doing the killing and she rarely knew it was happening.
  
  
  Eventually she blossomed and she could not sneak as well as before, but this didn’t matter to her masters. They trained her in other ways. To dance, to seduce, to lead astray, these skills and more were taught me. She noticed a change though in the way the masters looked at her, but she ignored it, afraid that if she were to say anything she would be alone again. Eventually they proudly exclaimed that it was time to grant her new skills and power, but to do so she would have to go their Manse deep in the Southwest. She didn’t complain and left with them, and at the manse her life was destroyed. Her masters were Solars, and one a Twilight Genesis master at that. He was commissioned to create of Syrenica a new serpent girl, by the Dawn Adamant Mountain who had a harem of already.
  
  
  Revealing themselves as well as their intent to Syrenica did its damage, doubt and fear raced through her, and she knew that if she didn't act soon she would become that which she should not. But she reasoned that if she remained, she would not be abandoned. It was clear that she was wanted. When they cast her to a mass of writhing metal tentacles she was shattered and the sorrow of the past eight years ago rushed at her before the darkness engulfed her. The frightening living machine changed her in the most painful of ways for a few days it worked on her, and when it was done and Solar magic was used to heal the operated and changed parts she was cast into a room to awake and recall her misery and pain. A demon capitalized her on this and offered her the exaltation in a subtle way, worming and working her way, while undermining all the defenses the girl may have left. After a few days she took the offered chance and exalted as a Malefactor. With her solar masters leaving her to the administrations of the harem, Syrenica plotted the demise of her master and his friends. Syrenica wanted to see them die, for she no longer needed anyone. She was her own mistress!
  
  
  In the following month she tricked and deceived her solar masters, and one by one she slew them, her serpent body helping her to crush and smother the life of all of them. Once she had allowed them each the final moments she left the manse and had it destroyed.
  
  
  In Malfeas Syrenica quickly learned her role. She knew her place and with the power granted her she held her loyalty. But born in her heart from the time of her exaltation was a desire, a powerful greed that was filling her demonically influenced heart. She wanted riches, silks, slaves, and fine foods, and while the Reclamation wanted her to corrupt and taint the social and religious structures in An Teng the threat of the Silver Prince became more pressing of an issue. With She Who Lives In Her Name’s guidance and her own chosen and demons, with Kimbery’s Lintha the Infernal host struck at the Silver Prince’s hateful land. But before they could, Syrenica was sent to learn all she could of the Silver Prince. Her former training at the fore, she found him hard to understand and deal with, but also a threat to her ability to work. Still he was unaware that she was an Infernal and not a Lunar’s beastman. She snuck around his place and found the location of Island 5. She stole any information she could, and sabotaged the island defenses as best as she could. She was caught however and tortured by the Silver Prince, but she resisted while her Demonic Familiar Sukari spy worked to further undermine the Prince's defenses and then signal the fleets handing over the information Syrenica had gathered.
  
  
  She remained chained and bound while the Silver Prince left to deal with the Infernal host that was attacking. For a while she remained too, using her tail to dangle the keys to the clasps that bound her before her. Once she freed herself she opened the door for other Infernals like her. A year back she has unlocked the secrets of Tiger and Phoenix, and had writ her legend into the very foundations of the Universe. No others knew of this even her Yozi patrons were uncertain of what has transpired with her. But her time was to come. As her fellow DTs stormed the fortress the Silver Prince found himself outnumbered and out powered. His Abyssals were out dealing the Infernal Host, and he was now pressed with a handful of Devil Tigers. They fell upon him, every power, every spell, every attack both new and old cutting and slicing him, while Syrenica employed weakening strikes. He could not flee, he was trapped. For a week the fight went on, the Devil Tigers stood proudly before a defeated Silver Prince, countless Infernal weapon jutting from his battered and broken form. To Kill the Unkillable, like her fellows she had learned to forge of their exaltation a weapon to slay that which could not be killed. Once his shattered form tumbled from the tower, his body fading into the necrotic essence of the Underworld, the battle was over, the Silver Princes fleet seriously damaged, his Abyssals captured or missing, his Island theirs.
  
  
  Syrenica has not stayed though, recently she had severed her Exaltation from Lillun, declaring her dissatisfaction with the Reclamation and Yozi’s ill-fated plans. The yozi have let her be as she joins a group of Exalts who want one thing, fun, adventure, and well of course keeping Creation free of its enemies. If nothing else she has the opportunity to find a place all her own, to gather her treasures, her riches, and her power at. But for now she will entertain and provide information to the free and fun Creation based Exalts.
  
  
  And a Story that talks about her exaltation.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Long ago I was consigned to death in the streets of the City of Steel Lotus. No parents, no one to love me, and no way to get food. I was found by three people who I consider as gods, they fed me and granted me skills to sneak unseen, to steal unnoticed, to hug the shadows as if they were my own. They gave me these gifts and I was good at with them. I was trained to dance, to lead astray, and doom, but I only cared about the dances, and the admiration. When I grew older, this was more than I wanted, to dance, to eat, to be free and enjoy a life of simple pleasures. Eventually the simple pleasures were not enough. I wanted more. Jewelry, dresses, spices, and wines, they gave me fans to join my knives, and my beauty and form was the most eye catching. I was taught to seduce and trick when power would not avail me.
  
  
  When my sixteenth year came and I was to join the masters I was excited. I would know what they do, I would see their power, and what wondrous things they would make. They brought me to their manse in the Southwest and my life would change for the second time here. The manse was scary, dark and foreboding, with its five curving spires looking like a diamond shaped maw that was closed. I followed them, I trusted them. Oh gods, I trusted them. Inside the manse I felt the pulse of something living, the ground was moist under my bare feet, and the humid air made my clothes cling to my well-endowed curvaceous form. They were silent and I followed by my eyes followed the passageway that curved down and inward as if it were some living tube of flesh, life blood, and meat. The scent was atrocious worse than most dungeons were, but I still followed, and every step weakened my resolve and dimmed my excitement. I had heard stories of people who sacrifice virgin girls to dark gods, was this my fate, to be saved from death only to have my body and soul violated and consumed by some dark and evil god of the land. I almost bolted with that thought, but I trusted them, this was no trap I told myself. Finally we came to a large room, larger than room of any mansion I have been to. The ground was made of metal, and the walls were of the same living flesh.
  
  
  “Syrenica, we will gift you with something new. You will enjoy it,” the woman who had raised me to this day said with her sweet tone. I trusted them so much, but doubts were growing. They lead me to the center of the room and they were silent. Her hand was against my back a reassuring feeling. Finally they stopped me at the heart of the room, or rather at the edge, a circle was etched in the wall, and a hole was in very center, a hole that I could put a hand in.
  
  
  “Now Syrenica, what is going to happen will be scary, but you have to be strong, this is for you darling,” one of the men said his look kind and gentle. How could I trust them? They fed and clothed me, granted me skills and knowledge. They were my family. Not like that woman that had abandoned me all those years ago, not that like man that had disappeared from my life going to some distant land.
  
  
  “I, I trust you. You are my gods. You won’t let anything hurt me if it wasn’t meant to help me right.”
  
  
  The woman smiles and runs her hands through waist length hair. “Yes Syrenica.”
  
  
  “We are starting,” a new voice said from everywhere and nowhere at the same time. “You always have the sexy ones for the scale don’t you Adamant Mountain?”
  
  
  The three turn to a spot at the north end where the soft gleam of glass sat. “Of course Radiant Fires, she will be the best one yet. Come, we can watch from the observation windows.” He turned to me and nodded. “Do well, your life counts on it.”
  
  
  Something about the way he said that made my heart skip a beat and my blood run cold. It was his eyes I realized, full of ambition and cruelty. Why did I not notice it before? I could still run, the door out was still open. I could maybe even return to Steel Lotus and tell the guards there that something unholy happens here. I looked to their backs as they walked away talking amongst themselves. My heart pounded heavily in my chest and I looked to the windows then the door, all I had to do was run, no pain if I ran. I had the skills, I had the ability. I could live on my own!
  
  
  “I don’t want to be alone,” the words came unbidden from my lips. I look to the trio as they near the door and raise my voice. “I don’t…”
  
  
  “What is it dear,” the woman asks with a look of concern on her face, but her smile was wrong. I could shout it… but I couldn’t. I didn’t want anything more to change. I wanted to go back to what we had before. All the laughing, all the joys, all the tears, and pains and bandages, I wanted those days back. Eight years, was it all a lie?
  
  
  “N, nothing,” my voice cracks with fear. She shakes her head and they reach the door, my legs are frozen where they remain. Adamant Mountain, a big man, with large muscles and a sharp mind turned to me and smirked, upon his head was strange symbol glowing golden. And I realized then, that he was an Anathema, a demon that looked like a human. When did this change? I look to the window and then back to the door as it closed with a finality that made me fall to my knees. They had always been this way… always.
  
  
  Suddenly the voice returned to the room. “Girl, turn away from the center and do not look back.” With tears in my eyes I do as I’m told. The floor rumbles softly and I stiffen, I feel a harsh warm blast of air rush up my legs and against my back, blowing aside my sweat damp hair. Then something roars loudly and I sense something behind me rise from the now open hole. I gasp as something wet falls on me and I turn to see to my horror a bunch of writhing pulsing metallic tubes. With a cry I bolt to the closed door but before I can get far several grab my legs and I find myself dangling over the center hole. A large tube rises and opens showing its slimy wet darkness to me.
  
  
  “Please! Let me go! I’ll do anything,” I beg as I stare at the darkness with fear I turn my eyes to the window and see four people watching me and at their side was two women with scales on their arms and body, and the lower body of a snake. Demure and passive, they didn’t even watch as I was lowered towards the rising tube. “…anything…” With a sharp cry I am dropped flailing into the middle tube and slowly slide down into the darkness. I feel something sharp strike me and before long my cries and movement silence as I disappear into the darkness of the Manse.
  
  
  When I awake, and waking is painful, I am strung up on a wall, my hands and arms pulled up above me and bound, a metal clasp holds my neck and my waist. Breathing is hard, and my body is wet with sweat. I’m without clothes, and my head hums and whispers at me.
  
  
  Coward.
  
  
  I wince at the unspoken words and new tears touch my indigo eyes.
  
  
  Always alone.
  
  
  I shiver and shake my head the whispers becoming insistent and louder. My eyes fall to my legs, or what would have been legs. I had a snake’s body, the scales a dark indigo blue, scattering of blacker scales marked me around my waist and my arms.
  
  
  Powerless, scared, alone, little girl, who will soon to be a mindless slave, for the sun-kings of old. New tears joined in and I sobbed broken heartedly.
  
  
  It doesn’t have to be this way, you have fire, determination, they purposefully sabotaged your heart to fail. Your parents abandoned you. The world hates you. But, it doesn’t have to be this way. It can change, just call my name, Xy’Veria, and I will give you the ability to redefine the world that scorns you.
  
  
  I cried the rest of that day, until I was released, but the whisper’s voice echoed in my head with its promise. The woman that had raised me smiled and prepared me, those slaves of Adamant Mountain taught me to use my new form in the dances. They had no will anymore, they lived only to please Adamant Mountain. I had to change something soon, or soon only Adamant Mountain would be my world. I wanted more. I had always wanted more. But… maybe alone I would forever be.
  
  
  That night after a painful and long exercise of dancing and training in the arts of pleasure, I slithered into my room and in my tears I called to the name, hoping beyond all hope that it wasn’t my mind playing tricks on me. A creature of demonic beauty stepped before me, with wings and tail, graceful horns and seductive lips with enticing eyes.
  
  
  “You called, you are wise to accept the gift I am about to give. I demanded you, you see. Your strength of will still strong despite all the abandonments and betrayals you have endured. You have survived the warping of your form and your heart desires so many of the prettiest things.” She flicked back strands of black hair. “Now I will grant you power, when you are released from it, you will have to deal with your former masters.”
  
  
  The demoness embraces me and I close my eyes a sense of security held in those warm arms. In mere moments I fall into a deep slumber, and outside of my body curled up in the fetal position was a diamond made of breathing living metal-flesh. For five days I slept while things greater than I worked to improve my form. I Exalted and I felt the power running through me, when I broke free of my Chrysalis Grotesque I found Adamant Mountain’s slave squirming in pain before me, a smile touches my lips and I knew what punishments I would inflict on my former masters.
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  ATTRIBUTES
  
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  STRENGTH ●● [2]
  
  
  DEXTERITY ●●●●● [5]
  
  
  STAMINA ●● [2]
  
  
  CHARISMA ●● [2]
  
  
  MANIPULATION ●●●● [4]
  
  
  APPEARANCE ●●●●● ● [6]
  
  
  PERCEPTION ●●●● [4]
  
  
  INTELLIGENCE ●●● [3]
  
  
  WITS ●●● [3]
  
  
  ABILITIES
  
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  Archery
  
  
  ●Martial Arts ●●●● (Clinches ●)
  
  
  Melee
  
  
  Thrown
  
  
  War
  
  
  ●Integrity ●●●●
  
  
  ●Performance ●●●● (Dances ●●)
  
  
  ●Presence ●●● (Seduction ●)
  
  
  ●Resistance ●●
  
  
  ●Survival
  
  
  Craft
  
  
  Investigation
  
  
  Lore ●●
  
  
  Medicine
  
  
  Occult ●●
  
  
  ●Athletics ●●●
  
  
  Awareness ●●
  
  
  Dodge ●●●●●
  
  
  ●Larceny ●●●●
  
  
  ●Stealth ●●●●
  
  
  Bureaucracy
  
  
  Linguistics ●●● (Firetongue | Old Realm, High Realm, Riverspeak)
  
  
  Ride
  
  
  Sail
  
  
  ●Socialize ●●●●
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  BACKGROUNDS
  
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  ARTIFACT ●●●●
  
  Vitriol Treated Orihalcum Discreet Essence Armor ●●
  
  Vitriol Treated Starmetal Hearthstone Bracers ●●
  
  BACKING ●●
  
  
  CULT ●●●
  
  
  DEMONIC FAMILIAR ●●●●● ● (Ara'Desirae, Sukari Infiltrator/Assassin)
  
  
  INFLUENCE ●
  
  
  MANSE ●●●●●
  
  
  PAST LIFE ●●●●●
  
  Sapphyre Rose, Zenith Caste
  
  Motivation:
  
  To Find the Last free unknown Primordial and convince him/her to work with her to bring a new glory to Creation.
  
  Intimacies:
  
  Malfeas (Cold Interest), Deliberative (Distressed), Akuma (Destroy without Remorse), Cytherae (Secret Curiosity), Missing Primordial (Secret Desire)
  
  RESOURCES ●●●
  
  
  UNWOVEN COADJUTOR ●●● (Xy’Veria, former Sukari Temptress)
  
  
  MUTATIONS
  
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  Serpents Body (+4 to Dex for movement calculation, +4 to Clinches, -3 Internal Penalty to Other movement attempts like Jumping)
  
  
  
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  CHARMS
  
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  SYRENICA, EBON SERPENT DANCER [12] (Charm work here)
  
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  First Syrenica Excellency x 6
  
  
  Syrenica Inevitability Technique
  
  
  Ascendency Mantle of Syrenica
  
  
  Sorcerous Enlightenment (Emerald) of Syrenica
  
  
  Baring the Serpent's Fang
  
  
  Alluring Songstress Attraction
  
  
  Serpents Silently Slither
  
  
  MALFEAS [4]
  
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  By Pain Reforged
  
  
  Hardened Devil Body x 2
  
  
  CECELYNE [9]
  
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  Hellscry Chakra
  
  
  Demonic Primacy of Essence
  
  
  Wayward Divinity Oversight x 3
  
  
  Transcendent Desert Creature
  
  
  Sands Through Fingers Defense
  
  
  Soul-Sieve Transmutation
  
  
  Soul-Sand Devil Shintai -Materialize
  
  
  SHE WHO LIVES IN HER NAME [1]
  
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  Factual Determination Analysis
  
  
  ADJORAN
  
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  None
  
  
  THE EBON DRAGON [13]
  
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  Cracked Cell Circumvention
  
  
  Bloodless Murk Evasion
  
  
  Brooding Resentment Defense
  
  
  Victory In Defeat
  
  
  Loom-Snarling Deception
  
  
  Eldritch Secrets Mastery
  
  
  Witness to Darkness
  
  
  Nemesis Self Imagined Anew
  
  
  Puissance Mimicry Intuition x 3
  
  
  Soul Crack Exploitation
  
  
  KIMBERY
  
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  None
  
  
  HERETICAL [6]
  
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  Emerald Angel Unfurling
  
  
  Triumphant Howl of the Devil Tiger
  
  
  Swallowing the Scorpion
  
  
  The Tempest of Inward Focus
  
  
  The Flame of the Rising Phoenix
  
  
  The Face of the Titans
  
  
  EMERALD SPELLS
  
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  None
  
  
  
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  Compassion ●●●● [4]
  
  
  Conviction ●●● [3]
  
  
  Temperance ●● [2]
  
  
  Valor ●●● [3]
  
  
  Willpower ●●●●● ●●●●● 10/10
  
  
  Essence ●●●●● ● [6]
  
  
  Torment 0/10 (Syrencian)
  
  
  Personal 28/28
  
  
  Peripheral 64/64
  
  
  
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  10 - DDV
  
  
  10 - MDDV
  
  
  5 - JB
  
  
  SOAK: 2B 1L 0A
  
  
  ARMORED: 9B 8L 7A
  
  
  HARDNESS: 3B 3L 3A
  
  
  HEALTH
  
  
  0 [ ]
  
  
  1 [ ] [ ]
  
  
  2 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
  
  
  4 [ ] [ ] [ ]
  
  
  I [ ]
  
  
  D [ ] [ ]
  
  
  
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  BP 0/35
  
  
  14 - Essence 4 > 6
  
  
  05 - Willpower 5 > 10
  
  
  02 - Demonic Familiar 5 > 6
  
  
  06 - Mutation
  
  
  04 - Appearance 5 > 6
  
  
  01 - Compassion 3 > 4
  
  
  01 - Conviction 2 > 3
  
  
  01 - Temperance 1 > 2
  
  
  01 - Socialize 2 > 3
  
  
  

Spoiler

Ara'Desirae, Demonic Familiar Sukari

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Motivation: To ensure Syrenica grows to appropriately protect the Sukari demons.


Intimacies: (Intimacies)

• Appearance and Personality
• Attributes/Abilities
• Charms
• Backgrounds/Panoply/Mutations
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  Ara'Desirae and a Sister Ali'Sylini
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Presence 5, Bureaucracy 2, Lore 2, Occult 5, Dodge 5, Survival 3, Stealth 6 (Being Unnoticed in crowds 2), Larceny 6, Melee 3, Thrown 3, Performance 4, Linguistics 3 (Old Realm, Fire Tongue, Riverspeak, High Realm), Investigation 4 (Finding Important hidden Facts 3)
  
  
  
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  CHARMS
  
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  First (Presence, Performance ) Excellency
  
  
  Second (Socialize, Presence, Dodge, Larceny) Excellency
  
  
  Divine (Dodge, Stealth, Larceny) Sublimation
  
  
  Capture - Sukari capture targets via seduction or other pleasurable means, they do this when their master’s desire their targets alive. She will always end up where her current master is with the target.
  
  
  Hurry Home - A Sukari must be on the same plane of existence and it sends her to her master.
  
  
  Measure the Wind - Sukari are careful with those they toy with, and so must know who is stronger than she.
  
  
  Fruit of Living Essence - Sometimes a Sukari’s best method of dealing with her targets is to drain them of their essence, this comes in the form of a kiss and in no other way.
  
  
  Materialize (70m)
  
  
  Amethyst Awareness
  
  
  Memory Mirror - Sukari enjoy stealing things, and information from a mind is even better, the tasty secrets of a living being are tantalizing to a Sukari.
  
  
  Mirror of the Infinite Wardrobe - A Sukari usually is not in her normal form when dealing with threats and targets, using Memory Mirror she generally takes the form of lovers and slays them when being intimate.
  
  
  Mimic of Tongues - Sukari are good information gathers, infiltrators, as well as intimate playmates.
  
  
  Principle of Motion - 8 Banked Stored Actions
  
  
  Touch of Divinity - Sukari grant gifts of motes or willpower through a simple kiss.
  
  
  Touch of Eternity - The Sukari lengthen mortal lives so that they can ‘play’ with them longer. However the gift is not so easily given and a chosen prize mortal may find him or herself trapped for weeks in orgies to gain this benefit.
  
  
  Touch of Grace - The affectionate Sukari tend to wounds greater threats cause, generally the Sukari tend to each other’s injuries but should they find a perfectly good mortal or exalt to ‘love’ they will tend to their injuries in moments of blissful intimate sex.
  
  
  Sheathing the Material Form - Oftimes the Sukari find themselves in trouble that may harm them and though they enjoy a rough playmate they do not like the thought of their existences extinguished easily.
  
  
  Spirit Cutting - A Sukari is always able to strike at foes both material and immaterial
  
  
  Wine of the Infinite Heartbreak
  
  
  
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  Backgrounds: Panoply ●●●, Sanctum ●●●●
  
  
  Mutations
  
  
  Positive- Wings, Tail, Claws, Horns
  
  
  Negative - Temperature Sensitivity: Cold (Defin), Sexual Addiction (Debil)
  
  
  
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  Virtues: Compassion ●●●●, Conviction ●●●●●, Temperance ●●, Valor ●●●●
  
  
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  Essence Pool: 100
  
  
  

 

[Sherwood]

Unbreakable Bones on Lunar, going to have to say no on that one. The wide variety of possible lunar forms would make that spell a tad too strong.

No problem. If you never ask, the answer is always 'no'.

 

[Esbilon]

No problem. If you never ask, the answer is always 'no'.

Only if you're a nice guy Some people assume a 'yes.' Or prefer the ol' "it's easier to get forgiveness than permission."

 

[Ludek]

I hope it's no too late


Here is sketch of my fully realised DT


Verlan of Dust and Jade


Concept: politician/power behind throne/compulsive plotter/spymaster (those aren't unrelated concepts think Talleyrand, Fouche)


Goals: Restore glory of the first Age

Spoiler

He was born as heir to rich and quite independent minded satrapy north of Ateng called Tyranny of Corr. Two generations(Verlan's father and grandfather) of cunning rulers made satrapy rich and created steady increase in pressure get more and more tribute form satrapy. Sill Verlans father and grandfather managed to stop realm's efforts ( creating family connections to ambitious but piss poor DB of relevant Great House helped a lot). All of this ended when during late reign of Verlan's father he lost in four his oldest sons (combination of 2 accidents one duel with Partician, and one illness) left Verlan as heir (there were other sons but father choose him). If Verlan's father had time properly educate and train him in ruling his Tyranny (effectively he was populist dictator) all would end well. But he died months latter (there was a lot of talk about poison but Verlan's father was old man). Everyone felt blood in the water, five DB cousins to Verlan from marriages of his father and grandfather's daughters along with whole regiment Patricians (some real cousins most with faked/adjusted history) quickly descended on Corr. Thanks to help of Corr's satrap, all that family managed to sideline and then depose father's advisor near Verlan, his young age (16) made him easy prey. He quickly discovered taste for finest things in lief form food through sex to strangest drugs that were relatively safe to use, his new advisors indulged him and in meantime looted sizable treasury and then population. Ironically Satrap initially was helping that wave cousins to get hold of power, quickly realized that there was no limits to their greed (they all looked for quick gain) and that this will end in uprising tried to put end to this but it was year after Empress disappearance so all of this ended in power struggle over Satrapy between house Cathak (satrap's house) and Nellen's (Great House of Verlan's DB 'cousins'). That struggle lasted 2 years and in the end Cathatk House won by allowing uprising to happen and putting all blame on Nellen's DB and patricians but Imperial intervention (routing badly organized rebels thane executing anyone showing sign of defiance) lasted another year.


Meanwhile first year of Verlan's ruleship was like epicurean dream, he had everything he could ream, even his DB cousins were wiling to educate him in arts lovemaking. Rude awakening happened in second year when he was unnecessary and all power lied in hands of his DB cousins and Satrap (now locked in political struggle) – he became liability, local population rightly blamed him for increased taxes, and abuses of new advisors and other imperial newcomer having unseen privileges at their expense. Satrap striped Verlan of power thanks to his Imperial mandate(at this point Verlan was just one man without any backing), organized trial to appease populace and shipped him to small Immaculate temple 500 km from Corr's border.


Here he spend nearly 2 years, it was bad time for Verlan since for monks was no one. Fact that he was spared full regime was small solace (Verlan was requited only to keep up with meditations, feasting and vegetarian diet). Only luxury was ability to read : usually immaculate texts but there were other books. He could not bear that life and escaped (well just left no one was forcing him to stay), out of curiosity and desire meet rest of his family since he had no money on his own, just some money borrowed from guild merchant on account of his rich relatives (merchant hoped to reach influential people thanks to Verlan ). As he returned Verlan saw Corr during it's worst time when imperial soldiers used most brutal methods to keep locals down, that shock him deeply - he tried to use what was left of his former authority to save at least few people, that with him hitting imperial officer helpless fury as the officer was in charge deciding of death or slavery for captured locals, he was quickly defeated, laughed off (humiliated really), Verlan accepted all of this (he was quickly falling into despair). He would be executed or sold as slave but his story reached Satrap who brought him to his pallace to yelled at Verlan and officially banish form Corr on pain of death and … send back to immaculate temple.


There Verlan made his greatest falling instead of trying to make up for his negligence as ruler, he tried easiest way out .. by committing suicide in nearby forest. His soon to be Coadjutor (he counted on long hunt being predatory Anhule) saved his life, proposed to give great power to 'make things right' . It took some time for poor Anhule to convince Verlan still he managed and after Chrysalis they went to Hell (poor Anhule as Coadjutor tried to convince him to commit 'small' atrocity in nearby temple but gain he had no luck).


Verlan needed little time to decide that Hell and Yozi service wasn't for him. Since he arrived in Malfeas month after calibration and his training took 3 months he never took part in thing infernal (just met few infernals) because after departure he never returned to Malfeas. He just took opposite direction and tried to make some good in cities near(1000km radius) Nexus, after he felt his first torment started working on how to manage his condition. This quickly put him on DT path.


For 5 years he trawled creation always quickly returning to South where he slowly established ties with main players (Paragon, Chiaroscuro) helped to coordinate their efforts/prepare for independence(well just increase autonomy) and to keep them form going to war with each other (weak realm could love this since it would put Great Houses in position of arbiter in such conflict with power decide outcome of war). He also spend great deal of effort in helping newly exalted Solars (maybe lunars) to stand on it's feet (he can spare money, advice or artifact if he has any) or help to escape Wyld Hunt. After assessing new exalt he gives them way to contact him (blind drop point or person they can send sorcerous Messages ) if he judges them good person (or just useful).Still he never revealed himself as Infernal all those person know him Solar (he have one identity used only to help other Exalts)


As the game begins Verlan just returned from Wyld where he spend year finishing his DT. transformation (he learned all those charms in a row), and reasserts his contacts after long absence form Creation.


Intimacies (subject to change of course)


-Unconquered Sun(disappointment) -> he falied in his duties


-Paragon, (great hopes) -> his ward


-Chiaroscuro (great hopes) -> his ward


-DT in the west (growing curiosity/hope)


-Abbysals (growing worry)


-Solars(Hope)


-Loyalist Infernal (afraid of)


-Lunars (desire to learn more about them)


-DB (distaste)


DT name: Warden of Nations


DT Themes: Spiders,crystals,order, duplication, guarding/tending humanity this also include theme of tempering it's wards by engineering suitable obstacles to struggle against (or putting one ward against another in order make both of them stronger/better in some way). Mystery as DT prefers to be unknown as much as possible next best thing are vague legends/rumors.


Think of DT as sort of gardener tending human societies in order to create perfect one


I think flaw of invulnerability(imperfection) will be: weakness to those who know his nature (name he identifies himself?)


DT Urge:


DT yearns to have territory or human cause to protect/help without it he is nothing.


Sample urges:


- reform scarlet empire by dropping satrapy system (it causes a lot of pain and injustice on people)


- protect Ateng form outside political/military influence allowing them to become truly independent


- encourage trade and peaceful relation in region (give region say 100 years of peace and prosperity)


- remove destabilizing elements in nation


- engineer trade war between Guild and Realm in oder to get rid of inefficiency in parts of their organizations


DT Torment: Overindulgence – infernal loses control over his desires, and all suppressed desires passion , dark fantasies comes out he must try it out. During torment infernal also have very liberal stance to his secrets, he also flaunts his own powers while trying to pursue his urge or one of intimacies – he can't just enjoy himself.


Overindulgence(as per Solar virtue flaw) effect is contagious anyone near DT with MDV lower than Temperance+Essence of Infernal is affected .


I know that usually torment is along lines of reinforcing themes of DT/Yozi. Here I'm making it everything PC don't want to become.


Precipitous Fiat:


Anytime infernal channels conscience to help subjects of his intimacies. He rolls temperance to reduce Limit (1 per success)


Excellency: In efforts to better lot of humanity, protect it. It never helps in selfish acts or if infernal supress conscience in order to carry out act.


DT caste power after alteration:


- usual oath , suppressing oaths


instead of charm share and claims of hospitality – ability to mute anima as scourge while activating non obvious charms without surcharge (obvious charms are resolves as are with any nonscourge caste)


General DT notes: Influences of Hell/Yozi in DT essence and powers are wery muted. His Celedyne Shintai is now customized instead of being made of sand, he is made of tiny crystalline spiders


Questions:


1.Temperance as defined in the core as self-control/impulse control with is ok, but then it says PC must fail roll to be dishonest or show bias in matters of importance. Is any way to make PC with high impulse control (ascetic even) but capable of duplicity. In case of my PC selfless goals he pursues, I want to stress out I don't have in mind self gratification or self empowerment through shady/threatherous means.


2.I'm thinking of this as my base DT charm but it seem too good (basically it's heavily modified splintered gale shintai), I'm curious if this charm ok in your mind.


Queen of bee shitai


Cost: 10m,1wp, 1 lethal HL ; Mins: Essence 2 or 4 ; Type: Permanent


Keywords: Sorcerous


Duration: Permanent


Prerequisite Charms: ? 4+ charms at least .. just need to develop them


Infernal spends required motes and willpower with transforms part of himself(thus 1 HL of damage in charm cost) into tiny spiders that upon touching human(enlightened or not) in next action invade his body. And as Shaping effect cause pregnancy(human need to be capable to bear children) and then birth of seemingly normal human baby. But it's not true in fact it's drone like extension of Infernal. This drone grows at peace essence weeks per hour(at essence 4 interval is months , at 5+ is years). Up to end accelerated growth whole process is sorcereous but then effect stops, drone from now on ages as normal human.


Drone looks as would look normal child of union between infernal and given human.


Still for all esoteric purposes Drone is arcane link to infernal, it has no mind of his own – infernal experience world though his senses as his own, while acting and experiencing his own body simultaneously. Infernal acting from drone body can only use magic to influence(or protect) his own mind, can't gain or loose essence in actions performed by drone, uses his own abilities.


Infernal abilities in drone body are the same as are social and mental attributes. His physical attributes follow rules of normal human development(or just make it that at charm activation it costs +1 WP to give +3 dots of physical attributes above average). Drone uses Infernal's Willpower, WP pints, virtues, virtue channels and have own health track and normal human healing capabilities. And register as normal numan on magical senses. Drone also counts as creature of darkness of course.


For all purposes Infernal mind is spread over all his drone bodies + his own, still he can be killed by killing his own body, death of drone inflicts only +1 limit (infernal can't tune out form dying body, he has to experience whole process of dying) per scene.


If infernal and his drones are in the same location they are treated as one social unit.


Any warding(as different realms of existence) separates drone from main body and makes one operated he as copy infernal mind (but it can's spend WP points and channels).


Infernal may control up to magnitude of his essence/2 such drones


3. I would like charm bellow to be my entry DT charm, is this ok?


Embrace of new home


Cost: ; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Permanent


Keywords: none


Duration: Permanent


Prerequisite Charms: None


Infernal choses given social group (be it as city, nation, organization, military unit) as his ward, usually it means strong positive intimacy (there is no room for casual relationship there)


Charms grants essence success to any investigation dealing with his ward, grants essence dice in social interactions with warded group(or any part of it).


As drawback Infernal can't terminate this relationship on his own(it's unacceptable order), loses 1 WP when warded group gains limit. He also gains 1 limit if warded group ceased to exist due to violent reasons.


Infernal may have declared up to compassion wards.


4. To other players (if I get accepted to the game), I assume we should at least know each other.


I can be known to any of you as young Solar, trying be apprentice to one of Solar PC(TED's LSD+ESM) in group. My real motive would be to get to know group and determine it's usefulness in my plans(just need to make them ). Still I don't think I would be all the time with group would need extensive timeouts to tend to my secret matters.