[Nightmares of the Second Age] The Daily Scribe

Hm... Well, considering that standard generation limits Backgrounds to 3 dots without BP, and backgrounds are bought 1 for 1 with the points set aside specifically for them, logic would dictate that Background points spent on raising those Backgrounds to the 4th dot wouldn't cost double. If we did it with BP, it would (as per the listed prices), but not with preset Background points. Sounds good to me! But to be certain...


ST ruling?
 
Remember that bps can be spent at any point. So even in the case where we'd had to pay 2 bps, but one bg point for the 4th dot, you can just buy all the 4s you want with bg points and buy your 1s, 2s and 3s with bp. So unless you wans 8 or more backgrounds at 4, it's a non-issue.
 
Oh, huh, so do I have extra BP I could be spending?


oh, derp, turns out I don't. I have to pay one for 4th dot, but I forgot to pay 3 for the 6th. Yay for things working out. :-P
 
Looks like everyone is just about done with their characters. Good deal. I'll be starting up the game soon. I just need to decide if I'll have you start just before you are put in stasis or just when you are waking up. Not that it will make a huge difference in the game; just depends on if I want to let you have some talk time before you make the time jump.
 
I think narrating over the whole freezing down thing with particular emphasis on the expectation for when we'll wake back up and the state of the world we expect would be best. That way we can jump right into the action without risking being bogged down in the past.


On the other hand, the contrast between first and second age would probably be stronger if both halves were actually played. Mmm, I am uncertain, but would most humbly suggest the former course of action ;) Obviously, it's your game to run as you like, but since you mentioned it, I felt permitted to chip in.
 
Remind me about it again? This board has exploded in posts so fast its been a challenge to keep up.:confused:
 
My only complaint is on the sling where it can charge up to Essence x2 in levels. Having it just up to your perm Essence will be harmful enough since you are at E6; thats +12 dice right there.
 
Oh, derp, I meant to change that. Good catch. (I had 1L per tick earlier, but that seemed excessively long :-P)


Any idea what should be done on the deafness side? I can go dig around for deafness effects to steal...
 
Why not 2L per tick, to maximum of the lower of +6L or (Essence)? This goes well in line with Aim actions, which by default provide a maximum of +3 to your attack roll, regardless of whether you spend 3 or 12 ticks aiming. It may also make sense to give this a mote cost, perhaps 1m per tick of charging.
 
I like the idea of my character's lunar mate being someone who was very recently exalted when they were frozen, but who has survived the centuries and is now an old and respected leader in the Silver Pact. Since he (at the time) had no defenses that were worthy of the name, she (without really making an effort) made him fall completely in love with her, so his memories of the few months or years he knew her are of an infinitely beautiful and wonderful woman to whom he could never compare. Now they meet again and the powerlevels are reversed, but it will take them some time to get used to that.


Does that sound good, and would ally 4 cover it nicely?
 
Yes, a 4 dot Ally would be enough to represent your Lunar sidekick now all grown up and saving the world on her own.
 
Awesome :D I was thinking that Thorn of the Lotus started out as a young man, but you know Lunars. These things change.
 
So, Freezing Mist Arrows work as described in Oadenol's Codex.


Piercing Ice Arrows...do extra-special-Piercing damage?


Entombing Snow..keeps enemies from taking Move actions?
 
Not to knock awesome character interactions and stuff, but you'd basically be bringing in a Lunar with way more power and connections than our lunar PC... I mean, anyone not playing a solar in this game has come to terms with being heavily underpowered, but still.. Maybe having the mate start as something other than an ally? Make your character have to work to convince this elder lunar to come join us?
 
Allies aren't sidekicks. And a leader of the Silver Pact is very, very unlikely to want to throw the stuff he's been working on for the last millennium overboard just because his high school true love comes back to town. Allies rated 4 are meant to be rather a lot more powerful than the PCs, so I don't see how him being a lunar changes things. To say nothing of the fact that neither will know of the other's being alive at the onset.


That said, if it's a problem, I can change it. Possibly downgrade him to an ally 1 that's a second recently exalted lunar, but this one has powerful Past Life memories. I prefer the original suggestion, though.
 
Esbilon said:
Allies aren't sidekicks. And a leader of the Silver Pact is very, very unlikely to want to throw the stuff he's been working on for the last millennium overboard just because his high school true love comes back to town. Allies rated 4 are meant to be rather a lot more powerful than the PCs, so I don't see how him being a lunar changes things. To say nothing of the fact that neither will know of the other's being alive at the onset.
That said, if it's a problem, I can change it. Possibly downgrade him to an ally 1 that's a second recently exalted lunar, but this one has powerful Past Life memories. I prefer the original suggestion, though.
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They can end up pretty joined at the hip, but sure. I was mostly just tossing it out there as something to consider if you were planning to bring him onto the team as it were.
 
Good good :)


As should be clear from the above, I do not see him as a team member. I see him (as the title implies) an ally of the team ;)
 
Esbilon said:
Good good :)
As should be clear from the above, I do not see him as a team member. I see him (as the title implies) an ally of the team ;)
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Eventually, that is. It will take even this group some time to solidify their hold on the ruins of Rathess to even think about extensive side quests.
 
Esbilon, I think your first idea for the mate could definitely work nicely, especially when you take into account the new age disparity. Neigh-sayers, consider this - back in the First Age, that young Lunar welp likely had little to no social defenses. Nowadays, he probably could shrug off any mindfuck Esbilon's character could throw at him without breaking a sweat.


However, the inherently close ties of the Ally Background to the Circle could be problematic power-wise. Esbilon, have you considered the Mentor background instead? Mentor 4 gets you a Legendary Lunar as seen in the DotFA errata, which would fit your Lunar compadre well IMO.
 
A mentor does in no way correctly describe the relationship I had in mind. To say nothing of the fact that Sherwood already ok'ed it as an ally 4 ;)
 
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