[Mage: the Awakening] Legacy of the Stone Assembly

[Hella_Tellah]

Originally Posted by Shayuri

As for waiting for Blue, I'm fine with that.

That works for me. It's pretty clearly the cusp of a new scene, so it's a good time for characters to come in and out of the game.

[Walking Dad]

Hey, are you still looking for players? I'm still interested

[Shayuri]

I can't speak for Hella, but I think we most likely still are.

[Hella_Tellah]

Absolutely! If you still like the character you posted a few months back, we can go ahead and introduce him when the characters get to Benefit. You're also more than welcome to make up a new character concept if you like.

I'd like to start running things again a week from today, but we can add people in later on if that's inconvenient. We'll be starting up again as Thorn, Prometheus and Levanna go to a commune west of Boston called "Benefit." They're going there looking for the previous occupant of their sanctum and the last person known to have looked into the disappearance of the Stone Assembly, a sorceress called "Miss Jane." Benefit has been around for a long time, and it's known in the Awakening community to be run by a cabal of mages. WD, let's try to come up with a reason your character might be at Benefit.

[Shayuri]

Hurrah!

[magic_gathering2001]

Yay! I missed this while it was gone, even if it was only for a little while in PbP terms.

[Walking Dad]

I will take a look at the other active characters to make someone that will fit in and (hopefully) increase the enjoyment for all.

[Walking Dad]

What arcana are needed (if any)?

How much should the character know of the game so far?

Would this be an ok picture or is the actor already used in anyones background?

[Hella_Tellah]

Originally Posted by Walking Dad

What arcana are needed (if any)?

Right now the group has Mind 2, Prime 3, Time 1, Death 1, Forces 1, Life 2, Spirit 2, Life 3, and Spirit 3, so we're light on Fate, Matter, and Space, if you want to make the decision on that basis. The plot is veering toward Spirit-based phenomena, though, so consider that. Remember that I've made Paths optional for this game, so you may choose any two arcana as Ruling and any one arcanum as Inferior--or you can just pick a Path, which does the same thing.

Originally Posted by Walking Dad

How much should the character know of the game so far?

Up to you, really, depending on how you'd like the character to meet up with the cabal. If he's living at Benefit, probably not much at all--they're a pretty insular community. If he's working for the Consilium, then he might know a few things that The Nemean, Heirarch of the local Consilium, would have told him. If he's in the Guardians of the Veil, he might be conducting a little espionage on the group, in which case he could know quite a lot about them. Regardless of his backstory, he could also roll Intelligence + Politics -3 (the cabal doesn't have much of a reputation--yet) to see what he's heard.

Off the top of my head, here are a few connections the group has that might connect your character up with them and make your character more likely to know them:

• A Tremere Lich enemy
• Cambridge, MA, home to both Harvard and MIT.
• New Age mysticism
• The Adamantine Arrow
• The Mysterium (by way of Thorn's mentor)
• The Free Council

Originally Posted by Walking Dad

Would this be an ok picture or is the actor already used in anyones background?

Very cool!

[Walking Dad]

Former police officer, turned PI
He will be viewing magic through the lens of Kabbalah (not the new age, but the real thing). Specializing in Spirit, Fate and /or Space.

After loosing his job for taking money from the wrong persons, DJ settled down as a private investigator. Loosing his apartment, sportscar and girl-friend (in that order) he began a new life Boston.


I will wirte-up a day in life for DJ and post it at the beginning of the next week

character sheet

Daniel Jacob Goldstein, PI
Gender: Male Age: 26
Hair: Short, Brown Eyes: Green Ht: 6'2'' Wt: 185 pounds
Virtue: Faith Vice: Greed
Mysterium

PHYSICAL(5) MENTAL(4) SOCIAL(3)
Strength : ** Intelligence : ** Presence : **
Dexterity : *** Wits : *** Manipulation : *
Stamina : *** Resolve : *** Composure : ***

Skills:
Mental (7)
Academics * (Kabbalah)
Computer *
Medicine *
Occult **
Investigation **

Physical (11)
Athletics *
Brawl **
Drive *
Firearms *** (pistol, lt.)
Larceny *
Stealth **
Weaponry * (knife)

Social (4)
Intimidation *
Persuasion *
Streetwise *
Subterfuge *


Merits (7):
Status 1 (PI), Language 2 (German, Ifrit), High Speech (bonus, Magical Tradition 2 (Kabbalah), Status 1 (Mysterium), Mentor 1


Health: 8
Willpower: 6
Wisdom: 7

Nimbus: Sacred Desert

Arcana (Prime & Space ruling, Death inferior)
Space 3
Prime 2
Spirit 1

Rotes
Twisting Threads / Untouchable (Space 2, Armor)
Nothing up my Sleeve / Apportation (Space 2)
Eye of the Magus / Supernatural Vision (Prime 1)
Analyze Enchanted Item / Artfact Hunt (Prime 1)


Mana 7

Size: 5 Speed: 10 Initiative: 6
Defense: 3 Armour: - (normally uses Untouchable)

Equipment (worn): light pistol, ammo, watch, clothing, poceket-knife.

The only reason I became a PI was because I lost my police job.
My granddad was a cop, my father, my uncles, all cops. Back then, cops were the law and cops had respect. By the time I became a cop, it was a whole another game. Sensitivity classes, social working, civilian review board, police brutality suits, corruption…
Now, don’t get it wrong here, I wasn’t let go because I was crooked… ok, I was. I know it was foolish…
Thing is, being a PI wasn’t like being a cop. I used to love walking into a crime scene and trying to figure out what happened. As a PI, all you do is sleazy spy work, like trailing lying spouses getting a little extra on the side. That work gets old fast.


The car is a nice green metallic American Sedan badly in need of a wash.
Will add more later.

[Hella_Tellah]

I love the character, WD! He'll add a great element of urban grittiness to the story, if I guess the direction you're taking him correctly.

As promised, I'd like to start up again now. When last we left off, the group had decided to visit Benefit. So who's driving, and what kind of car is it*? Go ahead and post in the IC thread when you've got something fun dreamed up.

*

My real-life players call this sort of question, "Giving Jeff an excuse to award Roleplaying experience."

[Walking Dad]

Could someone link the IC thread? I'm not able to find it

[magic_gathering2001]

Legacy of the Stone Assembly, Chapter I: The Cabal, The Quill, and the Concord

Here's the first page.

[Walking Dad]

Sorry, is there a RG, too?

[magic_gathering2001]

Not that I can remember, or have posted in.

[Hella_Tellah]

Originally Posted by Walking Dad

Sorry, is there a RG, too?

What's an RG?

[Thondor]

Originally Posted by Hella_Tellah

What's an RG?

It's a thread were the players post their character sheets/background. Usually over in plots&places . What it actually stands for . . . I'm not sure.

You still looking for another player? Unfortunately I probably won't be able to come up with anything before this time next week . . .

[Hella_Tellah]

Originally Posted by Thondor

It's a thread were the players post their character sheets/background. Usually over in plots&places . What it actually stands for . . . I'm not sure.

You still looking for another player? Unfortunately I probably won't be able to come up with anything before this time next week . . .

We'd be happy to have you, Thondor! You'll pop into the story when the current crop of players go to Benefit, a commune west of Boston that's run by a cabal of mages.

I haven't made a thread for character sheets, because I just copy them into a Google Doc from wherever people post them. This thread's fine for a character sheet, as far as I'm concerned, WD.

[magic_gathering2001]

WOOHOO New Player! Although, Where is Shayuri?

[Shayuri]

*waves hand weakly*

Still here. I've been sick the past few days, and have fallen behind in posts. Sorry bout that. I'll try to catch up here.