Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving! I spent it finishing the first Harry Dresden novel, which was excellent inspiration for describing stuff in Mage. I also got about halfway through the novelization of The Temple of Elemental Evil. I don't usually read D&D novels, but I bought it for a buddy for Christmas and couldn't help but read it while I had it. Trashy paperback novels are seriously addictive.
Small heads-up: I'm getting knee surgery on Tuesday morning, so I may not be able to post that day. I'll be house-bound for about 10 days after that, though, so I'll probably be downright prolific during that time. So if it seems like I'm typing on painkillers for a day or so, you'll know why!
Don't I need a roll to determine whether I recognize/remember it?
1 success is enough to identify a resonance uniquely, and to recognize it if you've seen it before. You've seen Tremere resonance, and you've seen the aftermath of a soul-stripping, but you haven't met this particular Tremere yet.
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Originally Posted by Mage: The Awakening, page 278
Identity: (1 success) Each resonance or aura is as unique as a fingerprint. If a mage has seen or studied a resonance before and is familiar with it, one success allows him to recognize the subject. He can recognize the resonance of the subject regardless of any sort of physical disguise or transformation, allowing him to detect people in disguise or under the effects of a transformative spell. With five successes, he can recognize shapeshifters in any of their forms. There are some means of disguising a subject’s resonance (see below).
The blurb doesn't say what constitutes "studied", so I've decided that scrutinizing enough to get 1 success allows recognition of that resonance in the future. Prometheus got 6 successes on scrutinizing so far, so he's definitely capable of recognizing this Tremere Lich's resonance if he sees it again.
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Solarious won't be able to post for a little while. Into each life, some Finals must fall. Until s/he returns, I'm going to have Jeremiah help Gabriel out, since he's calling for aid now.
I'm sorry, I was unclear. Prometheus cannot see this spirit at all. Were he to scrutinize for resonance, he might identify the emotional urging going on, but without any capacity to see spirits in Twilight, he has no way of knowing there's a spirit in this room. Well, beyond what Thorn tells him.
Likewise, Prometheus has not heard the voice of the child in the other room.
So how do you want us to revise the dialogue in game. Could we just write it off as a random fluke, or should I go back and fix Prometheus' words to reflect what actually happened. For now, I'll simply keep going as if he never saw the succubus, but if I should edit the old post, let me know.
So how do you want us to revise the dialogue in game. Could we just write it off as a random fluke, or should I go back and fix Prometheus' words to reflect what actually happened. For now, I'll simply keep going as if he never saw the succubus, but if I should edit the old post, let me know.
No worries. Unless you guys decide to go back in there, it's pretty much a resolved issue. Nothing came of it, so we'll just pretend Prometheus didn't say anything that suggests he saw the spirit. You can change it if you like, but it's not a big deal.
Just to make sure I'm not misrepresenting things...as I understand it, Prometheus is at the Master Bedroom door, and Thorn is basically just, like...ten feet down the hall away from him. She hasn't really "left" yet. She had started to walk off, then stopped and said that last bit, then waited for him to catch up before walking again.
It's not like she's out of sight, or has left him behind.
I had imagined Prometheus facing into the room, so when Thorn left, its like Prometheus just sort of stood there talking. Does that make any sense?
On an unrelated note: Prometheus succeded at something with only one roll!!!!
...Yes, that was necessary.
Second Edit: I'm going to give Mitchell, whose shadow name I can't seem to remember at the moment, a chance to act, since we took up a bunch of 'time' upstairs, and he hasn't really had a chance to respond to the other post.
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Can seeing into the twilight look past material obstacles?
Nope. Twilight is a plane of existence, kind of, but it's more of a state of being. Things that are "in Twilight" are ethereal, not composed of matter, but still on our side of the Gauntlet, sharing the mortal realm. Twilight beings can move through solid objects, but not objects that also exist in Twilight. They also can't see through solid objects.
Hey BlueLotus, do you want Levanna to answer Thorn's question? I think it'd be more appropriate for her to do so then Mitchell. Levanna's actually spoken to the spirit while Mitchell's only been exposed to the sheet music (AFAIK).
I profusely apologize guys. I'm simply swamped with responsibility lately. I've not had much time to myself in the past week at all. The good news is that finals week is this week. After friday, I will not have 18 hours of school bogging me down. Even better news than that is that next semester, I'll only be taking 12 hours, and it'll be my last semester =) I'll be cruising my way to a degree on easy mode.
I'd like to ask that HT or someone else run Levanna briefly as an npc for the next week while I wrap up these classes if possible. I promise to be more active and involved once this nightmare semester is over.
Hey BlueLotus, do you want Levanna to answer Thorn's question? I think it'd be more appropriate for her to do so then Mitchell. Levanna's actually spoken to the spirit while Mitchell's only been exposed to the sheet music (AFAIK).
Mitchell heard the spirit's rambling gibberish, since he still has Spirit Tongue up, but Levanna's the only one who has spoken to it.
I profusely apologize guys. I'm simply swamped with responsibility lately. I've not had much time to myself in the past week at all. The good news is that finals week is this week. After friday, I will not have 18 hours of school bogging me down. Even better news than that is that next semester, I'll only be taking 12 hours, and it'll be my last semester =) I'll be cruising my way to a degree on easy mode.
I'd like to ask that HT or someone else run Levanna briefly as an npc for the next week while I wrap up these classes if possible. I promise to be more active and involved once this nightmare semester is over.
No problem at all. Absolutely everyone I game with in real life is a serious, straight-A 18 credit type of student, so I completely understand that school takes priority. My catch phrase has always been, "It's a game, not an obligation."
I'll have Levanna help out the other three mages while they solve what remains of the mystery. Good luck on finals!
This means that someone else who can hear the spirit should respond to it, though, since I know just what it is and what it wants.
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Until s/he returns, I'm going to have Jeremiah help Gabriel out, since he's calling for aid now.
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