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Session 79 - Patient Tiger Found This All Boring
Session 79
Synopsis of 10/27/08
Patient Tiger Found This All Boring
Subtitle: I'm A Necromancer, Ask Me How!
By Ao the Overkitty
Pursey swallowed Quicksilver and spat him out into a dream somewhere. Since Sixth Day Island was in Creation now and the group wasn't going anywhere anytime soon, they figured he could find his way back to them. Plus, this sold the immediate problem of needing to go find his boat and familiar.
The group hung around Sixth Day Island for over five months. Gareth and Jade's Luck navel-gazed, Tiger improved his mental attributes, and A-Dom created some charms he'd been putting off.
Jade's Luck convinced the three remaining losing villages that they needed to band together into one society to survive. They were told they would be taken to a new island where they could prosper. She convinced them that each of the former villages would take on an important role in this new society. Because they valued piety, Oak Castle would be the Faithful, the society's priests. Because they valued strength, Little Well would be the Warriors, the society's protectors. Because they valued preparedness, Big Well would be the Advisors, the society's thinkers. As a side effect of this, the priests were all women, the warriors were almost all men, and the advisors were close to equal gender wise. Jade's Luck wasn't exactly happy with these gender stereotypes but didn't want to make the society more complicated. Gareth helped make the society as efficient as possible. Gareth and Jade's Luck did a lot of training villagers in new skills, like farming and medicine, to allow them to adapt to their new habitat.
During this time, Gareth took a census of this new society. He determined 10% of the population was likely to die of old age once they were taken away from the Wells. He took them aside and explained this to them and asked what they wished to do. The old people of Little Well wanted to go with the Solars and the rest of the society, even though they were facing almost certain death. The old people of Oak Castle asked Gareth what they should do. The old people of Big Well were suspicious and thought this was another test. Ultimately, it was decided that the old people of Oak Castle and Big Well would both stay on Sixth Day Island and keep the Cathedral. They were properly trained in how to care for the Cathedral and pray.
Sun'gra'la was largely left alone during this time by everyone but Jade's Luck. She took the time to learn Forestspeak so that she didn't need to use shadow-puppets to communicate everything with them. She made sure that they weren't going to just sacrifice themselves en masse (they weren't) and that they weren't going to kill the remaining people from the other villages (so long as they were left alone, they wouldn't). She then made sure the new Cathedral staff knew that Sun'gra'la would leave them alone if they did.
During this time, the group started planning the island they were going to build to support the new society. In discussion they decided they were going to sail out to the MiddleMarches of the Wyld so that the shaping was easier. They knew they needed to get the island back out of the Wyld once it was created, so it needed a propulsion system. A-Dom thought the propulsion system could be powered by the prayers of mice. This idea was pretty much ignored. Talking it out, they came up with the following specs.
With these requirements, Tiger took the entire five+ months to work out the design for the island. There was the second task of reshaping the new society into being immune to the Great Contagion. It was determined that Gareth would have to do that part on his own, since Jade's Luck only knew how to make new people, not change existing ones. Gareth expressed his desire to make new Cannibalistic Voodoo Mice, so she said she could do that while he was fixing the people. She asked how many he wanted and he responded a small village (15-20). He gave her design specs for the mice.
Since the Voice of Reason would not fit all of the new society onto it, Gareth went about constructing a new boat, Ark of the Covenant, after he finished fixing the prow of the Voice of Reason. The new boat received the standard charm treatments.
Once all of this was done, the boats were packed up and properly supplied and the group cast off into the Wyld. Gareth stayed on the Voice of Reason while Jade's Luck went on the Ark of the Covenant, to make sure both ships and passengers/crew were as prepared against the Wyld as possible. They sailed until they hit the MiddleMarches and stopped. Gareth started shaping the people to be immune to the Great Contagion while Jade's Luck made mice. Once the people were finished, Jade's Luck introduced Gareth to the 20 Cannibalistic Voodoo Mice. Gareth talked to them for a little bit and then took them over to see A-Dom and Petunia. He asked A-Dom to tell Petunia these were the mice he couldn't eat. Petunia asked how he could be sure which mice they were on the ship. Gareth pointed out the little masks, spears, loincloths and war paint. Petunia understood.
Gareth then explained to the mice that they weren't allowed to kill 'that cat' (Petunia). They asked why and he explained that there was a deal that Petunia wasn't allowed to kill them and they weren't allowed to kill him. They agreed that this was a good deal.
The next day, Gareth and Jade's Luck started crafting the island. Progress was uneven, coming in short spurts and slow crawls. Tiger and A-Dom were left alone with the villagers. On the first day, A-Dom gave a sweeping speech about how great necromancy was and how it could be properly used for the betterment of a society. Tiger worked against A-Dom halfheartedly. The second day, A-Dom gave another speech, but he got bored early on and Tiger didn't even bother working against him. On the third day, a group from the Little Well villagers came looking to learn more. Some other time while Gareth and Jade's Luck were off crafting, A-Dom decided to alleviate boredom by opening up communication to Atlantis and saying "Hello" to everyone on the island, at normal volume. He then cut off communication before anyone could answer and went back to being bored.
Jade's Luck and Gareth felt pressured by Tiger and A-Dom to produce results quickly, since the two were fairly bored, asking how long this was going to take. Jade's Luck was also worried because A-Dom was being left alone with the villagers and a bored A-Dom around mortals is NEVER a good thing. So, the two of them started getting creative in their efforts to finish the island quickly. Because of this, they deviated from the original plans.
Jade's Luck's Deviations:
Gareth's Deviations:
All in all, it took the two of them ten days to complete the island. Once they were finished, Tiger came out and shook his head. He said that the deviations had completely messed up the Ley Lines of the island and now the original Manse idea wasn't going to work. Jade's Luck told him he shouldn't have complained about the boredom and continually asked how long it was going to take.
Jade's Luck: If you ask for a rush job, you get a 10 day island.
A-Dom started talking about the next island they'd have to build to replace this 'screw-up,' but Tiger felt he could salvage the job with a plan rework involving multiple manses. He said it wasn't going to go as fast as the original idea, but it'd still move. Gareth and Jade's Luck followed his new plan to the letter.
While doing this, they realized they hadn't worked Wyld Repulsion into the island's plan. They came up with a satellite island concept that would revolve around the island. Gareth initially suggested that the satellite island should be shaped like a Moon, but Jade's luck shot that down as possibly pissing off Luna or her followers. The satellite island eventually evolved into 8 satellite islands that were each a colossal statue of the Circle and their Exalted traveling companions, past and present. Each island would be an accurate sculpture of the Exalt it was based on, complete with caste mark and name. It would revolve around the main island, repulse the Wyld, and promote something in accordance with the beliefs of the person.
Each of the satellite islands were built exactly to Tiger's design.
Session 79
Synopsis of 10/27/08
Patient Tiger Found This All Boring
Subtitle: I'm A Necromancer, Ask Me How!
By Ao the Overkitty
Pursey swallowed Quicksilver and spat him out into a dream somewhere. Since Sixth Day Island was in Creation now and the group wasn't going anywhere anytime soon, they figured he could find his way back to them. Plus, this sold the immediate problem of needing to go find his boat and familiar.
The group hung around Sixth Day Island for over five months. Gareth and Jade's Luck navel-gazed, Tiger improved his mental attributes, and A-Dom created some charms he'd been putting off.
Jade's Luck convinced the three remaining losing villages that they needed to band together into one society to survive. They were told they would be taken to a new island where they could prosper. She convinced them that each of the former villages would take on an important role in this new society. Because they valued piety, Oak Castle would be the Faithful, the society's priests. Because they valued strength, Little Well would be the Warriors, the society's protectors. Because they valued preparedness, Big Well would be the Advisors, the society's thinkers. As a side effect of this, the priests were all women, the warriors were almost all men, and the advisors were close to equal gender wise. Jade's Luck wasn't exactly happy with these gender stereotypes but didn't want to make the society more complicated. Gareth helped make the society as efficient as possible. Gareth and Jade's Luck did a lot of training villagers in new skills, like farming and medicine, to allow them to adapt to their new habitat.
During this time, Gareth took a census of this new society. He determined 10% of the population was likely to die of old age once they were taken away from the Wells. He took them aside and explained this to them and asked what they wished to do. The old people of Little Well wanted to go with the Solars and the rest of the society, even though they were facing almost certain death. The old people of Oak Castle asked Gareth what they should do. The old people of Big Well were suspicious and thought this was another test. Ultimately, it was decided that the old people of Oak Castle and Big Well would both stay on Sixth Day Island and keep the Cathedral. They were properly trained in how to care for the Cathedral and pray.
Sun'gra'la was largely left alone during this time by everyone but Jade's Luck. She took the time to learn Forestspeak so that she didn't need to use shadow-puppets to communicate everything with them. She made sure that they weren't going to just sacrifice themselves en masse (they weren't) and that they weren't going to kill the remaining people from the other villages (so long as they were left alone, they wouldn't). She then made sure the new Cathedral staff knew that Sun'gra'la would leave them alone if they did.
During this time, the group started planning the island they were going to build to support the new society. In discussion they decided they were going to sail out to the MiddleMarches of the Wyld so that the shaping was easier. They knew they needed to get the island back out of the Wyld once it was created, so it needed a propulsion system. A-Dom thought the propulsion system could be powered by the prayers of mice. This idea was pretty much ignored. Talking it out, they came up with the following specs.
- Manse powered propulsion system
- 400 miles (half size of Atlantis)
- shaped like a sun (circle with triangles)
- mountains, forests, plains
- flippers underneath each sun ray for improved directional change and steering
- hollow (perfect ovoid)
- beaches and cliffs
- fertile lands
With these requirements, Tiger took the entire five+ months to work out the design for the island. There was the second task of reshaping the new society into being immune to the Great Contagion. It was determined that Gareth would have to do that part on his own, since Jade's Luck only knew how to make new people, not change existing ones. Gareth expressed his desire to make new Cannibalistic Voodoo Mice, so she said she could do that while he was fixing the people. She asked how many he wanted and he responded a small village (15-20). He gave her design specs for the mice.
- Mice
- Intelligence 2
- Voodoo Mouse Language
- Barbarian tribal culture
- Loyal to Gareth
- Worship the Unconquered Sun.
- Omnivores (won't eat other Voodoo Mice, but anything else, including other mice, is fair game)
- Little Voodoo Masks, spears, and loincloths
Since the Voice of Reason would not fit all of the new society onto it, Gareth went about constructing a new boat, Ark of the Covenant, after he finished fixing the prow of the Voice of Reason. The new boat received the standard charm treatments.
Once all of this was done, the boats were packed up and properly supplied and the group cast off into the Wyld. Gareth stayed on the Voice of Reason while Jade's Luck went on the Ark of the Covenant, to make sure both ships and passengers/crew were as prepared against the Wyld as possible. They sailed until they hit the MiddleMarches and stopped. Gareth started shaping the people to be immune to the Great Contagion while Jade's Luck made mice. Once the people were finished, Jade's Luck introduced Gareth to the 20 Cannibalistic Voodoo Mice. Gareth talked to them for a little bit and then took them over to see A-Dom and Petunia. He asked A-Dom to tell Petunia these were the mice he couldn't eat. Petunia asked how he could be sure which mice they were on the ship. Gareth pointed out the little masks, spears, loincloths and war paint. Petunia understood.
Gareth then explained to the mice that they weren't allowed to kill 'that cat' (Petunia). They asked why and he explained that there was a deal that Petunia wasn't allowed to kill them and they weren't allowed to kill him. They agreed that this was a good deal.
The next day, Gareth and Jade's Luck started crafting the island. Progress was uneven, coming in short spurts and slow crawls. Tiger and A-Dom were left alone with the villagers. On the first day, A-Dom gave a sweeping speech about how great necromancy was and how it could be properly used for the betterment of a society. Tiger worked against A-Dom halfheartedly. The second day, A-Dom gave another speech, but he got bored early on and Tiger didn't even bother working against him. On the third day, a group from the Little Well villagers came looking to learn more. Some other time while Gareth and Jade's Luck were off crafting, A-Dom decided to alleviate boredom by opening up communication to Atlantis and saying "Hello" to everyone on the island, at normal volume. He then cut off communication before anyone could answer and went back to being bored.
Jade's Luck and Gareth felt pressured by Tiger and A-Dom to produce results quickly, since the two were fairly bored, asking how long this was going to take. Jade's Luck was also worried because A-Dom was being left alone with the villagers and a bored A-Dom around mortals is NEVER a good thing. So, the two of them started getting creative in their efforts to finish the island quickly. Because of this, they deviated from the original plans.
Jade's Luck's Deviations:
- singing caves that said prayers to the Unconquered Sun when wind went past
- Diamond sparkled beach (warning sign was later put up by Gareth)
- Small sun (Like Uk-Sun) that hovers over the island
Gareth's Deviations:
- A section of the island is covered in liturgies to the Unconquered Sun
- Massive fresh water systems above and below ground, starting at the top of some of the mountains
All in all, it took the two of them ten days to complete the island. Once they were finished, Tiger came out and shook his head. He said that the deviations had completely messed up the Ley Lines of the island and now the original Manse idea wasn't going to work. Jade's Luck told him he shouldn't have complained about the boredom and continually asked how long it was going to take.
Jade's Luck: If you ask for a rush job, you get a 10 day island.
A-Dom started talking about the next island they'd have to build to replace this 'screw-up,' but Tiger felt he could salvage the job with a plan rework involving multiple manses. He said it wasn't going to go as fast as the original idea, but it'd still move. Gareth and Jade's Luck followed his new plan to the letter.
While doing this, they realized they hadn't worked Wyld Repulsion into the island's plan. They came up with a satellite island concept that would revolve around the island. Gareth initially suggested that the satellite island should be shaped like a Moon, but Jade's luck shot that down as possibly pissing off Luna or her followers. The satellite island eventually evolved into 8 satellite islands that were each a colossal statue of the Circle and their Exalted traveling companions, past and present. Each island would be an accurate sculpture of the Exalt it was based on, complete with caste mark and name. It would revolve around the main island, repulse the Wyld, and promote something in accordance with the beliefs of the person.
- A-dom (naked with club [complete with names]) - promotes fertility (Design: 10 successes)
A-Dom’s Statue does indeed promote fertility. Plants and animals within it’s range of influence are more likely to produce offspring. Offspring are also more likely to be healthy. +1 dice to all seduction attempts. - Gareth - promotes inspiration (Design: 12 successes)
Gareth’s Statue does not have a large range for it’s additional power. One must visit the island and gaze upon the statue at close range to gain the benefits. When in close proximity anyone who is seeking inspiration on a given topic will be inspired. (+3 dice to any planning check. Only works on the first check of an extended roll) People will only be inspirited to do things that are within their abilities to do. The down side is their artifact-inspired plan will never be simple.
Range was limited so casual thoughts (“I’d like to kill that jerk”) don’t get supernatural inspiration whenever Gareth’s island is nearby. Statue can provide inspiriation for any plan. - Patient Tiger - promotes Lent and good hygiene (Design: 7 successes)
Patient Tiger’s statue does promote his holy day of lent. It affects everyone on any island the artifact island is near, on that one day. On that day everyone who is affected gets +3 Temperance to avoid that which is prohibited. It mildly promotes good hygiene the rest of the time. People wash their hands and bath more, etc when the statue is around, but not so much more often that anyone really notices. - Jade's Luck - promotes good will (Design: 7 successes)
Jade’s Luck’s Statue provides anyone affected +1 die to any social roll that is friendly (in intent) or specifically promotes good will. - Quicksilver Noon - ??? (Design: 7 successes)
Will be filled in later once player gets back to the GM - Jahar - promotes learning (Design: 7 successes)
Jahar’s Statue causes people affected to seek out learning. They tend to read if they have literature available. Affected people also ask “Why?” whenever someone explains things to them, until they are given a sufficient explanation or violence occurs. - Bianca - promotes farming/agriculture (Design: 7 successes)
Bianca’s Statue gives affected people +1 success to any farming or agriculture related check. - Ceri - promotes healing (Design: 12 successes)
Ceri’s island is also very powerful, and also must be visited to gain the benefits. Any mortal on the island heals health levels as if they were an Exalt. They also generally suffer less pain while healing. Any charm which causes healing, heals an additional health level automatically. All medicine checks on the island gain a +2 bonus. Medicine checks receive no penalty if you do not have the medicine skill while on the island. All checks to resist disease on the island get a +2 bonus.
Each of the satellite islands were built exactly to Tiger's design.