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<blockquote data-quote="moritheil" data-source="post: 3525282" data-attributes="member: 30610"><p>A little background: For about four years, I GMed what is probably the world's longest-running, continuous, internet-based In Nomine story. (Beth McCoy/Neel Krishwani/Moe Lane fans, eat your heart out. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> ) It actually consisted of two campaigns, one set on the Corporeal Plane and one set in the Ethereal. By the end of the second campaign, time concerns made continuing impossible, and the projected third season never saw play.</p><p></p><p>Now, inspired by an <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=3525265&postcount=17" target="_blank">idea I developed in Voadam's thread</a>, I would like to run an <em>In Nomine</em> PbP. The fundamental basis for this campaign is that it is essentially a morality play; the mechanics of <em>In Nomine</em> lend themselves naturally to such a campaign taking place on the Ethereal Plane.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=original idea post]Due to the "temptation" bit, I was thinking more along the lines of:</p><p></p><p>An abnormally virtuous roper knows that there are no more of its kind around. Recently, a passing succubus took note of its virtue, and resolved to corrupt it and turn it around to the slaughter of hapless passerby. The roper wants to have offspring, but it does not want itself or its offspring to become the sort of aggressive monster that the rest of its kind is, doomed to know no better in life. The succubus knows that its failure to produce progeny due to its distance from its kind has embittered it, and regularly visits to drive home the point that now she and she alone can grant it progeny.</p><p></p><p>This encounter is thus a morality play; players get XP for defeating the succubus and driving it off, but more XP for forcing the roper to confront its inner demons and regrets and let go of them.</p><p></p><p>Actually, this would make one heck of a weird movie.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Maybe the succubus is just posing as a remaining roper that also survived the destruction of their kind. Maybe some deep, soul-burning urge to have progeny threatens to overwhelm its rational mind. Maybe even some combination thereof.[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>Note that default In Nomine is essentially "real world" with a fantasy backdrop and cinematic combat. However, unlike a standard morality play, the central figure here is a monster. (Technically speaking, it is an Ethereal being in In Nomine parlance.)</p><p></p><p>I will take at most two angelic and two demonic players. Ethereals will be considered, but must be nominally aligned with angels or demons in a strategic sense. The campaign will run until the roper makes its decision.</p><p></p><p>If you are confused as to what In Nomine's rules entail, <a href="http://www.havencomm.com/~wwin/" target="_blank">here</a> are some <a href="http://www.io.com/~lcowper/InNomine/" target="_blank">links</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p>As we know, succubus is not an official demonic band. However, there are numerous ways to fill that role within In Nomine mechanics: almost any demon of Lust, Impudite, Balseraph, or Lilim could do something very similar.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moritheil, post: 3525282, member: 30610"] A little background: For about four years, I GMed what is probably the world's longest-running, continuous, internet-based In Nomine story. (Beth McCoy/Neel Krishwani/Moe Lane fans, eat your heart out. :p ) It actually consisted of two campaigns, one set on the Corporeal Plane and one set in the Ethereal. By the end of the second campaign, time concerns made continuing impossible, and the projected third season never saw play. Now, inspired by an [url=http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=3525265&postcount=17]idea I developed in Voadam's thread[/url], I would like to run an [I]In Nomine[/I] PbP. The fundamental basis for this campaign is that it is essentially a morality play; the mechanics of [I]In Nomine[/I] lend themselves naturally to such a campaign taking place on the Ethereal Plane. [sblock=original idea post]Due to the "temptation" bit, I was thinking more along the lines of: An abnormally virtuous roper knows that there are no more of its kind around. Recently, a passing succubus took note of its virtue, and resolved to corrupt it and turn it around to the slaughter of hapless passerby. The roper wants to have offspring, but it does not want itself or its offspring to become the sort of aggressive monster that the rest of its kind is, doomed to know no better in life. The succubus knows that its failure to produce progeny due to its distance from its kind has embittered it, and regularly visits to drive home the point that now she and she alone can grant it progeny. This encounter is thus a morality play; players get XP for defeating the succubus and driving it off, but more XP for forcing the roper to confront its inner demons and regrets and let go of them. Actually, this would make one heck of a weird movie. Maybe the succubus is just posing as a remaining roper that also survived the destruction of their kind. Maybe some deep, soul-burning urge to have progeny threatens to overwhelm its rational mind. Maybe even some combination thereof.[/sblock] Note that default In Nomine is essentially "real world" with a fantasy backdrop and cinematic combat. However, unlike a standard morality play, the central figure here is a monster. (Technically speaking, it is an Ethereal being in In Nomine parlance.) I will take at most two angelic and two demonic players. Ethereals will be considered, but must be nominally aligned with angels or demons in a strategic sense. The campaign will run until the roper makes its decision. If you are confused as to what In Nomine's rules entail, [url=http://www.havencomm.com/~wwin/]here[/url] are some [url=http://www.io.com/~lcowper/InNomine/]links[/url]. As we know, succubus is not an official demonic band. However, there are numerous ways to fill that role within In Nomine mechanics: almost any demon of Lust, Impudite, Balseraph, or Lilim could do something very similar. [/QUOTE]
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