Exexcrucication - a NOBILIS PbP

[Wandering soul]

That will teach me not to try and do cc from memory

Hopefully the character is correctly balanced now. Will have to find some more references for flower symbology to get the design right though. Would appreciate any suggestions, given the character definition..?

 

[Jdvn1]

The book has some stuff, but I used these:
http://www.dutchflowerlink.nl/engels/Lessons/symbolic_christian/symbolic_flowers.htm
and
http://www.craftassoc.com/flowers.html

And... I'm not sure. The Aquilegia is the flower of unreliability, so I can see how it might be related to shadows, since shadows are insubstantial.

 

[Jdvn1]

Oh, apparently, olive trees have flowers too. I don't know what it's called buy maybe you could be like, "The Olive Flower, Flower of Protection" since it's in character for you.

Other things that might be a part of your personality...
Anemone, flower of forsaken
Primula, flower of hope
Bluebells, Flower of Constancy
Magnolia, Flower of Perseverence

 

[Timeboxer]

By the way -- I was just wondering if you loved or hated Abdul El'Quarad? I only mention because it seems like you'd have to hate him, but I'm not sure where you'd have previously met him to have hated him.

 

[Jdvn1]

I have 3 points to work with, counting one from the Lichtenmeister.

I'm currently thinking:
+6 Borderguard Power 2
+1 Borderguard Penetration 1
+1 Two-way gateway to a Chancel with allied Imperator/indifferent Powers
-4 Primary Target
-1 Pleasant Landlord

But I'm also considering Extrapolative Technology and... some other stuff. Any ideas?

 

[Timeboxer]

Personally, I'm thinking a landlord might be a bad idea. But hey, you're the True King.

 

[sophist]

So we're getting off the ground.
I welcome the Marquis of Shadows, while the powers of the Forgotten and Keys are still on their way. I'll keep things open so that you all can join later.

It is all well and fine that you talk among the characters. Action is much player-driven now, as YOU say where your characters go. So today, i'll only post a short description of Derr. I hope you don't mind if use a roman villa design for this greek polis. After all that Platon, Aristotleles, Foucault and Nietzsche, I suddenly realized that greek architecture was never really the topic.

 

[Jdvn1]

Personally, I'm thinking a landlord might be a bad idea. But hey, you're the True King.

Any details as to why? With only a -1 Landlord, he's listed as being friendly, and he also only has as much power as having a 1 Realm. It's not like he'll get too much power. Even if he was a -3 Landlord, I'd still outrank him.

Also: Any ideas with what to do with the Chancel?

 

[Jdvn1]

Here's my rationale, for kicks.

+6 Borderguard Power 2

I wanted some defense-type stuff with this, but I think all this gives us is the ability to know when something's amiss. Borderguard Power doesn't get useful until 3, but that might be too much of an investment. It's pretty pricey. I don't know where I'd get the points from. After Power 3, though, it's all about Penetration.

Although I thought that:

+1 Two-way gateway to a Chancel with allied Imperator/indifferent Powers

Could serve as a useful defense too. Especially against:

-4 Primary Target

And maybe a helpful extra Landlord:

-1 Pleasant Landlord

Could give us good ideas without getting in the way.

 

[sophist]

I'll leave any further chancel design in your hands, i will only edit the final version in the RG tread and speak up if something is out of the question. but I don't exspect that.