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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew Moreton" data-source="post: 7875519" data-attributes="member: 6920268"><p>The session started with the group preparing for their journey to the convocation they were uncertain of their ability to blend in as several of them lacked social skills , and they were uncertain of their ability to control a Gestalt, particularly Manuel who has a somewhat poor will save. They left all of their weapons and magical hardware on their normal bodies which were placed in the absurdist web which keeps them in stasis. They realised that if the bodies were in Temporal stasis they could cast combat booster spells before putting themselves away and wake up with a full set of spells active. To facilitate this William took up his hierophant mantle and they cast a lot of spells with minutes per level or longer duration.</p><p></p><p>Once they had prepared as well as they could have then we cut back to the first meeting of their disguised selves with Nicodemus. The conversation with him was fairly short but he came across as fairly human and reasonable, as he explained that the purpose of the convocation was to guide the Ob in their choices as the leadership such as himself felt they needed to check in with the wider membership of the OB to check their plans were approriate and that he hoped the discussions would be informative. The players were surprised at how sincere he and the others seemed in their honesty and somewhat idealistic goals, but they also concidered a 500+ year ghost or whatever may be really good at faking it.</p><p></p><p>Leaving their meeting with Nic they mingled a bit but Manuel and Ulvaar preferred to avoid doing to much talking as without a Gestalt they are very socially unskilled and may give themselves away. They talked with Hervinskugger and realised he was </p><p>a) dreadfully boring</p><p>b) a Genuine if unethical brilliant planar researcher.</p><p>Manuel got very interested in the techical details of the conversation, Pemberton probably noticed the social cluelessness and talking style of the goblin and also their use of language free communcation between the team and is fairly certain he has located the constables.</p><p>At the same time the team via William realised there was a Duplicant present and started to observe the crowds looking for those who did not eat very much remembering the change of behaviour of the Concillor in Ber when she was replaced</p><p></p><p>I had given them the presentations to read before this session and so we went straight to their opportunity to interview the representatives of the various plans</p><p>Manuel's player in particular had a lot of questions for them and I had to establish that the technical details were not necessarily well known by the faction representatatives (names of planes etc particularly as I can't name all of them) but the details of how it worked was.</p><p>The big overall impression they got was that the purpose of the lanterns was to spread the planar energies over the world and make a smooth transition between realities while the seal was open with the seal then closing to lock those energies in place , which will hopefully make them less keen to assault Axis island at this time.I consider this a misinformation effort by the Ob leadership with exactly the purpose of disguising how critical Axis island is.</p><p>The big bit of information they got was something I mentioned casually that Kasavarina had Known Willian Millar when they were talking to her disciple presenting Millar's pyre, Nevla's player spent the next 2 hours and the car journey home trying to fit this bit of knowledge with her other knowledge and concluded Nic was William Millar, I have yet to see if the other players believe her but the arguement she has put forward is fairly good and when they help Kasavarina in book 8 even if they don't get the vision which proves it the side information will be enough to make her certain.</p><p></p><p>The Arboreum plan they approved of except for the loss to technology which Manuel was not keen on, it seemed fairly safe and the questions they had about security and the effects on animals were asnwered to their satisfaction.</p><p>Millars Pyre they thought again was well thought out but the vulnerability to outside invasion and also the problem of psychopaths and others with no empathy they felt may be a flaw but overall Culani convinced them at the minimum it was a sincere effort to make a better world.</p><p>The Panarchists they approved of more after talking to Han , they had worried it would be a world of total anarchy but they were convinced he meant it as an anarchist utopia with the special abilities provided hopefully cancelling out the problems, they are still not sure it would work but at least they think it is a benign intent.</p><p>The Watchmen, they understood the point but frankly they did not like the idea and also thought it would collapse at the end. Further they were unconvinced that anyone could get a thousand year script correct.</p><p>The Collossus they considred to be like its proponent a scheme for power mad people to secure their power. They listened to her explantion about how new people could be granted powers and others have them taken away but thought the world would devolve into groups each dominated by a selection of Collossi feuding with each other and it would all end in tears, they are not fans and I suspect they want Miss Romana in a Jail when they get home.</p><p></p><p>They finished up inspecting the sample worlds and seeing if they lived up to expectations they did and they concluded teleportation and flight would be nice to have.</p><p>However they really think that despite the good ideas changing the world is a bad idea as if you screw up its a disaster and you ahve nowhere to go, if they had a spare planet to practice on Manuel would be all in favour of it but at the moment no.</p><p></p><p>Nevla is suggesting they should try to push for a plan which if it is implemented despite their efforts allows a good chance at a second shot when it goes wrong Arbatoreum, Millars Pyre or maybe Panarchist but Collossus and Watchmaker they think are really bad.</p><p></p><p>At the very end we had the first murder and that worried them, first they think a remade world influenced by the Voice of Rot would be really bad, secondly they are worried that they will be spotted by a series of interrogations as they screw up their gestalts. They did pick up the references to the witches but as the witches were clergy heretics they thought that several of the clergy may have access to similar rituals.</p><p></p><p>Next session of the 30th of December as on the 23rd I and another player are on Christmas holidays and it is the birtday of a third players child so no game.</p><p></p><p>Overall this session went better than I feared the players seemed to enjoy investigating the philosophical and practical problems for each of the new world designs and assimilated the data dumps of necesary information.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andrew Moreton, post: 7875519, member: 6920268"] The session started with the group preparing for their journey to the convocation they were uncertain of their ability to blend in as several of them lacked social skills , and they were uncertain of their ability to control a Gestalt, particularly Manuel who has a somewhat poor will save. They left all of their weapons and magical hardware on their normal bodies which were placed in the absurdist web which keeps them in stasis. They realised that if the bodies were in Temporal stasis they could cast combat booster spells before putting themselves away and wake up with a full set of spells active. To facilitate this William took up his hierophant mantle and they cast a lot of spells with minutes per level or longer duration. Once they had prepared as well as they could have then we cut back to the first meeting of their disguised selves with Nicodemus. The conversation with him was fairly short but he came across as fairly human and reasonable, as he explained that the purpose of the convocation was to guide the Ob in their choices as the leadership such as himself felt they needed to check in with the wider membership of the OB to check their plans were approriate and that he hoped the discussions would be informative. The players were surprised at how sincere he and the others seemed in their honesty and somewhat idealistic goals, but they also concidered a 500+ year ghost or whatever may be really good at faking it. Leaving their meeting with Nic they mingled a bit but Manuel and Ulvaar preferred to avoid doing to much talking as without a Gestalt they are very socially unskilled and may give themselves away. They talked with Hervinskugger and realised he was a) dreadfully boring b) a Genuine if unethical brilliant planar researcher. Manuel got very interested in the techical details of the conversation, Pemberton probably noticed the social cluelessness and talking style of the goblin and also their use of language free communcation between the team and is fairly certain he has located the constables. At the same time the team via William realised there was a Duplicant present and started to observe the crowds looking for those who did not eat very much remembering the change of behaviour of the Concillor in Ber when she was replaced I had given them the presentations to read before this session and so we went straight to their opportunity to interview the representatives of the various plans Manuel's player in particular had a lot of questions for them and I had to establish that the technical details were not necessarily well known by the faction representatatives (names of planes etc particularly as I can't name all of them) but the details of how it worked was. The big overall impression they got was that the purpose of the lanterns was to spread the planar energies over the world and make a smooth transition between realities while the seal was open with the seal then closing to lock those energies in place , which will hopefully make them less keen to assault Axis island at this time.I consider this a misinformation effort by the Ob leadership with exactly the purpose of disguising how critical Axis island is. The big bit of information they got was something I mentioned casually that Kasavarina had Known Willian Millar when they were talking to her disciple presenting Millar's pyre, Nevla's player spent the next 2 hours and the car journey home trying to fit this bit of knowledge with her other knowledge and concluded Nic was William Millar, I have yet to see if the other players believe her but the arguement she has put forward is fairly good and when they help Kasavarina in book 8 even if they don't get the vision which proves it the side information will be enough to make her certain. The Arboreum plan they approved of except for the loss to technology which Manuel was not keen on, it seemed fairly safe and the questions they had about security and the effects on animals were asnwered to their satisfaction. Millars Pyre they thought again was well thought out but the vulnerability to outside invasion and also the problem of psychopaths and others with no empathy they felt may be a flaw but overall Culani convinced them at the minimum it was a sincere effort to make a better world. The Panarchists they approved of more after talking to Han , they had worried it would be a world of total anarchy but they were convinced he meant it as an anarchist utopia with the special abilities provided hopefully cancelling out the problems, they are still not sure it would work but at least they think it is a benign intent. The Watchmen, they understood the point but frankly they did not like the idea and also thought it would collapse at the end. Further they were unconvinced that anyone could get a thousand year script correct. The Collossus they considred to be like its proponent a scheme for power mad people to secure their power. They listened to her explantion about how new people could be granted powers and others have them taken away but thought the world would devolve into groups each dominated by a selection of Collossi feuding with each other and it would all end in tears, they are not fans and I suspect they want Miss Romana in a Jail when they get home. They finished up inspecting the sample worlds and seeing if they lived up to expectations they did and they concluded teleportation and flight would be nice to have. However they really think that despite the good ideas changing the world is a bad idea as if you screw up its a disaster and you ahve nowhere to go, if they had a spare planet to practice on Manuel would be all in favour of it but at the moment no. Nevla is suggesting they should try to push for a plan which if it is implemented despite their efforts allows a good chance at a second shot when it goes wrong Arbatoreum, Millars Pyre or maybe Panarchist but Collossus and Watchmaker they think are really bad. At the very end we had the first murder and that worried them, first they think a remade world influenced by the Voice of Rot would be really bad, secondly they are worried that they will be spotted by a series of interrogations as they screw up their gestalts. They did pick up the references to the witches but as the witches were clergy heretics they thought that several of the clergy may have access to similar rituals. Next session of the 30th of December as on the 23rd I and another player are on Christmas holidays and it is the birtday of a third players child so no game. Overall this session went better than I feared the players seemed to enjoy investigating the philosophical and practical problems for each of the new world designs and assimilated the data dumps of necesary information. [/QUOTE]
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