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Tuscahoma
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Oh my! Won't somebody give Tess a hug!
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5 hours ago, The Old Hack said:No, but it is amazing what we can do with no more than half our brains engaged, if that. Keeping a conversation going, cooking food, driving a car, running a nation...
Admittedly we do not do it particularly well. Doesn't keep us from doing it.
Perhaps we should consider letting dolphins run for office.
Personally, I admit I am a terrible multitasker. I do much better when allowed to focus on one problem at a time. My wife on the other hand, seems to do quite well juggling tasks.
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11 hours ago, hkmaly said:She can also use some of EDWARD's spells. I'm sure Edward does have strong offensive spells, yet possibly non-lethal.
Good point, but I think that would require Edward to make the transition from overly-protective parent to reasonably-protective parent, one who would be willing to teach Tedd to protect himself instead of just protecting Tedd himself. I think it would be good for Edward to get to that point, but I don't think he's there yet.
11 hours ago, hkmaly said:Are we talking before or after the vampires attack Moperville and <spoiler>?
Oi! Yeah, now we are talking the path of revenge, like Noah or, given the alt history speculation, like Lord Tedd (shudder). Yeah, if the coming Vampocalypse goes badly, I can see Tedd churning out war-staves with Murder Shroud or Sword Storm or other dark, goth magic. Let's hope not. I would prefer a Tedd who's primary offensive staves temporarily transmute opponents to friendly bunnygirls/bunny boys or project pacify spells complete with illusionary carrots.
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4 hours ago, hkmaly said:No, shrunken wizard will still cast dangerous spells. And shrunk people are more resistant to damage, so even for physical opponents it's not so useful. The main eight don't have any truly offensive spell yet. Except Susan's fairy unsummoning and Nanase's fairy punches, and both seems relatively weak.
(Sure, Susan can summon hammers and other weapons, but she needs to HIT someone with them then.)
So for Tess' battle staff, she should use a different spell to add to Ellen's chain transformation spell. Friendly catgirl/catboy transformation?
As for lack of offensive spells, if Pandora will facilitate the re-introductions, Tess could try to glean some from Adrian's inventory. Though I don't see her as the type to use Murder Shroud.
Actually, can wizards and seers learn spells from Immortals? Do immortals utilize magic that way? Would Immortals be affected by the Will of Magic upgrading the operating system?
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1 hour ago, CritterKeeper said:It's quite possible that Sirleck just doesn't know that the pair are either young or recently reset, let alone both, and just thinks he's capable of handling a couple of normal immortals. He didn't seem too eager to tangle with Pandora, though.
Actually, can immortals tackle aberrations directly. The pair recruit mortals to fight immortals, guiding and empowering. If they were attacked directly by Sirleck, that would be one thing. Instead, he has vamps-for-hire doing his dirty work and going after Adrian. I bet they don't know Adrian is the child of an immortal. Now can an immortal defend family?
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2 hours ago, CritterKeeper said:Wasn't I just discussing that book in another thread? ;-)
I have been known to adapt multiple sources of inspiration into games I have run.
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6 minutes ago, mlooney said:All above noted for gaming use.
Ack, please tell me you aren't going to have your party wake up next to a sleeping mummy snoring a death rattle. Not that I can cast aspersions. As a game master I once offered this description to my players: "You know in the morning when you wake up? You don't actually wake up." I think I remember having an extant party member, who was away at the time, actually resurrected them and then they investigated their own deaths. But yeah, I was a butthead at times as a game master.
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1 minute ago, mlooney said:That seems like the case.
Yes, he is, however it seems that he has a limitation of "Obvious Accessible Focus", plus the limits "Need to see the spell in use" and probably "needs extra time".
Why doe EGS make me think in Hero System terms when I spend roughly 1% of my gaming time, if that much, playing it?
Granted, but able to shrug off enchantments so really high spell resistance, plus apparently a wealth of energy to pull from. And honestly, in a wizard battle, he would use prepared wands or staves, not as versatile, but beware if pulls out a wand of fireballs, or wow, imagine if he gets a staff, powers it up and uses Ellen's chain transformation spell on your party, but links the transformation to shrinking. Actually, would shrinking make an opponent easier to fight? Would a shrunken wizard casting a spell be less effective?
Ack, getting off track. Sure, being a Seer has drawbacks; but I think tactically he could work within those drawbacks quite well given his own Gaming Background.
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2 hours ago, CritterKeeper said:5 hours ago, The Old Hack said:Pffft. Don't tell me that the other mummies snore. Pull the other one, it has bells on it.
Snoring comes from vibration of soft tissues within the airway. Dessicated throats aren't soft any more. They might rattle, I suppose....
Do mummies need to sleep? Though if they did, the thought of sleeping next to a mummy who is making a rattling noise... ugh!
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Tedd does look happier, or excited? Is it just because of using the FV5 spell on himself, or is it because he knows that no matter what, even when the ambient energy is normal, even if magic changes, he can figure out magic and essentially cast spells as well as change genders? Honestly, that face looks so simply joyful, like a kid holding their eyes closed on a swing, that I am probably overthinking it. He's casting the spell he created for himself on himself.
Yer a Wizard, Teddy!
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10 hours ago, JainaEgo said:Sirleck is the real threat - Magus is just a catalyst (he can tell people to do things but he can't actually make much happen other than heightening some emotion a bit).
Also, I'm preeeeetty sure Sirleck wants Adrian's body (elves don't age, so it's not unreasonable for him to assume that a possessed elf body wouldn't either) and it doesn't matter how many people he has to kill in the process to get it.
Not to mention the fact that Sirleck actually has wings.
When first presented with Magus' plan, I think Sirleck wanted whatever body Magus wound up in, but having learned of Adrian's existence, I think Sirleck would covet Adrian's body for his longevity, but to actually be an Aberration possessing the child of an Immortal? That is asking for Trouble with a Capital T. One could imagine the Hellfire the Immortal parent(s) would rain down on the Aberration, but even if the Aberration could somehow escape, I think the whole Immortal community might think this an injustice of great magnitude.
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12 hours ago, The Old Hack said:Well, fish don't snore. But this might require you to go sleep in the swimming pool.
If it let me sleep without snoring, I am not sure it would be anymore annoying than wearing a CPAP. Now of course, getting a heated swimming pool in the home might be problematic...
Ah yes, what I did look up indicated that only mammals snore; something to do with the structure of their throats. So, theoretically, a morph that used reptile, bird, amphibian, etc might also work. Though, that might be very jarring for someone to wake up to their partner with with a Komodo dragon face.
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18 minutes ago, Tuscahoma said:Hah, that gave me the giggles. Your suggestion is an excellent one, and honestly, many people might be hesitant to use magic for a permanent change, when a change for just the night would be enough, but I envisioned the following scenario:
"Hey honey, toss me my Teddcorp Snore-Away watch."
"Uh, okay..."
"What's the matter, honey, I thought you like the way you could sleep now that I don't snore anymore?"
"True, but do the only options on the watch has to be Catperson, SquirrelPerson, or that other one..."
"You mean the FV5?"
"Yeah..."
"Honeybun, why are you blushing?"
"No reason!"Hmm, what animal-form would be the least likely to snore?
And of course I had to try and look up what animals were least likely to snore. Didn't find anything yet, but I did find suggestions that men are much more likely to snore than women, so ironically enough, a watch that transformed men to women might actually have a chance of curing their snoring.
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1 hour ago, CritterKeeper said:I'm betting that it would be easier to make watches that shrink the appropriate tissues (or wands in areas without the elevated magic levels), so you'd have to keep an annoying little magic thingamabob handy and use it every night before you fell asleep. I'm betting that would still be a vast improvement over the CPAP, which is itself a vast improvement over sleep apnea!
Hah, that gave me the giggles. Your suggestion is an excellent one, and honestly, many people might be hesitant to use magic for a permanent change, when a change for just the night would be enough, but I envisioned the following scenario:
"Hey honey, toss me my Teddcorp Snore-Away watch."
"Uh, okay..."
"What's the matter, honey, I thought you like the way you could sleep now that I don't snore anymore?"
"True, but do the only options on the watch has to be Catperson, SquirrelPerson, or that other one..."
"You mean the FV5?"
"Yeah..."
"Honeybun, why are you blushing?"
"No reason!"Hmm, what animal-form would be the least likely to snore?
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Just now, Scotty said:I'm not convinced that Magus is the hawk anymore. Magus was the egg, but Sirleck presents a far greater danger than someone just trying to get a physical body back so he could attempt to go back home.
I think the whole thing started out as Pandora being bored and just wanting to play a game with Edward, I don't think she intended on things going this far but her desire to not know the outcome made the game potentially dangerous. This seemed to be confirmed when Jerry stated that Immortals that continued well pasted their reset points became insane as they got older and more bored and risked destroying themselves and taking out a lot of innocent people in the process. Now that we know Voltaire is involved, it's just one big complicated mess.
Hmm, good point. it certainly seemed that Sirleck had ulterior motives for agreeing to Magus' plan, such as highjacking Magus' new body for his own perhaps? Could he be an aberration and a powerful wizard with such a move?
Still, in going back over the archives to look for the above link, Magus came to the conclusion that he had to work with Sirleck because Pandora was a monster that had to be stopped and no one else knew about her except other monsters, i.e. other immortals who also could not be trusted. So, he is willing to work with a monster to defeat monsters and is willing to let innocents be killed to kill a monster.
I agree, Sirleck is the greater danger, but I am not sure I would say Magus isn't the hawk anymore.
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15 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:So Edward and Grace both Snore loudly.
Are we sure transformation magic can't be used for medical purposes?
Maybe if Tedd could make a wand that would transform the human sinus passages into something less prone to clogging, the whole Verres family could benefit.
Crazy Idea Alert!
What if Noriko left Edward because she just couldn't stand the snoring?
Oh man, I would be on-board with this. My snoring was a sign of sleep apnea, and I finally got sleep-tested and prescribed a CPAP after I started falling asleep at a red light (turns out snoring can be a sign you aren't breathing correctly and therefore aren't getting good sleep because your body keeps coming back awake to breathe better). If I could get a permanent transformation that would alleviate the need for attaching myself to an annoying little device at night, I would do so in a heartbeat.
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14 hours ago, Scotty said:I do hope Pandora tries to talk to Magus, apologize for her behaviour and help him safely get his body back without any games. But she may think that bridge is too badly burned or Magus might not be willing to believe her. I dunno.
I am not sure this is the best idea unless the method she suggests also gets him back to his universe? Pandora herself implied to Edward that Magus could present a danger to this universe's inhabitants and would be more powerful than they were at the time. Magus has had reservations about killing, but has also rationalized his way to working with Sirleck, despite recognizing they will most likely hurt people in Moperville. Oh sure, he accepts that this is on his head but there are certainly examples of super-villains who nobly decry the loss of innocent life that must come in order to further their noble goals.
If Magus was good, he is letting that slip away in his desperation, and Pandora must have seen the possible ramifications of setting him loose on Moperville.
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15 hours ago, Scotty said:I don't think she's out of touch at this time though, some may argue that teaching Tedd how to make a wand is more than she needed to do here and that she's forgotten that there are other people that she need's to talk to.
I think she is preparing to reset soon and she wants to make up for the mistakes she's made before hand, and that includes giving Tedd the support he should have gotten years ago. Whether this is too much is debatable, I think it's sweet that she's trying, it wouldn't be the same if it was her next life trying to make amends. Even if Pandora vowed to fix everything with Adrian after she reset, at best her next incarnation will feel like she's doing the work to fix things someone else did.
I have been wondering that as well. I am think she is close to coming to that conclusion, hasn't yet (maybe, I waffle on this), but is unconsciously putting her affairs in order (again, I can see the opposite conclusion to this). What could derail this? Plan CM. Vampires going after Adrian? Pandora is the bomb that is being kicked. An atomic bomb.
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On 7/28/2017 at 10:27 PM, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:This is still not necessarily a good thing. Pandora has shown herself to be out of touch with human sensibilities from time to time. Her measure for what is "Good" for humans is memory of the opinions of a man who lived several centuries ago for whom she still grieves.
Good point. Her idea of good is also influenced by her desire to see her son able to protect himself. I think this has transferred to Tedd coupled with her guilt over not being with him when his mother left. So what could go wrong with Pandora trying to teach Tedd all that she can so he is powerful enough to protect himself. He seems to have matured enough with Elliot's help not to fall to the Dark Side. Maybe overconfidence? Still doesn't seem like the type. Anyone come up with downsides to Pandora having a poor grasp of good and mentoring Tedd?
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So, since we now have the minor spoiler from Dan that Pandora is genuinely trying to be good to Tedd, the only twist we can have now is someone coming down the stairs unexpectedly (I think a lot of us have been wondering if Edward was going to show up at various points along the way), especially since we had the magical glow of wandmaking. Admittedly, the most likely would be Edward (would Edward have security systems in place to detect magic occurring in his house, and if so, would they be turned off in the basement because of Tedd's experiments, just a thought) or Grace, maybe someone else might show, like Voltaire or Jerry. Any guesses?
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2 hours ago, Scotty said:Maplestrip made a comment on discord about this being the first time Tedd's been praised for changing sex and it got me wondering if Pandora's trying to build Tedd's confidence to be able to talk to Edward about being genderfluid?
The way Pandora's going about teaching Tedd about his abilities seems so much different than how she taught Adrian, Panel 2 of the last page of the Legacy chapter shows Pandora looking like she's being very strict, very serious about training Adrian to be able to defend himself and such. My guess is she's realized that how she taught Adrian might have influenced how Adrian taught Edward and Noriko and how they turned out. I can see her wanting to make sure that didn't get perpetuated through Tedd.
I like both of these ideas. I think you are correct that Pandora realizes that Tedd really needs to learn to be more accepting of himself as genderfluid; teaching him magic using those types of spells serves to help him be more comfortable as well as teach him the use of his magic. I wonder about the talking to Edward thing. I really believe Tedd should talk to his Dad about this; perhaps Edward's concern was for other reasons than transphobia, but I am not sure Pandora would want to advise Tedd to talk to Edward yet.
As for the difference in teaching styles, there is also a difference in history. Raven lost his father and Pandora had just lost her husband; getting all drill sergeant would be understandable. With Tedd and the different history and connection, a more gentle approach would be required.
I can see Pandora blaming herself for Adrian style of teaching, but I think Adrian needs to address his own drive to recruit people to fight the good fight to the point of obsessing; is it losing his father or the limit's on what he is allowed to do as a half-immortal that drive him?
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Is Pandora going somewhere with the spells she's asking Tedd to add to the wand? Or is just a lesson in stacking spells using spells he's likely to have seen? I only ask because I envisioned Pandora at the end telling Tedd that he was actually a Disney princess (after the appropriate spells were cast).
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Ah, how about these as possible secondary functions for a Seer.
- Create or discover new spells on their own, without having to see the spell first. After all, if magic changes, how are people going to learn how to do magic.
- Being able to mark people; essentially sensing their magic potential and starting them on that path.
Now, these are not complete suggestions; I am not sure how they could be used without knowing that you can do them, but according to the Heka knowing you can do them would disqualify from that secondary purpose? That is a difficult requirement to work with, unless the point is that the purpose is only needed once magic changes and then you quality to perform that function? Hmm, needs work. On the other hand, something like being able to mark someone is definitely not something you would want someone of questionable morality to be able to do.
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I wonder if Tedd has two sources of power. The vast power he can tap to put energy into a wand for it to power the spell he places on the want, and the internal power needed to perform the task, sort of like performing some mentally strenuous task. Cause if he just uses the same power to place the spells as he uses to empower them, dang, his limiter becomes the availability of wands or staves or other enchantable items (have to be made a certain way, of certain materials, of certain quality, can only be made by hand?). And is a wand reusable? Once the spells are discharged, can you re-enchant it? How many times? Obviously questions either Pandora could answer or Tedd will discover using his powers of intuition, but dang, that is some serious power, depending on what spells Tedd knows. If he knew a fireball spell, he could just churn out some serious weaponry. Just pick a high level wizard, his dad or Raven, and have them run through their collection of spells. And suddenly Tedd can be very scary indeed if he needs to be. Just saying.
Story, Monday July 31, 2017
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Yep, I'm on board as well!
Political climate aside, the oceans gradually warming are not really hospitable to dolphins, so yeah, I wouldn't blame them either. Oddly enough, the cephalopods seem to be fine with it and are thriving. All Hail our Tentacled Overloads 2020?