Serafina breaking her paradigm enough to hit Enlightenment 6 would almost certainly have resulted in Serafina defecting from the Union.

That's not necessarily a bad thing though. Maybe neither a good one, but still.

That wasn't "a choice". That was the by-product of numerous unlabelled choices and sum-over-decisions pathing that, during Super Special Spying Sneaky Sexy Subtle Sera Side Story, had the players choosing options that didn't challenge her paradigm and instead had her reaffirming her decisions and working within the system (which also got her her Legend). And, you know, didn't pick the option that'd make her an Orpheus character for the entire side story with a good chance of just killing her.

Well, yes? I mean, I recall that it was a product of more than one choice, but it does not really change the point, so I did phrase it as "choice" instead of "series of choices". Does rephrasing it as the latter change the point of "I wanted to see Arete 6 Seraphina" much?


Who we did get is not necessarily bad, but I am curious about possible Serafina after hitting Arete 6.
 
Been following along myself. I'll disagree with the above poster and the dragon heart question.

Kessler rejecting the dragon's heart was by far the coolest shit I've read in recent memory.
 
I'm catching up! And sweet omissiah, I've never seen a quest throw away loot like this.

"Magical bracelet for warping reality and punching through tanks? Give it to random robo girl!"
"Intact alien super-capital ship? Use it as bait for angry robot just to make it angrier!"
"Killed legendary dragon and could eat its heart or cancel the apocalypse even harder? Throw it away, you don't know where it's been!"
In order:
1.) Literally, actually a reality deviant artifact by one of its most senior and dedicated enemies that was entirely Technocracy non-OK to keep.

2.) Giant alien spaceships are actually useless on earth unless you have DSci 5 for Format Space, and if you do, expect the Void Engineers to start asking questions, questions like "how fast will you give us this ship in exchange for us not turning the realm defence grid on your invading craft".

3.) It was heart and seat of power of the literal representation of avarice, greed and corruption in a setting where these things do, in fact, have consequences. To partake of that power would have resulted in an inevitable, could-not-avoid tainting of what is probably the most zen and secondmost moral adult in the party. It is a very good lesson that @MJ12 Commando will totally throw poisoned shinies at his readers and then, if they fail to spot the fact that they are poisoned, point at them and go "this is where you fucked up, and let me tell you how an why" while they are dying of poison.

Now if there's bits of loot to be salty about, it's the Barnes-Sykes Knife of the Cods and the smart pistol.

We will reclaim the knife, Emmjay :mad:, or I will eat you. Gib catknifefight.
 
2.) Giant alien spaceships are actually useless on earth unless you have DSci 5 for Format Space, and if you do, expect the Void Engineers to start asking questions, questions like "how fast will you give us this ship in exchange for us not turning the realm defence grid on your invading craft".
Oh, I thought it was going to be sold.
1.) Literally, actually a reality deviant artifact by one of its most senior and dedicated enemies that was entirely Technocracy non-OK to keep.
Break it down?

Still a cool artifact tho.
Now if there's bits of loot to be salty about, it's the Barnes-Sykes Knife of the Cods and the smart pistol.
Wait what, we lost the super knife? The one that turned all damage dice into sux?
3.) It was heart and seat of power of the literal representation of avarice, greed and corruption in a setting where these things do, in fact, have consequences.
Yeah, that point was made.
 
Wait what, we lost the super knife? The one that turned all damage dice into sux?
Jamelia kept it under her pillow in her bed in LA before the space arc happened, and Jaron Belltower looted it when he was skimming through Jams' room to figure out WTF was going on.

So there's still a chance, @MJ12 Commando, that I will get Jamelia in te MA-38, with the bracer in one hand and the Knife of the Cods in the other, fighting Ms Clock on a rooftop in the rain. :mad:
 
Jamelia kept it under her pillow in her bed in LA before the space arc happened, and Jaron Belltower looted it when he was skimming through Jams' room to figure out WTF was going on.

So there's still a chance, @MJ12 Commando, that I will get Jamelia in te MA-38, with the bracer in one hand and the Knife of the Cods in the other, fighting Ms Clock on a rooftop in the rain. :mad:
What the- how does he loot his superior's room? And takes a unique collectible to boot?
 
Difficlt, and we would have to explain how we got it, which, during a hearing, would be...unpleasant.
What the- how does he loot his superior's room? And takes a unique collectible to boot?
One, we aren't his superior. He answers directly to Bastion. Two, he's looting what he can as our construct is attacked by multiple enemies, and trying to figure out what the fuck is going on, with half the construct in space and the rest disappeared. While they were looking into weird shit, and Bastion is a little worried and confused. He looked through our room for clues, and the knife was literally the only interesting thing there, and they outright commented on how we have like no Q-Division tech, which was weird for an agent of our renown and seniority. Jamelia is terrifying in her ability to succeed with almost no gear, especially with her ability to use her shear skill as a focus.

It's kind of interesting, honestly. Back when this started, there were three options for core paradigm, and we chose conditioning over gadget or shear badassery. Then we basically played her like she ws shear badassery and experience. I am very, very pleased by this.
 
He's a Belltower. They're the same rank.
Do you often break into your coworker's places and steal their collectible still-in-box action figures?
Two, he's looting what he can as our construct is attacked by multiple enemies, and trying to figure out what the fuck is going on, with half the construct in space and the rest disappeared.
This, however, is a valid reason. "Shit is on fire, need weapon to unfuck the situation."

Can we buy one on TechnocratEbay?

And can we somehow solve the no-gadget issue?
 
Do you often break into your coworker's places and steal their collectible still-in-box action figures?

This, however, is a valid reason. "Shit is on fire, need weapon to unfuck the situation."

Can we buy one on TechnocratEbay?

And can we somehow solve the no-gadget issue?

Have you caught up to the bit where they're looting the base? It'll be easier than having us try to explain the full context.
 
Can we buy one on TechnocratEbay?
Unlikely, they're quite rare.
And can we somehow solve the no-gadget issue?
We kind of don't need to. We have sources of gear for our various members, and Jamelia just...doesn't need stuff most of the time, and when she does she can generally swing something. HEr paradigm just doesn't pull on gadgets as focuses int he way Jaron does, or an ItXer. Neat tech is nice, but part of why it's nice is that such devices are often valid foci, which is less important for Jamelia, especially post space. Now they're still useful, and foci are nice, but there's not that much pressure to tech up Jamelia.
 
Jamelia can and has used gadgets (balck hole gun!) And has a decent secret weapons background, IIRC. It's just that she has really potent foci without having to carry anything around. Special forces training (Forces), Her frankly terrifying reputation (Mind/Entropy), a penchant for planning (Entropy/Time), the equivalent of an advanced degree or few in aocial sciences (Mind), and after her recent jaunt in space, Chronitons in her Waveform (permadox, but also Time/D.Sci/Entropy focus)
 
Can I remind everyone that Jamelia currently has a really sick set of invisible power armour that can teleport and comes with a plasma gun? It's not like we've got a complete lack of phat lutes.

Anyway, one of the things about being a Technocrat is that we tend to rely more on Requisitions over building up a permanent stash of stuff. Which in some ways is better, because Henriette just blew up a really expensive aircraft (and will probably have to fill out at least a dozen forms, but that's not really relevant).
 
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Anyway, one of the things about being a Technocrat is that we tend to rely more on Requisitions over building up a permanent stash of stuff. Which in some ways is better, because Henriette just blew up a really expensive aircraft and will probably have to fill out at least a dozen forms.
To be fair, she lost it...in exchange for a much scarier and more valuable enemy spider tank. It was a good trade, though not what we had hoped. Dice didn't allow what we hoped though.
 
To be fair, she lost it...in exchange for a much scarier and more valuable enemy spider tank. It was a good trade, though not what we had hoped. Dice didn't allow what we hoped though.

The point is, if the ARC wasn't requisitioned quite a few people would probably be crying right now at the loss of all the resources spent, assuming we could afford one to begin with. Instead, we only have to deal with a bunch of very cross requisitions officers making frowny faces because of all the extra paperwork they have to do now (and they still remember the time Henriette accidentally an irreplacable godkilling giant robot. There was extra paperwork for months).

The downside is that we have to give back the stuff we use even if we don't wreck it (also people who have a habit of wrecking equipment tend to get blacklisted).
 
The point is, if the ARC wasn't requisitioned quite a few people would probably be crying right now at the loss of all the resources spent, assuming we could afford one to begin with. Instead, we only have to deal with a bunch of very cross requisitions officers making frowny faces because of all the extra paperwork they have to do now (and they still remember the time Henriette accidentally an irreplacable godkilling giant robot. There was extra paperwork for months).
Hey! It wasn't destroyed, just....changed. And less a robot and more just a god now.
 
To get a bit meta, I think people are forgetting that Mage runs on the Storyteller system.

Meaning: while stuff you buy with XP is pretty sacrosanct, loot you just happen across can be a lot more transitory in nature. Requisitions is a part of our character sheet so we always get something to use, even if we have to give it back it later we always got a fresh Req roll for each operation. So unless we spend XP to hold onto stuff we find on the field, I wouldn't get too attached to it. That stuff is meant to be used and we've been doing a pretty great job of using it to good effect.
 
Can I remind everyone that Jamelia currently has a really sick set of invisible power armour that can teleport and comes with a plasma gun? It's not like we've got a complete lack of phat lutes.

Anyway, one of the things about being a Technocrat is that we tend to rely more on Requisitions over building up a permanent stash of stuff. Which in some ways is better, because Henriette just blew up a really expensive aircraft (and will probably have to fill out at least a dozen forms, but that's not really relevant).
I need to re-install XCOM 2 solely so I can make art of a woman in Titan armor with a heavy plasma gun and a hijab.

The armor is, naturally, Anthracite, Coal, Black, Night Hunter or Midnight.
 
Something I've been thinking off since Kesler showed: can we get Jamelia a primium skeleton?

It'd be expensive, but sounds oh-so-worth it, and it's discreet.
 
Something I've been thinking off since Kesler showed: can we get Jamelia a primium skeleton?

It'd be expensive, but sounds oh-so-worth it, and it's discreet.

1: It's really fucking expensive. 2. That kind of augmentation doesn't really make sense if you're not getting any other augmentations. 3. Jamelia doesn't need more permadox. 4. It's really fucking expensive.

I need to re-install XCOM 2 solely so I can make art of a woman in Titan armor with a heavy plasma gun and a hijab.

The armor is, naturally, Anthracite, Coal, Black, Night Hunter or Midnight.

Personally I have it headcanoned as looking like the Da'at Yichud power armor.
 
Personally I have it headcanoned as looking like the Da'at Yichud power armor.
The jokes on the IRC at the time when the armor first came up was totally that it was XCOMs titan armor except, you know, with all the PanO goodies like the teleporter, the invisibility and stuff like that. Also it's sleek spacefuture power armor from what I remember.

But the important part is we have it back, and Jaron has our knife, and give me my catknifefight MJ.
 
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