BoredMan
Dinosaurs came in many flavors. Like potato chips.
Giving Molly another nonlethal option for humans would be good for essence but as of right now I was thinking for Dresden since he does have firearms experience.
Green Flame Rising (Exalted vs Dresden Files)
- Thread starter DragonParadox
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Yeah, you have riot control options, guns that taze, tranquilize and cause exothermic shock
Assuming they know anything the opposition considers valuable they would, though it should be noted it is not easy to lay down such compulsions so most likely they would just not know much.
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Please sir, may I have some Meows?
- Location
- Tempe, AZ
We don't have spare essanse right now. Best to keep to our baseline considerable skill.
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Please sir, may I have some Meows?
- Location
- Tempe, AZ
[X] She an enemy of yours who almost plotted your destruction
[X] Yog
[X] Yog
Goldfish
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- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
I don't want to spend Essence right now.
[X] She is a servant of Outsiders
-[X] Stunt: You focus wholly on Tommy, ignoring the opulent surroundings, the sight of Arlene still wreathed in wisps of her goddess' power, and a glowering Harry all but crackling with outrage at Sandra's gross abuse of magic. This would normally be the point where you leaned heavily into your power, expending Essence for maximum effect, but now is not the time for that. Who knows what challenges you might face in the coming hours? Instead, you rely on the unvarnished truth and the potential impact of existential dread.
-[X] "She is a servant of the Outsiders, beings which exist beyond the boundaries of Creation itself, and they are the enemies of everything, for it is their desire to destroy reality as a know it. There is no taboo they will not violate in their relentless mission. Manipulating the minds of mortals is among the least of their machinations."
[X] She is a servant of Outsiders
-[X] Stunt: You focus wholly on Tommy, ignoring the opulent surroundings, the sight of Arlene still wreathed in wisps of her goddess' power, and a glowering Harry all but crackling with outrage at Sandra's gross abuse of magic. This would normally be the point where you leaned heavily into your power, expending Essence for maximum effect, but now is not the time for that. Who knows what challenges you might face in the coming hours? Instead, you rely on the unvarnished truth and the potential impact of existential dread.
-[X] "She is a servant of the Outsiders, beings which exist beyond the boundaries of Creation itself, and they are the enemies of everything, for it is their desire to destroy reality as a know it. There is no taboo they will not violate in their relentless mission. Manipulating the minds of mortals is among the least of their machinations."
Also you guys might want to consider how to deal with the fact that Vegas has a indeterminate number of thralls set to be landmines for you guys. Combing through and dealing with them is of course an option, but that takes time and odds are good that is what Sandra is counting on. Molly can also use ATP, but that is not going to hold out for more than a scene. Then again all these seem to be mortals (it would have been much harder to condition supernaturals) so all you have to heat is mortal senses so there is no need for an effect as absolute as ATP, disguises might do. It might be time to break out Corporate Molly again... and figure out how you are going to pair with that Lydia, Lash and Harry 
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Another reason BMI is better than ATP.Also you guys might want to consider how to deal with the fact that Vegas has a indeterminate number of thralls set to be landmines for you guys. Combing through and dealing with them is of course an option, but that takes time and odds are good that is what Sandra is counting on. Molly can also use ATP, but that is not going to hold out for more than a scene. Then again all these seem to be mortals (it would have been much harder to condition supernaturals) so all you have to heat is mortal senses so there is no need for an effect as absolute as ATP, disguises might do. It might be time to break out Corporate Molly again... and figure out how you are going to pair with that Lydia, Lash and Harry
So... He stubbed his toe?
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Arlene certainly has a knack for the dramatic.
And likes Tommy enough to risk actively intervening before he was incapacitated.
Huh, green fire made it on national news.
There's a lot of supernaturals who will recognize that, and some mortals. Including our family. This should still be late night news, so family should be asleep; we probably should call or text home to reassure them we're fine once we think anyone is up.
Going to note that we have evidence Tommy has sensory mojo to go with his combat mojo.
Which is frankly more strategically dangerous than his ability to Punch Good.
DPoE procs on Tommy.
Which means that the source of his power makes him count as a Creature of Darkness.
There arent all that many patrons that do that. Curious. Is he a fomor-alike?
Sandra's mind whammy on Little Tommy recognized us. Molly specifically.
Which means that she was expecting us to come to Las Vegas and prepared accordingly.
We can expect similar traps and tripwires utilizing vulnerable/susceptible people.
First conclusive evidence we have that Sandra Marling can do mind control, or has someone who can do it for her.
Like, say, a Black Court or skilled White Court vampire.
Whether its easy or requires preptime, or has any other limits is unknown.
But it is evidently possible.
And Tommy's mojo apparently afforded him no protection.
If she got inside Little Tommy Fieracelli's head, then his entire organization is compromised.
And potentially good chunks of his father's Mafia family as well; she's had months to work in Vegas.
As shooters, as spies and as agents reporting to her as well.
We'd have to go over what they've done over the last six months to figure out what they've done at her behest.
Tommy is rolling mortal dice pools for Willpower and Firearms. Willpower 5, Dex + Firepower 7.
Fairly mediocre by our standards.
I do think both he and Arlene seeing Molly parry bullets is probably a whole new experience.
Hope this room has soundproofing; rapidfire gunshots in a club is a recipe for a stampede.
@DragonParadox
QUESTION
Are Tommy's 3x gangster escorts in the room with us?
What was their reaction to their caporegime suddenly going off?
They are quietly locked up in the next room because Arlene wanted to take him slowly, same reason why she went in first. And yes, like many private rooms in this club this one has soundproofing.
Too much.
Tommy leads an organization that has been thoroughly compromised by the Nephandi mage for God knows how long.
You cant use him for shit; just screening everyone in his circle for subversion is potentially a significant undertaking that is likely to take longer than we are going to spend in Las Vegas, and is likely to consume a lot of Arlene's attentions.
And there is zero indication that Sandra Marling's current plotting is a threat to the world.
To Las Vegas, sure.
The world is a whole different matter.
Dresden is a wizard.
He already has nonlethal options because magic, from his force rings to wind spells.
Ah. I was wondering why Tommy was attacking alone.
So they are probably compromised as well, same with the shooters we captured, and Im betting that this influence reaches into the Fieracelli Family's operations proper.
Thoroughly tainted asset.
And if she has had that level of access, that means she had access to all of Tommy's resources.
Tommy the gunrunner. The one who has heavy weapons. Im guessing that a lot of hardware has figuratively fallen off the back of Tommy's trucks.
We need to worry about heavy weapons and explosives in the hands of thralls.
We're going to have Feds in Las Vegas before this is through.
He's going to be dodging terrorism charges if anyone else uses weapons and they are tracked back to him.
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Unshaped, Neverborn, or Malfean Essence signatures, basically.
One group of outsiders are the successors of Unshaped, another presumably the Neverborn, and the Yama Kings are the modern bearers of Malfean essence.
Perhaps one the Yama Kings is branching out from Macao to Vegas.
Im not sure that is an exhaustive classification. Too many CoD beasties dont fall into those categories.
White Court and Red Court vampires both count as CoDs, and I dont see how they
I am pretty sure that Lash counted as a CoD before we got her a body. Corpsetaker counted as one as well.
Ghosts count as CoDs, and they have no links to any of them.
Im not entirely happy with your stunt. Im not sure if it doesnt say more than it should.
That said, I agree with your vote.
Under no circumstances should we be blowing Essence on non-essentials when we're already down to 60% Essence and still have a long way to go to resolve our goals.
And since Tommy counts as a CoD?
DPoE procs with him, which means that Molly rolls Charisma 3 + Etiquette/Empathy 5 + Stunt 2 at DC4, where Empathy and Etiquette are Key abilities. So spending Essence was unnecessary anyway.
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[X] She is a servant of Outsiders
[X]STUNT: You weigh your words before you speak, Harry a reassuring presence beside you. "In Chicago, she went by the name Sandra Marling, and she's essentially a Lovecraftian cultist." You keep your tone dispassionate, even as you take the pause to retract your shield to choose your next words carefully. "She is an example of why the White Council will lethally sanction mortal magic users who break the Seventh Law." You meet Arlene's eyes, still aglow with the power of her patron, then pause for Little Tommy to put away the empty gun he hadnt realized he was still holding before you continue. "Seven months ago a failed plot of hers caused the Splattercon horror convention Incident in Chicago. As far as we can tell, she's been in Vegas for several months now, and messages to the Dragon have not been answered."
[X] Goldfish
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OctarineShrike
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[x]She's a servant of something powerful and dangerous and your people aren't her first victims. A lot of people want to take her off the board. Winter. The Council. Me. More information might make you a loose end for her master to send someone else to deal with.
Ghosts are tainted by Neverborn essence, or at least it's why they're CoDs in Exalted. Red Court vampires are presumably a species of naturalised Outsider. Corpsetaker is a Necromancer, and very likely probably draws on Outsider essence to perform her magic, likely of the Neverborn variety. The way he described the source of Necromancer's magic feels very much like the way he described the voidstone.
I don't see how Lash could have originally been a CoD, unless the White God is Sol and so become able to add people he doesn't like to the latter's shit list.
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Corpsetaker treated the veil between life and death as a revolving door. All magical detection one might point at her up to and including the Sight would register as both 'living wizard astral projecting' and 'super-ghost' at the same time
Not in the Dresden Files.
Dresden literally spawned a ghost of himself by having a near-death experience in Grave Peril, no Neverborn needed. In Ghost Story he was literally a disembodied soul that shared all the vulnerabilities of ghosts.
Harry counts as a necromancer as well, because Sue. And we see it works with purely mortal magic.
Necromancy doesnt require Outsider bullshit, and we never see Corpsetaker use Outsider magic in the series.
The same reason that all Demons and Earthbound would count as CoDs.