If we take into account our crown vision, my guess is something actually associated with Ra, or even Sol Invictus. A stone from a statue of him maybe?
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Lol Toy Story.
Hilarious that Harry has the second best disguise roll here after Molly, and he did it by basically doing a CSI cosplay in a convention city.
Interesting that people are looking at our party with dread. Wonder why.
I will note that Molly literally just killed a god a couple days ago.
And it wasnt Halloween.
So the reaction from the local presence might not be disgust, but fear.
Im inclined to go in unless explicitly asked to leave.
If whatever servitor of Ra that came here can live with setting up a temple in a city literally established and run at the behest of a Sin-Eater, it can bear with the temporary presence of an Infernal.
Besides, OOC this place is supposed to be Summer territory; the only Court outpost in Las Vegas.
The Ra cult is just renting access to it.
So just address whoever the presence here is like we did when we first met Mouse after Exalting, promising good behavior.
Only not using Eastern etiquette.
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[X] Nope, you want to know what's going on here. Any Ra shaped rocks are going to have to deal with is
-[X]Etiquette Excellency
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[X] Nope, you want to know what's going on here. Any Ra shaped rocks are going to have to deal with is
-[X]Etiquette Excellency
-[X]Etiquette Excellency
Before going in, why not use the Crown what we actually did to offend it/him/them? That way we at least know how (to what) to apply Etiquette. It should be cost neutral, I think, even with occult excellency.
I genuinely dont think it matters
And it might be trivial, or self-evident enough that we dont get any Essence regen from it.
Better to save the scene for if we need to ask a more important question later, or something that will get us a net Essence gain.
Since we're only on 9/15, and are going to spend 1 Essence now on an Etiquette Excellency, we need to watch our expenditure.
I had to go find my copy of the book, because I was certain this was wrong, but didn't remember if it was in the Core Book or not. It was. Page 251, the demon recovers Faith from a Pact when dawn passes over the mortal the Pact is with, explicitly noting that you can in fact exploit this by having pacts with people in different time zones to get more daily income than you can hold.
Oh you are right, Lash does not get her faith then.
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The last temple we did that in they got a check to sense our crown, though they failed it.
I expect one here too, and we don't need it.
Can you send the same mortal back and forth over the terminator to keep generating faith?
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[X] Nope, you want to know what's going on here. Any Ra shaped rocks are going to have to deal with is
-[X]Etiquette Excellency
-[X]Etiquette Excellency
@DragonParadox Btw the numbers are still wonky on essence.
OK, not actually fixed. First regent was 30 minutes/2 Essence and then you got one more on the way form the 15 minutes travel.
Tough shit, splitting the part is a no go. The more it pushes here the more suspicious it seems.
I get that we're very sketchy, but if it trusts the people we're with it should at least be able to extend us the courtesy of a conversation.
Just as a note for stunts, per RaW ExWoD exalts can manifest their caste mark for free independent of their other stuff. If we want to pull what we did with Mouse and announce ourselves doing so might be a good addition.
So you want to be on the verge of anima flare before we're even in the door?
Here's the cite on the caste mark stuff, since I didn't have time to put it up earlier:
It actually does something more than just glow and look obviously unnatural. Would be entertaining to expose someone who doesn't believe in the supernatural to it since they'll instinctively feel enough to get the idea.
ExWoD page 39
It actually does something more than just glow and look obviously unnatural. Would be entertaining to expose someone who doesn't believe in the supernatural to it since they'll instinctively feel enough to get the idea.
This guy basically blew up our disguises here by the way; they're good but anyone following the rumor mill is going to make the connection.
Good night guys.
Remember the first time we met Mouse after Exalting?
I quote:
We have spent several months exchanging knowledge and random tips with Bob.
I am pretty sure we can figure out etiquette for courteously speaking with a spirit.
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It matters a lot. If it's "our aura is being mistaken for a Yama king", that's one thing, and we behave one way. If it's "the stones remember being shattered by the previous holder of our exaltation", it's another thing. If it's "the last remnants of Sol Invictus loath the heir of Yozi" it's a third thing. If it's "shavings from the walls of Black Vault / Jade prison are attempting to automatically fulfill their function to contain exalted", or "the local god feels a rival for the blessing of the sun", or "the rubble of Ravana's fortress hates the power of nuclear armageddon" all those would require different responses.
We either need to ask who we offended or what the offense is in order to effectively use etiquette appropriate for the situation.
We can afford 2 motes expenditure, because they are either going to be reimbursed by the secret we learn, or we'll get to use occult excellency for this clearly occult situation.
We still get one more mote as a reserve for an excellency, we get occult excellency in the bargain, and, genuinely, so what if we flare?
What kind of spirit, though? From what age (and Age)? From what realm? Offended by what? We need to learn something in order to apply correct etiquette. Fomori etiquette is different from Jade Court etiquette is different from Summer etiquette. What is polite in one court is a deadly offense in another.
Edit: Like, simple real life examples: do you take your hat off when saluting someone in the army?
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Most of these are ridiculous enough to dismiss out of hand. It's possible there's an exotic reason for it, but more often the simplest option is the right one even for the supernatural. Molly looks like a big demon, which upsets the god rock.
I think we're still actively the target of a mote tap campaign, so being tightfisted with our essence is a good idea.
If the thing made it this far some level of cross cultural understanding is pretty likely.
Tiffany is right there. She's not getting a reaction.
I agree with you but using the occult Excellency is just a step too far for essence. The context is deeply important in using etiquette as a skill. Mage 20th anniversary has an example that uses etiquette in place of linguistics for greeting but you need to have observed the local culture to use it correctly. Knowing why this entity has a problem with us is directly impactful to figuring out how to use etiquette correctly.
We still have nine dice to roll even without the Excellency for occult and if it has to do a Kakuri or the 1,000 Hells more than that. The non contextual etiquette Excellency doesn't make sense because you cannot use just the Excellency and expect it to work 100% of the time.
Also even using the etiquette Excellency what the hell are you trying to get across at that point because you don't know why they're mad at you you don't know how they might feel about you and you have no way of knowing that by just using the etiquette Excellency.
Having said all that.
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