I'm pretty sure that can be dealt with by an oath. While technically Molly could break it, unlike many other supernaturals, the consequences would be bad enough that chances of that are very low.
Green Flame Rising (Exalted vs Dresden Files)
- Thread starter DragonParadox
- Start date
- Crossover Fantasy
fictionfan
Please sir, may I have some Meows?
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- Tempe, AZ
Yes, but why would we make such an oath? Why would we empower someone who doesn't trust us or our judgement?
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Arc 12 Post 2: Darkness Awaking
Darkness Awaking
18th of January 2007 A.D.
On stage Olivia is a presence transformed, gone is the girl who speaks softly and treads softer, her hair drawn back from her face, her motions minimal and in walks 'the stepsister', vacuous and vivacious fit to overshadow poor Cinderella, vivacious as she's vicious set to music that invites the audience to smile now along. She squabbles and she slides, she kicks and twirls and throws coquettish looks over her shoulder as if to say 'look at this girl, ain't she hopeless? It's quite all right to laugh'. A dress gets torn, silk sheering, bits of costume jewelry flying in time to springy music that gets your foot tapping and though the hall's not even a quarter full, friends and family of the students here to show support the applause at the end is as loud as you'd heard it at some proper performances. The 'sisters' take a bow and take it twice. Poor Cinderella and her prince have yet a ways to go if they won't want to be upstaged in their own show.
"So, how'd you like it?" Olivia asks with a smile, her cheeks still flush with the excitement and if you're any kind of judge with the headiness of the crowd. "I think I nailed the tempo, but, but that third roll, well let's just say I almost rolled too enthusiastically right into poor Amy. Maybe a little too much martial arts training eh? Do you want to come backstage?"
"I'd love to, but the reason I came here. You know how I promised... gifts? God it's a good thing you weren't doing Doctor Faust," you laugh, a little nervously you will admit.
"Molly I commute to the other side for shooting practice. Mephistopheles wishes he could hand out toys as fun as yours. Just checking though he's not real is he?"
"By that name no, though the core concept is well rooted in fact," by now you are outside into the brisk if not a little grey Chicago afternoon as the wind does it's level best to keep its red in people's cheeks with its pinch.
"So are we talking cybernetic augmentation? I've been reading up on SUTRA implantation, but it's very dense and technical, not the kind of thing that comes across well in in translation, other than the user accounts. Most of it's pretty obvious too and I still want to perform. There's not much point being safe to live your life if you can't... live your life." She sighs, only about half serious you judge. "I think I'd make a very bad superhero."
"I promise not to quote Uncle Ben at you if you promise not to quote Zordon," you offer, managing to keep a straight face even. "Not SUTRAs, something I just learned how to do, Awakening the Po soul, as one might put it though a Daoist perspective. The Ancient Egyptians called it Shut, the shadow-soul cast not in sunlight, but moonlight, that which waxes and wanes with the rhythms of nature and yet to which men are blind and deaf for to look into the heart of your own shadow is to understand every mortal soul is a little bit demon, willful and proud and terrible. This the Wan Kuei, the Ten Thousand Demons of the Jade Court have leaned well through the Turns of the Wheel, they whose Po selves have passed into Yomi and out of it know well the selfish power of the shadow. For one who has been spared their unnatural hunger the danger is less, but less is not 'none' Olivia." Are you the one talking right nor or is Usum, it's hard to tell and yet it does not matter. "To awaken the Po is to cultivate the demon within, take its fruits and make them yours. I can help with that, scare it straight, give you more control over it but you have to be in my service."
Olivia nods slowly. "Like the incubi, I read about them on the noosphere in Sanctuary. My 'demon' is probably going to be stronger than a fresh vampire's because of who I am, what I am, right?" One can barely hear the words over the sounds of the street. Lights move in her eyes, just headlights reflected, surely. "I think this might be a supervillain origin story." She laughs a little too loudly, but now like she's having doubts, like she's on the stage again, playing the wicked stepsister.
"Depends if we're in a mirror universe," you answer after a moment. Not like it's something you haven't been thinking of for quite a while now "Even Lex Luther's the good guy somewhere."
"For what it's worth I think the Kryptonite powers suit you very well," she says with a sympathetic smile.
***
Olivia chooses her apartment for the the place of her transformation, no other witnesses in case it's awkward, it probably will be, or painful, it definitely will. She sits on the edge of the bed, takes a deep breath and turns towards you. "OK, I'm ready, hit me."
So you lean in and kiss her forehead, the gesture at once formally elegant and as natural as breathing, pouring Essence into the shape of her shadow soul.
What does she become?
Base Sorcerer chargen
- 6/4/3 Attributes. 11/7/4 Abilities. 5 points Path Sorcery (3 Assigned to Psychic Invisibility). 5 points Background points. 21 points Freebie Points. Starting WP 5. Starting Mana 0.
[] Invested Herald
-[] Select 14 Fomori Powers (No Gifts Above Rank 3; No Regeneration)
-[] Up to 10 points of Supernatural Flaws can be taken which can be exchanged for an additional power at the cost of 2 points for each instance
[] Awakened Sleeper
-[] Assign up to 7 Dots in the Demon Arts (Hellweaving is available; No Discipline above Rank 3)
-[] Up to 10 points of Supernatural Flaws can be taken and exchanged for an additional dot of discipline at the cost of 4 Freebie points for each instance
OOC: Say hello to your new Circlemate. Hopefully the above is at least somewhat balanced, neither of these systems was designed to balance against each other really, but the Fomori are definitely the weaker of the bunch so I feel like a 1/2 trade off works. It will be possible to advance both powers and disciplines with XP in the future, but not with this bonus XP as she acquired it as a mortal.
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Ok, this requires research. Which source books are we working from?
EDIT: And I assume she keeps her stealth magic?
fictionfan
Please sir, may I have some Meows?
- Location
- Tempe, AZ
So are the Supernatural Flaws basically free points so long as Olivia is under Mercy In Servitude? Well not free she is paying for them with Servitude, but you get what I mean.
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Base Sorcerer chargen
- 5 points Path Sorcery (3 Assigned to Psychic Invisibility).
fictionfan
Please sir, may I have some Meows?
- Location
- Tempe, AZ
Didn't Molly just agree to let Isabella watch?
- Location
- Dallas Texas
Of course we still need to make sure they aren't too crippling, otherwise MiS becomes a chain around her neck.
- Fomor: W20 Core, W20 Book of the Wyrm, W20 Book of the Wyrm Companion W20 Riot of the Flesh
- Dhampyr: KOTE; KOTE: Half-Damned: Dhampyr; KOTE: Kindred of the East Companion
Yep, they are all obviated by the charm, that is how the infernals get to you
Ivar
Dark Reaper
- Location
- Russia Moscow
A hundred experiences?! Holy fuck. This could definitely make her useful enough to be a field agent next to Molly. Well, this and her powers that we will buy. I'm honestly amazed at what we can put together and incredibly grateful for this choice. Not every awakened will be as strong as Olivia. BUT damn, it was probably worth the experience. I'm wildly pleased that we bought this charm already!
She agreed to ask, Olivia wasn't into it (1 Success for willpower is willing but not 'bring friends')
Probably, yes. And I insist she keeps her 4 dots in dexterity too, and some dots at performance - she's a gifted dancer, likes it, and I won't take it from her.
Edit: she's basically an aeldari harlequin.
fictionfan
Please sir, may I have some Meows?
- Location
- Tempe, AZ
If she doesn't want to serve she can ask to leave our service and we take our power away from her. She doesn't get to both have her cake and eat it.
- Location
- Brazil
Wow, the effect of this charm is incredible and now I completely agree to let Daniel train for another 2-4 months before offering the spell, all to increase his future bonus exp. All this+ plus that black sword that we promised we will give him in the future+ the martial arts and equipment of our kingdom will really make him a future power (not close to our level but still very respectable).
I don't really understand the build part, so I'm going to wait for someone to make plans.
@DragonParadox I have a question, was one of the applications you mentioned before IDU improving the native martial arts of our world or was it just making the demonic arts available to our subjects? I really don't remember.
Someone who has undergone IDU can learn Sanctuary Martial arts, but she is going to have to actually learn them. She cannot buy them now.
Yzarc
The Spark of Madness
[X] Awakened Sleeper v1.0 (Stealth Archer/Gunner)
-[X] Demon Shintai - 1
-[X] Iron Mountain - 3
-[X] Black Wind - 3
So why these choices?
First the PASSIVES.
Iron Mountain = Fortitude but again rather than add dice, it reduces soak difficulty. To 2. Yeah, then it adds sux if it would reduce it below 2. So arguably better than Fortitude.
This DOES NOT cost resources.
Demon Shintai = Devil form similar to Molly's shintai. No new health Bar and not as good as a stat boost but grants extra skills and new abilities. This adds 1 dot of STR and STA and Dex.
Then it adds 1 demonic features. This is the main feature as Stealth + Flight = Stealth Archer from Skyrim. The God build of Skyrim.
Now Black Wind which is basically Celerity but not as good as it does not add dice and what it does is generally not worth it in comparison except that you can spend one essence for multiple actions as opposed to spend essence for each action. It does add, rating actions for one turn for 1 resource spent or 1 auto sux on melee or Brawl.
To be honest, Black Wind is powerful but VERY draining and adding 3 additional attack for one turn is best as she will QUICKLY run out of Actions.
-[X] Demon Shintai - 1
-[X] Iron Mountain - 3
-[X] Black Wind - 3
So why these choices?
First the PASSIVES.
Iron Mountain = Fortitude but again rather than add dice, it reduces soak difficulty. To 2. Yeah, then it adds sux if it would reduce it below 2. So arguably better than Fortitude.
This DOES NOT cost resources.
Demon Shintai = Devil form similar to Molly's shintai. No new health Bar and not as good as a stat boost but grants extra skills and new abilities. This adds 1 dot of STR and STA and Dex.
Then it adds 1 demonic features. This is the main feature as Stealth + Flight = Stealth Archer from Skyrim. The God build of Skyrim.
Now Black Wind which is basically Celerity but not as good as it does not add dice and what it does is generally not worth it in comparison except that you can spend one essence for multiple actions as opposed to spend essence for each action. It does add, rating actions for one turn for 1 resource spent or 1 auto sux on melee or Brawl.
To be honest, Black Wind is powerful but VERY draining and adding 3 additional attack for one turn is best as she will QUICKLY run out of Actions.
- Location
- Brazil
From what I understand we are not really replacing or changing anything just adding, so we don't need to worry about that.
That's right, I agree with you.
@DragonParadox could we get a clarification here? Olivia already had some manner of stats and abilities. Are we outright replacing them, or adding to them? In both cases, it would be nice to know her human character sheet, at least the main parts. Dance and stealth we know, what else?
- Location
- Canada
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Technically yes she has stats right now, but I did not want to limit you guys and make this more awkward than it had to be by assigning attributes and abilities myself. We can assume there is a certain level of malleability to having one's body and soul fundamentally altered by a nascent demiurge.
- Location
- Brazil
But has he already done it?
This is Olivia's sheet (even if not very detailed), we will just choose what to add to it.
So the DP will give the detailed details after this vote
That is not her sheet, that is Primary/Secondary/Tertiary, you guys do get to assign those the categories. The only thing you cannot change is 3 dots in Psychic invisibility for obvious reasons, but you do get to hand her 2 dots in something else.
Ivar
Dark Reaper
- Location
- Russia Moscow
I believe that the flexibility of choosing between Fomor gifts and Dhampyr powers is absolutely the best option. We literally couldn't have hoped for a better option.
In any case, the only thing that is needed now is precise mechanics and an update to Molly's stats... But that will probably have to wait.
In any case, the only thing that is needed now is precise mechanics and an update to Molly's stats... But that will probably have to wait.
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