For the memory smothering you need an out beyond the passage of time that allows them to fight though the effect. The egg is too powerful, always negating the first attack is a tall order for an exalt, never mind something that can technically do so endlessly. Other than that it seems fine.
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For the memory smothering you need an out beyond the passage of time that allows them to fight though the effect. The egg is too powerful, always negating the first attack is a tall order for an exalt, never mind something that can technically do so endlessly. Other than that it seems fine.
For an out - how about "shed blood" (take at least 1 level of lethal damage) as a way to escape the effects?
For the first attack - that was in the Form of Steadfast Earth basic description:
If that's too strong, maybe switch it to something? Bonus to soak or something like that?
Both work, though it should be noted here escape means 'is immune to the effect until they exit and reenter' otherwise it does not do anything while they are inside since they would be re-enchanted on the next turn
Yeah, I understand that. Seems reasonable enough, and still allows for surprise first attack by the defenders if needed.
Vote closed.
Arc 15 Post 35: Old Earth, New Sprouts
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Old Earth, New Sprouts
9th of March 2007 A.D.
The land was rich in life but it had not been rich for the works of the people, not at first. Then they had burned wood and spilled blood upon it, then with their hands they had tended it as with their minds they had imagined it, the rich earth from which would grow the crops to feed their children.
It's not you realize with some surprise the story of the Inca in their stepped mountain slopes, it is the story of the land now called the Amazon Basin, ones who had built in wood, their works lost to the shadows of the jungle and yet in the whispers if the spirits enuring. As the earth had been fed the blood of Jaguar and caiman so too would it now be fed the blood of worse things beset by darker hungers, its story writ in ancient syllables of soft, black loam. Should it come into contact with a vampire, be they demon's companion, nightmare beast or corpse infected with a hunger that would devour the world it would sprout.
Lost one Vampire Corpse
Malko gains Splendor: Rich Earth's Hunger
Description: This curious blessing takes the form of a coating of rich soil dusted across its master and their immediate possessions, as if they'd been working in some fertile field for hours. This sacred soil provides some basic ability to shape that which resonates with it, allowing its master to change the details of their immediate surroundings.
When a creature that feeds on mortals comes in contact with them or the dirt falling off their body it burrows in like the roots of an alien plant, spreading inside their body and rotting away what it touches into more soil.
If this kills the target then they fully decompose into rich fertilizer and their soul is drawn away to the earth that took them.
System: Each time a creature who feeds mortals that comes into contact with the owner of this splendor or the dirt coating their form while in their immediate presence they are subject to the Hunger of the Earth, a murderous magical poison.
Each turn they must make a stamina roll against difficulty 9 or suffer a level of unsoakable lethal damage. This will continue until they die or manage to succeed three turns in a row. If they die while subject to this effect their souls will be drawn into the splendor.
To avoid this fate they must either flee the presence of the splendor's master, surrender to them, or endure the damage.
When a creature that feeds on mortals comes in contact with them or the dirt falling off their body it burrows in like the roots of an alien plant, spreading inside their body and rotting away what it touches into more soil.
If this kills the target then they fully decompose into rich fertilizer and their soul is drawn away to the earth that took them.
System: Each time a creature who feeds mortals that comes into contact with the owner of this splendor or the dirt coating their form while in their immediate presence they are subject to the Hunger of the Earth, a murderous magical poison.
Each turn they must make a stamina roll against difficulty 9 or suffer a level of unsoakable lethal damage. This will continue until they die or manage to succeed three turns in a row. If they die while subject to this effect their souls will be drawn into the splendor.
To avoid this fate they must either flee the presence of the splendor's master, surrender to them, or endure the damage.
There writ upon alien wall in a place that was not Earth and never had been in a script ancient when the sun was stardust is writ: [That Life-Living in its wisdom/change eternal might devour that which plagues it.] or if one must translate it into English: Life Finds a Way.
I'm glad no one here has watched Jurassic Park. A mental twinge alerts you to Usum's presence in the back of your mind. No one outside my head. There's a burst of static from your headphones.
"OK, OK, no one whose going to call me a geek aloud," you admit.
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Having finished your work in Sanctuary there is still plenty of it to he had on the other side. The Fellowship had managed with some help from sympathetic priests who may or may not belong to the Holy Office to ensure that about two thirds of your subversion targets would be present for the opening of the new Saint Basil Hospital in Bogota, a hospital which of course includes a chapel, holy ground.
"Duke Emiliano's not an idiot, we have a secretary and one of the generals aids marked a half-bloods." Martin explains even as he hands over a heavy manila folder. "Then there's the timing. It's an hour after sunset local time which means vampires could show up if the alarm goes up and not just elders. Getting that many of their people in one place at one time during the day, basically impossible I'm afraid, like I said the only reason why they don't have several vampire minders is that no one wants to risk something awkward happening like bursting into flames on camera because someone sanctified more of the ground that they said they did..."
"Did you...?" If Vampires do show up you'd like to know if they are a fire hazard.
"No, but we spread the word that rogue elements within the Church had, ones that weren't that interested in keeping the secret. Looks like they took the bait."
"You said two thirds, who are we missing?"
"A two star general and an adjunct for the Administrative Department of Security, they are both at home probably with a vampire sitting on them like a snake coiled around a tasty mouse. I'd have said we should wait for a better window since you can't be in two places at once but..." he motions at Regina.
"She can't break the addiction," you grimace then remember there's at least one other person you know who can make that kind of deal on side.
"Hi Tiffany, fancy cutting some deals...?"
How do you do the infiltration?
[] You will handle the hospital, that is where the more senior people are, Tiffany can deal with the rest
[] You will handle the back-ups, they are the ones likely to have vampiric guards, Tiffany can run rings around the half-bloods present there
[] Write in
OOC: So the Fellowship didn't roll all that well as you can see, though the details are hidden since the Red Court rolled as well and you have no way of knowing how well they did in character. All you know is Martin isn't looking like a happy camper right now.
So do we have an idea of the territory that counts as Malko? Cause it almost sounds like he covers the Amazon Basin here, which would be 35.5% of the continent per Wikipedia.
Not a huge population density, but places like Iquitos would be hit.
Am I reading that right or are we dealing with a smaller slice of the total region?
Not a huge population density, but places like Iquitos would be hit.
Am I reading that right or are we dealing with a smaller slice of the total region?
There should be vampires in those cities, and we know they have facilities in the Amazon for their more mask off operations. That's where we found Malko after all.
I expect elders to tank the effect and get away fine, but if I'm reading this correctly then a startlingly large number of vampires should probably have rotted to death over the course of the first 10-20 seconds after we turned it on.
Yes while he can cover any of that territory he cannot be invested in all of it. He is mostly focused on protecting the Fortress right now.
They swung at the Queen. They missed.
That sounds like he has a very good offer he can make to potential worshippers in that region. If they pray to him for aid when standing on bare earth when threatened by a man-eater, then he can eat the threat.
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Ivar
Dark Reaper
- Location
- Russia Moscow
Yes, full coverage would be more terrifying, but partial coverage is also extremely interesting from a horror standpoint. The Red Vampires and other forces don't know when they can hunt normally and when they will die a horrible death. This should seriously undermine their logistics.
That is an option, though it should be noted that when he is using his abilities like that he would be detracted from protecting the fortress. It would only be for a few rounds of course, but a window's a window and the world does have people skilled enough they might be able to squeeze though it. I'll give you guys a vote on whether and if he should use his new splendor like that.
What does that mean in practice?
The point of the design is that it would key off his presence to hit a wide area all at once and at least partially be an active problem for the reds.
I wasn't shooting for a significant percentage of the continent, but aren't we stuck with the portal because the land is his body? I don't get how it could both be linked that closely to him and also not be considered in his presence at the same time. It's certainly a closer connection than the internet splendors we've talked about have.
How much land could Malko cover at a stretch? Supposing his invested territory is on the smaller side, is this the sort of parameter that he could expand by binge eating vampire souls?
I kinda want to see what happens if he devours a few thousand minor vampires either way, but it'd be hilarious and helpful if he turned into a mysterious expanding murder field.
What it means in practice is if he is actively hitting reds more than three hundred miles from the portal (Splendor Rating*100 miles) he would have to make a perception occult to to realize there are intruders in that 300 mile space. As for how far he can stretch in theory...*see map above* He just can't do it all at once.
Thing is, would they know when the window was open?
We could also have satellites and drones looking for movements near the portal.
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Oh and it does cost him gnosis to be outside that 300 mile range so it's not like he can be killing vampires 24/7.
Ivar
Dark Reaper
- Location
- Russia Moscow
That is, we just need to make more bullshit so that while our friendly god is blowing up vampires, he is covered from the side.
Can we have our Sorcerers set up some form of Mana Manipulation ritual to recharge his Gnosis from Sanctuary's Leylines?
It's somewhat annoying that the passive "just stand there with your mouth open" murder and soul harvesting machine leaves an opening in our defenses, but since no one is yet aware of what's going on I think it's worth the trouble to ask Saint Gile's for a mustering ground or facility like the one we found the Wardens at last turn and have Malko devour a small army before we move on.
You've got to make the point in a timely fashion or people will miss it.
I meant more simultaneous coverage. The splendor doesn't actually have any action requirements from him unless he wants to turn the soul harvester off.
Technically Malko doesn't even need to be aware of the targets either. He just has to be present somewhere and it will do everything except chew on the souls for him.
If you don't want to do hard numbers that's fine, I'm just trying to determine if he's working in the range of "I'm banning 15% of the continent today, guess which part" or if he'd be chasing people with a parking lot sized death bubble.