Tiffa/OldComments

Describe the new page here. Hi, this is Una Volta, your ST. I'll just reply here instead of on The Freedom Stone because it's private-er, or something.

Anyway, there are a couple of issues. First, how did you spend your bonus points? According to my calculations, you've sunk 12 points into Abilities, 1 point in Specialties, and 6 points in Virtues, which adds up to 19, which is right. So... correct me if I'm wrong. Second, Manse. Is that background dot going to your communal Manse? Or are you trying to have a private Manse? If the latter, you're going to need some justification as to how you secured a Manse in Creation, or how you got Eye to let you rent one of his pads. Third, do you want me to pick out/make up your Abyssal Hearthstones, or is there another reason you've left them undetermined? Erm... those are the only trouble spots I see.

Otherwise, I totally dig. I'm digging the Tenth Gauntlet thing, that's a definite sub-quest, and I'm digging the pathos and moral struggle you've got going on. The artifacts are nice, though I'm a little unclear on the Invincible Armor. So, after you make your first kill in a combat, mortal extras can no longer harm you and, in fact, their weapons break, and non-extras lose half their attack pool, rounding down, right? I would suggest, however, that you remove that part about halving the pools after bonuses. Because that can basically make dice-adder Charms cost double. How about the pool is halved after Accuracy bonuses, and environmental bonuses, but before Charms and Artifact bonuses? That would seem more balanced to me, but if you want to justify it, go ahead. -- OhJames (Una Volta)

Hullo! Ok then...

About the freebies, yes, most of it went to abilities, 6 of them to Virtues, and 1 to specialities. About the manse... I'm actually not clear on what you wanted to do with the manse, if it was a UW one or a Creation one or what. I picked a stone on the Manse because I actually found one I liked, but I had no idea what to do with the UW ones... I suck at making Hearthstones. Of course, all that can change, if you explain what you wanna do with the communal manse.

About the armor, I half based it on the Scabbard of the Living Weapon (CB: Dawn, IIRC), but decided to focus it on an Abyssal point of view. The character kills, and the power of the armor activates until the end of the next turn unless he kills again. Extra's weapons shatter (because they are extras), mortals in general get kinda hosed (because they are mortals) but heroic mortals can do something about it (because they are Heroic, but rather than giving it a mechanical effect I'd prefer if it was When Dramatically Appropiate). Exalts using mortal weapons suffer the penalty, not when using MM weapons. I'll fix the thing about halving the pools after bonuses though, to account for charms. Basically, I made this thing because I wanted a reason of why part of her title is "Invincible" ;p - Tiffa (Mazinja)

Cool, cool. I'll clarify about the Manse, both here and on the Forums. Hokay so: Basically, you guys will have a Manse as your headquarters. When I say Manse, I mean a Manse in Creation, because that's what the Background is called. The points you put in your Manse background give you a say in the design of this Manse. As in, you can ask for multiple Hearthstones, specific Hearthstone powers, design elements in the Manse itself, et cetera. You get to help make it, you know? You can also have points in the Manse background that represent private Manses, but that will necessitate an in-character reason for having it, and extra time on your part to maintaining the Manse. If none of the Circle put any points into the communal Manse, the I design it and it's Hearthstone(s). It will be level 3 by default, but that level will be higher if you guys put the points toward it. -- OhJames

Hokay, I'll give up the dot in Manse and add it to the Creation Manse, and I think I'll swap the dots between it and UW Manse around. So, two dots in Manse, one in UW manse, and I'll ned to think about the UW hearthstones. Hmm :p - Tiffa