Comments on: Scent and Memory and Mage http://www.falconesse.com/2009/02/27/scent-and-memory-and-mag/ Beware: geekery within Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:03:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: falconesse http://www.falconesse.com/2009/02/27/scent-and-memory-and-mag/comment-page-1/#comment-2365 falconesse Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:23:41 +0000 http://www.falconesse.com/?p=165#comment-2365 Well, like I said, I don't think I played her as a Sue, but man, if you'd seen where her dots were... If I can get a good picture of the character sheet later, I'll post it. But we're talking, oh, Appearance 4, Secondary Skill - Seduction 4, something else that was probably ridiculous. She was an Orphan, played guitar and sang in clubs (Music 4? Was that an Ability?) Her father was some kind of big evil Nephandi Adsinistrati muckety-muck, and she herself had once been to a Labyrinth. Came close to going through the Caul but hadn't and somehow, (likely GM mercy on his fucking nubtart of a girlfriend (hi, Greg)) hadn't been killed for deciding not to go through with that whole having your soul turned inside-out thing. She had Qlippotic Entropy of 1, but with the understanding of <i>if you use this, you're doing the evil bad thing and it will not go well for you.</i> Though, at the very least, that got through -- in all the years she was around, she only used it twice, both times to detect whether or not there was other Qlippotic magic going on. (The second time, she was one of my NPCs, making a cameo, and nearly got pasted across the wall when the angel standing next to her sensed it. Oh, T.C. Garrett, how I miss you.) Oh, and her name was Raven. But she was awesome to play, and the little cabal of which she was a part kept her pretty well grounded. Still. Seduction 4? I cringe. Well, like I said, I don’t think I played her as a Sue, but man, if you’d seen where her dots were…

If I can get a good picture of the character sheet later, I’ll post it. But we’re talking, oh, Appearance 4, Secondary Skill – Seduction 4, something else that was probably ridiculous. She was an Orphan, played guitar and sang in clubs (Music 4? Was that an Ability?) Her father was some kind of big evil Nephandi Adsinistrati muckety-muck, and she herself had once been to a Labyrinth. Came close to going through the Caul but hadn’t and somehow, (likely GM mercy on his fucking nubtart of a girlfriend (hi, Greg)) hadn’t been killed for deciding not to go through with that whole having your soul turned inside-out thing.

She had Qlippotic Entropy of 1, but with the understanding of if you use this, you’re doing the evil bad thing and it will not go well for you. Though, at the very least, that got through — in all the years she was around, she only used it twice, both times to detect whether or not there was other Qlippotic magic going on. (The second time, she was one of my NPCs, making a cameo, and nearly got pasted across the wall when the angel standing next to her sensed it. Oh, T.C. Garrett, how I miss you.)

Oh, and her name was Raven.

But she was awesome to play, and the little cabal of which she was a part kept her pretty well grounded.

Still. Seduction 4? I cringe.

]]> By: Anna http://www.falconesse.com/2009/02/27/scent-and-memory-and-mag/comment-page-1/#comment-2364 Anna Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:02:44 +0000 http://www.falconesse.com/?p=165#comment-2364 It's interesting - scientific studies show that when you smell something, it's not just the olfactory regions of your brain that light up, but also the parts of your brain responsible for long-term memory (the same happens to some people with music). Scent-recall is extremely powerful, and it's pretty cool to see that memory - which is obviously a good one - so clearly attached to something and easily recalled. Oh - and I think everyone's first character is a Mary Sue, or at least Mary Sue-ish. >.> It’s interesting – scientific studies show that when you smell something, it’s not just the olfactory regions of your brain that light up, but also the parts of your brain responsible for long-term memory (the same happens to some people with music). Scent-recall is extremely powerful, and it’s pretty cool to see that memory – which is obviously a good one – so clearly attached to something and easily recalled.

Oh – and I think everyone’s first character is a Mary Sue, or at least Mary Sue-ish. >.>

]]> By: Marty http://www.falconesse.com/2009/02/27/scent-and-memory-and-mag/comment-page-1/#comment-2363 Marty Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:01:19 +0000 http://www.falconesse.com/?p=165#comment-2363 Werewolf 2nd (Hell yes, Fianna!) will always be one of my favorite systems (and memories). I will not put the mary sue filter on my Padraic. He deserves better than that. Werewolf 2nd (Hell yes, Fianna!) will always be one of my favorite systems (and memories). I will not put the mary sue filter on my Padraic. He deserves better than that.

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