Jacks got the biggest facelift in the new books so they aren’t half Glaive half Nano. Any chance I can use that?

Don't let being the first to find Cube stop you from engaging in other connections, in the case of sheltering in the skull Cube could easily have been up to something else, as there aren't a lot of things he seeks shelter from other than boredom.

OK.  I'll wait to give other folks a chance before stealing all the available connections, but I will be happy to take the other skull shelter slot if no one else wants to claim it.  :)

Feel free to nab, expand or alter any of the non-'Eris specific' stuff I put forward - this was simply a set of suggested scenes and encounters from our Wander woven into my backstory!

For example, per Cube's comment, what were they up to whilst we sheltered? Was anyone else with them? Was this before folks met up with those there? Was it when we met them? If they weren't there, did they witness the same storm a day's travel ahead or behind - and hence, what delayed them or the company so that we met?
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 19:33, Wed 26 Sept 2018.

Yes, I have no objection to using the new jack.

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Guys, the storylines are coming together great.  I prefer to have a character-driven story, so if you guys want to develop some goals for the group as a whole or your character personally, that'd be spiffy.

They don't have to be world-shaking things. It could be something like: connect with my family, discover my origin, craft the item I saw in a glimmer, rescue a childhood friend now that I'm strong enough, meet a particular person you admire, get revenge on the abhuman tribe who killed your brother, remove the corrupt Aeon Priest from power in the clave you grew up in, etc.

Works for me!



In your other post, you mentioned that Eleisai and Acia seem like the would be drawn to each other (I agree), so maybe the Empathic link would work? That would probably be my preference.

Acia also comes from a superstitious culture, so the Works Miracles link could work. That said, the Elychious are more than a little hidebound, and they have a lot of demons in their spirituality. Outside of the Black City, Acia views everything as a bit of a fallen world, so "messiah" might not be what she believes Eleisai to be. If you are okay with the relationship being a little negative or fearful, I could take your Works Miracles connection too.




I'll work on a more concrete goal (sorry for the litany of excuses. Work kicked into gear this week), but I think that broadly, Acia is looking for community. For now, that probably looks like earning vir way back into the Black City. (Ve/vem/vir pronouns). Over time, that will hopefully evolve.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:20, Thu 27 Sept 2018.

Let's go with the Empathic Initial Link for now, and see if anyone else wants the other link...  :)

Ok everybody, things are looking great!  I'm going to work up a game post in the next day and a half so we can get the ball rolling.

Jack Starkiller and thattripletguy, whenever you guys get your characters all situated, we can work you into the plot!

Woo hoo!  :)

Sorry I've brought everything down to the last couple options.  My Jack options seem to be:

Descriptor:  Clever, Serene or Graceful

Foci:  Moves like a Cat or Explores Dark Places  (Leaning toward Moves Like A Cat).

So, finally solidifying my pronouncements-- I'm really tempted to take either Contact or Connection to an Organization. Right now, I'm thinking it could be kinda cool to be connected to a group of mutants who are fighting back against the Angulan Knights (I'm really not sure why, but that conflict has always fascinated me in Numenera).

From the GM or other players-- any suggestions on groups worth knowing/you think would be fun to be connected to? I guess contact gives me a bit more flexibility, but connection feels a bit wider reaching. What are your thoughts?

Mutants could be rather fun, as they would be the underdogs in nearly every situation, and thusly you would have some friends in low places.  ;)

Certainly some low-life or underbelly connections would be an interesting foil to Eris' noble contacts! I have been poking a little at the setting and I like the concept of the Cult of the Sleeper too

Is anyone up for one of the connections I offered earlier? Is anyone still looking for a connection?

Count me in.  :)

In reply to Eleisai (msg # 76):

Great! I was also thinking of their Foci connection, posted a bit after that in this thread

Excellent! I'll take connection to an organization as one of my Pronouncements then. If you want to keep things easy, this could be the Fahat out of Nihliesh (CRB pg 211), but alternately I'd like to propose...

The Threshold falls somewhere between a crime syndicate and a resistance movement. Composed of both mutants and non-mutants, they work throughout the Steadfast and the Beyond to help mutants escape to Nihliesh, and more broadly, to oppose the agenda of the Angulan Knights. Since the Knights are often held in high esteem, the Threshold is used to working in the shadows. Sometimes this can be as innocent as backroom conversations, while other times it can mean cooperating with groups like the Convergence, the Twelfth Ode, or worse.

Whether the Fahat or the Threshold, Acia met them shortly after being abandoned by vir community. Alone and scared of vir new powers, Acia encountered a Fahat/Threshold agent named Petal. While the agent decided that Acia was not in fact a mutant (which is a murky distinction at the best of times, only made less clear by the biotechnology of the Black City), he took Acia in for a while, training vem in survival in exchange for helping with the cause. Petal was caught (and presumably killed) by the Angulan Knights (even though his only had a minor mutation to his eyes), but Acia has maintained vir connection to the Fahat/Threshold over the years since.



I hadn't seen the Cult of the Sleeper before. The concept is definitely cool, but it doesn't fit as well with Acia in my mind.

Okay everyone.  If folks could please fill out their character description and put their background and whatnot into their character sheets in the appropriate areas (if you have not already done so) that would be great.

I have also given everyone their cyphers and oddities.

The game thread is up for your reactions!

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Jack Starkiller - a Serene or Clever jack who Moves like a Cat could be a lot of fun, particularly in areas where one must both keep one's cool and get places quietly...  :)

Pretty much done.  Thanks for your patience.  Take a look at the character sheet and let me know if there is anything you would like me to change.  I'll most likely elaborate or come up with more details as we go.

Where are we?  How did we meet initially?  Where is everyone else from?

Jack, your character looks good and I have given you your cyphers and oddity.  As for who's what and where, check out this post from Eris, which gave us a great jumping-off point:




Several connections were established further up the thread (this was initially posted as msg #51), to get the party connections between people.  I believe there were still a couple open still.

Still open for you, Jack, if you wish...  :)

Likewise these are still open



Specifically, we're now in Navarene, having met and worked our way along the Wandering Walk and then hired out as merchant guards. Eris (and their doppelgänger, Erin) are from Qi, though their noble House is from Malevich



Happy to take this one, or 2 or 4 from your list

Also, we are live for our in-character thread!  Do feel free to post!

How far away is Eleisai from where the rumbling noise, and from where the child disappeared?  :o

Y'all are a long distance away!

In reply to GM (msg # 86):

Tweaked my post slightly to account for that, but still splitting between Eris maintaining watch over the caravanserai and Erin investigating