When we advance, how much of the Effort we gain is Subtle and how much is Overt?

I didn't wanna make it like Exalted where "overclocking" causes everything you do to become noticeable. It's instead more like a choice. When you choose to commit Overt Effort to something, it will be colored like this in the IC and on your character sheet if it's a long term effect. Whenever you use a Miracle it will also be like that. Again this is less mechanical, and more narrative. Whenever you do that, it gives me the green light to have NPC's go "Holy shit it's a dragon", rather then "Hmm...wonder what that was?" or "That's really interesting magic, teach me!"

Edit: Basically you don't split your Effort count ever, you just say "Oh this Effort is going to be Overt", or "I'm gonna use a Dragon-Tongue for this" , and we'll both know that means you either went full Dragon, or Dragon enough for everyone to know Tanith (or whoever she's pretending to be) is a Dragon.
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:52, Sun 06 Aug 2023.

Oh. So we don't specifically have Overt or Subtle Effort, but when we use a Miracle or when we choose to use our powers overtly, it's Overt and everyone around knows they're dealing with a dragon or a seriously-powerful DB?

Alright. We should change that part of the sheet then. XD (and now I need to make sure to make other Theurges around for Tanith to hide among...not that it'll help. May need another mask for "Nu's human form.")
This message was last edited by the player at 00:56, Sun 06 Aug 2023.

Scene 0 has been posted.

Nice intro scene! Though question: which of us (if any) are present during the ordeal? Wasn't sure given the dialogue and setting if any where present or nearby. Didn't want to post anything out of place. ;)

I agree. The intro was amazing. However, I too was wondering where does our group fit into this? Are we at the scene or are we going to recruited for some kind of rescue mission?

In reply to Drannathorin (msg # 86):

The attack on the Ivory Gate takes place at night. Scene 1 will take place the following morning, so you guys can say you are the first to the crime scene so to speak.

Gotcha! So a sort of prelude leading up to Scene 1 where we pick up at. Setting the tone as it were.

Yep, and to also set some early goals/facts about the situation.

* You know a Duke has been kidnapped.

* You know that the Ducal Army has lost access to a main river, as well as now access to their main supply hub.

* You know that the Templar Army is inexplicably stronger then normal Mortals, even their peasant conscripts are able to push back trained soldiers.

While I wanted to portray these facts in narrative, they are also things that your characters would already generally know if they have been looking into the Civil War for awhile now. It's sort of an IC/OOC way of acclimating you guys with the setting in Scene 1. Everything that happened in Scene 0, I'm willing for your characters to already be privy to at the start. Either cuz you had spies within either the Ducal Army or Templars, or just cuz you are informed on court gossip. I wouldn't put it past a character like Tanith to know that Julian Leutrec was having an affair with his childhood friend for instance, if she's already embroiled in Belrand high society.

Now what your goals are from here are your own. Scene 1's motivation, is that since losing the Ivory Gates is such a big loss for the Ducal Army and will likely tip the balance in the Civil War, you guys are no longer content to just observe and know that it's time to make your move.

IC will be posted later this evening. Sending a few PM's out just to touch base with some of you at the start, things like what your characters were doing immediately before. If you don't get one don't worry, it's just that I already have an initial plot-hook for your character. I don't really have much written out narratively, but I also don't want players just standing around with nothing specific to do. I will always attempt to nudge you toward plot points if you are not actively moving your own narrative, but if you don't wish to be moved by these plot-hooks that's fine as well. I'll be content so long as your character is productive.

IC thread should be up, if you don't have access please say something, or PM me.

Nice posts everyone. I wanna give everyone a chance to post before moving the scene further.

Updated my IC post to add numbers to each path. Send me a private message in your post with the number you wanna take, so I can setup the next scenes. You can also just edit your post if you have already posted (I was tired last night so wasn't thinking of how to do this the easy way until this morning).

For those of you with Terror of the Skies it is a Constant gift that you always have access to, BUT when used in combination with A Second Skin, it makes whatever form you take to sprout your wings. This of course sort of breaks your masquerade so use it with that in mind while pretending to be Mortal. If you use flight in other ways (like Nu) you won't sprout wings, you'll just be floating.

On Nastrondir, Terror of the Skies will take you to the height of a sort of barrier when you attempt to gain higher altitude. Dragons call the area in the sky they can no longer rise toward, the High Heavens. If I had to describe this height, it is equivalent to Earth's Thermosphere. You are at a height where you can see the "curve" of Nastrondir, as it makes a sort of dome around the Ginnungagap. You would be able to see the edge where Nastrondir ends, and the Astral Sea begins. Also Gravity begins to lose it's effect, you are still falling, but everything feels lighter at this point. It takes you about an Hour 1/2 to get to this layer, if you are constantly flying upwards. If the "barrier" didn't exist and you kept going, it would take you around a day of full flight to reach one of Nastrondir's Moons.

Also you can perform any Action while Terror of the Skies is active.
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:04, Fri 11 Aug 2023.

New Scenes should be up by tomorrow evening. I want them to all come out at the same time. Yall can banter here or in the IC till then, but basically you guys will be moving to new locations for the next scenes.

Scene 1 is now closed. You should all see new scenes for each of the pair offs. Scene 1-A, 1-B, 1-C are ready to go. If you aren't seeing a IC thread to post in please PM me or post here.

Apologies for slowness, and I'll try to get a post in tonight. My brain has not wanted to move.

All good, I was having a rough time last week as well.

I'll update every thread this weekend, sorry for the stall, been another rough week with boss being on vacation.
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:12, Sat 19 Aug 2023.

No worries!

S'cool.

No problem!

Any chance we're about to rally?

I'm pretty sure this game is dead. Nothing from the GM, not even a quick note of some kind.  That's too bad. It was awesome once we got started. I'm giving it until the end of the month. Then I think it's time for me to let go.....

Yeah. I'm waiting but not holding out much hope.

Too bad about the disappearance though. It's really a major drag...on.