 Can we beatt he Horrors?, It needed its own thread. |
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 Jan 9 2004, 06:40 PM
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Manus Celer Dei  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802  |
Hunter of Hunters likes to imitate a Horror Stalker and join up with another such Namegiver. They journey off, defeat a Horror, and then Hunter of Hunters challenges the real Horror Stalker. It takes a particular delight in killing the Stalkers, hence its name.
Cauthrunne gives people weaponry and armor that are used in battle of any variety. Then there's also Twiceborn and her handlers who have their own designs and will fight any Horror getting in the way of them. And no, Ysrthgrth won't be sacrificing himself for the cause anytime soon. As previously mentioned, he's becoming relatively human in that he's becoming jealous of others playing with his toys and very attached to those he feeds on. Makes him less likely to cooperate with the Horrors, actually, though cooperation is not something we have to worry about anytime soon. ~J |
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Jan 9 2004, 07:07 PM
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Avatar of Mediocrity Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 725 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle, WA (err, UCAS) Member No.: 277 |
It was pretty vague, and I say - NOT IN MY GAME, SHE DIDN'T. In my last campaign, Ysrthgrthe was doing a bit of moonlighting as the avatar for one of my PCs' initiatory groups. Unfortunately the game ended before I could go anywhere fun with it. 8)
I'm not high, I'm at work. :grinbig: And the "goodness" come in because I'm the GM, and these are the plotlines I get off on. Luckily, they're the plotlines my players get off on too. |
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Jan 9 2004, 07:09 PM
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Avatar of Mediocrity Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 725 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle, WA (err, UCAS) Member No.: 277 |
That's the one I was trying to remember! Cauthrunne rules. |
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Jan 9 2004, 07:12 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,066 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 4,017 |
I just opened up the old Horrors book to page 59.
Thus my view of this debate has changed. Yes, you can beat the horrors, it will give you the strength to crush them all, and then the magic to break those that strength cannot crush, and then it will help you win at chess, and then it will help you open that stupid jar of pickles... Then you will look in a mirror and see that you have become a puppet, all you fought to make you will personally destroy, all you thought beautiful you will personnally tarnish, and then with nothing else worth believing in, you will merely fight, kill and die. |
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Jan 9 2004, 07:14 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 280 Joined: 22-October 03 Member No.: 5,757 |
Eeewwwww. So you and your group rub one out at every gathering? That must be hell on the drycleaning or carpet cleaning. Not to even mention how many pages of your BBB get stuck together. ;)
Horrors are a bunch of featherweights. A group of sadistic evil runners with cracked up characters can do more evil and harm to the world. But me. I prefer smoking up. Lots of it. My character home grows and passes around to children, waiters, bellboys, the Johnson. He did a job for the Carribean League and requested the payment be all in leaf. |
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Jan 9 2004, 07:16 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Who was on page 59 again?
~J |
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Jan 9 2004, 07:18 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,066 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 4,017 |
Tempter.
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Jan 9 2004, 07:19 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
True indeed.
~J |
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Jan 9 2004, 07:31 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,751 Joined: 8-August 03 From: Neighbor of the Beast Member No.: 5,375 |
:S **shaking in boots** :S :please: Everything was going fine till you had to show up w/ your unfounded Pro-Horror propaganda.... Anyways...
Thats cool. The idea, not the way it ended. When I read that ending, I remember thinking "thats it?"
Guess that would make you "low", eh? I know I am, but thats because I just did a trial run on the shiney new software that IT got suckered into buying |
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Jan 9 2004, 07:33 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Not so unfounded. I'll mention more about this particular Horror when I get home to my books, unless someone else beats me to it.
~J |
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Jan 9 2004, 08:08 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,685 Joined: 17-August 02 Member No.: 3,123 |
What does work have to do with not being high? ;) |
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Jan 9 2004, 08:26 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,751 Joined: 8-August 03 From: Neighbor of the Beast Member No.: 5,375 |
Game On! :) |
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Jan 9 2004, 08:39 PM
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Avatar of Mediocrity Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 725 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle, WA (err, UCAS) Member No.: 277 |
Mmm, Tempter. See, there's just so many Horrors out there that make one go "aghaghaghaghagh..." I love those guys.
So should I dignify this with a response? :)
The healthcare establishment looks very strongly down on research scientists with the munchies, that's what. :) |
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Jan 9 2004, 08:59 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 223 Joined: 23-December 03 Member No.: 5,929 |
won't be me that beats ya, kage. i just packed away all my rpg books in anticipation of moving next week :(
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Jan 9 2004, 09:14 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Working on a reply, but due to an injury my left arm is out of comission for a while (deep cut, keeping it elevated until the bleeding stops) so it'll be a little while.
~J |
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Jan 9 2004, 09:24 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,751 Joined: 8-August 03 From: Neighbor of the Beast Member No.: 5,375 |
You alright?
(not that I could do anything form here...but I thought I'd ask) |
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Jan 9 2004, 09:25 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Basically, Tempter latches onto an individual, typically one of honor and with a strong sense of duty, and then starts offering advice and suggestions. At first it's all legit and in accordance with the principles of the
marked individual, and in a tight spot Tempter offers to help them out with a Karma Boost. As time goes by, the advice becomes more and more questionable as to whether or not it fits the character's code of conduct, and the karma boosts offered for more and more trivial matters. Eventually this aid is accepted once too often and the Marked individual becomes a construct. ~J Edit: Yep, mostly alright. If I weren't. I'd be off getting medical attention instead of writing this post ;) Thanks for asking, though. :) |
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Jan 9 2004, 09:33 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,751 Joined: 8-August 03 From: Neighbor of the Beast Member No.: 5,375 |
Meh...Doesn't sound that much worse than the rest. So does it claim to be an ancestor/dead relative/etc or something along those lines? Is it "Tempter" or "a tempter"? Meaning, is there just one or is it like the Dread Iota (there's an iota joke in there somewhere) You're welcome. :) |
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Jan 9 2004, 09:43 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Just the one, claims to be "a benign entity cruelly slandered in legend". The really dangerous part of it is that this Horror is capable of providing large amounts of help when someone needs it the most, so it's very hard to resist. To compare, this Horror is worth a full third more Legend Points than Chantrel's Horror.
~J |
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Jan 9 2004, 10:00 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,751 Joined: 8-August 03 From: Neighbor of the Beast Member No.: 5,375 |
Aww, almost makes you feel sorry for it...but not quite. :) I was mostly asking because from the way I interpreted HofJ's post, it seemed like this was the next Big Bad on the Horror Role call. I agree that this thing is nasty but it would hardly sway the results one way or the other. Chantrel's Horror still gets my vote for worst Horror. What ever happened to Chantrel? I think I understand why its worth more than C'sH: C'sH can 1) slice and dices your friends and family. 2) make you immortal and miserable--but not a construct, if I understand correctly and 3) you HATEit. Tempter can: 1) pass out karma, the "mystical energy that surrounds and binds" well, you get the idea. 2) you probably don't hate it untill its too late. Question: whats up w/ the voice? is it like I said ancestor or does it pretend to be your "inner voice" or "little voice" like on Magnum, PI? Question: a construct is what exactly? If it started as a PC, it would be turned over to the GM, yes? Does it get special powers? Does it become hideously deformed (like the Crawlerlings in H's Back)? Could it eventually become a True Horror of its own? Are all Named Horrors "born"/created that way? |
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Jan 10 2004, 02:47 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Tempter would be pretty bad, especially since by nature it tends to go for the more influential and powerful people, the "pillars of society". Start them going bad, and no one knows who to trust. Chantrel's is probably the most... well, horrific of the Horrors, but unless Chantrel's started hitting at a time when many leaders of metahumanity were vivid dreamers, it wouldn't probably be all that important to the overall battle. On the other hand, Tempter would be swaying those best equipped to combat the Horrors.
As for what it sounds like, it probably sounds like a spirit that has decided to accompany you. Not necessarily mistakeable for one's own voice, but not impersonating an ancestor either. It's pretty much assumed that it won't be trusted at first, but after the advice turns out to be spot on for a while, and it helps the target out of a really tight spot that one time... ~J Postscript: off topic, is it bad if you can see white through a cut in your arm? Not bone, probably subcutaneous fat, but it's still unnerving. |
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Jan 10 2004, 03:04 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 606 Joined: 17-December 03 Member No.: 5,909 |
I dont see how it could be good. |
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Jan 10 2004, 03:07 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,066 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 4,017 |
It's better than a lot of colors. |
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Jan 10 2004, 03:49 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,751 Joined: 8-August 03 From: Neighbor of the Beast Member No.: 5,375 |
Well, its not good. But you'll be okay. You probably could use some stiching but I wouldn't say it neccessary unless you are gushing or spurting blood. Make sure to keep applying an antibiotic of some sort every few hours. Preferably, Neosporin or similar, but you can make do w/ hyro-peroxide in a pinch. Keep it covered, too. Oh, and you are going to have a good sized scar. Good luck. |
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Jan 10 2004, 04:16 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Thanks; I figured about the scar, I've managed to keep the bleeding down (disturbingly far, actually, considering the depth of the cut...). Bleeding has stopped with the pressure of the bandage, though if I take it off it starts bleeding again (though not quickly, just sorta seeping blood).
Ah, antibiotics. Time to go find some of those... ~J |
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