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 Oct 6 2006, 04:08 PM
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Dragon  Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019  |
Yeah, but everyone hates emo, including me, except for emo people. You can't favor a threat like that.
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Oct 6 2006, 04:16 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Even emo people hate emo, they just don't know it. Mostly because they've never encountered it, because it died before they knew it existed.
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Oct 6 2006, 04:18 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
So what IS emo?
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Oct 6 2006, 04:31 PM
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Mystery Archaeologist Group: Members Posts: 2,906 Joined: 19-September 05 From: The apple tree Member No.: 7,760 |
Big bird, lives in australia, turned into a "Childrens entertainment" puppet character in the seventies...
Oh you said Emo, sorry my mistake. |
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Oct 6 2006, 05:18 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Emotional punk, a movement generally associated with the '80s DC musical scene. I haven't heard much of it, but my impression is that it's similar to hardcore punk but with more personal lyrics. AFAIK, it's been pretty much nonexistent since the mid-90s. ~J |
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Oct 6 2006, 05:26 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
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Oct 6 2006, 05:41 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 749 Joined: 28-July 05 Member No.: 7,526 |
toxic shamans were always my favorite threat. null vote.
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Oct 6 2006, 05:42 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
People like the magic.
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Oct 6 2006, 05:54 PM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
which I still don't have and can't find (unable to DL anything, no home internet). Anyone kind enough to give a few more details? Kage: Unfortunately, the emo music movement is alive and well here in Utah. Damn Dashboard Confessional. |
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Oct 6 2006, 08:57 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...up there along with Drop Bears |
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Oct 6 2006, 09:35 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Yeah, sorry about the curt reply. I would give you more detail, but I don't actually have that book in front of me and I wouldn't want to give false info. That being said, Tutor is a Free Spirit of high Force who likes to meddle. I may be wrong, but I also believe he (it?) is the guiding force (pardon the pun) behind a cult listed in Threats 2 (someone help me out here, eh?). |
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Oct 6 2006, 11:15 PM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
NP, just trying to get some info. I think you're thinking of the Aleph Society and Gaf. In other words, different spirit. Gaf is the one that goes w/ the the whole "blackmoon", "book of Gaf", blood sacrifice for potency stuff. Thanks for trying though. I really need Threats 1.
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Oct 6 2006, 11:40 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Yep. Gaf is indeed who I was thinking of when I referenced the 'cult'. Ignore any of that crap (which is why I hesitated to say anything in the first place :P).
I hate getting old and not having total recall. :( I'm sure someone can give us a little more actual illumination on Tutor. |
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Oct 6 2006, 11:42 PM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
It's NP, I always have trouble differentiating what 's happening with the intrigues in our campaign and what's going on in canon. Used to be I could just bring my books to work. But new job, new rules. Thanks.
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Oct 7 2006, 12:15 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 |
Tutor is a vengeful free spirit whose sole goal in existence is to avenge abused and "enslaved" spirits everywhere—with extreme prejudice. It tracks down magicians who have ill-treated their conjured spirits and passing itself off as a powerful initiate it offers itself as, you guessed it, their tutor. It teaches them new abilities and spells that are linked to its essence. When the magician uses these abilities/spells (more powerful than their normal versions), Tutor ensures some of the Drain becomes permanent and unhealable. This accumulates until the character realizes what's going on. The only way to heal at that point is to cut a deal with Tutor. This can lead to some nasty blackmail as the mage becomes dependent on Tutor's goodwill to remain functional. Typically Tutor might propose a spirit pact where the magician sacrifices one Magic point for each box of drain (this was SR2) he wants healed, and the other options are all downhill from that.
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Oct 7 2006, 12:40 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
Thanks very much, that clarifies a lot. Two quick questions on that: how does the drain become permanent and unhealable? Is it some sort of spirit power, or just drain that was bad enough to cause deadly damage and magic loss? And does it ever descrive Tutor's form?
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Oct 7 2006, 02:14 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Synner is still my knight in neon armor. :wavey:
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Oct 7 2006, 04:18 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 |
In SR2 it had a unique power (Spirit Tap) and the mechanics represented the habitual exception case (though in this one it boiled down to every time you get Drain from the "surged" spell one box of Stun Drain is permanent).
In SR4 this would be a type of spirit pact. |
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Oct 7 2006, 05:08 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
wicked :vegm: Thanks Synner, that's what I was looking for. Thankfully, I have a PC that lost an ally because he treated it like crap, then it went free when eh took a nasty wound. The wheels they are a turnin'.
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