I will clarify: Cross-sphere is whatever. I mean, I have no problem playing Sabbat who bangs with Black Spirals or weird assholes who sometimes talk to Cthulhu. I just don't like it when the game becomes pockets of The Legion of Doom or uh, you know, the Superfriends.
@kk said in Weird or unrealistic gaming... stuff:
And I do find the sexualization/weakening of female nurses/healers/etc on games(also in TV, movies, books) to be somewhat offensive, but this is the first time I said anything loudly about it. I generally just quietly roll my eyes. I am sure that some people find my characters not to be fully realistic.
If anyone cares and wants to play a better nurse type of character. I would suggest practical clothing while providing medical care and not emphasizing how weak/girly they are while they are engaging in medicine. None of this means the healer cannot be sexy/adorable/king hearted. Just when the gloves go on, they are going to be more no bs.
Reigna, Eirene and Sophie are great examples of healers on games. Actually Arx has several who do it well.
Or if your nurse buys her nursing outfit on Leg Avenue, they are not realistically played.
And not related to mushing as mushing doesn't tend to do this, but in tv/movies there is a good deal of Nurse erasure. They will show doctors doing things, that I never seen a doctor do and only seen nurses do in real life, like dressing changes, starting IVs and etc.
Eirene reminds me of every RN I have ever met. All that salt balanced by professionalism.
Wanted Concepts for the Lancea et Sanctum:
Despair: Death is always followed by Despair. Or Despair by Death. In the City of Sin, suicide is rightfully common - you get hustled, and lose your way, man. That girl you slept with? Welcome to Syphillis, bruh. Racketeering, gambling debt, the mortal lures that can take all the neon lights away and show off the red-eyed Damned.
This concept will be understandably hard for some, impossible for others, but I am looking for a Daeva, Child of Judas, a Suicide King or Queen that pairs with Ossius and the other Lance, a sort of archetypical Demon of the Crossroads. (s)he has a deal you cannot resist, and you will owe a debt you cannot pay.
Primary function will likely be that of a casino shark, or even a loan shark. Possibly Carthian Connections. Just page/mail Ossius and Babyface for questions and concerns.
(P.S - Said vampire was likely also cursed by Post-Mortis Embrace, via the Child of Judas discipline, which lets them feed on/manipulate Despair and, Curse folk with undeath)
Icarian Prodigy:
Childer of Arch-Bishop Pickett, raised and trained by the Duke of Destruction himself. @mail/page Luxor for more information on that end, but what does the current Lancea et Sanctum want and need?
Pickett knew the dangers of his Covenant. Navigated demonologies and mythologies alike. The Lance and Sanctuary was powerful because Pickett chained and bound Damned that were like demons, gleefully casting chaos and discord, to his will. Conqueror. Anti-Christ. Dark Apostle.
Said Icarian should hit the ground running, realizing or even finding a journal of their Sire that says, the members of the Las Vegas Sanctuary will do what is in their natures to do and cause more harm than good without a strong Will to keep them in check and use them, like a spear.
Brutality&Ruin:
Bruja Biker. Bride of Dracula with the Derangement: Delusional. Ex-vet. Warmongering Warrior. Soldier of Sin.
Brutality. Companion to War, Butler of Oppression, Candycane Princess of Conquest. Damned because of their skill in war, or even some sin they did in war. This Bruja can function as a Bride of Lancea et Sanctul Paladin both - functioning beside Babyface in the Cardboard Court: PREPARE FOR VIOLEEEENCE!
Supremacy of Sin:
Pusher of Pestilence. Handler of Plague. The Anvil of Anvari.
Another Daeva for the Lancea et Sanctum, and like the Child of Judas, this Daeva feeds on the misery of others...as one of the dreaded Anvari. The Wings of Pestilence, The Chains of Famine. A mixture of sickness and oppression both. This figure will be domineering, and contagious, feeding the Daeva obsession with the obsession of others.
Drug Cartel Queen? Carthian Mob Supplier? Lancea et Sanctum Demon of the Weak-Willed.
Social. Intelligent. This Anvari will be one of those demons the Arch-Bishop kept in check, set free, their hungers and natures are encouraged to be unchecked.
The Wolf of God:
Blood Tenebrous Prophet. Wolf of God Crusader. Carthian Alpha. Dead Wolves, baby!
Someone has to replace the Uratha, someone has to be the bestial daemon playing wrecking-ball for the Carthian Mob, but given the Messenger's Mark as favoritism by the Lancea et Sanctum.
Maybe you were torpored. Maybe Mexico has word the Uratha are missing, and your Sire sent you. It is your duty, cabrone!
Pickett's death means the Sanctuary is broken, and you, as a Beast of the Blood, know that with the death of the biggest threat in Nevada, and the missing presence of Uratha, Terrible Things will come.
This Dead Wolf will be encouraged to join Wick as a Diplomat to Changing Breeds, as well as working with unnamed others who have stakes in the Hisil.
These are some examples of what will work with the current Lancea et Sanctum on grid. Have ideas? Swing in. Liked Sabbat? Swing in.
@testament said in RL Sads:
I can no longer tell if I'm being distant from my online friends or if my online friends are being distant from me.
I just have ADHD, homes. Time is an ocean, and I am flying upside down, staring at that floating eyeball speck.
@Cobaltasaurus said:
@HorrorHound said:
@ThatGuyThere said:
the great thing about a conspiracy theorist in WoD of any flavor is they can be exactly right about the conspiracies existing but completely wrong about the particulars at the same time.
Uses garlic on vampires, only learns when his arms are ripped off that, that is bullshit information.
This is such a trope in basically any urban fantasy EVER, that I wonder if any modern person would actually think: "Vampires are real! I'll ward them off with garlic!"
ETA Actually that's an interesting thought...
It would actually work to repel The Knights of St. Martin, and Morbus. Or rather, could be formed as a flaw just as it was in OWoD. My Tzimisce was repelled by garlic, due to heightened senses from Auspex.
My favorite depiction of this scenario is in the more modern Fright Night, where the Hunter tries to use a cross to repel the Vampire. The sinister humor is real.
If you turn your high beams on behind me for XYZ reasons - it is only fair that I turn on my rear-facing bar light.
@BigDaddyAmin said:
I would be open to roleplaying via Tumblr, Reddit, or most forums as most MU*s, in my opinion, are a time sink. I no longer have the disposable time or patience to sit with a group and roleplay for two to five hours and wait ten minutes for someone to compose a coherent pose. Not to mention that on certain days I just cannot make the schedules of some of the scenes. For example, on MU that I was very active on a few years ago had major scenes every Sunday morning. Well, by the time I'd go to church with my family, go to brunch like I always do on Sundays, and get home, the scenes would be almost over.
The question is: are some of these groups of quality? Some of the best roleplay I had was back in the late 90s on Star Trek PBeMs (Play-by-Emails). It was nice. I could write at my leisure and not be confined to a time schedule.
If I did anything like PbE, or forums, or anything lone of that nature I would likely end up just writing novellas.
Then sending them to you.
I cannot imagine myself putting energy into a post, only to see my email ping a few hours later, just to open it up to a paragraph or two. But that is just me. Maybe.
The best advice I ever heard about being a tradesman and doing jobs for myself was as follows:
"If you're not losing half your contracts at minimum because you're too expensive, you're shorting yourself. Know the value of your work, your time, and your skill."
I share Theno's and Dun's perspectives. Using Mage as a continuing example, what I see on MU*'ing is a need for ST-only Antagonists, and a need for something to counter your White Knights With Fireballs: Paradox.
But not Paradox you can channel, counter, absorb or anything like that. I mean, you nuke a street gang, and you as a player +submit Paradox, and you get...say, five dots to fill. An entire gang? This fills all five.
The STs are now required to run a scene.
Turns out, that gang, was on the payroll of not just the Camarilla, but also had ties to the Giovanni, Setites and now the Euthanatos and Technocracy are coming after you for rocking too many boats.
Good luck.
So, Pandora has a 'Thumbprint Station' now. It is wonderful.
Ces Cru, Madchild, Amon Amarth, Devildriver, Gojira, Seasick Steve, Steel Wheels, and Voltaire. Thanks Pandora!
Con:
FUUUUCK. FUUUUUCK. Ugh. Assholes. Listen. Don't give me weird fucking stares because I make race car noises. You asked for a ride, You looked at Me in My car (a thing you lack) and do not get to stare at me oddly because I make goddamn race car noises. Also stop screaming, stupid hobo, I gave you a ride. Ungrateful fuck.
Fuck.
God-Machine: Demons make me think of The Matrix.
So now, Demons in GMC are Mr. Smith, and Angels are...uh, The Twins?
Also, Paris Catacombs full of Nosferatu? Fuck yes.
But Mellissidae.
@DnvnQuinn said in RL Anger:
Whys this fucking app thanking me for watching an add it didn't ask me too?
It's like putting a 'My Bad' note at the scene of a crime, yeah?
Time, Money, Sustenance, and also your youth. Sometimes blood. You only had one, right? Right!? Because twins are DOUBLE SACRIFICE. That is why the Mayan's died out. Twins, man.
See, you say that. Until The Endless Quest of Questions comes.
I now own volumes of Encyclopedia because apparently Google cannot answer all of her questions.
At Dark Metal, I remember it used to act like its own separate grid. Whereas CoH seemingly put you in the same room but, a different level of reality? I, personally, prefer a mix of both. For instance if there is a way for someone to see into Realities? There needs to be a * by their name or something, or if people are in the same room but different realities? There is a * in place of their name, to let others know they are in an occupied room.
But what about how necromancy is used for spying, you ask?
Your players need to be mature, unjaded and realize such games mean they are never alone. Specifically for things like politics. @Ganymede may have some better grip with how to implement that without coming off as weird.