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On Her Majesty's Arcane Service

Started by flyingmice, June 01, 2009, 06:37:38 PM

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#90
June 13, 2009, 12:08:29 AM
Quote from: David R;307972Courtly intrigue.
Magical rivarly between Nobles Houses
Return of C.A.B.A.L - (Sir Thomas Clifford, Lord Arlington, the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Ashley, and Lord Lauderdale)

Yes! the CABAL! Good call!

QuoteThe birth of Shakespeare* (It's part of a Fairie prophesy)

Edit: *One could base a campaign on the works of Shakespeare....themes/plots from his work that happens before he was born. A Midsummer Night's Tale, Macbeth - where hero and villain are the same person....

Brilliant! I ran a Blood Games campaign set on Bermuda and based on The Tempest once - it rocked!

Quotehold on, this gives me an idea....the PCs could be the Vic Mackey and Strike Team of the Elizabethan period, with Elizabeth modelled after the Glen Close character (from season 5, I think) and John Dee, modelled after the Acaveda character.... you get The Charter

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David R

Unfortunately, your knowledge of American pop culture greatly exceeds mine, and I don't get the reference, David. :<

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#91
June 13, 2009, 12:09:12 AM
Quote from: Narf the Mouse;307973Dragon! I mean, England...St. George...Gotta have a Dragon show up, if the campaign goes long enough.

Oh, yes - there are one or two dragons left in the British Isles... :D

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Narf the Mouse

#92
June 13, 2009, 12:27:22 AM
No comment on my other idea?
The main problem with government is the difficulty of pressing charges against its directors.

Given a choice of two out of three M&Ms, the human brain subconsciously tries to justify the two M&Ms chosen as being superior to the M&M not chosen.

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#93
June 13, 2009, 12:49:45 AM
Quote from: Narf the Mouse;307995No comment on my other idea?

Ah! That's what I was getting at with "Investigatory", Narf. I like your expression of it though!

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#94
June 13, 2009, 12:54:07 AM
Yaay! :D Feel free to steal the wording.
The main problem with government is the difficulty of pressing charges against its directors.

Given a choice of two out of three M&Ms, the human brain subconsciously tries to justify the two M&Ms chosen as being superior to the M&M not chosen.

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#95
June 14, 2009, 01:00:20 AM
Quote from: Narf the Mouse;308001Yaay! :D Feel free to steal the wording.
Oh, I will! Thanks, Narf! :D

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Skyrock

#96
June 14, 2009, 07:47:29 AM
Quote from: flyingmice;307961Cool, Stefan! I'll be putting organizational rules in even if I use Rich's club idea as the default!
Sounds good enough for me, somehow along the line of Brotherhood of the Wolves, or the Lodges in SW:Rippers.

Quote from: flyingmice;307961Do they still have moose in the Black Forest? I thought they only existed in Scandinavia in Europe now. I know Aurochs are almost gone from Germany.
Not at all anymore, except as the mascot of the state-run radio station for the area.
I just lacked a better area-appropriate replacement for the small fuzzy critters from Alpha Centauri... :D
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#97
June 15, 2009, 12:52:05 PM
Quote from: Skyrock;308181Sounds good enough for me, somehow along the line of Brotherhood of the Wolves, or the Lodges in SW:Rippers.

Yeah, that's how I was imagining it, crossed with an English gentleman's club.

QuoteNot at all anymore, except as the mascot of the state-run radio station for the area.
I just lacked a better area-appropriate replacement for the small fuzzy critters from Alpha Centauri... :D

:D

There are apparently a few left in Poland, according to Wikipedia. What I *didn't* know was that the European and American moose are the same species.

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JohnnyWannabe

#98
June 15, 2009, 01:48:56 PM
You know what I'd like to see some examples of:

Items! Items with supernatural/arcane power. Drake's Drum comes to mind. Other more mystical items, Excalibur for example, also leap forth.

The arcane power of the crown jewels of the Royal families. The importance to keep them well guarded from enemy agents and simple thieves. The Royals and their jewels are inescapably joined and the realm through them.

These are just a few thoughts whirling through my head.

But please, give us some magic, outside the Courts of Fey. Maybe the jewels link the Royal Courts to the Courts of Fey. Maybe, royalty, and to a lesser extent the nobility has some fey blood in it. Maybe having some fey blood is a requirement to enter the exclusive club that acts in Her Majesty's Arcane Service.
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#99
June 15, 2009, 02:13:15 PM
http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/starchamber.htm
Another fun and distinctive elizabethan political intricacy.
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#100
June 15, 2009, 03:45:51 PM Last Edit: June 15, 2009, 03:49:23 PM by flyingmice
Quote from: JohnnyWannabe;308529You know what I'd like to see some examples of:

Items! Items with supernatural/arcane power. Drake's Drum comes to mind. Other more mystical items, Excalibur for example, also leap forth.

The arcane power of the crown jewels of the Royal families. The importance to keep them well guarded from enemy agents and simple thieves. The Royals and their jewels are inescapably joined and the realm through them.

These are just a few thoughts whirling through my head.

But please, give us some magic, outside the Courts of Fey. Maybe the jewels link the Royal Courts to the Courts of Fey. Maybe, royalty, and to a lesser extent the nobility has some fey blood in it. Maybe having some fey blood is a requirement to enter the exclusive club that acts in Her Majesty's Arcane Service.

The trouble I have with this is there are no permanent magic in Blood Games. Everything is temporary. In fact, the only "magic" an item may have is being blessed. This is a feature, not a bug. I could work around this somewhat. The Crown Jewels, for instance, would definitely have a magical link to the sovreign by the Laws of Correspondence, opening up dangerous channels.

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#101
June 15, 2009, 03:47:16 PM
Quote from: LordVreeg;308537http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/starchamber.htm
Another fun and distinctive elizabethan political intricacy.

Yes indeed! The Star Chamber is very cool, and generally used properly in Tudor times. It could be used as a venue for magical procedings.

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Narf the Mouse

#102
June 15, 2009, 04:12:31 PM
Quote from: flyingmice;308563The trouble I have with this is there are no permanent magic in Blood Games. Everything is temporary. In fact, the only "magic" an item may have is being blessed. This is a feature, not a bug. I could work around this somewhat. The Crown Jewels, for instance, would definitely have a magical link to the sovreign by the Laws of Correspondence, opening up dangerous channels.

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Which, of course, would explain why they're protected more than the actual sovereign.
The main problem with government is the difficulty of pressing charges against its directors.

Given a choice of two out of three M&Ms, the human brain subconsciously tries to justify the two M&Ms chosen as being superior to the M&M not chosen.

flyingmice

#103
June 15, 2009, 06:55:49 PM
Quote from: Narf the Mouse;308577Which, of course, would explain why they're protected more than the actual sovereign.

yes. The Crown Jewels would be a conduit both to the sovreign and to the Realm itself, as they serve as a symbolic link between.

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#104
June 16, 2009, 09:05:11 AM
Which brings to mind a weird idea...

Someone is searching the Fens avidly, and apparently using magic to locate something. The goal is the English crown jewels which were lost in quicksand in 1216 by King John when a tidal bore overcame his baggage train. This set of crown jewels would have no personal association with a Tudor Queen, but would still have the link to the Realm.

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