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Scion!

Started by signoftheserpent, April 21, 2007, 07:10:44 AM

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The Yann Waters

#15
April 21, 2007, 11:59:53 AM
Quote from: One Horse TownSure. See the "cataclysmic battle of the week" you missed out of the quote.
Sure. But the battles aren't really "cataclysmic" unless you also face a chance of defeat, every single time. For instance, it's always good to remember in Nobilis that the powers of the Excrucian Warmains can directly reduce attributes and cancel out Gifts: the Auctoritas and Holy Fire won't protect you much if someone tears away your immortality while your Spirit has fallen to zero.
Previously known by the name of "GrimGent".

signoftheserpent

#16
April 21, 2007, 12:02:15 PM
Quote from: C.W.RichesonOn the whole I like the concept but not the execution.  I want more nifty settings, and Scion doesn't include a setting - just a system and a general idea.  It also falls down, mechanically, in a few areas.

I have a review at RPG.net if anyone wants to know more: http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12910.phtml
One would assume the setting is modern day, just add scions and stir to taste i guess. I don't really have a problem with that. I'm just concerned with the depth of options.
 

fonkaygarry

#17
April 21, 2007, 03:59:32 PM
Quote from: Ian AbsentiaIt seems very rooted in popular media from a decade ago.  I still have a good sized handful of games from a decade ago that serve that very purpose, and you know what?  I don't play any of them.
Right on the nose.

From a distance I see nothing I couldn't do with OVA, Feng Shui or BESM except be crushed under the weight of another iteration of Exalted's Dice Pool that Walks as a Man.

EDIT:  Holy FUCK how could I have forgotten Matt Wagner's MAGE comic?  That would have been fun to play.

In 1995.  :emot-geno:
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One Horse Town

#18
April 21, 2007, 04:04:42 PM
Quote from: GrimGentSure. But the battles aren't really "cataclysmic" unless you also face a chance of defeat, every single time. For instance, it's always good to remember in Nobilis that the powers of the Excrucian Warmains can directly reduce attributes and cancel out Gifts: the Auctoritas and Holy Fire won't protect you much if someone tears away your immortality while your Spirit has fallen to zero.

Sorry. I don't speak Mongolian. :p

The Yann Waters

#19
April 21, 2007, 04:20:29 PM
Quote from: One Horse TownSorry. I don't speak Mongolian. :p
Simply put, the abilities which make Warmains deadly to the Nobilis are the ones which allow them temporarily strip away all supernatural defences with a touch. They can beat gods to death with their bare hands. That is what the PCs should be facing, instead of mooks.
Previously known by the name of "GrimGent".

Ian Absentia

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April 21, 2007, 04:36:55 PM
Quote from: fonkaygarryEDIT:  Holy FUCK how could I have forgotten Matt Wagner's MAGE comic?  That would have been fun to play.

In 1995.  :emot-geno:
Bingo.  That's exactly where I got the idea that I mentioned above.  And why I thought back then that Exalted was going to be what Scion is now.

For what it's worth, maybe Scion could model MAGE pretty well if you jettison the usual WW setting, though I rather think that even that ship has sailed.

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