Character Creation Continued

[Charles Warren]

After our first meeting, we have established that our Nobles are:

The Noble of Abandonment - A homeless man
The Noble of Courage - A shipping mavin
The Noble of Gratitude - A Buddha Statue
The Noble of Love's First Bloom - A Divorce Attorney


Here is a spot for finishing up the creation of your Imperator and your Chancel.

Here is what we've come up with so far:

Imperator

Possibly a WildLord

An Inspiring, Honorable, yet Demanding Imperator. His/her Mystery Cult has been corrupted, possibly now serving the Excrucians. He/she is unable to drive automobiles and therefore none of his Nobles can either. His/her Nobles are immune to the Nettle Rite, can detect lies and deceptions, and can detect Excrucians, Fallen Angels and those who serve them.

We still need to flesh the Imperator out a bit more. The more information you guys can come up with, the more I'll have to work with.

Imperator name:?

Appearance? (it was mentioned possibly a Steampunk gentleman?)

Principles, general outlook, motivation?

If his chancel is a Steampunk-like realm, how does it tie in with his mission, goals, outlook, etc?


The Chancel

Here's what we've got so far.

Kelly spent her 1 Realm on Weird Science (Steampunk). So, steampunk technology is present in the chancel.

Kevin spent his 2 Realm on Convenient Accessibility. So your chancel connects to multiple major urban areas and are within a day's drive ( for humans ) of almost everwhere in the world. Powers in these Chancels can vacation anywhere they like, and can respond very quickly to Excrucian threats. However, the Chancel can also be assaulted from almost anywhere on Earth - it has about as many entrances as it has exits.

Kelly and Kevin also liked the idea of purchasing Banes, which has given you all 1 unspent Chancel point. Two banes exist in your chancel. They are murder-born energies that take shape as simple objects and search out tools in the Chancel that will carry out their will. They wish only to see the Imperator, its Chancel, and its Nobles suffer. Their raw magical might within the Chancel compares to that of the Powers and they are ful of corrupt wisdon, although their sentience is tentative at best.

Kevin mentioned that it would be cool if a bane was somehow connected to the corrupt Mystery Cult.

One of the ideas so far is a Steampunk port city.

You have one more point to spend and you can also purchase more things by taking negative properties. ( There was some talk of taking Erus - Warden -3 )

Listed below are what you can buy.

PROPERTY POINTS DESCRIPTION

Allia 4 A relic able to perform a miracle once

Banes -1 Enemies in the chancel

Borderguard Protectors of the chancel
Power Level 3 Per miracle level
Penetration 1 Per penetration level

Chancel Health
Mana Mine 1 Per Miracle Point. Allows one to harvest MPs per story.

Weak Chancel -1 Pay Chancel 2 MPs per session
Dying Chancel -2 Pay Chancel 5 MPs per session

Important Chancel 4 Chancel is respected

Treaty Chancel 4 Chancel has Lord Entropy's favor

Primary target -4 Excrucians target the Chancel

Defender's blessing 2 per level. Gives Realm an Auctorus

Earthly Magics exist Variable

Erus ( Landlord )

Pleasant Landlord -1
Assertive Landlord -2
Aggressive Landlord -3
Megalomaniacal Landlord -4

Magic is known by chancelfolk variable

Devoted Populace 6
Populace hates Nobles -3

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Also, please fill out any info you want about the Chancel.

Once you guys have put in as much input as you want, then let me know and I can run with what you've come up with. I'll flesh out the rest if you guys don't want to.

If you feel like posting pictures of what you imagine the chancel to be like or what you picture your Imperator to look like, I'd love that too!

Alrighty...let's get those ideas rolling!

[Charles Warren]

I found some pictures that I thought might possibly qualify as Imperators of a steampunk chancel. Or maybe other chancelfolk. Maybe some of these will give you inspiration.

[Charles Warren]

More inspiration for Steam-punkish Imperators and chancelfolk. Please feel free to choose one of these or reject them all. Or please post any picutres you find that captures the idea of the Imperator you have in mind. These are the only ones I could find at the moment and you might have better search-fu than I!

[Charles Warren]

I'm posting this here for Kevin

Kevin says:

Chancel

My thoughts are that the chancel is a place of contrast. On one hand, it is gritty and dark; downtrodden people working in harsh factories vs. high society in glittering ballrooms. The high tech to make the world better but only for some.

We took the port city idea you guys came up with. Feel free to spend that extra point we have left over.

I didn't want to be a safe place. I can see fog shrouded lanes where you can't be sure if your alone. London in the time of jack the ripper.

We played with the idea that we have a landlord. Some one who runs the place when we aren't around. Since two of us have 0 realm it seemed to make sense. I was seeing this guy as a power hungry prime minster type. While we nobles are in charge it is up to this guy to carry out our wishes.

The many gates I think would tie in nicely with gates in the real world where there are steampunk equivalencies, like trains, factories, shipyards, but also high society functions, art houses, tea shops.

Just because we had the points doesn't mean we should have all the say on the chacel.

[Charles Warren]

More Imperator or Chancelfolk possibilities?







Chancel Inspiration?

[Charles Warren]

More possibilities

[Charles Warren]

Everyone:

Here's what I need from you.

Can you tell me what picture on the following page most captures the look and feel you'd like your Imperator to have?

www.scionhero.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=nobilis&action=display&thread=33

This will help me solidify a personality for your Imperator. Or, if you have a better one, please send it my way!

Because Sunday is creeping up on us, and because I want to make sure I'm 100% ready for the game, would you guys mind if I just ran with the Imperator and Chancel ideas you have put out there? I'll flesh out the ideas that you've mentioned. Although, you will still be able to add ideas during the game. I have no problem with you coming up with a cool idea for a district of the city, or a faction of its populace, or city custom on the fly. Or anything else.

So far here's what you have:

ImperatorA Wild Lord
-Inspiring +1
-Honorable +2
-Demanding -1
-Untalented (Driving Cars) -1
-Corrupt Mystery Cult -1

Chancel
-Convenient Gates 2 (Realm 2 Kevin)
-Steampunk Weird Science 1 ( Realm 1 Kelly )
-Banes -1


I recommend we finalize the Chancel by adding
-An Aggressive Landlord - 3
-Mana Mine +4

This would create a corrupt Prime Minister NPC with a Realm 3 score who runs the Chancel.

Also, the Mana Mine would reflect subterranean steam vents that are mined all over the chancel. This miraculous vapor is the source of all the steampunk tech and is infused with the Divine Spirit energy of your Imperator, as he/she is after all, one with the land. Each player would be able to harvest 4 miracle points from these vents each story to refresh their depleted pools. (Not to go over them)

I'm seeing the Chancel as a fantastic steampunk seaport metropolis, with airships, steam-tube trains, and all sorts of wild, wondrous things. The city is wild, dangerous and free, reflecting the philosophy of your Imperator.

I will send you/post on the message board my write up on your Imperator and Chancel for your final approval. Or...if you've got some more ideas you want to inject, please do it now.

[Charles Warren]

Also, do any of you have any good ideas for the name of your Imperator? Or the name of your Chancel?