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[espritdecalmar]

So, if this is something that still interests you, and if it's not too presumptuous of me, I ended up writing a draft of what the mechanics of the Evangelical Courts might look like, specifically their Bargain, Mantle, and Noblesse Oblige effects. I'll post them here:

The Court of Man

Bargain: The Court of Reason obliges the Gentry to a measure of civility. The Fae cannot physically drag their quarry back to Arcadia without their consent first, and so must rely on all manner of insidious temptations to incite a fall from grace.

Mantle

Gain a...

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Hearing night cicadas outside my window
I gaze upon my computer screen
"What brilliance do I see before me!"
I think, as I pour a glass of wine.

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Many-Arms may not be the mightiest of Pangaeans, but it is certainly a clever one, and oh-so curious as well, probing the seas of three worlds for answers to the innumerable questions it asks. It even undergoes forays onto dry land from time to time in search of new riddles to solve.

The Pangaean appears as a spiraling, iridescent mass of nigh-infinite tentacles surrounding a central indistinct, consistently altering shape, as well as two enormous and shining eyes whose ink-black pupils are sometimes perfect circles, and other times wavy sinusoids. Many-Arms can also take on the form...

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Megachurches tend to evoke images of a completely banal, spiritually dead flavor of Christianity, co-opting religious practice with a modern shopping mall mentality--exactly the sort of ideology Bridge Burners might push if they think the Others are using faith as a means of gaining access to our world. Linking the antagonists to a supernatural villain might help avoid coming across as anti-Christian. As well, it sounds like your freehold probably has some Christian changelings already, so maybe you could use those to demonstrate the positive aspects of the religion (charity, compassion, wine),...

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Does Tipping the Hourglass affect Initiative order or Initiative score?

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I think that sounds thematically appropriate. The point of Glades is to be places of power with unobvious teeth, a tempting trap. Considering how Hedgeways work, I could envision a Blessing that encourages or rewards the fulfillment of a Vice, or one that conceals any actions performed within it from postcognitive magics....