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[FallenEco]

True but things like the Armour should count as mutations for chimerical soul. Heck, it is not like birds need the wings merit but Birdperson shapes might....

[FallenEco]

Stupid mutations with unknown values. Literally all the animal merits in the corebook have no indication how many mutation points it costs to claim them for your spirit shape.

[FallenEco]

Good idea for character development, but not a glitch/Stigmata. There needs to be a manifestation that can be noticed. Perhaps her eyes glow slightly (dying glowstick level of light) in pluses that correspond to the data in some way....

[FallenEco]

Interesting...

Do you need anymore help, your do you have enough?

I admit, I'm curious about her Stigmata...

[FallenEco]

There are a number of parallels, though I think Stich only becomes devoted at the end, after the organisation alter it's approach.

[FallenEco]

1) it was Grandad (the demon) getting dragged off in that scenario.

2) That works just as well. How old was she?

[FallenEco]

That depends a lot on the setting and intended story arc.

Could be anything from stumbling into some active Infrastructure in time to see a cult offering (human sacrifice?) or an Occult Matrix go off to seeing Grandad being attacked by Angels and dragged off to to reclamation facility. It depends, at least in part, on the Machine. Ideally we want something transitory, so that if Sophia goes back there the trail is cold (and the ST doesn't have to justify it). So an Angelic summoning or a CC facility might work best, though catching Elimination in action would also work well.
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[FallenEco]

The sixth also multiple causes. It wasn't just nuking Oblivion but nuking India.
I am a fan of the idea of the fall/sacking of Rome wrongly being assigned as the cause of the 1st Maelstorm, because the Kingdom of iron did not know the actual cause....

[FallenEco]

I would buy it. I would back it on kickstarter. I would love to support it.

[FallenEco]

Yes. It is also much more compelling.
Still, check with who you are playing with. That kind of thing usually comes with a trigger warning and with good reason.

Since this has gone from a flighty, lazy altruist to someone trying overcome their own suicidal tendancies, a Path has opened up in front of Sophia. An Offspring Mastigos, at war with her psychological demons. How apt.

The details should be tailored to taste of course, but an Aspiration of "Becoming worthy of my loved ones (Long Term)" fits well in theme and on brand. Added benifit is that it is...

[FallenEco]

Indeed.
If I may...
What are you intentions for the character?

Just as a character's Aspirations give them direction, so do yours.
Heck, even something simple, like 'what is Sophia's Obession' can help fill out parts of her character.

[FallenEco]

Yeah...the impression I get is that most Lunars in the Pact at least pay lip service to the idea the Realm must go. Official, the Silver Pact claims this must extend to all the Shogunate successors, but that varies in it's interpretation. Remember those two Lunars who but heads over the defensive pact in the Hundred Kingdoms? Ones for because it will strengthen independence of the kingdoms, making it harder for the Realm to try and annexe them, the other objects because it empowers Lookshy?

Not too mention, the further you are from the Realm and it's satrapys, the easier it is to...

[FallenEco]

He doesn't have to be. It has been 'spoiled' that they will provide more information on Awakenings in Signs, even some guidelines(?)/rules(?) on running them in play. Remember the whole 'mystery play' idea of Awakenings? Still a thing.
I think Dave Brookshaw mentioned it in the Onyx Pathcast, correcting an oversight? IIRC he wanted to make it so we could roleplay through the Awakening like we can the Embrace or First Change....

[FallenEco]

And I see an error in my assumptions; the Awakening steps up the Noted condition to Catagorized. That is where Helen comes from. Of course, that implies a progression in the Cipher,m but again that is something to talk with your storyteller about. After all, that is not a guarantee.

[FallenEco]

Just a reminder if her Cipher completes, BAD THINGS© happen. You really don't want to be Activated. So Helen shouldn't be around yet (unless you take the Guardian Angel merit or something). You only start off as Noted, remember?

But on to the meat and bones of the character. Right away there are some issues; strictly speaking the character described above would be an (adopted) Latent. So she needs to have encountered the Machine to qualify for Offspring status before she was Awakened. This is most likely when her Stigmata manifested. All Demon-blooded have one, remember?
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[FallenEco]

The 'Lost' Ventrue clan-type in Shadows of Mexico were associated with Teotihuacán and the Toltec.
The Ceceya don't call any of that out but it could still work.

Of course, I don't much about the region. Does anyone know where the name 'Ceceya' came from?

[FallenEco]

Lans, Serge then Gaze if we have time.

[FallenEco]

...I will return later with a Lunar write up, because WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN ONE ALREADY?!?

Ahem, sorry about the outburst

[FallenEco]

No, the Strix are not designed to be playable. It would also be counter to the setting material for them to be so.

[FallenEco]

Have not checked out that thread, but am in agreement. Of course I don't like having demigods in my WoD but that is irrelevant here.

An argument can be made that Carmilla has Disciplines with the Brujah clan spread. Presence would explain the 'study buddies....