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[White Oak Dragon]

I was lucky. My credit card payment hit just in time for me to back it within the last couple hours of the kickstarter. I had thought I wouldn't manage to back this one. I'm glad I got the chance to do so.

[White Oak Dragon]

During Sothic Turns, mummies are free to do whatever they wish, more or less. Once they hit Sekhem 1, they can persist until someone kills them. They could travel pretty far if they're being cautious and keeping a low profile. On top of that, if they've got a loyal and obedient cult, they could have their people raise them periodically to tend to the tasks that the mummy wants done. If they've got the Interstitial Lives Merit (which I hope will be present in the new core), they periodically wake up anyway....

[White Oak Dragon]

Happy birthday to you.

I'm predicting a Halloween launch date for the Kickstarter, since that would seem like a significant date to start it on. I could be wrong, of course....

[White Oak Dragon]

You are homebrewing the Age of Exploration as a Mage Era, and you can't find even the slightest bit of inspiration or parallels for mages in an era when people are pushing westward to discover and claim new lands? The Western frontier is probably packed with Mysteries, and there's certainly no shortage of cultures clashing. I seriously doubt that they're planning to just make it a game of "Cowboys and Indians" using magic instead of weapons. Personally, I'm intrigued by the possibilities, in no small part because Mage wouldn't have been one I expected for the era....

[White Oak Dragon]

Absolutely!
"Your kind took our Arthurian Era! Say your prayers, elf!"
"I reckon it was fair. Your kind took our Pirate Era first. Prepare to die, Merlin!"
Both stare each other down as the tumbleweed blows between them, their hands inches from their revolvers. The sun glares down at the two from above, as each waits for the other to twitch....

[White Oak Dragon]

Okay, why not. One that I'd like to see would be more of a mythic feeling setting with more potent Beasts and more dangerous Heroes, possibly even with Beasts who could physically transform more easily. I'm still debating about whether I'd prefer such a thing to be set long ago or modern day....

[White Oak Dragon]

I'm hoping that the Storytellers Guide will give us that as a basic element of the book rather than a Shard. That said, I do hope that the Shards will be Beast focused, with crossover mostly addressed through sidebars. There's a couple Shards I'd like to see personally, and a lot of the ones suggested in this thread so far would be awesome....

[White Oak Dragon]

We exist, Nyrufa. We don't perform animal sacrifices at great festivals anymore, and for that matter if be shocked if anyone still had massive citywide celebrations for the holidays (although I acknowledge that there are likely far more followers of the religion in Greece itself rather than elsewhere, so perhaps there have been attempts that I'm unaware of). Hellenismos isn't quite as popular as the religion of the Asatru outside of its homeland, but it's still a growing reconstructionist religion, and it's followers can be as devout as the followers of any other religion....

[White Oak Dragon]

Thank you for answering, anyway. I totally understand not being able to reveal too much. Would you be willing to tell us the names that didn't make the cut once their final name is revealed?...

[White Oak Dragon]

Thank you for letting us know. I'm very pleased to hear that that's how they function. It saves me the effort of homebrewing them. Are they by chance called Enticers? That was the name I'd been planning on using....

[White Oak Dragon]

I love that! That was one of the Hungers I was hoping for. I can't wait to see how it works. Or for that matter, what they're called.

[White Oak Dragon]

First, to directly address the topic this thread is about, in my 1E games, I regularly had the discovery and/or creation of God-slaying weapons. This is basically a magical alloy that reacts poorly to the presence of ichor, thus making it more brutal to those of higher Legend. I can't recall off the top of my head what I used as the ingredients for it, but I figured that the basic premise could still be useful. It was always rare, though, and usually created by Ixion. If obtained in large amounts, it could be quite dangerous in the hands of mortals. Of course, your average God won't just stand...

[White Oak Dragon]

For anyone who was looking for any of the dragon fan kiths for Changeling: The Dreaming, mine are listed here:

http://forum.theonyxpath.com/forum/m...-c20-anthology

[White Oak Dragon]

I'd say having a Virtue of Responsible or something similar would work better there. Greed would imply that they wanted the money for themselves rather than to pay off debts....

[White Oak Dragon]

Excellent! I can do so much with that in my games. Thank you for letting us know. I can't wait to see the rest of the Seemings....

[White Oak Dragon]

Maybe you'll get lucky, though. It was a pretty popular idea for an Era. Maybe they'll include it as part of the Innocents 2E book....

[White Oak Dragon]

Oh, I love this! Are Darklings able to move in their intangible state? Could one turn into smoke and pour themselves through a keyhole, or become shadow to slip under a door? Could one in the form of a sunbeam go directly through a window without breaking it? This has a lot of potential....

[White Oak Dragon]

The video isn't wanting to load properly on my phone, and I never watched True Blood. Can you give me the gist of the video, and its significance to the discussion?...

[White Oak Dragon]

Does it outright contradict it, or does it not bother to mention it one way or the other? I don't have both books on hand at the moment to compare. If it doesn't contradict it, then I'd say that 1E aging rules still apply until further notice. I also fail to see why ancient vampires or similar creatures would mock werewolves for a short lifespan even if it was the case, when I'd assume that they'd use their transformations as the basis for such things.
Vampire: "I am an ancient blood god. My power is boundless. You? You're just an angry, butt-sniffing, bone-gnawing dog."
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[White Oak Dragon]

The usual answer they give is that if it hasn't been contradicted by 2E, then 1E still applies. I would say that it still is the case based on that....