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[Taidragon]

It's interesting that the court contracts don't innately have Seeming bonuses; I wonder if that's a form of trade-off for using non-Regalia contracts? Less likelihood of the Gentry being able to know the contracts, but less versitility/potency in them? Did the Goblin contracts have Seeming bonuses?

Also, I hope that you're feeling better Rose, and that your recovery is swift. It sounds like the surgery went relatively well though, which I'm very happy for.

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I apologize if this seems like a weird choice, but for some reason the Star Guardian skins League of Legends has put out for Ezreal and Syndra have made me think "Changeling". Just a warning, the images below may be huge.


Ezreal makes me think of a Fairest Jeweleyes.


Syndra though...she makes me think Keeper.

Ezreal, at least, has my ideas going. Now I just need to figure out a way to actually get the mental images down on paper, as it were......

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Believe it or not, this is an actual car design, but to me, I just see car Demon...or Angel, however you prefer....

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The Demon Storyteller's Guide actually has a setting hack where the God-Machine has separated a city from reality into a sort of pocket reality, and the people there have cyber-augmentations that are treated like how cellphones are today. It may serve as a good baseline technology-wise.

As for Infinite Macabre, it has a few...troubling aspects about it. One in particular was how the suggestions for Changelings were handled, such as making a Changeling and their Keeper into more like a typical space-opera where the Keeper was a ruler and their Changeling a lost lover...but in the conventional...

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The Storyteller's Guide specifically states Sin Eaters can't be knocked out by Knock-Out Punch, so that's one thing.

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How would Monkeywrencher work for Analysts? It allows the user to penalize embeds that either match their Incarnation or a known key, but Analysts don't have any embeds that match their Incarnation - would they instead be allowed to penalize exploits? Otherwise, they're left only penalizing embeds that match their keys (which is very limited) or Angel numen.

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Wow. I honestly didn't expect to get advice so quickly, much less from people who are so experienced. Thank you for sharing your experiences, as well as what you use for your own projects.

The only problem I see with Adobe (or InDesign at least) is that it appears to be a monthly subscription service, which I'm...hesitant about. While I can pay for it, and it's hardly going to put me into debt doing so, I have problems with starting something and then simply petering out before I can really do anything with it. Having a subscription service on something that may take me far longer...

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So, as the title states, I'm interested in making custom character sheets for the Chronicles of Darkness games I am in (or perhaps other games, we'll see). Naturally, the good Mr Gone has made plenty of very useful and practical sheets. It's just that, after hearing about other people making personalized sheets for their games, I'm kind of wondering what it'd be like if I were to throw my hat into that practice. Make something for my character that is very...them.

However, the problem is that I'm not sure where to start there. I had thought of using Print Shop, but a friend recommended...

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I've been using Imgur for my image hosting - it can be a bit finicky, but it allows for multiple galleries, private or otherwise, and you can set a description as well as a title for the images (though again, the title aspect is finicky). A friend of mine recommended Flickr and Tinypic as well.

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I have to admit, that is a pretty strong motivation to provide for the game artistically. I can remember the feeling when someone had drawn a character of either a computer or tabletop game I was in - a personalized character sheet would very much be great for an ongoing game, even if it was stylized from the base sheet. It's weirdly satisfying to know that such creativity wasn't just limited to the Changeling game. Congrats on having such talented people playing with you Baroness.

In spite of it not being my strong suit, I am curious about doing something like that for my characters,...

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I only realized after I'd read your reply that, after having run the game for a good number of weeks, you'd have naturally gotten inspiration for new Infrastructure. It'd make sense for it to be added later, too, given the God-Machine is always making new Infrastructure. Still, good to know.



Interesting method there. Funny enough, names are the hardest part for me when it comes to powers. Making them is less of a difficulty, which is probably why I enjoy the gadget system as much as I do, though making completely new ones is hardly an easy task. My ST has circumvented...

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Thank you very much, Baroness; just let me know if any of the questions are too prying. As I said, I hate asking awkward questions, and I can hardky ask you to reveal all your Storytelling secrets.

Did you have a list of premade infrastructure the players could come across if they were lucky/unlucky enough? Or was that more infrastructure that developed over time to fit certain narrative needs/whims?

What sorts of inspirations did you have for the interlocks the players had? Did you ever run into the problem my ST has had, where ideas for interlock abiities were already...

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I hate being the one to ask awkward questions but, since a month has passed, is it too early to ask a few questions about the game and what kind of ideas/decisions went into the design of it?

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Lure someone into your Lair, then ennact Currents so they're caught up in a mad dance beat. Continue until bored.

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I don't see why that would be a bad idea; it could be a setting hack, much like the ones in the Demon Storyteller Guide. The content changes a bit, the themes and mechanics somewhat, but it's still recognizable as Changeling: The Lost. It doesn't invalidate the version Rose heads, and it would constructively put to use Hill's content.

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I'm sure he'll have a gay ol' time when he does. ;D

But seriously, great journals and game as always. It's great seeing the motley grow in various ways, even though they've come so far since their start. Lori is advancing with an entitlement, Jacob is keeping on top of Calamity's woes, even Calamity is showing maturity and not refusing to wear protection in spite of the pain for the person who made it. Insincere Marguerite's growth is more subtle - she feels more empathetic than I remember her being.

I have to say, as skilled as Luna has been established before, I didn't...

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Unfortunately, Boltholes cannot be made into workshops/workspaces - same with other realms, like the Hedge. It's in part of the writeup for them in Flowers of Hell.

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Huh. My GM said otherwise today...though he may have been distracted given he was with family. Thanks for correcting me on that....

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As far as I know, you can't use Willpower on Compromise rolls from Partial or Complete transformations, be it to negate the compromise or to aid in the roll.

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Okay, so, the title may be a bit misleading: what I'm wondering about isn't how to literally make a workshop, but how to make one that isn't going to be easily found. By definition, workshops grab attention, and given it effectively costs an experience point to make a gadget I'd prefer making one in a place that isn't going to get discovered/ruined before I can do anything in it.

In a discord chat, it was recommended making a portable workshop, but I'm honestly not sure how to go about that. In a vehicle? A shipping container? A space with a gadget that moves it? I really don't know....