IN> Contradiction in rules: Core vs. APG, Mercurian dissonance

[Elizabeth McCoy]

At 11:20 PM -0600 11/12/07, Michael L Wilson wrote:
>There's a contradiction between the Core rules and the [APG] as regards the
>Mercurian dissonance conditions.  According to the Core rules, Mercurians
>take dissonance for violent actions against humans.

I didn't get to actually edit the APG. It was basically at the printer
by the time I signed aboard, though my name may be there. You can see
some of the changes that needed to be made at
http://www.sjgames.com/in-nomine/errata/angelic.html

I would work with the core rules at this time. It's simpler. It is
also the way the FAQ works:
http://www.sjgames.com/in-nomine/faq/celestial_faq.html#rule-angels-mercurians-001 -- look down to the last one: " Not if they're human undead. Mercurians cannot attack humans in any form: alive, undead, ghosts, dreamshades, blessed or damned souls, or Saints. However, Mercurians can attack demons, animals (although they risk Jordi's wrath), plants (although they risk Novalis's wrath), inanimate objects, and ethereals."

It is a common topic on the list -- and really, I should probably fix the
FAQ soon -- about whether or not Mercurians get dissonant for smacking
other angels. Honestly? I could go both ways on that. It'd be far simpler,
and really entirely in keeping with God's Will As Understood In IN, to let
it be a prohibition against hurting Humans Only.

This does not mean that Judgment won't be asking severe questions about
any Mercurians who go around smacking angels with intent to, well, smack.


Note that Mercurians of Judgment can use their Choir Attunement permissions
on all forms of human -- an astute reader pointed that one out to me
recently, and the FAQ, as I view it today, hasn't been changed yet.

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--Beth, arcangel at io.com / archangel at sjgames.com  In Nomine Line Editor 
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