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

[Michael L Wilson]

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Elizabeth McCoy wrote:

> (BTW, it's the "APG" and not the "AGP." Stands for Angelic Player's Guide,
> after all, and not Angelic Guide to Players. Which would probably be a little
> Judgment training manual about the Game. Or possibly a pamphlet written for
> Asmodean Habbalah, come to think of it...)

Doh!  Now this, this is why I don't actually _eat_ an essence cookie when 
you hand one to me.  I know I'll inevitably need to give it back, so I 
might as well stick it in the cookie jar.  *dutifully returned*

Hmmm.  Now I'm picturing the Angel's Guide to Humans and the Corporeal 
Realm.  That would be an interesting read.

> >[...]  I've got an upcoming plot where a 
> >triad reports being violently dissuaded from an investigation by Eli.  
> >Yes, Eli.  Yes, violence.
> 
> Heh. Well, he's not Novalis, after all. And there are plenty of violent
> ways to demonstrate displeasure without actually dealing out Body hits
> to people. Dropping a piano right in front of them, or punching a wall,
> say.
> 
> I'd suggest telling your players -- in an out of character aside while
> this report is being reported to them -- whether or not this is dissonant
> behavior, or merely _EXTREMELY WORRISOME_ behavior. Indeed, any Mercurian
> throwing a violent fit of punching walls or smashing pianos or tearing
> car doors off, when demons aren't involved... is not considered a stable 
> Mercurian in my games.

It does seem a little out of character for Eli.  Then again, the most "in 
character" thing that Eli tends to do is to step out of character.  After 
all, sometimes violence really _is_ the creative response.  Just not very 
Mercurian.

> Of course, you may have done this already. O:>

No, and I will definitely need to do so.  One of the problems I've had is 
that I'm the only one with a large set of the books, so the setting is a 
bit vague for the rest of the group.  If I ever run another IN campaign, I 
think the first few seeds will be nothing more than an extended tour of 
the cosmos.

Is that how other people have handled the same thing?

-Mike