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

[Elizabeth McCoy]

At 11:36 AM -0600 11/14/07, Michael L Wilson wrote:
>On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Elizabeth McCoy wrote:
>
>> (BTW, it's the "APG" and not the "AGP." [...]
>
>Doh!  Now this, this is why I don't actually _eat_ an essence cookie [...]

*giggle* Sorry 'bout that. *tucks the cookie back in the jar*

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

It would indeed!

>> >[...]  I've got an upcoming plot where a 
>> >triad reports being violently dissuaded from an investigation by Eli.  
>> >Yes, Eli.  Yes, violence.
[...]
>> 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. [...]
>
>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.  

*laugh*

>After all, sometimes violence really _is_ the creative response.  Just not 
>very Mercurian.

Maybe he's re-Creating himself as a Malakite for some reason, and is off
on his jaunt to deal with his "puberty" in peace...

...what? what? can't I come up with crazy crackpot theories too?

>> 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. 

Meep! I can see how that could be a load on the GM, yeah. ...of course, you 
can also steer them over to the PDF fare on e23. *cough* (It's part of
the Gea... deal, see. I have to shill e23. Really. Honest. Don't I look
like a Seraph to you? ...aside from not having 6 eyes, yeah, yeah...)

> If I ever run another IN campaign, I think the first few seeds will be 
>nothing more than an extended tour of the cosmos.

Could be useful, that. Or run a few one-shots along those lines -- illustrate
a little at a time.

Running human characters is also a possibility. Possibly better done in 
GURPS, if you want to make it more than a very short arc.

>Is that how other people have handled the same thing?

Frotz, I'm blanking on how we handled it. O:/ Hasn't come up much.
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