Steve Jackson Games - Site Navigation
Home General Info Follow Us Search Illuminator Store Forums What's New Other Games Ogre GURPS Munchkin Our Games: Home

Go Back   Steve Jackson Games Forums > Roleplaying > In Nomine

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-01-2018, 11:59 PM   #1
Drakyrias
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Default Celestial Forms

Is there any rules or reason why each choir/band's celestial form is mandated?

While Imputides and Lilim are fairly easy to customize, a writhing mass of organs or spinning wheel of fire seems pretty hard to make unique.
Drakyrias is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-02-2018, 12:22 PM   #2
gusty737
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Default Re: Celestial Forms

Quote:
Originally Posted by Drakyrias View Post
Is there any rules or reason why each choir/band's celestial form is mandated?
I believe that the Celestial Form has few variations online. I think that the rules reason is that the Celestial Form is required to be visible in order to get to Heaven, Hell, or Outer Space (if the setting's using Space Themes) and that the writers needed a standard form so that the players wouldn't need to stop and get a complicated reference for the form every time a celestial left Earth. If you want to find other Forms for the celestials I would recommend looking in visual media that inspires you. As long as celestial forms don't have to suddenly become visible on Earth, I'd ignore the flavor text on what the choir or band is "supposed" to look like. If my friend can come up with a bird vessel Guardian Angel and not break the rules of the system, I'd say that it's pretty safe to use whatever visual representation of the celestial realms you prefer.
gusty737 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-06-2018, 03:09 AM   #3
Whitelaughter
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Default Re: Celestial Forms

Quote:
Originally Posted by Drakyrias View Post
spinning wheel of fire seems pretty hard to make unique.
Jean - a literal Dynamo, a swirling burning metallic engine, or crackling lightning.
David - flames of blue or green revealing their favourite flammable metals, or lava.
Yves - burning letters making a holy version of the One Ring.
Eli - fireworks 'falling' in the direction travelled
Christopher - christmas tree lights
Whitelaughter is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-09-2018, 05:47 AM   #4
tHEhERETIC
 
tHEhERETIC's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Life imitates art--I'm in Pohang
Default Re: Celestial Forms

Quote:
Originally Posted by Whitelaughter View Post
Jean - a literal Dynamo, a swirling burning metallic engine, or crackling lightning.
David - flames of blue or green revealing their favourite flammable metals, or lava.
Yves - burning letters making a holy version of the One Ring.
Eli - fireworks 'falling' in the direction travelled
Christopher - christmas tree lights
My Ofanite character as a Windy is described as a six-foot high dust devil/whirlwind with a glowing, beating heart inside. When he switched to Michael's camp, the whirl went from dust to razor wire.

Think outside the box.
__________________
Criminy...these two have enough issues, they can sell subscriptions! (ladyarcana55, in a PM)
tHEhERETIC is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Fnords are Off
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 05:43 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.