01-11-2011, 12:41 AM | #1 | |
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[Attunement/heretical] Mercurians of Music: how do I balance this?
I've been tinkering with the Choir attunements for Israfel in my campaign, and came up with this one--
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01-11-2011, 12:22 PM | #2 |
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Re: [Attunement/heretical] Mercurians of Music: how do I balance this?
To me it sounds like their attunements aren't really connected to Music, per say. At least not in the manner I would associate it. I see the Symphony as an entirely different entity that Music.
I don't recall any of the other Choirs having something similar. If anything I would see that being more Destiny than Music EDIT: I was thinking about it and I realized... If any angel could do that then why wouldn't Dominic, Laurence or Michael recruit them into their Service? Wouldn't that be a major weapon to use against Hell? And if they can do that I would be surprised if Hell hasn't made it a point to kill them off Last edited by ladyarcana55; 01-11-2011 at 12:31 PM. |
01-11-2011, 12:29 PM | #3 |
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Re: [Attunement/heretical] Mercurians of Music: how do I balance this?
Off hand, the Choir attunement sounds far too powerful to me -- and I have to agree with LA, it sounds more like a Destiny attunement (or a hypothetical "Symphony" attunement) than anything belonging to Music proper.
At one time, you and I discussed an ability that would have Israfel's Mercurians be able to look at one person in a group and see what other person in the group would "make beautiful music" with them -- i.e., be the best prospect for a lover, fast friend, mentor, or whatever. Did that not make the cut?
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01-11-2011, 05:19 PM | #4 |
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Re: [Attunement/heretical] Mercurians of Music: how do I balance this?
Agreed. This is way too powerful. "Oh...a 7 force sorcerer" squints "who has Numinous corpus claws, Corporeal Shields, and Teleport. Brad, warm up your teleport. Jack, we can't shoot him so you focus on the other guys. Bradley, use mind songs on him."
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01-11-2011, 06:23 PM | #5 | |
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Re: [Attunement/heretical] Mercurians of Music: how do I balance this?
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01-11-2011, 07:27 PM | #6 |
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Re: [Attunement/heretical] Mercurians of Music: how do I balance this?
Here's a suggestion.
Mercurian of Music has an affinity of how music relates to the person's personal life. 1: He can get a vauge sense of what music the person likes 2: You have a sense of how much exposure the person has had to music 3: You can get a sense of what musical styles he both hates and loves passionately 4: He can sense how much he actually knows about music as well 5: You can sense if the person has a 'musical connection' with anybody in the room. For Example, a Mercurian of Music can see that 'Strangers in the Night' is 'THE SONG' of that old couple over there. 6: You can sense a) either how much musical potential the person has, be it as a performer, singer, or song writer or b) how the musical connections influence that person (Ex: Mercurian sees that the man there has a 'love song' with the woman he is with...and with the woman over there at the next table. Awkward!) |
01-11-2011, 07:46 PM | #7 |
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Re: [Attunement/heretical] Mercurians of Music: how do I balance this?
On the plus side, a modified CD 6 response (Can see how many Songs a person or Celestial knows) would be a pretty good 'Master' Distinction.
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01-11-2011, 08:01 PM | #8 |
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Re: [Attunement/heretical] Mercurians of Music: how do I balance this?
So far you've made good points--
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01-11-2011, 10:52 PM | #9 | |
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Re: [Attunement/heretical] Mercurians of Music: how do I balance this?
OK, here's a more literal amd less munchkinish attunement for Israfel's Mercurians; how does this sound to you (no pun intended)? Thanks to JCD for the bare bones; I added examples and Intervention results.
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01-11-2011, 11:13 PM | #10 |
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Re: [Attunement/heretical] Mercurians of Music: how do I balance this?
That's a decent chart, but I wouldn't specify what Interventions would bring, except maybe as a suggestion. For the angel attunements, that's always been in the GM's hands (as opposed to sorcerous rituals, which have at times come with suggested DIs and IIs) and I think it's best left there.
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