Right of Passage

zogo · 04-04-2006, 08:00 PM

Well to put it bluntly since 99.9+% of beings given Right of Passage will be Servitors of Destiny with their Hearts in the Library, What is the benefit of this attunement? Is it just a lower disturbance?

And it certainly doesn't seem worthwhile to Soldiers of God serving Destiny since the vast majority of them would have to be full on Essence and spend all of it to use the attunement.

William · 04-05-2006, 10:05 PM

If you're playing a game in which angelic Tethers are fairly rare, it cuts a lot of distance off travel -- and even if a Tether is convenient to plenty of locations, it can still get you in to some well-protected stores of knowledge you couldn't enter otherwise. It could even get you a completely unguarded entrance into Kronos' Archive, or the Inverse Data Store, though the former is doubtless a trip undertaken only in extreme circumstances.

(At least, I trust I'm reading this right and that you can enter one Gateway and exit another!)

zogo · 04-06-2006, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by William

(At least, I trust I'm reading this right and that you can enter one Gateway and exit another!)

It says only to the Library and back again, which seems to say you can only go from where you are to the Library and then back to where you were, which makes it essentially the same as Ascending and then returning to your vessel's last location.

The alternative interpretation that you cannot move outside the Library on the Heaven Side seems really weird to me.

Magicwillnz · 04-07-2006, 09:00 AM

The main benefits of the Rite of Passage is social. It is, after all, a prestigious attunement, and shows what kind of selfless individual you are.

Sagitta · 04-07-2006, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by zogo

What is the benefit of this attunement?

It always succeeds, and you can take guests.

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And it certainly doesn't seem worthwhile to Soldiers of God...

The book says it's for angels only.

alexondria · 04-11-2006, 10:38 AM

I've always viewed this as being able to turn any library or suitable repository of knowledge into a temporary tether. I've also viewed it as alowing the angel to go from any one library to another via the hidden paths.

RadLilim · 04-11-2006, 07:01 PM

Per Sup3, "It allows the angel to use the Gateways that link every repository of knowledge to the Library." So it doesn't need to be a tether. However, it continues to say, "This attunement may only be used to travel to the Library and back again."

So the angel can go from any repository of knowledge he or she is in to the Library and back again. Which, IMO, includes music and book stores, libraries, archives, and even Kronos' Archives, if he or she is unlucky enough to be there.

tHEhERETIC · 11-01-2011, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Sagitta

It always succeeds, and you can take guests.

You have me curious. You can take guests through the libraries? Human guests? If conditions are desperate, Renegade guests?

My Play-by-Post has some interesting twists which makes this all too relevant.

Rocket Man · 11-02-2011, 01:26 AM

Right of Passage is a personal favorite of mine. (As a player, my usual character is a Mercurian of Destiny.) Being able to turn any repository of information into a link to the Library is fabulous. Especially when it means you can make a quiet raid on an enemy information center using the Library Card and then make a quick getaway.

(And in answer to William and zogo, that's exactly how our campaign played it; that you could use 'L-Space' to travel from one Earthly information point to another, using the Library as the connecting link. I used that once to descend into a Hardcore Tether's CD library and another time to reach a Wal-Mart bestsellers/magazine aisle. Not sure which was more diabolic.)

And yes, Barb, for an extra Essence, you can bring a guest, as in one. From the description, it seems that the second person could be mortal, and certainly Yves has guided children before...

04-04-2006, 08:00 PM	#1
zogo Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Behind You!	Right of Passage Well to put it bluntly since 99.9+% of beings given Right of Passage will be Servitors of Destiny with their Hearts in the Library, What is the benefit of this attunement? Is it just a lower disturbance? And it certainly doesn't seem worthwhile to Soldiers of God serving Destiny since the vast majority of them would have to be full on Essence and spend all of it to use the attunement. __________________ Patrick Ley "If your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty floral bonnet, I will end you." --Mal in "Our Own Mrs. Reynolds" Firefly

04-05-2006, 10:05 PM	#2
William Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Upper Peninsula of Michigan	Re: Right of Passage If you're playing a game in which angelic Tethers are fairly rare, it cuts a lot of distance off travel -- and even if a Tether is convenient to plenty of locations, it can still get you in to some well-protected stores of knowledge you couldn't enter otherwise. It could even get you a completely unguarded entrance into Kronos' Archive, or the Inverse Data Store, though the former is doubtless a trip undertaken only in extreme circumstances. (At least, I trust I'm reading this right and that you can enter one Gateway and exit another!)

04-07-2006, 09:00 AM	#4
Magicwillnz Join Date: Feb 2006	Re: Right of Passage The main benefits of the Rite of Passage is social. It is, after all, a prestigious attunement, and shows what kind of selfless individual you are.

04-11-2006, 10:38 AM	#6
alexondria Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Atlanta GA	Re: Right of Passage I've always viewed this as being able to turn any library or suitable repository of knowledge into a temporary tether. I've also viewed it as alowing the angel to go from any one library to another via the hidden paths.

04-11-2006, 07:01 PM	#7
RadLilim Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Madison. WI	Re: Right of Passage Per Sup3, "It allows the angel to use the Gateways that link every repository of knowledge to the Library." So it doesn't need to be a tether. However, it continues to say, "This attunement may only be used to travel to the Library and back again." So the angel can go from any repository of knowledge he or she is in to the Library and back again. Which, IMO, includes music and book stores, libraries, archives, and even Kronos' Archives, if he or she is unlucky enough to be there. __________________ "[Solomon] spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five." Wanna buy one? - Radueriel, Free Lilim

11-02-2011, 01:26 AM	#9
Rocket Man Petitioner: Word of IN Filk Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Longmont, CO	Re: Right of Passage Right of Passage is a personal favorite of mine. (As a player, my usual character is a Mercurian of Destiny.) Being able to turn any repository of information into a link to the Library is fabulous. Especially when it means you can make a quiet raid on an enemy information center using the Library Card and then make a quick getaway. (And in answer to William and zogo, that's exactly how our campaign played it; that you could use 'L-Space' to travel from one Earthly information point to another, using the Library as the connecting link. I used that once to descend into a Hardcore Tether's CD library and another time to reach a Wal-Mart bestsellers/magazine aisle. Not sure which was more diabolic.) And yes, Barb, for an extra Essence, you can bring a guest, as in one. From the description, it seems that the second person could be mortal, and certainly Yves has guided children before... __________________ “It's not railroading if you offer the PCs tickets and they stampede to the box office, waving their money. Metaphorically speaking” --Elizabeth McCoy, In Nomine Line Editor Author: "What Doesn't Kill Me Makes Me Stronger"