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Old 05-31-2012, 04:23 PM   #1
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I am working on an old system for a set of powers and the guys who use them but never have gotten a good name.
The idea is that these beings use emotions to power thier abilities.
Think Rage for the White Wold werewolves, anger for the Furies in a novel I read recently that I cant recall the name or author of.
Also the Hulk or the various Lanterns in DC universe.
The idea is they build up an emotional charge and power abilities with it.
Similar to a Chi warrior but pure emotion and very primitive.

Pathos/Angst is my current contender and I want a positive and a negative name. Angst would be a negative PM similar to Corruption from GURPS Horror.
Pathos is a more controlled version.
I am ok with these words for the PM even if there not really accurate.
However I need a cool sounding name for the people using it. Something like Wizard, Warrior, etc.
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Old 05-31-2012, 06:29 PM   #2
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Rhetoric (Persuasion) is composed of Pathos (Appeal to Emotions), Ethos (Appeal to Authority, Appeal to Truth) and Logos (Appeal to Logic) ...

And you have Angst (Fear, Anxiety) and Furcht (Fear, Anticipation) opposing ...

Pathos can also mean suffering ...

So, (Emotion) is corrupted into (Fear) by (Suffering) ...

The litany against fear is ...
"I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing......Only I will remain."

Latin litania and the Ancient Greek: λιτανεία (litaneía), which in turn comes from Ancient Greek: λιτή (litê), meaning "supplication"

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I would call them Supplicants.
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Old 05-31-2012, 06:33 PM   #3
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Apathy and Intensity is my first thought.
There's always Ennui for destructive boredom in search of emotional simulation.
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Old 05-31-2012, 06:36 PM   #4
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I would call them Supplicants.
Hmm. Not really very active sounding but it does have a nice ring to it.
And the first part of your post kind of sparking a few ideas too. Thanks for that.
I have an organization called Tribunals who serve Ma'at and have regular magery and threshold magery so they can be kind of scary.
Now you got me thinking about making them related and tossing in another system.
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Old 05-31-2012, 06:40 PM   #5
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Apathy and Intensity is my first thought.
There's always Ennui for destructive boredom in search of emotional simulation.
Ennui I like the sound of that and might take it for my Elves.
Intensity could be good for the positive PM but Apathy is too passive.
the idea is that they power off an emotion and can use it to do extraordinary feats but also if they don't control their emotions then they can lose control and go insane and hyper-indulge. Kind of the opposite of Apathy.
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Old 05-31-2012, 06:46 PM   #6
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Ok, I misunderstood a bit.
So like Focus/Distraction, Rage/Berserk, Empathy/Torment?
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Old 05-31-2012, 07:08 PM   #7
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Ok, I misunderstood a bit.
So like Focus/Distraction, Rage/Berserk, Empathy/Torment?
Yep, though Empathy would be more like Super Empathy or possibly backlash into Callous and Focus would be single minded.
So Fury/Rage/Anger can be controled and channled for power but too mcuh and you have bad temper or berserk issues.
Compassion would go from a desire to help others to helplessly giving every thing away and sacrificing to help.
Controlling these emotions is good, uncontrollable they spin out and can be destructive.
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Old 05-31-2012, 07:33 PM   #8
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Are there other powers, or can this just be called "magic"?
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Old 05-31-2012, 07:44 PM   #9
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Are there other powers, or can this just be called "magic"?
Lots of other powers.
I like Kitchen sink campaigns.
I have Rune magic, RPM, Book/Path, Symbol/Syntactic, Realm, Word, Powers as magic, and a few more that are more hybrids or something new.
Might still have regular but I pretty much plan on tossing that. tis too powerful compared to everyone else.

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I am not opposed to calling it something like Emotion Magic or something. However its not regular magic nor is it subject to mana levels or typical magic countermeasures.
But... going with SunRunner Fires post.
Rhetoric (Persuasion) is composed of Pathos (Appeal to Emotions), Ethos (Appeal to Authority, Appeal to Truth) and Logos (Appeal to Logic) ...
Pathomancer for these guys, Ethomancer for my mages of Ma'at (Think Dragon Knight series, with an accountant and everything) and Logomancers for something I don't even have yet but just sounds cool.

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Old 05-31-2012, 10:40 PM   #10
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