this is the kind of major charge that lets you save archduke ferdinand
thereby delaying world war one by a year or two, hooray
who knows man
life's a series of random coincidences
ripples in the pond and shit
(it's a game where you can get magic by being a drunk lighten the shit up)
what shit
all of the shit
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QuetziHere we may reign secure, and in my choice,To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderatormod
Shorty's correct in that being a terrible example though. Europe was on the verge of World War One for decades before it actually happened. Every couple of years there was another crisis on the same level, if not a greater one, as the death of the Archduke. World War One was a product of a series of systematic alliances and massive post industrialization changes upsetting the delicate balance of power for an entire continent.
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Shortytouching the meatIntergalactic Cool CourtRegistered Userregular
Shorty's correct in that being a terrible example though. Europe was on the verge of World War One for decades before it actually happened. Every couple of years there was another crisis on the same level, if not a greater one, as the death of the Archduke. World War One was a product of a series of systematic alliances and massive post industrialization changes upsetting the delicate balance of power for an entire continent.
QuetziHere we may reign secure, and in my choice,To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderatormod
However, on the flip side of that, delaying WWI by a couple of years would have caused massive changes. Most of the countries involved probably would've continued on the same paths they were following prior to the war, which is mostly inconsequential (France declines, Germany militarizes, England trims their mustaches), but could have also invoked the Russian Revolution in the first year of WWI, which could have made a huge difference in how the war turned out, with Russia/USSR pulling out significantly earlier.
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QuetziHere we may reign secure, and in my choice,To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderatormod
I mean, I'm a dick, so I'd just destabilize the whole thing with some paradoxes if I was running the game where that happens. The changes in WWI lead to a different treaty being signed, a different treaty which doesn't fuck over Germany so much, there is no WWII, there is no baby boom following WWII, your parents never existed.
Causality is fun.
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QuetziHere we may reign secure, and in my choice,To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderatormod
Shorty's correct in that being a terrible example though. Europe was on the verge of World War One for decades before it actually happened. Every couple of years there was another crisis on the same level, if not a greater one, as the death of the Archduke. World War One was a product of a series of systematic alliances and massive post industrialization changes upsetting the delicate balance of power for an entire continent.
And an arms race.
Oh yeah, I'm being far from comprehensive in what I'm talking about here.
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User, Transition Teamregular
Straightzi, could you be anymore of a history nerd?
Straightzi, could you be anymore of a history nerd?
Haha, probably!
I could actually care about pursuing it as a career instead of just saying fuck it and trying to ride it out on my drama minor.
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ButtlordFornicusLord of Bondage and PainRegistered Userregular
the universe would make sure you were born and in a position to do this anyway
it's already got it written in the description fo the power that major magical shit like ascensions can't be undone by altering history, the universe will make sure the same people are in the same place at the same time to ascend under the same conditions
it's not that far of a leap to "it also provides for you to be able to do this in the first place"
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ButtlordFornicusLord of Bondage and PainRegistered Userregular
gotta think big, go back and prevent the destruction of the libraries of alexandria / baghdad
The Bibliomancer of the group would have huge boners for this sort of thing.
Yes, a type of mage all about acquiring book based knowledge, while sacrificing their own significant memories.
Get a minor charge by forgetting about an important conversation you had, gain a major charge by forgetting someone significant in your life.
Sure, you start out using it as a form of therapy by turning all those horrible memories into something useful, but you get addicted to the power, and then you're forgetting about your parents, your spouse, perhaps your kids.
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QuetziHere we may reign secure, and in my choice,To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderatormod
Oh, neat!
I mean, you can still massively destabilize the present with any changes to history within those restrictions, but it takes a bit more creativity.
I mean, given the setting, let's roll back to my no more WWII level, and then, let's say Japan doesn't get involved in a conflict with the United States, leaving them free to conquer large swathes of the Asian continent, with Hirohito becoming a literal god through his purified belief and the belief of the Japanese people.
I mean, you can still massively destabilize the present with any changes to history within those restrictions, but it takes a bit more creativity.
I mean, given the setting, let's roll back to my no more WWII level, and then, let's say Japan doesn't get involved in a conflict with the United States, leaving them free to conquer large swathes of the Asian continent, with Hirohito becoming a literal god through his purified belief and the belief of the Japanese people.
I think Japanese PanAsia is enough damage, right?
that's not really how ascension works though so i mean
dude would still be a dude, who'd die just like anyone else
most of the avatars who aren't literally the next in line to ascend are regular dudes who die like anyone else
ascension isn't just "people think you specifically are a thing"
it's that you, your beliefs, your actions, your everything, embody some sort of archetype
the dude who wants to be the heisenberg messenger carries a bunch of cell phones, receives constant updates from all sorts of news sources, speaks multiple languages, never tells an outright lie (omission doesn't count, the heisenberg messenger is all about spin), and wears nike sneakers at all times because....i forget what the symbolism was
point is, this guy has lived and breathed the thing he wants to be for decades, and he's still not close
ascension isn't nearly as simple as "i think i'm a god, you think i'm a god, i'm a god"
@Buttlord, you sure have made Unknown Armies sounds good.
My alcoholic, degenerate thespian friends could probably play it pretty well.
Yes? Someone called?
EDIT:
"Yukira"
"Moriveth"
Algernon is dead. Long live Algernon.
However!
I fear that where Algernon was one, there may be Legion, The Rats In the Walls.
What. What's happening? What's going on?
I caught the rat; got a picture and everything, but it's slightly morbid seeing a helpless rodent with his face stuck to a glue trap so I'll spare you all.
I'll post a picture of my alarm system tomorrow: 3 miniature dachsunds who couldn't catch the damn thing, but sure did sniff around and bark a lot.
@Buttlord, you sure have made Unknown Armies sounds good.
My alcoholic, degenerate thespian friends could probably play it pretty well.
Yes? Someone called?
EDIT:
"Yukira"
"Moriveth"
Algernon is dead. Long live Algernon.
However!
I fear that where Algernon was one, there may be Legion, The Rats In the Walls.
What. What's happening? What's going on?
I caught the rat; got a picture and everything, but it's slightly morbid seeing a helpless rodent with his face stuck to a glue trap so I'll spare you all.
I'll post a picture of my alarm system tomorrow: 3 miniature dachsunds who couldn't catch the damn thing, but sure did sniff around and bark a lot.
Useless bitches, I swear.
Oh, oh! Such a shame then. I guess you two couldn't be friends.
Betcha you just killed the rat who would be Splinter and have ruined the Ninja Turtles.
... then you're forgetting about your parents, your spouse, perhaps your kids.
Oh, this is a delightful; gonna work it into a campaign at some point.
Now lets talk about the parts of Unknown Armies that'll make everyone not want to play it.
Sex mages. They gain charges by having anonymous sex, empty sex. And lose their powers by having any kind of meaningful sex. One of the 'artifacts' of the game is a porn video where the main porn star ascended to sexgodhood halfway through a scene.
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Make a Fuckawesome button for when plain Awesome won't do the trick.
him pointing at it at the end
"hah! take that, bomb!"
this is the kind of major charge that lets you save archduke ferdinand
thereby delaying world war one by a year or two, hooray
I think you mean brown widow
Rock Band DLC | GW:OttW - arrcd | WLD - Thortar
who knows man
life's a series of random coincidences
ripples in the pond and shit
(it's a game where you can get magic by being a drunk lighten the shit up)
what shit
all of the shit
i was referring to an issue of the recent scarlet spider where Kaine disarmed a nuke
And an arms race.
I'm referring to the episode of the Venture Bros. where Nathan Fillion played a Spider-Man pastiche called the Brown Widow.
Rock Band DLC | GW:OttW - arrcd | WLD - Thortar
Causality is fun.
Oh yeah, I'm being far from comprehensive in what I'm talking about here.
gotta think big, go back and prevent the destruction of the libraries of alexandria / baghdad
"If he's your pimp, blink twice."
Haha, probably!
I could actually care about pursuing it as a career instead of just saying fuck it and trying to ride it out on my drama minor.
it's already got it written in the description fo the power that major magical shit like ascensions can't be undone by altering history, the universe will make sure the same people are in the same place at the same time to ascend under the same conditions
it's not that far of a leap to "it also provides for you to be able to do this in the first place"
this is like
beyond major charge
it's also probably more of a cliomancer thing anyway (dudes who get magic from History)
History of Drama 101: Save it Fo Yo Mama, Fo Yo Yo Ma, & YOLO
Yeah, I'd take that course.
The Bibliomancer of the group would have huge boners for this sort of thing.
Yes, a type of mage all about acquiring book based knowledge, while sacrificing their own significant memories.
Get a minor charge by forgetting about an important conversation you had, gain a major charge by forgetting someone significant in your life.
Sure, you start out using it as a form of therapy by turning all those horrible memories into something useful, but you get addicted to the power, and then you're forgetting about your parents, your spouse, perhaps your kids.
I mean, you can still massively destabilize the present with any changes to history within those restrictions, but it takes a bit more creativity.
I mean, given the setting, let's roll back to my no more WWII level, and then, let's say Japan doesn't get involved in a conflict with the United States, leaving them free to conquer large swathes of the Asian continent, with Hirohito becoming a literal god through his purified belief and the belief of the Japanese people.
I think Japanese PanAsia is enough damage, right?
What. What's happening? What's going on?
Oh, this is a delightful; gonna work it into a campaign at some point.
that's not really how ascension works though so i mean
dude would still be a dude, who'd die just like anyone else
most of the avatars who aren't literally the next in line to ascend are regular dudes who die like anyone else
ascension isn't just "people think you specifically are a thing"
it's that you, your beliefs, your actions, your everything, embody some sort of archetype
the dude who wants to be the heisenberg messenger carries a bunch of cell phones, receives constant updates from all sorts of news sources, speaks multiple languages, never tells an outright lie (omission doesn't count, the heisenberg messenger is all about spin), and wears nike sneakers at all times because....i forget what the symbolism was
point is, this guy has lived and breathed the thing he wants to be for decades, and he's still not close
ascension isn't nearly as simple as "i think i'm a god, you think i'm a god, i'm a god"
I caught the rat; got a picture and everything, but it's slightly morbid seeing a helpless rodent with his face stuck to a glue trap so I'll spare you all.
I'll post a picture of my alarm system tomorrow: 3 miniature dachsunds who couldn't catch the damn thing, but sure did sniff around and bark a lot.
Useless bitches, I swear.
Oh, oh! Such a shame then. I guess you two couldn't be friends.
Betcha you just killed the rat who would be Splinter and have ruined the Ninja Turtles.
Nice going, jerk!
Rock Band DLC | GW:OttW - arrcd | WLD - Thortar
Now lets talk about the parts of Unknown Armies that'll make everyone not want to play it.
Sex mages. They gain charges by having anonymous sex, empty sex. And lose their powers by having any kind of meaningful sex. One of the 'artifacts' of the game is a porn video where the main porn star ascended to sexgodhood halfway through a scene.