The Unity grid still available for play for those that want a more challenging rp experience.

I’ve recently allowed a Gorgon, however in my game they are strictly a bygone with no ties to the Shifter sphere.

@Jennkryst said in Ascension Sojourns:

shifts nervously with her Possessed concept

I’m sure any fellow Mummy fan isn’t going for the types of stuff I’m referring to

I haven’t put any thought into Mummy for this because 20th Mummy rules are one page long, and are located in the Vampire Tal’mahe’Ra book.

But.

If they are an option, I can be in and out of chargen in about 20 minutes, once I get home from work.

Said character wandered around DOWNTOWN NYC and would just do “bull on the loose in a large city” stuff in lieu of any constructive RP, trying as hard as he might to join slice of life scenes just to stomp car windshields and kick bystanders.

shifts nervously with her Possessed concept

I’m sure any fellow Mummy fan isn’t going for the types of stuff I’m referring to… like the person I once met who played a D&D Gorgon (the giant poison spewing iron bull) as a Bygone, and specifically made the character unable to communicate unless another character had some way to specifically connect to his mind telepathically. Said character wandered around DOWNTOWN NYC and would just do “bull on the loose in a large city” stuff in lieu of any constructive RP, trying as hard as he might to join slice of life scenes just to stomp car windshields and kick bystanders.

That said, you have reminded me that my brain is trying to build traditional WoD concepts rather than concepts for the specific setting. Thanks!

[…] weird seekers of toxic attention.

shifts nervously with her Possessed concept

That said, as much as I like the setting, I am finding it troubling to find a character concept that doesn’t feel out of place in the setting. Being in another plane of existence sort of isn’t the place for most of my ideas for WoD characters. Hell, last time I played Werewolf, I gave my character an irrational fear of the Umbra.

That is why the Ascension and Battlestar Galactica shows were mentioned as inspiration. Don’t think of it as living in a horizon realm or in the Umbra. Think of it as living in an Ark or Generation ship. It’s just that MAGIC means it isn’t an actual ship… you have sky above you and ground under foot and and and…

… because that is what the characters have likely been told and/or what they believe.

That said, as much as I like the setting, I am finding it troubling to find a character concept that doesn’t feel out of place in the setting. Being in another plane of existence sort of isn’t the place for most of my ideas for WoD characters. Hell, last time I played Werewolf, I gave my character an irrational fear of the Umbra.

I’ve seen them both. I’ve seen it all. I still recall one of the absolute worst things I saw at Metro where there was a (IIRC) Vodou Verbena-run strip joint on the grid and if this one-line concept sounds like a it was destined to go wrong eventually, you’re right.

Content Warning: Gross, tasteless, and unnecessary RP centered around traumatic pregnancy complications:

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Sooner or later there’s going to be someone trying to go there.

Seems to me it’s an approvals staff problem.

That was a player problem. Not a playable character problem.

But I’m sure you know that.

I’m not going into detail, but let’s just say that I never want to read the phrase “Unicorn Size Queen” ever again.

If not, no biggie.

@Jennkryst Are Possessed in WoD20?

I don’t think they’re in WoD20, but they are in the oWoD. There was a book that covered them (titled Possessed) and it covered Fomori (Wyrm-possessed), Drones (Weave-possessed), Gorgons (Wyld-possessed), and Kami (Gaia-possessed).

I would be very hesitant to join any game he was involved with, because until he does what he inevitably does and gets banned, he is extremely good at getting his tentacles into everything.

@Warma-Sheen To be clear. Most people shouldn’t and don’t care about that person. It would be foolish to solely blame him for less traffic

Eeeh, I dunno. I imagine that this can make considerable difference. Especially if the game is small. It’s quite possible to have a very fun and satisfying game with fewer than a dozen players. It can be pretty difficult to avoid one out of fewer than a dozen players. Especially if that player you want to avoid is skilled in superficial charm or does helpful shit that makes other players and staff want to show appreciation.

I hesitate to join games where I know I am probably going to have to deal with Cheaty-Cheaty Bang-Bang McManipulative Liar, especially if I suspect they have already got groupies there.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with a small game, and lack of character pages on a wiki doesn’t mean nothing is happening. Things are happening regularly with the players that log on. As someone previously mentioned it is American Thanksgiving weekend, scheduled scenes are skipping this week, to resume next week.

A known problem person on staff will drive people away but their absence won’t cause an interest that wasn’t already there.

Also this is a one sphere niche game with an original setting. That also can take a bit to chew on. There’s nothing wrong with that, I personally adore those games and play on them often. I did check this place out but I don’t get excited about mage as a system/sphere and have had mostly meh experiences when giving it a chance elsewhere. But I do like the setting. Its probably not enough for me to give it a whirl, too much of a reach. But I am not the target or ideal participant for this place so no one should care/worry about that.

ETA: wasn’t the game runner that drew attention here but posting of the ban post by someone else. But still. People play on the same games as people they don’t like all the time and at least this staff didn’t hand him the keys when they heard something disconcerting and they also took action when the meltdown occurred that didn’t involve coddling. Its a point in their favor not because of the specific person involved but that they did it.