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Which Denarian Coin would you choose?
WereElephant:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on April 09, 2018, 02:17:25 PM ---(A) Deirdre managed to coexist with her coin for over a thousand years, and retained her mind and sense of self that entire time. Her faults weren't from the coin, but from Nico's influence.
(B) If her demon is that willing to work with a host, then you've got immortality + armor only vulnerable to SotC + possibly hellfire + possibly tensile weapons + whatever you bring to the table magically.
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(A) But that coexistence happened because both host and Fallen were compatible. I'd like to think I wouldn't be as nuts as Deirde, making me incompatible with said Coin.
(B) Immortality seems to be a standard side effect of all Coins. Quintus Cassius really showed his age once Saluriel was taken from him, and considering the ages of Nic and Tessa, among others, the trait seems ubiquitous. Ditto Hellfire. If you're a magic user, then you'd have that with any Coin that doesn't steamroll you into a husk. The armor and tensile weapons are unique to her, but I'd be more interested in learning magic.
peregrine:
Wherein I'm not a horrible person, none. The only way that we've seen so far to not get puppet mastered by the coins is to work with them, and I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I don't want to work with a demon who wants to do demon things.
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: WereElephant on April 09, 2018, 02:37:26 PM ---(A) But that coexistence happened because both host and Fallen were compatible. I'd like to think I wouldn't be as nuts as Deirde, making me incompatible with said Coin.
(B) Immortality seems to be a standard side effect of all Coins. Quintus Cassius really showed his age once Saluriel was taken from him, and considering the ages of Nic and Tessa, among others, the trait seems ubiquitous. Ditto Hellfire. If you're a magic user, then you'd have that with any Coin that doesn't steamroll you into a husk. The armor and tensile weapons are unique to her, but I'd be more interested in learning magic.
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(A) Unlike others, I'm assuming I'm going to be a bad guy when taking up a coin. I'm going to do despicable things, to some degree or another. But I'd bargain the shared agenda. For every big evil plot, I get to met out some Griff-style justice to those I deem deserving. Which would presumably add to the fearful chaos that Denarians draw power from.
(B) Immortality, yes. It's just one of the benefits in general, along with hellfire. But I'm not presuming that the other Denarians can bestow magical ability when it doesn't pre-exist. I figure Namshiel prefers hosts with magical ability. So (potentially wrongfully) assuming that, then we already have some magical ability. That means I don't *need* the Denarians to teach me; I just need to learn how. Or I work with one of the Denarians that *can* teach magic. Just talk to Namshiel's host, and in return for some pointers, I'll help him raid a village or something.
groinkick:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on April 09, 2018, 12:07:11 PM ---Deirdre's coin is tempting. Depends on if the only special part is hair, though. If it could manifest malleable back ribbons like Mister Sinister, and claws like Wolverine, and could still tap hellfire for a magic user (I'm assuming I'd be one) to use cast hand and eye beams of fire, and enhance some kinetic abilities, you could make a serious X-Men crossbreed with that coin.
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That is pretty awesome.
Could you imagine Listen to Wind's shape shifting powers combined with the Coin of the shape shifting Denarian? That would be a pretty scary duo.
Lost Merlin:
--- Quote from: groinkick on April 09, 2018, 06:22:26 PM ---Could you imagine Listen to Wind's shape shifting powers combined with the Coin of the shape shifting Denarian? That would be a pretty scary duo.
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I don't think that Denarians shape shift other then their battle forms. My guess is they would be better classified as Were-Angels. They have one form that they can shift in to and that is it. Sure they can teach you a ton about shapeshifting, but if you were using their battle mode you might not be able to shift at all. Also, Were-Angels.
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