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what playable stuff are you hoping for?
iago:
With all spellcasting, there's a skills component -- focusing on boosting those skills really high and then marrying them to a very narrow, focused spell talent, would get you the end result you're talking about.
Mortimer Lindquist is actually a great example of this -- as a ectomancer, he's a bit narrow in what he can do, but he can do that stuff *really* well (once he gets his belief in his magic back). Narrower powers, spiked skills -- that's how you get it.
TheMouse:
I was thinking about Fred's last post as I was falling asleep last night, and I got what I think might be a pretty cool character idea. The idea is the child of the angel of storms (which Google reveals to be Zakkiel). The character would have some intense but very focused magic which dealt only with the components of storms -- so gale force winds, lightning, rain, etc. Then perhaps toss on a minor power or two related to being the child of an angel.
I'm thinking something between an emissary of power and a focused practitioner.
Valarian:
--- Quote from: TheMouse on July 30, 2009, 04:57:15 PM ---I was thinking about Fred's last post as I was falling asleep last night, and I got what I think might be a pretty cool character idea. The idea is the child of the angel of storms (which Google reveals to be Zakkiel). The character would have some intense but very focused magic which dealt only with the components of storms -- so gale force winds, lightning, rain, etc. Then perhaps toss on a minor power or two related to being the child of an angel.
I'm thinking something between an emissary of power and a focused practitioner.
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Sounds good to me, there might be something of the Changeling template in there as well (such as supernatural resilience or physical immunity to electricity). Could you please post your Nephilim template when you're done.
TheMouse:
--- Quote from: Valarian on July 31, 2009, 12:16:15 PM ---Sounds good to me, there might be something of the Changeling template in there as well (such as supernatural resilience or physical immunity to electricity). Could you please post your Nephilim template when you're done.
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Once the game comes out, if there's nothing like a Nephilim template, I'd gladly write up an unofficial template for them. I found a huge list of different angels to use as inspiration for examples.
I imagine that most of the powers would be things like highly focused magic and -- as you mention -- things like resistance to effects within their parent's purview. The baseline would likely be pretty low on the Refresh cost ladder, but it could potentially get up pretty high depending on how many generations the angelic blood had to be thinned out and the power of the parent. The direct child of an archangel, for example, would likely be potentially quite powerful and high in Refresh cost.
Valarian:
The Asgardian types could be interesting as well, such as Gard in the books. All sorts of old gods and half-gods could be lying around. The devas are another possibility for supernatural types, and djinn.
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