Saw this was about to fall onto page three, so thought I would give it a much deserved bump.

Timing of RP has been sporadic lately, but got a couple hours with the group a few days ago and did the big reveal of the Shetland Ponies and it was a huge hit. While describing the ponies I mentioned the farm up the street from me and the performances they put on for kids' birthday parties. Sure enough, within a few minutes they were organizing a little "wild west" show. The shaman sung a beautiful song, the wizard did some magic tricks, our gun fighter shot coins and fruit out of the air, my wild-man-of-the-desert character "fought" two wolves, and the farm owner made the costumes, did a martial arts demonstration, and did some acrobatic tricks on the wagon while it was being raced around by the ponies (she doesn't make most sessions, so we let her take the front seat for most of it). Both the opening, closing, and half-time acts were centered around the ponies running in different formations and doing various tricks (taught to them by the gun fighter/horse trainer character), as well as pulling a fancy wagon (designed by the group and build with help from an NPC) which was given extra flair and effects (like it being "consumed by flames" during the closing act) by the wizard/stage magician character.

We had so much fun that it seems the focus is going to center around the show for a while, so I'm going to have an NPC approach them for a real show in Australia. That should give me a chance to work in the kangaroo and I know that as soon as I mention Australia the farm owner is going to want to get her character a Koala, "there just so darn cute" I'm guessing will be the justification. :p Might try to work in a great white and some seals, and/or a komodo, if the opportunity presents itself.

I'm still using the crap out of these animals and I can tell you that at least two other GMs I know, who don't do the forum thing, are using them in there games and wish to give you major props.

Oooo, I like it. However, I disagree that Hulking Size is necessary. The term "Giants" was an improper translation and has been replaced with 'Nephilim' in newer translations. You can see various different translations of the genesis passage here. Might be good to move Hulking Size to the optional powers list.

Personally the idea of Hulking Size babies born of mortal women doesn't seem right, regardless of who the father was.

Either way though, cool template.

So, uh, anyone still interested in this? Or should I let it go the way of the dodo having made all the major game lines and a couple of others? I mean, I'm enjoying doing it, but if nobody's looking at it, I can do something else I'd enjoy equally that other people may find more useful.

I'm loving this stuff, though it seems I've somehow missed posting as much. However, my question would be what do you see that still needs to be done?

Demon, Werewolf, Vampire, Mage, Eastern Kindred, Hunter, and Changeling. Looking at the shelf next to me, Mummy is the only one I see you haven't done yet.

If you have more ideas of things to make, I know I'd read it (though I have to say that, at the moment, Fiona's sheet in the mortals thread is the one I'm most anticipating).

Because it seems appropriate to continue with the trio:

By any chance have you gotten around to stating up Fiona Glenanne?

Ok, you got me, I will gladly cede the point based on the word of the Doctor. And chalk him being scaned with machines for life up to my bad memory. Guess I need to look for a new example of someone that doesn't die.

I don't agree that my definition of death is silly, though I guess the way I wrote was sort of rambling. If the rule was "when your organs no longer function" then various forms of sci-fi suspended animation or cryogenic stasis that completely stop the functioning of organs would make you dead and I don't think that feels right.

Personally I don't think your dead until some undefined point when you can't be "brought back to life". I guess I put the line where your body as a whole begins to break down for whatever reason, be it bacteria in an appropriate atmosphere, the vacuum and radiation of space degrading the cells, or whatever. Its a hard thing to put a definitive line on as evident by the lack of a satisfying biological definition of "life" in the real world, much less a real definition of when someone or something is "dead". Either way, just how I've handled it in my rps, I'm sure others have done it other ways and have other definitions.

When he's been killed, people check his vitals and there is no sign of life.  When he was buried, they talk about how he was constantly dying and being reanimated for 2000 years.

True, but not having vitals (especially when the check for vitals is done by a person and not machines and tests) isn't the same as massive cellular death throughout your body. There are many things in real life that could make a person seem dead to the standard checks for life. I define "dead" as the point when the bacteria in your body start eating and decomposing you. Its been awhile since I've watched the ep, but I seem to remember a scene where he was in the morgue on one of the tables and a dead body was on the table next to him. His skin was nice and pink, while the dead guy's body was the standard dead-body-gray color. This to me shows that his body never truly died, though I'm sure it felt like he had more then once.

You can't base in-world mechanics off of characters' conversational dialogue. People say inaccurate things all the time, especially when the people around them know what they are talking about anyway, and the same thing applies to the conversions of characters. Jack saying he died and came back to life over and over doesn't carry any weight because he is the one suffering through the traumatic situation and his perspective is understandably clouded. If he had died or gone unconscious from shock, suffocation, etc, he wouldn't know the difference between that or dieing and coming back. Once you're unconscious your heart can stop, be shocked back, and you would never know it.

I tend to just create the main parts of my adventure and improv the rest but I can make available what I have written up, if theirs interest.

Let me second that, would like to see them also.