Changes May 2016
We've wanted to make some changes to help reduce ooc management and hopefully make it easier to get involved and have more fun. Stay tuned as I will be editing this post as some of the plans your Ops Team has been working out come live.
New Numina - Telepathic Suggestion
Custom powers have always been possible, within reason. Jose has offered to help people since the beginning but no one has brought it up. Back in February someone asked which rules to use for Telepathy as Ascension's Right Hand and Sorcerer didn't match, and still weren't updated for V20 rules. With the help of Death and Jose, I worked on Telepathic Sensing and Telepathic Projection. A division suggested in a sidebar in Sorcerer. We added Telepathic Links to allow for greater flexibility, but sadly whoever had asked about it before has since moved on. Although Puppetry was a part of Sorcerer version, we felt it overlapped the skills of other supernaturals and was a bit too much for mortals. So now we have brought you Telepathic Suggestion! You might find some similarities with Dominate, but Telepathic Suggestion is more about being subtle and is much easier for Sleepers to pass off as a person being charismatic and likable rather than straight up crazy magic, and thus is a little easier to use against them. Supernaturals are fully aware of the immense possibilities of magic and the powers of the mind, and so will be a harder sell.
Bastet Gift Swiping
This actually has been around for a while, but as I was playing the only (active) bastet at the time it seems to have fallen through the cracks. So making it official.
Moving to Montly XP rewards
In an effort to streamline background processes and simplify rules, XP rewards will be moving to a monthly tracking system rather than weekly.
Training Times are Removed
This is made possible thanks to the changes in the monthly XP changes. XP gains will be a bit slower, and the time required to earn teh xp will adequately represent the time required to learn new abilities, powers or increase attributes. Keep in mind your character MUST make efforts to advance in those areas and all XP spends must be approved by a STer via the Downtime Reports. If your character does nothing but drink beer and eat onion rings, you will be hard pressed to explain why his or her wits have increased.
Lores as Backgrounds
We understand how important Lores are in our game. Moving forward, Lores will be treated as a Background. All the divisions and topics will still be there, and each will have the five ranks currently represented as advanced knowledges.
Additional Freebies at Creation
Newly created characters will get a boost with additional freebies.
Fae House Rules Added
Like the Bastet Gift Swiping added earlier this month, these house rules have been in effect for some time, but they were lacking in specific details. Remember this is OOC knowledge. IC knowlege of these effects will require appropriate levels of lore. If you play a fae character or have been considering one, be sure to check these out.