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May. 30th, 2007 06:14 amIn the midst of the hard stuff this past week, there has also been some fun.
There's a new White Wolf game out called Scion: Hero, which looks like it's going to be a great deal of fun. The premise is that the gods of multiple pantheons exist and continue to be active in the world. Some of them have children with mortals -- or, in the case of virgin goddesses like Athena and Artemis -- become patrons of the children of other gods, and sometimes they reveal themselves to their offspring and give them gifts in order to fight the children of chaos called titanspawn. The game is about the player characters joining this fight, using their powers, gaining renown -- and dealing with the consequences. Hero is the first of three books, each of which will take the PC's another three levels up toward possible godhood themselves: if they survive, and if they do not forsake the path because of the consequences to themselves and those around them.
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_storyteller_ and I worked on creating my character. I originally wanted to have a woman who finds out she was fathered by a warrior god, but what I ended up with was a charismatic, sneaky, rabble-rouser from New Orleans who is the child of Shango, a Voudon god. According to the rule book, Shango always has three scions in the world: a leader, an advisor, and a bandit (think Robin Hood). My character -- who doesn't have a name yet -- is the current bandit. She has a fierce desire to help the opporessed, the forgotten, the marginalized, and she is not at all adverse to bending or even breaking the law to do so.
Among her powers is the ability to get anyone who is guilty of anything to confess, in public. I can imagine a great deal of fun with that. . . !!
On Saturday night, I finally learned how to play a trading card game._storyteller_, uncrowned_king and my daughter all play Magic. I've never been particularly inspired to learn, but when _storyteller_ picked up the relatively new World of Warcraft card game I decided to give it a try. Somewhat to my surprise, I really enjoyed it, even though it turned out that all my best cards were on the bottom of my deck and I eventually conceded the game because there was nothing I could do to attack or defend against his forces. It's a fun way to relax, and I'm looking forward to another session soon.
There's a new White Wolf game out called Scion: Hero, which looks like it's going to be a great deal of fun. The premise is that the gods of multiple pantheons exist and continue to be active in the world. Some of them have children with mortals -- or, in the case of virgin goddesses like Athena and Artemis -- become patrons of the children of other gods, and sometimes they reveal themselves to their offspring and give them gifts in order to fight the children of chaos called titanspawn. The game is about the player characters joining this fight, using their powers, gaining renown -- and dealing with the consequences. Hero is the first of three books, each of which will take the PC's another three levels up toward possible godhood themselves: if they survive, and if they do not forsake the path because of the consequences to themselves and those around them.
Over the weekend,
_storyteller_ and I worked on creating my character. I originally wanted to have a woman who finds out she was fathered by a warrior god, but what I ended up with was a charismatic, sneaky, rabble-rouser from New Orleans who is the child of Shango, a Voudon god. According to the rule book, Shango always has three scions in the world: a leader, an advisor, and a bandit (think Robin Hood). My character -- who doesn't have a name yet -- is the current bandit. She has a fierce desire to help the opporessed, the forgotten, the marginalized, and she is not at all adverse to bending or even breaking the law to do so.Among her powers is the ability to get anyone who is guilty of anything to confess, in public. I can imagine a great deal of fun with that. . . !!
On Saturday night, I finally learned how to play a trading card game.
_storyteller_, uncrowned_king and my daughter all play Magic. I've never been particularly inspired to learn, but when _storyteller_ picked up the relatively new World of Warcraft card game I decided to give it a try. Somewhat to my surprise, I really enjoyed it, even though it turned out that all my best cards were on the bottom of my deck and I eventually conceded the game because there was nothing I could do to attack or defend against his forces. It's a fun way to relax, and I'm looking forward to another session soon.
