Kurieg posted:

Rubix Squid posted:

Wasn't this guy in Mortal Kombat?

Mors Rattus posted:

So do they have a leatherman, a construction worker and a sailor?

Simian_Prime posted:

You just know that Gurahl moonlights as a leather-daddy.

Doc Aquatic posted:

If we could just get Paradox to take Beast and, like, two thirds of Exalted, we could just cleanly split the companies into Good White Wolf and Evil White Wolf and be done with it.

hangedman1984 posted:

I remember when we were all optimistic about paradox buying white wolf, how naive we all were.

Kurieg posted:

I think because when paradox bought things we were expecting "Vampire Kings 2", "Werewolf Universalis", and "Mageika" not a shrine to all the worst excesses of Mark Rein Hagen and a vampire branded pinball game.

Kurieg posted:

"Mageika"

Bedlamdan posted:

Beast, I think, is a pretty sincere attempt to capture what morally good people want in an rpg (default positive regard for the less privileged, strident condemnation of problematic people/thoughts, an understanding that cis-white-males and their patriarchy is malevolent), but did it in a way that made Beasts not unambiguously good and Heroes not unambiguously evil.

I can't help but feel that a perfected version of Beast will work harder to affirm its message by: eliminating any possibility of empathizing with Heroes and sticking closer to those three tenets above.

I mean, just add a mechanic about making important forum posts and you'll have the rpg form of many of our own subforums. Beast is all about missed opportunities.

Bedlamdan posted:

I mean, just add a mechanic about making important forum posts and you'll have the rpg form of many of our own subforums. Beast is all about missed opportunities.

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Amulet of Resurrection (••)
Purview(s): Death; Calling: Liminal; Primary Skill: Occult
Motif: Death is not the end of purpose.
Enhancement: 2

Osiris fashions these golden amulets in the shape of the djed pillar, a symbol representing stability and the spine of the afterlife god himself. A Scion who knows the right ritual can place the amulet upon a mummified corpse and perform the spell, allowing the mummy to regain the use of its spine for a short while and do the godling's bidding.

Knack: A Scion can use one of these amulets to animate a properly mummified corpse as a complex action rolled with Reason + Occult at difficulty 2, with an interval of one round and a goal of eight successes. If successful, the Scion temporarily gains the Mummy Follower (see p. XX) at one dot per corpse animated for the scene, to a maximum of five dots.

iGjallar (••)
Purview(s): Sky; Calling: Liminal; Primary Skill: Persuasion
Motif: A voice heard everywhere.
Enhancement: 3

The great sounding horn of Heimdall is the Gjallarhorn, a clarion with a blast audible in all worlds that summons gods and signals doom. Prophecy holds that when Ragnarok comes, the Gjallarhorn will herald its beginning. The iGjallar is the modern Scion's tribute to the mighty call of the Æsir's hawk-eyed sentinel: a smartphone with a direct uplink to the Overworld. It requires no service contract or battery and can communicate across boundaries between realms, including from the World to almost any Terra Incognita and vice versa.

Knack: In addition to all the functions of a normal smartphone, the iGjallar has crystal clear reception no matter where the Scion goes and never loses signal except when brought to realms that have no connection to the Overworld or other locations sacred to the character's divine benefactor. With it, the Scion can call anywhere as long as there's a phone or similar device on the other end to receive it.

Irish Muscle Car (••••)
Purview(s): Journeys, War; Calling: Warrior; Primary Skill: Pilot
Motif: The road is my battlefield.
Enhancement: 2

The chariot is the traditional conveyance of battle for the Tuatha Dé Danann, favored by the Morrígan. A sturdy chariot pulled by noble steeds and bristling with weaponry could make a simple drive-by deadly in the hands of a skilled charioteer. Modern Scions prefer to pay homage to this tradition with a different kind of horsepower. The Irish muscle car is usually a Mustang or Charger, tricked out with gadgets, guns, hidden blades, and more to make chases a dicey prospect for a hero's enemies. Souped-up engines that roar like lions and stylish paint jobs are practically required — no stealthy spy vehicles receive Badb's blessing.

Knack: This vehicle constitutes a road hazard for any other vehicle involved in a chase or race (see p. XX). Once per scene, the driver of the Irish muscle car may gain one Momentum whenever the driver of another vehicle spends any.

Flaw: Reduce the car's Cruising and Top Speeds by one at the end of any scene in which it was used in a chase or race without its driver or another occupant fulfilling his Prowess Virtue. Restore these traits to full value as soon as Prowess is fulfilled this way. Other similar Virtues may substitute at the Storyguide's discretion.

Crasical posted:

I'm mostly sure this post was satire, but not 100% sure.

Kurieg posted:

Every good or Redeemable theme in Beast is already explored in one of the other CofD games, and is usually done better besides. The only unique thing Beast has to itself is the idea of a Monster who knows it's a monster, and chose to be a monster. A Game where you are unambiguously the bad guy, even if you try to work your powers towards laudable ends, would be fun. But such a game would need to divorce itself severely from it's ties to LGBTs and Others. Because when you're sustaining yourself off the suffering of children then people have a right to hate you.

Kurieg posted:

Eh probably but the F&F thread has been hit with people trying to defend/fix beast so I can't even tell anymore.

Mors Rattus posted:

I'm kind of disappointed by the reaction to the literal magical iphone Scion preview.

Kurieg posted:

I Am Just a Box posted:

In the background of this one, though, I kind of like the weird industrial cathedral look to the factory. If you're gonna be a stylistically exaggerated setting, go all out.

Kai Tave posted:

Okay but the real question is what is going on with that outfit?

I Am Just a Box posted:

Holy poo poo, that ratkin photomanipulation really doesn't work. Just in general, the idea of using pictures of actual LARPers really doesn't seem suited to the game about everybody being a violent shapeshifter. Is there a Corax splash?


In the background of this one, though, I kind of like the weird industrial cathedral look to the factory. If you're gonna be a stylistically exaggerated setting, go all out.

Kai Tave posted:

Okay but the real question is what is going on with that outfit?

Xelkelvos posted:

Can I get a refresher on why Scion 1e was so terrible?

ZearothK posted:

nemesi.

Yawgmoth posted:

Nemeses.

I played in what ended up being a one-shot of Scion. Epic Dex was hilariously busted to the point of "how did this make it past a first reading?"

Mors Rattus posted:

So glad that Arete is burned in the fires of Hell along with most of 1e. Now the Greeks get the much more interesting unique power of METAMORPHOSIS, turning themselves and others into random poo poo.