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Lenore, Noble of Ink
We are doing a short little modified game of Nobilis, and I had sooo much fun designing my Noble, Lenore. She controls the domain of Ink, and her Imperator is Human Expression! Her tattoos are themed and change to reflect the use of ink and the world around her. She used to be a chef, and I tried to incorporate that into her jacket design lol
The **devotion** of the _Nobilis_ to their Estate (concepts like “fire” or “storms” or “love”) is total, both the source of their power and their weaknesses. The bonds and afflictions in the most recent version of this game mechanize this devotion nicely. (The legendary square coffee-table second edition claims some devotion of its own.)
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/89003/nobilis-the-essentials-volume-1
Stepping outside our usual bailiwick, today we discuss Josh's other favorite TTRPG: Dr. Jenna Moran's Nobilis! Despite its rarefied and esoteric subject matter, we see parallels with Changeling (and other WW games) and thus felt it worthy of exploration. Questions ensue and some even get answered as we flip pages, so join us, won't you? The Power of Podcasting has ordained it. 🌺
Beyond the Border Mythic: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-113-nobilis/
#ChangelingTheDreaming #ctd #Nobilis #WorldOfDarkness #wod #ttrpg
Every so often I remember that Jenna Moran is working on Nobilis 4th edition and that makes the world a bit more bearable.
I mean, yes, as far as I am aware there hasn't been an update on that in over a year, but I can see it taking shape, slowly, somewhere in the dark. There is quiet music in the background, whispers of greatness and a donkey eating a carrot (but it is actually a carrot-shaped cake). The donkey denies being magical, but his accent seems unfamiliar.
For the "things I mustn't do" pile: #pathfinder but after the PCs pass a mythic trial you instead rebuild them in #nobilis
Nobody asks for #Nobilis 2nd edition reading lists these days, and well they shouldn’t - it’s been out of print for years if not decades. But that being said, The Lathe of Heaven is absolutely on the reading list that exists outside time and entropy as an example of how The Light is also led by monsters.
Finally got hold of a copy of the Big White Book at a price that didn't make my wallet cry.
8) Favorite RPG for its art: Let me first say that I think art is really important to set the tone for a game. For me good art can elevate a mediocre game to greatness and make a good game average. I loved #Agone in its day, #EclipsePhase is gorgeous, #Nobilis 2nd ed. is a piece of art, #CastleFalkenstein was great, #TheOneRing hit the mark, but it has to be #Symbaroum. I loooove the artwork in this game. There is no contest.
#TheDarkIsRising was also an inspiration for high-concept game #Nobilis, where Light, Dark, Angels, and Devils act ruthlessly & co-operate reluctantly to save the world from enemies outside Creation. For while the novel is '...structured around a Manichean opposition of Light and Dark', it shows 'a conflict fought in the shadows, in which no one is clean... “This is a cold battle we are in,” Merriman tells Will, chillingly, “and we must sometimes do cold things.”' Happy holiday listening!
#inroduction 2/-
#horrorrpg #CallofCthulhu (currently absorbing 40th anniversary) #Bureau13, #BrindlewoodBay, #Dread, #iHunt, #CastingtheRunes, #Ecoterrorists, #TheYellowKing, #DeltaGreen , #CthulhuDark, #FateofCthulhu
Conspiracy/Urban Fantasy - #OvertheEdge, #UnknownArmies, #Nobilis/ #Chuubo, #ArsMagica, #amberdiceless, #IronKingdoms #RedMarkets, #Spire
Others - #Capers, #ICONS, #MSHRPG, #ORE, #Cyberpunk2020/ #CyberpunkRED , #Deadlands, #HauntedWest
Others just ask!
@laidbackdm "Best" is tough, that's like asking which kid is my favorite.
- the one that's gotten the most play is Burning Wheel Gold
- the rarest/most rarefied prosewise is the Nobilis Great White Book
- most memories is the 1979 AD&D DM's Guide, with the name of the stoner who gave it to young me still inside the front cover ("My mom says I gotta get rid of this, you want it?")
- most read for fun is The Clay That Woke (tip o' the hat to author @PaulCzege)
@Steven Jenna Moran has a voice and style well suited to the stuff she creates. #Nobilis isn't everyone's cuppa, but it's written with a lot of deliberate authorial craft.
The late John M. Ford was another one who had a great, engaging voice that came through strongly. He was the author of Paranoia's Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues, among other things; his sidebar "Why People Support Rotten Empires" in GURPS Space is a great sample of his writing.
Following the trend.
Last 5 #ttrpg s I GMed
#DeltaGreen
#Mausritter
#OutOfTheAshes
#YellowKing
#WarhammerFantasyRoleplay
Five others in planning (new to me, or to return to)
#TheOneRing
Something #Glorantha
#Nobilis
#UnknownArmies
#BiteMarks
