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I went with Reputation for Missy's Focus. Bumped up Velvet Voice again Bumped up Adelaide Montgomery Resource Bumped up Relationship with Jane Montgomery Missy has been working hard to cultivate her reputation as more than a side-show attraction. She has a toe-hold in the parlors of the wealthy and is spending her money as fast as she makes it trying to keep up the appearance that she belongs there. While stories of secrets revealed and messages from beyond have been making the rounds since her spook show came to the city, the decisive moment came when she turned her 'clairvoyance' to helping Adelaide Montgomery lo

We love a rivalry! Particularly with a scrappy underdog.

I decided it to drop it so it's good

I'm less worried about it being a balance issue if he has longevity but no durability (if he can still be shot, stabbed, and catch cholera). For me, it's more of a setting and vibe question. He's an occultist in a world where some of that stuff is real, so if it's something like 'he's 100 but looks 40', that vibes for me. If he's actually from the Crusades like MB teased earlier, that starts feeling odd for the setting. He's already filling a place as 'old money' and part of the 'rich and elite', and immortality (making him literally old money) feels a bit like putting a hat on a hat. I'm also a little worried if he's that old... well,

Pathway Focus: Invention Millie doesn't truly know why she's always been so fascinated by taking things apart and putting them back together; she just is, and doing so comes as naturally to her as breathing at times. If she didn't have to think about the day to day getting by, the business wouldn't exist, and Millie would spend her entire time on her own experiments. She's not looking to make a name for herself... just looking to keep doing what she loves to- no- needs to do. New Gear (ability) The Alchemascope A set of goggles Millie wears and keeps with her that she can use to see objects in differing visual freq

The Exchange and Edmund are both good. For the Ferroburst Pistol, I'd like to keep it as close to the original "magnetism" as possible. I wouldn't limit it to a single shot, but maybe it needs to be reloaded. You might also want to replace one of the SFX with "d4 Earn a Plot Point when you run out of ammo" and move the others left up one. For the Alchemascope, I'd suggest something more like: I think those align better with the rules of the game and will be more universal, but let me know what you think. IF you like them, Millie is good to go for Step 3!

Missy is all set for Step 3!

We would need to define the reason for his extended lifespan. Why is he so old? why hasn’t he died? what keeps him alive? what problems has this caused for him? what happens if someone tries to kill him? what price does he pay for this extended lifespan? I'm not sure it fits 100%, especially after having kicked the idea of a vampire out for Chiyako. I’m not 100% against it, either, but I feel like there’s going to put Edmund at a level far above everyone else. I’d like to put it out to the group. Is an immortal character okay with you? Do you feel like it will create too much of an imbalance? If you’re not comfortable voicing your

HAH! Peeping tom! I'm about to leave for work so will get mine finished later!

IT'S GO TIME!! Continue with the other step of Step 3: Focus under Pathways in the Rules Reference. We've already done the first Pathways Map step so we only need to do the 2nd step (add a new circle (Relationship or NPC) or diamond (Location). Then you just have to choose your path and complete those steps!

Done and sorry I had forgotten.

You can just copy it right out of the Distinctions section of the Rules Reference. I pre-made a pile of Distinctions and Abilities for people to choose from.

@MagnificentBastard - your Shameless Flirt Distinction needs have the SFX listed in the description. They don't indicate additional dice, they tell the SFX that you unlock as you step the die rating of the Distinction. When you add it at d4, you unlock the d4 SFX. When you Step Up to d6, there is no additional SFX. When you Step Up to d8, you add the listed SFX. When you Step Up to d10 there is additional no SFX, and when you Step UP to d12, you unlock the listed SFX. Regardless of which SFX you have unlocked, you always roll the die rating of the Distinction when using it in your poll. d4: Earn a Plot Point and Add a d6 to Trouble w

I'm trying to find your link... is it "Jane Montgomery > is besotted with > Edmund Blackwood"?

I misunderstood your question. I thought you were asking 'Do we add two arrows (presumably one there and one back) when making a connection.' Yeah, this is a new connection to draw.

We're on a new step

Just one, right? A connection is a single arrow running from something to something else.

scrappy underdogs usually need allies ;)

You might as well have asked my boring ass to do advanced math with this step. Anyhow I connected Willis Sloan to Edmund to say this ambitious contract fiend is scheming against against Edmund and thinking about taking whats his so that he can be play with the big dogs.

I love them- I'll update then on my actual sheet first thing tomorrow (sleep time for me now!) <3

I think my character is setup. I changed his Youth to Believer since now that he isn't immortal he would have be very into the magick religion to be this powerful and used Focus for reputation.

I'm honestly fine with the whole being immortal thing if it is, for example, tied to something else supernatural (like his medallion). Something which he could lose, that isn't just making him a sort of monster. And as Wicked suggested, maybe having him not be ancient, but still quite old (sort of like he is still newish in his immortality). That would make it so he shouldn't be overpowered, but still has that core aspect. With the Vampire thing it is understandable not having a full fledged Vampire, if we're trying to keep things not too supernatural. Alicia is effectively a fake Vampire. But we do have some supernaturalish elements, an

@IsabellaRose I'll think I'll just drop it. I do think this means making some quick changes which I'll do now. PS: Love the new avatar.

Personally I'm not against the idea per-se but I do feel like its a little bit of a step up in terms of the general mood we've operated on so far. And I do think it would be a smidge unfair with vampires (as a supernatural force) having been more or less pushed with a broom out the door. I'm not sure about imbalance as this sort of system is less about min-maxing and more about narrative but its kinda hard to tell cause the system does seem relatively shielded against "being good at everything" like an immortal probably would be and even discourage it but I dunno. I'm not opposed but it definitely another level. I'm playing an E

I think that's fair enough.

updated my previous post!

That's because I wasn't sure I could do that my idea is no one knows my character is weirdly old and I had backstory if I couldn't do it, that fits the same concept. I am going for Supernatural as my Focus, its the only one that fits. There isn't a list of Heritage Distinctions, but I would argue this is what makes me life forever (aging wise). With my character being born around the time of the crusades. Assuming that works, I'll pick Glamour as my Ability. And then ill just have to step up a relationship probably with Alicia or Millie since you keep insisting its vitality we pump them as high as possible.

Kojo is all set for Step 3!

Abilities Distinctions Heritage Distinctions Let me know if you need me to clarify beyond what's written in the rules. Side note: I went back to double-check because I thought I missed something, and your original character concept didn't have anything about being immortal, which is definitely an Ability. It might be based on a heritage, depending on why you're immortal. Either way, we need to define how and why you're immortal, and what the limitation is to your immortality. "I weirdly lived a really long time" might be how it comes across to the people in town if they find out, but there's a reason for it an

Every separate ability you have counts as a new Ability on your sheet. We could call them Inhuman Speed or Strength. When you count them as "Gear" that means they're not an inherent part of you and what you do. Think of it as Spider-man's "spider sense" which is part of him, vs. his web shooters, which are gear he wears. The big difference is that gear, or in our case, mad science, has limitations. It can break, you can run out of "ammo" or "doses" etc. That's why "Gear" or "Mad Science" are limits. Does that make sense?

I am assuming both the Alchemy ability and Alicia's Regenerative Tonics ability count as abilities with the Mad Science limit? Would something else like a tonic replicating Unnatural Speed or Unnatural Strength count as a new ability for that, branching off her Heritage? Otherwise if it has to be sort of gear related I guess Rail-Jack could sort of work.

Oh alright back to the mines!

Yes Just tell me what I need to copy paste and what the default value is, I dont have the book and what I posted is what I thought was the default Shameless Flirt trait.

Oh okay I missed that then I'll change my connection. Fixed!

As Magda's finger slid back inside of her, the curl of the digit felt like the pull of a trigger. A fresh shudder ran through the pilot, a jolt that caused her mouth to open in a hot inhalation that also sucked in the scent of Magda's glistening skin mingled with her own juices—and her dark eyes flashed. Emily's teeth found the other woman's bottom lip, coming together with a sharp pressure that was less a playful nip than a wordless, feral assertion of 'mine' ... at least for the moment. One hand slipped over Magda's wrist, the pressure on the tendons hovering on the soft-side of painful. The palm of her free hand came up to catch Magd

So above the box detailing our Focus choices there is a notice to draw an arrow from any circle or diamond to another circle, diamond, or square. We did that one already, right? There is also a notice telling us to draw an arrow from our square to a new or existing circle or diamond. We haven't done that one yet, right? Regardless, I'll also be going for Invention, as it fits Alicia the most. Not that she would focus on mechanical inventions and such, but she would focus on experimentation and mad sciences. Progress and quenching her never-ending thirst for knowledge are her primary foci. Even while on the run she has set her mind t

I don’t want to add pressure or stress to anyone. I think I’m going to cancel this game. My apologies for pushing too hard. Thank you for your initial interest.

Jumi was a little out of her element, not that she was uncommitted. She could not exactly be blamed that this did not come naturally to her. She had played a little with dominance and a bit more submission in the past, but not very heavy and battling was another matter. Shinigami’s lines were a bit better. Yeah, she occasionally fantasized about making Shinigami a ‘pet’. But just a whim of her imagining, it seemed it would greatly offend Shinigami if she tried. Even if she was wrong about that, she would not know where to begin, or end. Shinigami’s advice nudged her on, but was rather vague. Of course the other one had to speak up, so

Shinigami smiled a bit from the way Jumi was treating her, "You're not trying to fight it out, then... I enjoy a good fuck as well but I thought you might give me a bit more to chew on, after all the power I gave you. Maybe it's not your kind of thing, after all...", she concluded in a teasing manner, feeling like Jumi might not have what it takes to take her on. Or at least she didn't try hard enough. Maybe that attempt would have worked better on Mitsuko, given how innocent she was. The daughter of death was capable of taking more, even if it wasn't necessarily pain or torture. There probably was a reason that she gave Jumi the mean to domi

Your girl? Mitsuko seemed to think it was fine to be just be friends at this point. Friends with a lot of benefits anyway. Shinigami seemed to see it differently. How Jumi was acting now as the reason? How they had acted the whole time they knew each other? She did not mind it, was not going to correct Shinigami. Though Shinigami was her girl for the moment. They also had an uncertain relationship, blurred further by Shinigami looking at things differently from humans. Probably not helped by how her ‘mother’ had interacted with her in the past. “Well, I’m learning at least as much as you. Even if I never get another chance, I

Well, a time limit totally isn't going to add more stress to this. (And I am not trying to be rude toward anyone, sorry if I am). I have no sliver of idea of what characters others have or anything so I imagine that I must just throw something on the table and find out as we start. Sigh... I understand the concept and story intended. Issue is actually trying to create a character in this without knowing much about what I'm creating her in. I thought there would be a bit more discussions about settings, ideas, etc. Group 1 looks way more advanced on that side. I know I barely contributed anything here but I'm trying to understand what I'm

Reika herself looked awfully quiet before an exhausted Mitsuko, who had fallen to unconsciousness a second time. She had not witnessed her first time with the two other girls but this time still made an impact on her. The girl was strong enough to have lasted this long enduring quite a sexual torment. She was not in danger but it still had been an ordeal on her mentally and physically. She was not going to wake or recover from this one as easily as Shinigami had done. An expression of annoyance showed on her face as she still pet the girl's head. The messy states of their bodies alone showed how bad the ordeal had been on her. Reika could tak

Jumi had mixed feelings as Reika was not content with the tentacle sharing. They were starting to get involved with each other. A rare bit of jealousy stung inside her, normally she did not feel that about sharing. She had embraced a rather open lifestyle, whether Mitsuko was friend or girlfriend. It was partially her mistrust and suspicion of course. The fact she was keeping Shinigami out of the girls hands for now only made up for it a little. It was probably for the better this power was temporary, of Shinigami’s choice, even if it ruled out a deeper connection that might have created something more permanent. Meant she did not

We're just waiting for @MagnificentBastard to link something/someone to something/someone else. (no pressure, this is just how I remember where I am!) Then we can continue with the other step of Step 3: Focus. The steps are posted in the Rules Reference... we've already done the first Pathways Map step so we only need to do the 2nd step, just don't add it til MagnificentBastard creates his link. Just one connection from any circle or diamond, one way to any other circle, diamond, or square.

@IsabellaRose Add should we have two or one arrows for connections each?

Perhaps this was a good time to clarify that. What this power was and if it was what she wondered. “Is this something you just chose to do, to help the mood and game. Or did something long term get started earlier?” Was Shinigami choosing to use her power, or was an already established connection reactivated? If it was the later, that was something than needed more examination. How it worked, how far it went, how long it would last. “Is that what you like, at least some of the time? Well, I hope you will be a good girl.” Those last two words were something she had intended to wait to say until they were in the middle of doing it. Bu

Shinigami didn't want to comment too much on Reika "I only know a name she gave me... No explanations given. I still believed she was Death until not long ago or at the very least, my mother. She has a gift from Death plus what experiences she has done at the manor. A magical girl with dark powers, I would think now...", she explained briefly then looked at her to focus on their deal. "Don't think I'll make it easier for you, Jumi... I shared you this so you could manipulate the situation in your favor. Maybe you want examples...", she spoke playfully, turning around the fairy slowly but without doing anything to sexually arouse her unfairly.

I bet not but you might get a crack at him.

I was waiting for you Okay Exzel talked. If Exzel gets ahold of Azreal... it wouldn't be pretty. For either head.

Lol maybe both and I thought you were going to reply. That's why I haven't yet.