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hexarchate_rpg2017-06-28 12:13 pm
yhlee) wrote in hexarchate_rpg2017-06-28 12:13 pm
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Verging on medical grue, but it seems like enthrallment begins with eye contact. Is that a requirement? Could someone - do something to remove sight, from blindfolds on, and would that be an effective way to counter enthrallment, given that damage should be reversible (like Brezan had an eye regrown)?
(Nobody's been blinded anywhere and I'm SO suspicious :O )
(Nobody's been blinded anywhere and I'm SO suspicious :O )
I'm not going to promise this is a canon answer but yes, enthrallment begins with visual contact, so if you removed sight (including artificial vision) that would protect you from enthrallment. Of course, blinding yourself is as good as admitting that you're susceptible to J. Random Andan, since half the power is Advanced Bullying (TM) and knowledge of the target.
EDIT: If this helps, enthrallment is a shortcut. It requires that you research the target (which is why Tseya trying to enthrall Cheris failed--she'd only researched Jedao and wasn't at all calibrated for Cheris) and socially outrank the target. It's like bullying on steroids, or blackmail. If you blind yourself, you'll rob any Andan of the shortcut, but they can still blackmail you the old-fashioned way.
Similarly, Kel formation instinct is a stronger version of ordinary social cohesion, and Vidona deathtouch may sound temporarily impressive but in all honesty, a loaded gun is deadlier in most circumstances because you don't have to get up close.
EDIT: If this helps, enthrallment is a shortcut. It requires that you research the target (which is why Tseya trying to enthrall Cheris failed--she'd only researched Jedao and wasn't at all calibrated for Cheris) and socially outrank the target. It's like bullying on steroids, or blackmail. If you blind yourself, you'll rob any Andan of the shortcut, but they can still blackmail you the old-fashioned way.
Similarly, Kel formation instinct is a stronger version of ordinary social cohesion, and Vidona deathtouch may sound temporarily impressive but in all honesty, a loaded gun is deadlier in most circumstances because you don't have to get up close.
Edited 2018-04-28 04:27 (UTC)
I keep missing the bit about social rank, despite the bit where it's in the text, because of how anomalous the Tseya-Jedao one was >_> So it's the Andan bludgeoning you on the head with knowledge of exactly how much (wealth/status/power) they have over you, as conveyed by a glance. That...should be fun in simulation scenarios.
Well, it's not your fault that there isn't really a lot of textual evidence to go off! It was going to be more relevant with Andan Niath (who, before Cheris reset the calendar, was quite literally able to melt people's brains around him because of his high social rank--nephew of the Shuos hexarch--and the fact that he couldn't control when he had enthrallment on/off).
hi I was just alerted to the existence of this conversation and I have some suggestions because I, Lleu, am just as obsessed with space astrology as Virmad is:
Ringworld Shattered (Broken-Winged Moth)
Ringworld Moon Rising (Knife-Winged Moth)
Ringworld Day Breaking (Clockwork Moth)
Ringworld Orbiting (Voidmoth on Patrol)
I'm trying to think of something to do with the aurora for Voidmoth of Many Constellations — maybe something like Ringworld Poles Shining?
(THAT SAID I also like the idea that the meanings don't overlap — but that would probably have been too chaotic for the Rahal.)
Ringworld Shattered (Broken-Winged Moth)
Ringworld Moon Rising (Knife-Winged Moth)
Ringworld Day Breaking (Clockwork Moth)
Ringworld Orbiting (Voidmoth on Patrol)
I'm trying to think of something to do with the aurora for Voidmoth of Many Constellations — maybe something like Ringworld Poles Shining?
(THAT SAID I also like the idea that the meanings don't overlap — but that would probably have been too chaotic for the Rahal.)
I feel like the Rahal would be pretty orderly about that. I'm happy for these to be in-game signifiers; either you can edit the wiki to add them, or I can do it later today when I have time. (I have to get some work done ahahahaha. XD )
I can add them! :D
So I'm curious what the general feeling on Kel gloves is, obviously they are extremely important. Is it a matter of ritual purity or another reason they wear them? With Seyli no longer considering themselves truly Kel, I'm trying to figure out if they'd miss their gloves or not.
Also, if lace gloves were acceptable, are sheer gloves? As long as your hands are covered it's okay or are there more rules involved.
Also, if lace gloves were acceptable, are sheer gloves? As long as your hands are covered it's okay or are there more rules involved.
The old-fashioned take is that a Kel's gloves represent their honor, and that taking them off is a form of symbolic nakedness (hence something only for lovers or in extremis, e.g. suicide missions). In real life, if you need to wash your hands, you wash your hands, but it would be rude to stare. And ca. Cheris's era, they're made of that weird self-cleaning fabric that means in theory they don't need as much washing. (Cat hairs are another problem.)
Lace and sheer gloves are both acceptable, but depending on the era/etc., considered more daring in terms of fashion. You'd really only see lace or sheer gloves during fancy dress-up occasions (like a formal dance, or a remembrance).
I never worked out the rules beyond that. If, for game purposes, you want to have particular game-specific rules for Seyli's benefit, you're welcome to invent them. :)
Lace and sheer gloves are both acceptable, but depending on the era/etc., considered more daring in terms of fashion. You'd really only see lace or sheer gloves during fancy dress-up occasions (like a formal dance, or a remembrance).
I never worked out the rules beyond that. If, for game purposes, you want to have particular game-specific rules for Seyli's benefit, you're welcome to invent them. :)
Space stations absolutely (often) do use variable layout. I think it's in "Gamer's End" that it's made explicit that the Citadel of Eyes, which is a space station in geosynchronous orbit over a planet I don't think I ever named, uses variable layout. And I can't remember where, but parts of Kel Academy Prime, which is on a planet, also use variable layout. Handwave handwave it requires a power generator of some sort plus whatever programming to keep the whole thing sorted; so it's an exotic technology, but it's not moth-dependent.
If you have other questions about specifics I will do my best to answer them. :)
If you have other questions about specifics I will do my best to answer them. :)
with the augment, when you're sending a subvocal or written message to someone, is it visible/audible to anyone else?
I'm actually fairly new to sci-fi genre (only two years reading sci-fi, tbh) and don't have a lot of examples for how this kind of tech would work.
I'm actually fairly new to sci-fi genre (only two years reading sci-fi, tbh) and don't have a lot of examples for how this kind of tech would work.
Let me sneak in a post really quick.
hoardingpearls asked this, and I realized I'm not sure we had settled on the answer: can pseudo-dragons actually fly, or do they just glide?Excellent shenanigans will be planned posthaste!
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