Market of the Vanities: Plot Role Info.

[powersthatbe]

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-Links to folklore are included not to pigeonhole you into using those names or background details, but only to share our inspirations for the roles and allow you to draw from them as much or little as you like.


-All your characters may be safely assumed to have access to monetary resources and minor magic items to sell or trade; doing so will constitute skill proof for the character receiving the item. Such magic items should convey a minor advantage, a cantrip or trick - an endless torch, a self-mending piece of clothing, a sword that draws itself in times of danger - but not an item that conveys a major advantage or wholly new ability, such as a sword that fights on its own, a torch that can light endless fires, or clothing that can alter itself into other outfits. If you're not sure of an item or want to sell or trade something more powerful, contact the mods under your toplevel and ask - the Market is meant to be a place of wonders and you're the biggest suppliers in it.

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Comments

[capital_asset]

Well, then.

On another note, given that one of his Dignities involves manipulating magical bonds, would he notice, say, his own Bonds with Gil and Thorne, or are those still invisible to him while he's Infiltrating?

[fridgeninja]

They would be invisible unless he had a chance to examine Gil or Thorne closely with his magical senses; in which case he could find them.

[capital_asset]

Would the same apply to Marked Harmony?

[fridgeninja]

Yes.

[capital_asset]

Would that allow him to detect Marked Harmony post-Jaunt, or would he still need to pick up the skill itself for that? I assume it's the latter, but I just want to be sure.

Also, would examining the QC-style Bond between himself and Gil tell him anything about it, beyond the fact of its existence?

And getting away from bonds or a bit: for The Gap Between Descriptions, would a transformation last beyond the Jaunt if the skill were used in-Jaunt, or would it end when the Jaunt did? I know it's permanent otherwise.

[powersthatare]

The latter!

If he had a chance to examine it long enough, he could discover it extended into him but not exactly to him. Something he represents or is congruent with.

Transformations of willing beings would remain so long as they were willing; unwilling transformations would lapse unless specific magical action of another kind were taken to make them permanent.

[capital_asset]

He's going to be very interested in finding out just what or whom he's supposed to be representing here, and what that means. Are there ways for him to actively investigate that, beyond what he already has skillwise?

Okay, thanks. That makes it easier to offer them OOCly as a plot opportunity. :) On a semi-related note, do they have much in the way of interesting flora or fauna in Hell? Or Purgatory or Heaven, for that matter.

[powersthatare]

Beyond skills or questioning beings who might know, no, that's as far as his perceptions stretch.

[capital_asset]

I was thinking more along the lines of outside research or magic/artifacts, but in retrospect that's hard to narrow down, and from a plot standpoint, it'd be easier to have him question the people at the other ends of those bonds at some point.

Speaking of, can he in turn use those bonds to track down Gil et al, the way they can use them to find him? I've been assuming that's the case, but just to make sure. Also, he won't be able to detect any bonds Raidou has with Infiltrators, e.g. Sabetha, will he? Or will he? Also, will it allow people who are bonded to Raidou to track him down if he's using The Gap Between Images?

[powersthatare]

-Yes, he can track down Gil et. al

-He would not be able to detect any bonds Raidou has with Infiltrators, as those would be invisible on both ends; the same way he can't use his perceptions to detect Raidou inside himself

-The Gap Between Images only displaces visual sensing, so anyone whose bond lets them track someone while Infiltrating could track him

[capital_asset]

Thanks! I figured that was the case for all of those, but I wanted to be sure.

[powersthatare]

RE: flora & fauna:

-Tantalian grapes! taste better than anything, but always leave you wanting more
-of course, the ever-present asphodel
-moly, a rare herb which protects one from all direct magical attacks until digested
-apples of knowledge! what knowledge depends on the tree
-wood of despair, which has the effect one would think when burned & the smoke inhaled

There is very little in the way of natural native fauna; only such animals as were created or summoned by angels & devils to serve a purpose, or escaped elemental & familiar spirits such as those used by Immortali sorcerers.

[capital_asset]

Is any of that location-specific (aside from the asphodel)?

[powersthatare]

Tantalian grapes are from Hell, but some gave made it into Purgatory. Wood of despair, Hell Applies of knowledge, Heaven, but some are in Purgatory. Moly's in Hell, Heaven, & Purgatory, but very rare in all three.

[capital_asset]

Thanks!