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Italian Lace
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History Notes
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Feb 16 2009, 1:46 PM EST by
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While, technically, not about Cappadocia or Asia Minor, I was sent this link on one of my SCA lists. It links to a page which links to a 1913 tome entitled <i>Seven Centuries of Italian Lace</i>, published in 1913 and fully illustrated. Probably totally irrelevant and useless, but still pretty cool.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/metabook/oilace.html
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NaNo update
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Discussion Forum
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Nov 7 2008, 10:14 AM EST by
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Since I think my link might have gotten stripped on the response to the side-story question earlier:
I'm doing NaNo again this year. So far so good...I'm only a day (or so) behind where I'm supposed to be, but I'm also on a pace that would put me about 12k ahead of what I did last year.
My NaNo page is here: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user%252F128387
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The Purest Salt, the Blessed Water
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Vis Sources
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Oct 30 2008, 5:37 PM EDT by
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Thread started: Oct 23 2008, 3:14 AM EDT
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Does this Vis tainted (for want of a better word) by the Divine?
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RE: The Purest Salt, the Blessed Water
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Oct 30 2008, 5:37 PM EDT
Actually, the reason I was thinking it might be Divine-flavoured Vis was because it's gathered on the day of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, which is a Holy Day and (presumably) a time when the Dominion is a tad stronger than normal. But I'm cool with it being vanilla vis, too.
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C&S
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Meet the Gang
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Oct 23 2008, 3:09 AM EDT by
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Ivan - have you ever played C&S? I've got the 3rd ed. rules that I've had for years and years (in fact, that's how I get the heights & weights for my characters), but I've only ever known one other person who'd ever even heard of it. Looks like it would be a good game.
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Oct 23 2008, 3:09 AM EDT
I found it to be LESS complex than D&D, as it offered explanations for the how and why of the magic. I loved the complex character greation. I think C&S would benefit from pinching some of Ars Magica's character concepts - all players having a mage, a "companion" type, and some grogs, and playing in a troupe style.
I think I slightly prefer the magic system, and the setting, without a unifying order for all magi. Sounds like at least three of us have an interest in it.
I might go so far as to attempt to get my hands on more of 1st & 2nd edition books, and buy the latest stuff... hmmm...
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The grogs
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Grogs
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Oct 12 2008, 5:47 PM EDT by
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Some interesting grogs here...I may promote Hakim Ibrahim to a Companion though.
I love the cook, Ray. I bet his mother was cook before him, and possibly his grandmother before her. In 75 years they've had an opportunity to have a few.
We need some more Greeks among the grogs. The Seljuks have been in Cappadocia for about 25 years, but there's still a lot of Byzantine Greeks floating around...
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RE: The grogs
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Oct 12 2008, 5:47 PM EDT
And if my understanding (and math) is correct, both Atticus and Angelina can do about 12 points of Scribing on Summa a year...and both read and write Greek and Latin. I would have absolutely no problem with them spending a few seasons translating some of those Greek Aurum texts into Latin for me :D
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Nice
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Domazhir's adopted family
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Oct 12 2008, 3:06 PM EDT by
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I didn't know it was possible to use miniatures in a PBEM campaign! :) very nice! +2 bonus cookies!!!
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Oct 12 2008, 3:06 PM EDT
Ta very much! It's a gorgeous figure, isn't it? There are some others like it. I gave up tabletop wargaming some years ago, but looking at what's available for the later Byzantine troops is tempting me to spen cash I don't have! Must sell the rest of my lead in order to fund buying more of it.
It's easy to use minis in a pbem game! You just have to hook you matter-mitter to your pc, and then the forum, and, hey presto! minis everywhere!
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The Ring of Fire
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Covenant Magic Items
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Oct 12 2008, 4:48 AM EDT by
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Nasty piece of kit, reliably killing things with no MR up to size 2, with a pretty good chance of death/incapacitation at size 3 and 4. It is too late to open the ring for enchantments, as the item is not a talisman. Still, another 11 pawns of effects is not to be sniffed at.
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RE: The Ring of Fire
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Oct 12 2008, 4:48 AM EDT
Under the right circumstances, Domazhir can currently get to 18 pawns in a single season, and he hopes to be able to push that out to more than 50, with the right training, and a little time.
I'm much too excited to notice how excited anyone else is. :-)
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Cleaning up
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The Library
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Oct 11 2008, 3:47 PM EDT by
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Went through and, as I was adding a *lot* of new books, reorganized the library format a bit. The library is now organized Arts first, then Abilities; Summae then Tractati, alphabetically by topic (except in the Arts section Techniques are before Forms); then by Level and Quality low to high.
When I get done putting everything in my spreadsheet, I'll post how many points we have in the library etc. so far.
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Oct 11 2008, 3:47 PM EDT
I've just posted enough lab texts to spend our remaining points. All of the spells are level 5 or lower, and the total cost is 53 points. This is not to have it carved in stone, as there are still bang sticks to buy, it is a starting point. I've got a omplete-ish list of spells, in an excel file, which makes selection easy, and converting them to a word file is not problematic. I'll post a copy to the forum.
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Prioritization for Library Use
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The Library
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Oct 11 2008, 2:13 PM EDT by
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Does the covenant have a policy in place for determing who gets to borrow a library text in case two (or more) magi need to study the text in any given season? e.g. if both Peregrine and Domazhir both want to study from "Ignis et Glacies: Fabricatio et Exitium de Ignem" over the winter.
Is it first come-first serve (i.e. whoever posts they're borrowing the bok first gets it)? Is it whomever used it more recently gets put in a lower priority? Do we have a Librarian who arbitrarily decides these things?
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Oct 11 2008, 2:13 PM EDT
I've put up a Librarian, and propose to give him some staff (a couple of scribes, a book binder, and a percamenarius). I'm happy to run the library, if no-one else want the job. Biblios Lexilogos, being the crotchetty old fellow that he is, will assign books each season, based on requests in the previous season, and seniority within the covenant, and his whims and foibles. Don't upset the librarian!
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Library cost
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The Library
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Sep 30 2008, 12:21 PM EDT by
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By my reckoning, we have 385 Build Points in the library so far (including the three I just added). Of the 1250 Build Points we have to work with for the covenant, about how many do we want to put in the library?
I'm thinking we might want to set aside some points for vis stores also (since it's 1 point per 5 pawns, I'm thinking 20 pts should be adequate...that's about 100 pawns in the stores).
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Sep 30 2008, 12:21 PM EDT
You have 1250 to play with. You can go a few over that without problems (like 25 to 50).
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Questionable content?
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The Library
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Sep 25 2008, 8:17 AM EDT by
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Does anyone know why this page is showign up in the "Questionable Content" tab (perhaps after my last edit)?
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Sep 25 2008, 8:17 AM EDT
I've just worked out how to view what you were talking about. It is probably my stuff about Infernal Lore, or Magic Theory.
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Initial proposal
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Vis Stores
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Sep 24 2008, 11:06 PM EDT by
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Thread started: Sep 23 2008, 10:48 PM EDT
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Just some numbers to throw into the pot. Basically ran a series of random numbers based on number of spells for each form & technique, heavily weighted for the types of vis for which we have sources (Perdo, Animal, Terram, and Vim). Although the randomness shows fewer Vim than I expected, that actually makes sense as Vim would be the most in demiand (e.g. for making magic items, etc)
Feel free to change things around. 100 pawns of vis goes for 20 Build Points.
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Sep 24 2008, 11:06 PM EDT
Okay...I'll shift some around to get more Aurum.
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Resources Cost (including library)
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Discussion Forum
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Sep 24 2008, 11:00 PM EDT by
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Thread started: Sep 22 2008, 4:47 PM EDT
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Library (see list on library page): 420
Cash (L100): 10
Vis Stocks (100): 20
Vis Sources (see list on vis sources page): 140
Total: 590
More books and Lab Texts? Lots more Lab Texts I think.
More Vis Sources? I think so.
Do labs need to be factored in? Domazhir's costs 80 (including the Tireless Servant)
Magic Devices?
Experts? Do we want an Autocrat? Does anyone want to take that as their companion?
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Sep 24 2008, 11:00 PM EDT
I can make an *twitch* autocrat *twitch*, Companion level. (sorry...Bryn-Gwlad custom is to whack -crats with a stick...and to seek help for those who see mythical creatures [trolls] or willingly climb into and out of dragons *grin*
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Table of Babel
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Covenant Magic Items
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Sep 24 2008, 10:56 PM EDT by
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Okay, added a magic item that could be used in the Meeting Room. (First time designing a magic item under 5th Ed. rules, I think I did it right).
Note that there is stil plenty of room vis-wise to put other magical effects in that bad boy. More power! *grunt grunt grunt*
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Sep 24 2008, 10:56 PM EDT
Hard stone? That would make the base cost 4 instead of 2 for wood, so that would be 20 pawns to open it up. (I don't think Obsidian counts as "soft stone"). I'll go ahead and make the correction.
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Heraldic Description
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Thing 2
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Sep 18 2008, 8:22 PM EDT by
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Shouldn't that read: Gules, on a plate Argent, the figure 2 Sable? ;-) Or am I missing a pune?
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Sep 18 2008, 8:22 PM EDT
Most of my heraldry is SCA, not "mundane", but I do have a handful of books boxed up in my room here (including a PicDic). Bookshelves are a high priority for when I get to working...or sell something for a decent advance or pay, whichever comes first
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"Proposed" volumes?
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The Library
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Sep 16 2008, 7:13 PM EDT by
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Not quite sure what we mean by "proposed" volumes. Are those volumes that we would like to have in the Library, or ones that a new character is planning to bring with him/her?
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Sep 16 2008, 7:13 PM EDT
There's 1250 points to play with. Some are taken of course with the boons, hooks, etc.
Note that so far I don't think we have spent any thing on specialists--they're all actual created characters, even if only covenfolk.
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Learning Greek
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The Library
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Sep 7 2008, 2:14 AM EDT by
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Who in the covenant can teach one to read Greek (since it uses a different alphabet than Latin) and what would they expect in return? (I'm assuming that the "learning Greek/Turkish by exposure" wouldn't include literacy - I may be wrong)
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Aegis
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The Library
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Sep 6 2008, 6:20 PM EDT by
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What level is the library's copy of "Aegis of the Hearth"?
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Sep 6 2008, 6:20 PM EDT
Yes, none of them are boosted. Metatarzes may have jacked them up but has never done more on the lab texts than the base spell.
If it helps, spells are only from the Core Rules, Guardians of the Forest, Covenants, Mysteries, True Lineages and Mystery Cults (the addons available for Metacreator).
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Miscellaneous Historical Tidbits
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Sep 6 2008, 5:43 PM EDT by
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Mailing list I'm on had a thing about reading stones: (quoting herein)
Reading stones--hemispherical pieces of of beryl, glass, or quartz
that, when laid upon the page, magnify text and images--were in popular
use in Western Europe beginning some time between 1000 and 1250 C.E.
and at least until spectacles became widely available. They were
especially useful for near-sighted readers and for people who spent
long hours pouring over tiny script, and were often found in a scribe's
tool box. You can see three photos of reading stones on the Antique
Spectacles and Other Vision Aids site. One is of a reproduction in the
collection of the Zeiss Optical Museum
<http://www.antiquespectacles.com/history/reading_stone.htm>. The
source of the others
<http://www.antiquespectacles.com/statements/1600.htm> isn't specified.
The second link has a quote attributed to Roger Bacon on the subject to 1268...not too terribly long after our period, and it certainly stands to reason that these would be part of a magi's toolbox.
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RE: Miscellaneous Historical Tidbits
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Sep 6 2008, 5:43 PM EDT
Nice find! I was aware of the Aztecs using this type of device, and had just not thought about it being in use in Europe, and probably Asia as well.
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Assignation of bodyguards and servants
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The Inhabitants of Mystikae Eikona
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Sep 6 2008, 12:02 AM EDT by
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Would Peregrine be entitled to his guards and servant when he's accepted as a "probationary" member of the covenant, or would that have to wait until his seven seasons have passed?
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Sep 6 2008, 12:02 AM EDT
Whatever I said earlier. Two guards and a servant, was it? You get 'em as soon as you're in the door. You're a new resource and worth protecting, ya know. :)
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