Tomas, Angel of Catchy Tunes (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
catchytunes) wrote2014-03-08 07:23 am
catchytunes) wrote2014-03-08 07:23 am
Resonance and Dissonance
Tomas' powers and handicaps.
Mercurian Check Digit Results
[1] You can sense a person's estimation of himself, relative to those currently around him.
[2] You can sense that as well as how those people actually regard him.
[3] You can sense those things, the name most people he knows call him, geographic and cultural origins, and major items of interest (job, hobbies, etc.).
[4] You can sense all that and how many relationships he maintains (work, school, family, etc.).
[5] You can sense the preceding, and how important he perceives the relationships to be.
[6] With a glance, you can see a person's background as though it were written across his face - up to and including to what degree his relationships actually do control his life.
Dissonance
Violence generates dissonance in Mercurians. It is the antithesis of politics, the dampener of reason. When they let themselves fall under the spell of violent passion, lasing out madly makes them feel better but pushes them farther away from their resonance - except against demons, who deserve such attention. They particularly enjoy taking out their violent urges against Impudites, their Fallen brethren. This doesn't mean they don't advocate violence; they just don't indulge in it themselves. When negotiations break down, a Mercurian has to know when to step aside and wave in the sharp knives of the Malakim.
-- In Nomine: Core Rules (c) Steve Jackson Games 1997
Mercurian Check Digit Results
[1] You can sense a person's estimation of himself, relative to those currently around him.
[2] You can sense that as well as how those people actually regard him.
[3] You can sense those things, the name most people he knows call him, geographic and cultural origins, and major items of interest (job, hobbies, etc.).
[4] You can sense all that and how many relationships he maintains (work, school, family, etc.).
[5] You can sense the preceding, and how important he perceives the relationships to be.
[6] With a glance, you can see a person's background as though it were written across his face - up to and including to what degree his relationships actually do control his life.
Dissonance
Violence generates dissonance in Mercurians. It is the antithesis of politics, the dampener of reason. When they let themselves fall under the spell of violent passion, lasing out madly makes them feel better but pushes them farther away from their resonance - except against demons, who deserve such attention. They particularly enjoy taking out their violent urges against Impudites, their Fallen brethren. This doesn't mean they don't advocate violence; they just don't indulge in it themselves. When negotiations break down, a Mercurian has to know when to step aside and wave in the sharp knives of the Malakim.
-- In Nomine: Core Rules (c) Steve Jackson Games 1997