Juri Como's Hero Career

 Okay, time to figure out what sort deeds Juri achieved during her period as a hero. Hero is as far as we're going here because I want to put my thoughts on demigod elsewhere. For one thing, demigod isn't complete yet, though we are getting to see bits and pieces of it now that the kickstarter is going on. It's enough to do some planning with but has the caveat that mechanics may change when the actual games come out. So, anyway, let's move on to figuring out the deeds.

Looking at my GM's summary list of stuff we did we have the following (in her words).

• Utgaard-Loki sets you moving on finding Kaguya under threat of being tougher than you.
• First meeting with the Sumiyoshi of setting out.
• Kaguyahime's requests are impossible.
• Austria, healing the toxic cave.
• Red Stone of Aja = get, Kaguya = Marry, Life = Awesome, Kaguya's immortality = stolen by Utgaard-Loki...oh no.
• The marry here relates to one of the other band-mates, a Chosen of Artemis.
  
• Amaterasu hates you now for letting some 'more immortal than even other gods' immortality fall into titan hands.
• Second meeting with the Sumiyoshi of travelling.
• Island of anonymity, hiding from everyone, getting in a fight with a scion of Odin in front of all those camera phones is not hiding you trashpandas.
• Ruya joins the party. Ruya melts the forest. Ruya wrecks the anonymity on the island even worse than you guys already did. Nice Job Breaking It Hero. The Teotl also hate you for this now.
• Third meeting with the Sumiyoshi of arrivals.
• We like Laura, we should recruit her. Oh shit, how do I break her being a corpse puppet to this group?

The next item on the list is "Welcome to Demigod, enjoy the buffet." And while that would indicate that the adventure with the cannibal spider adventure is the point at which the players entered Demigod, and in 1e that was correct, but there you started at Legend 2 and 3 moves of Legend put you to 5. And given my ideas for Juri's Theophany, it presents a good bookend for an adventure involving a spider Juri had to fight being the story putting her into the last rung of the Hero tier.

Combat Hurricane

So, before moving on to converting Juri's 1e adventuring career into 2e deeds and such, I think I'm actually going pull out a series of charts I put together once upon a time to figure out a little bit about Juri's webcomic and the anime that was eventually based on it. So, I didn't know too much about save a couple of things: she borrowed from the adventures of herself and other Legendary types for her story arcs, it was an interdimensional shounen action extravaganza, and people meeting her kawaiiko self might have trouble believing that it is something she wrote and drew.

However,  while her art was a constant thing she used, her webcomic was only mentioned now and again as a background thing. Like she used her fans to get things done and some of her fans actually became her yokai followers later. But there was little discussion of what her webcomic was actually like.

So, here we go.

Scion Conversion Juri Como

Juri Como is a character I played in a first edition Scion campaign. She is a daughter of Bentaizen and an Australian man....whose name I sadly can't remember because he never actually showed up in game or became relevant. Her early childhood was spent sheltered from enemies by a clan of jurougumo before being delivered to her mortal father in Sydney. So, she has a bit of a friendly attitude toward spiders in general. Juri grew up to be a webcomic mangaka who became a popular success but she was always aware that she was special.

As an archetype, Juri was about a couple of things: being unbelievably cute and adorable; spiders; pretending to be an complete airhead to screw with people, and turning her manga into literal magic.

During her time as a hero, Juri was gifted with her "Fire Rat Kimono" and that caused fire to become a part of her nature. She gained the service of a number of spider-yokai that were fire-spiders rather than the typical watery jurougumo or earth-dwelling tsuchigumo. Said yokai were the spirits of fans of hers that had died and been resurrected as yokai in her service.

I don't have a real inkling of her Origin adventures since we jumped right into Hero, because that's what you had in 1e.

 

As a note, her webcomic, which was getting an anime, was titled "Combat Hurricane" and I never really designed it much, dealt more with the fans and such than anything.

So, now it's time to build her directly as a 2e Scion.

Gender and Sexuality in Divine Blood

Return to Divine Blood page

 

Some of this is inspired by real life but a lot of it is just created for the setting. I put a note next to one item in particular that gave a pre-reader a concern as to whether that was actually a thing that happened in real life. Also note that I am cis myself, so I have limited perspective on some of this stuff. I have help from people that know more than me and they've generally approved of this write up. If I can get a good write up for 2nd mechanics done I plan to include something like this in the book. 

The General Public 

 

The average human considers sex to be an intensely personal and intimate subject not to be discussed in open conversation. Many major religions include a concept that sex is at best a distraction from greater issues and at worst a dangerous lure to sinful behavior. Individuals that espouse a philosophy of being more open about sex and the discussion of it are often characterized as making excuses for promiscuous behavior. This is to the point that most cultures avoid giving their adolescents anything like a proper education on how sex and sexuality works. In this culture of avoidance and willful ignorance, deviations from the norm stand out and tend to make people feel uncomfortable. 

Computer Games I'd like to see

I'm going to organize this by Game Genre first and then Story Genre and list some similar games and things I was dissatisfied with on that game. Sometimes I'll list specific world settings I'd like to see.

Note on the Daughter of Eisen 7th Sea Fanfic

This is dangerous for my intention, because I'm trying to jumpstart my writing habits again, but next week there's a lot of call for extra hours at work and I could use the extra money, so I'll probably put a pause on this for the next week. Just so people know what's up. Not that I have that many readers, if any, right now.

Whispered Words - 7th Sea Fanfic

Next Survey 

"...come..."

Kirsten looked over her shoulder but could see no one. It wasn't the first time she'd thought she'd heard whispers on the wind. But this was the first time she'd heard a discernible word. Her jaw clinched and sucked in a breath past her teeth waiting. But the whispering did not continue and slowly she relaxed.

Suddenly the pressure of the grey sky seemed so much heavier than it had before. She looked down instead, out over the forest.The trees stood rustling in the wind that was now dwindling. The nearby forest was thin and easy to walk or ride through, but the thick and ancient core of the forest was visible from the tower. The barren, rocky coast was harder to survey. Most of it was obscured by the cliffs rising out of the ocean.

Rot and Dawn - 7th Sea Fanfic

Kirsten looked back towards the ship and saw the sailors hauling the limp form of the captain out of the wreck of the ship.  She tapped Seona on the shoulder and pointed to the sight. The older woman nodded and hurried down the beach as they were bringing the insensate figure to a place far from both the wreck and the piles of still twitching body parts.

"I was wondering where he was," Seona muttered. As she leaned down she sniffed and then shook her head. "Well, looks like someone can't handle their liquor."

The First Mate nodded. "Captain likes to have bit of mead when he's not on duty, but doesn't usually overindulge."

Diona Apostu - Savage Worlds Adventurers Edition: Deadlands

Rank:Novice

Attributes

• Agility - d6
• Smarts - d6
• Spirit - d8
• Strength - d6
• Vigor - d6

The Land of her Blood - 7th Sea Fanfic

Lightning struck out across the sky, branching out along the clouds like the roots of a tree followed by a peeling roar of thunder. Kirsten stumbled up the wet stairs and gripped at the railing. Looking about she could see the waves rolling high alongside of the ship. A flash stretched down from the sky and slammed into the water alongside of the ship, Kirsten rose a hand up to shield her eyes from the sudden flush of light.

"I think you'd be better served below decks!" the First Mate shouted loudly. 

Daughter of Eisen - Survey Writing Prompt Experiment - 7th Sea Fanfic

Scenes

• Master and Student
• The Land of her Blood
• Rot and Dawn 
• Whispered Words

Statted Characters

• Kirsten Stefani Schaeber 
• Seona NicCalan

Other Characters

• Master Rachele Bello
• Vodacce living in Avalon
• Dueling Master
• Teacher
• Courtesan 
• First Mate Marius
• Sailor 
• The Captain

Master and Student - 7th Sea Fanfic

"There is still time to change your mind, Kirsten." The speaker stepped quickly and deflected a rapier

to the side of her. Her manner was casual and easy as she prodded her opponent's defenses. "There is no lack of demand for Eisen bodyguards."

The younger woman focused nearly silently, breathing heavily and blowing a strand of blonde hair out of her face. The blonde's rapier flashed. Her opponent leaned back lightly and let the blade slip past before rotating on her heel bringing the butt of her dagger to blonde's back and sent the blonde stumbling ahead off balance. She whipped about with a wild lunge which was parried easily while the tip of a dagger touched to her shoulder.

Seona NicCalan - Highland Scientist - 7th Sea

Nation: The Highland Marches

Religion: None especially
Reputations:

Kirsten Stefani Schaeber - Returning Daughter of Eisen - 7th Sea

Nation: Eisen
Religion:
Reputations:

Terrorism, Trumpism, and Riots - Centerpoint Station Campaign - Session One

Piracy in the sector goes beyond the ability of the station to control and raises hostility among the foreign governments for the UTSNS's inability to protect their merchants. Offers of aid in securing the sector prompt immediate concern (terror) in everybody and Captain Sekai immediately calls for aid. Rumors fly about the station about aliens threatening to take over the sector. Information that the pirates have a carrier that was supposed to have been mothballed by the Terran navy is made public. Consulate row gets angry. A new bill is put to the Terran government that rises more ire. A UTSNS patrol group and a Yapathi escort group appear close on top of each other and the station raising tensions. A riot breaks out on the station fueled by hacker encouragement until it is defused. The riot disperses but the ship standoff continues...and then a Yax colony ship appears.

Centerpoint Station Campaign - Uncharted Worlds

The story of the events at Centerpoint Station.

Player Characters

• Ar-Oki Maddox'Ki'Rav - Hybrid Emissary. (My character)
• Programmed. Consul Personality 
• Malina "Mal" Molleux - Human Smuggler
• SUD0! -  Te'Akka Hacker Anarchist
• Lieutenant Eoin Dauss - Augmented Human Pilot and Terran War-Hero
• Zee-ale (spelling uncertain) - Xauntau telekinetic and Terran Marine Spec-Ops

Species and Empires
Miscellaneous Information

Sessions

• Session 1 - Terrorism, Trumpism, and Riots

Centerpoint Station Campaign Information - Uncharted Worlds

Will try to add more as I pick up more.

Centerpoint Station Campaign Hub

Centerpoint Station 

• Originally meant as a military refueling station to support war against the Commonality of Ir-Vol-Ta (Yax'Klalock)
• When the short war with the Yax ended and this was no longer a hostile border, converted to a trade station.
• In the Dido system.
• Commanded by Captain Sekai
• Defenses
• Two fighter squadrons.
• Point defense guns.
• Green alert is the highest level of alert because not all species can see red.
• Active Factions on board:
• Consulate Row - Collectively the emissaries foreign to the Terran government.
• NODE - Freedom of Information Anarcho-Hackers
• No Obfuscated Data Existant
• Starlight - Smugglers, underground railroad, transport refugees and the like.
• Good smugglers
• Secure Human Future - Human supremacist minority Poli-Sphere
• Black Flag Pirates - In the sector more than the station.

Centerpoint Station - Uncharted Worlds - Factions and Species

Xauntau and Yax'Klalock are not yet represented.

Centerpoint Station Campaign Hub

Ar-Oki Maddox'Ki'Rav, Hybrid Emissary

Centerpoint Station Campaign Hub

Species: Yax'Klalock Hybrid Emissary

Primer: The Yax'Klalock are an insectoid race often called the "Yax". They are a hive mind and have difficulty communicating with other species since they don't really require language in a classical sense. Most other species find them terrifying and have trouble thinking of them as anything other than monsters. However, the species is mildly pacifistic and fascinated with the idea of individualism. Also, the idea that one human or other individualistic species dying is the equivalent of their entire species being destroyed, so in general murder is horrifying to them and they try to avoid killing. In order to manage communication with other species they...kidn...captu...acqui... recruited several members of other species including humans take samples of genetics and memory engrams and used that to create some hybrid emissaries. These have some level of individuality while still being part of the hive mind and are capable of comprehension and use of language. Ar-Oki is one of these early generation emissaries.

Gorgon Archer - Character Advancement - Savage Worlds Adventurer's Edition

In early games, Savage Worlds used an experience point system with advances coming after acquiring 4 experience points. Adventurer's Edition has moved toward a more general method. Advancement in this edition is basically determined by how long you want your campaign to go. The book suggests Advancing once at the end of each session for a short campaign and every other or every third session for longer ones. ETU was originally written for the earlier edition which used experience points and was designed so that Advances would occur in time with mid-terms and finals of each semester. Saving Throw Show seems to be running it so that an Advance occurs every three to four sessions resulting in an approximately 12 to 15 episode seasons (Season 1 is 15 episodes, season 2 and 3 are 12 episodes. Since they were part of playtesting the rules, I assume they were helping find a balance on when to place advances and settled on the every third session).

Rayna Farley - Savage Worlds Adventurer's Edition

Rayna was a former child performer who performed in mostly symphony appearances with a handful of pop-music appearances. There are a few albums out there that are popular in the classical music circles. In wider circles she's more well-known for her heavily publicized car accident and the legal battle that followed. Her parents and agent fought to get a piece of her royalties and insurance money. Thankfully, her uncles managed to secure her a portion of her own royalties. It's small compared to the whole sum, with her mother securing the bulk of the proceeds from her childhood career. The experience has left her a mix of bitter and appreciative of life. She has, maybe unwisely, chosen to double major and also spends a lot of time moving from one casual relationship to another.

(hard to find art for this, finding realistic prosthetics either involves photos of real people or major fantasy/sci-fi prosthetics)

Devon Benson - Savage Worlds Adventurer's Edition

Devon is from Austin and wasn't quite able to get into UT's science program. However, ETU has a respectable physics program as well and when he started looking into it, there were some weird stories about the area that might be a bit interesting to look into in his free-time. He has spent a lot of time and focus on building up his knowledge and understanding of the natural world and is prone to stick his nose into things that people might not want him to get involved with.

Sienna Wallace - Savage Worlds Adventurer's Edition

From the ETU Archetypes book

Sienna is a character I'd like to play for ETU, a grandchild of Forrester Harris, the half-demon ex-sheriff who now runs a small pawn shop. She is unaware of her grandfather's inhuman nature, but her mother and father, a fire-fighter and EMT respectively, both do. The family has a history of civic service and at least bordering on heroism and her mother also dipped into her demonic heritage to help with that. But they're hoping Sienna will avoid that and the danger that being supernatural attracts. Unfortunately for them, Sienna is looking into Law Enforcement like her grandfather which is likely to put her closer and closer to having to choose a side in the cosmic battlefield the way her mother and grandfather did.

Jennifer Summers - Savage Worlds Adventurer's Edition

I already did a version of Jennifer in Savage Worlds, but I think I'll have to edit that in a bit since I mis-read how Skills are purchased. But in this case, I'm just going to include Jennifer as part of the Study Group for my gorgon archer, the Savage Worlds edition. Also, I think I'm going to up the cost of Water Breathing to 2 points, because it's a similar level of benefit to being able to swim fast and so we're going to have to get a negative trait or so in their.

Gorgon Archer - Savage Worlds - Adventurer's Edition - Character Creation Analysis

I am going to admit that I have not had the best success with enjoying Savage Worlds. I've written for third party publications that use it (mostly the fluff). I've run it. I haven't gotten to play it yet, and that may be an issue. I am thoroughly of the mind that if you want to enjoy a game, the GM needs to really enjoy the game they're running. In any new game your going to have some growing pains but at certain point you start to wonder if you're really clicking with a game. That said, you can change as a person and come back to something and find you really enjoy it. Not coincidentally, I've been watching a bit of Saving Throw Show's ETU campaign, a story line I quite enjoy (and am running via MotW). So I'm coming back a bit to re-trying Savage Worlds.