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[Deus Asmoth]

Wouldn't the Faction, or at least the original members of the Faction, be a Bloodkin group now, since most of the surviving members were either turned into vampires or eaten by them?

[MDFification]

Wouldn't the Faction, or at least the original members of the Faction, be a Bloodkin group now, since most of the surviving members were either turned into vampires or eaten by them?

These aren't the original Faction. It was mentioned in Steelhold before the fall that the Faction sent out manifestos to other mountainhomes; there are numerous Faction-inspired cells claiming affiliation with the Faction, but they're not coordinated and their ideologies may vary somewhat. Essentially, the Faction as an organization is dead now; it became more of a movement. Anyway, I think the only Faction member not explicitly killed in the Fall was Jovus; the remainder of the Revolutionary Guard got killed fighting demons and Uristovitch managed to get himself killed by Emdief's carelessness with his body.
That was my way of allowing something of the Faction to survive, but not carry over too much from the last game. If anyone brings back the Faction they have free reign with what to do with it, so long as it follows the general 'feel' of the original - revolutionary, reactionary and a bit of a clusterfuck to boot. I'm just using some Faction survivors to paint an even darker picture what happened in Steelhold, if that's possible.

Man I ramble way to much. Tl;dr.

[Gnorm]

Anyway, I think the only Faction member not explicitly killed in the Fall was Jovus; the remainder of the Revolutionary Guard got killed fighting demons and Uristovitch managed to get himself killed by Emdief's carelessness with his body.

I suppose that Jovus either died when the fort collapsed, or he became a bloodkin. If the latter is true, I'd think that he whatever bit of himself was left would lay low, being that Shank, Kivish, and Corley are all known for not liking Socialism. Also, I do not recall who "Uristovitch" was, other than Vlad's surname.

[MDFification]

Anyway, I think the only Faction member not explicitly killed in the Fall was Jovus; the remainder of the Revolutionary Guard got killed fighting demons and Uristovitch managed to get himself killed by Emdief's carelessness with his body.

I suppose that Jovus either died when the fort collapsed, or he became a bloodkin. If the latter is true, I'd think that he whatever bit of himself was left would lay low, being that Shank, Kivish, and Corley are all known for not liking Socialism. Also, I do not recall who "Uristovitch" was, other than Vlad's surname.

Whoops, meant Uristador. It's hard to keep track of all these bastardized Urist-hybrids.

[fractalman]

A procedure to create "tame lighning"

Take some copper. Draw it out into a wire, about a milimeter in diameter. coat the middle in resin.

Coil the wire around a hollowed-out piece of wood or glass as seen in the diagram, and insert a piece of magnetite attached to a crank...
........//////..
___ //////__
[][]//////[][]
__//////___
..//////.......
./     /

Stick the ends of the wires as close together as possible without touching, and turn the crank. 


By using a sufficient number of loops, and an adequate power source (such as a water reactor), the resultant tame lightning may be used in a metalwork technique known as  "arc welding"...

[Gnorm]

A procedure to create "tame lighning"

Take some copper. Draw it out into a wire, about a milimeter in diameter. coat the middle in resin.

Coil the wire around a hollowed-out piece of wood or glass as seen in the diagram, and insert a piece of magnetite attached to a crank...
........//////..
___ //////__
[][]//////[][]
__//////___
..//////.......
./     /

Stick the ends of the wires as close together as possible without touching, and turn the crank. 


By using a sufficient number of loops, and an adequate power source (such as a water reactor), the resultant tame lightning may be used in a metalwork technique known as  "arc welding"...

Witch-craft!

[danmanthedog]

A procedure to create "tame lighning"

Take some copper. Draw it out into a wire, about a milimeter in diameter. coat the middle in resin.

Coil the wire around a hollowed-out piece of wood or glass as seen in the diagram, and insert a piece of magnetite attached to a crank...
........//////..
___ //////__
[][]//////[][]
__//////___
..//////.......
./     /

Stick the ends of the wires as close together as possible without touching, and turn the crank. 


By using a sufficient number of loops, and an adequate power source (such as a water reactor), the resultant tame lightning may be used in a metalwork technique known as  "arc welding"...

Witch-craft!

HISSS BURN HIM! BURN HIM!

[fractalman]

*facepalm* I forgot to mention that the document was written years ago. 


additional excerpts from the tome of insanity: otherwise known as "only a half step less dangerous than the codex itself" 


Basic procedures in piezoelectric: or how to wake up the military with nothing but sound.

By now the reader is expected to be familiar with the terms  "AC" and "DC", to have constructed a medium-output AC source, and to have insulated gloves.


obtain mutliple pieces of cut quartz.
Set the opposing ends of the quartz into spare pieces of copper:

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Do not let the pieces of copper touch each-other.

flip the power switch to off, hook it up, and flip the switch to on.

If you're clutching your ears in pain, your device is successful!


the explanation:

quartz is a "piezoelectric" material: if it changes shape in response to a change in pressure, it produces a tiny bit of tame lightning, or electricity.  This also goes the other way around: if there's a change in electricity, the quartz changes shape.  Since sound is nothing but vibrations, this change in shape produces sound...
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the following excerpt is from the very last page of the tome of insanity

basic procedures in piezoelethaumaturgy: or an expensive way to never need candles again.


Take 81 cm-cut quartz crystals, 9 small-cut  adamant wafers, and some copper plates.  sandwhich(sic) 9 quartz crystals between each wafer and copper plate...


Draw the following diagram using either chalk or submerged iron.

place the "sandwhiches" in the circles of the diagram.  Apply three volts AC to all of the sandwhiches. If you're covering your eyes, you applied 30 volts. if you barely see anything, you grabbed the .3 volt power source.  If you are vomiting and squinting, but not feeling blinded, you've been inside far, far too long!

[Gnorm]

Gnora's Journal
Nervous
--
I had thought that I did finish the job when I destroyed those seeds, but I reckon that the Padre had suspected that I would do such a thing. He might could plan ahead for something like that. Worse, he may be watching me all the time, trying to turn the fort against me. He knows I ain't for his plan to grow us the berries and brew us the sunshine, so he's trying to get rid of me. After all, he himself thinks I'm just an expendable farm-girl.

But is he really? I'm so nervous and scared; I don't want to think that he's plotting, but can I be sure that he ain't? I need someone to calm my fears, to tell me I'm right or wrong. I reckon that Miss Thane would know; I'll invite her to afternoon rum tomorrow to talk.

[Deus Asmoth]

Thane's Thing.

Gnora wants to talk to me alone today. I'm a little worried, she seemed very nervous. Perhaps she's being followed as well? I don't see any connection between us to obsess over, but then again, there was no connecion between myself and Tarmid when they started following us either. Perhaps it's just someone very interested in the founders of the fortress, but the others don't seem nervous lately. Maybe it could be Gnora who's following me, and she's decided to take the next step on her path to insanity! No. I'm just being paranoid, Gnora wouldn't do anything like that. She probably just wants to ask me how I can put up with Vlad again. Still, I might as well bring my hammer just to be on the safe side. You never know what can happen. I am a bit worried about her and Vlad, though. I've been hoping that they'll sort out their differences, but that's clearly not going to happen and somehow as the fortress grows bigger they just come in contact more and more often. I can only hope that Gnora doesn't end up working on the above ground farms that Cornelius has planned, or they'll be working entire days together, and I don't have any wish to see either one of them dead.

[danmanthedog]

Hmm it seems that Gnora and Thane are having a meeting together... Gnora seems to be losing it. I really need to start *HACK GACK HACK* following Thane or at least Tarmid. I still have had the chance to take some Forgotten beast's flesh yet.

[MDFification]

Journal of Cptn. Vlad

Dantheman is tryingk to follow Thane again. He is not very good at it. He seems to be forgettingk that I vill be cuttingk him.
I vill be cuttingk him now.

[Gnorm]

Journal of Cptn. Vlad

Dantheman is tryingk to follow Thane again. He is not very good at it. He seems to be forgettingk that I vill be cuttingk him.
I vill be cuttingk him now.

It's about time.

[Gnorm]

Thane walked down the hallway where the offices were. First came her office, then Tarmid’s, after which was Gnora’s. The entrance was marked with a small wooden sign labelled “Gnora” and, in smaller, scratched out letters underneath: “Sheriff.” She knocked lightly on the door, and for a moment she heard a light, fearful gasp coming from the other side.

“It’s me Gnora,” she said, “Thane.”

The door was opened quickly after this statement. Thane was now met with her host: the tired-looking Gnora. She, Gnora, smiled sweetly at her guest, though Thane could see that she was quite uneasy.

“Miss Thane, good to see ya’,” Gnora said, pulling Thane inside and slamming the door shut behind the two of them, “The rum-barrel is beside the desk; make yourself comfortable. Ya’ can just set that hammer up against the wall.”

Thane did as she was asked, and Gnora soon joined her at the table to pour the drinks. The desk was kept fairly tidy with all the stacks of paper properly arranged and organized, though Thane noticed that most of the papers were old, stained with ink, and out-of-date, likely dating back to Gnora’s days as sheriff. Behind the desk was a large silver statue, a possession that Gnora was particularly proud of.

“Pleasant walk down here Miss Thane?” inquired Gnora as she sipped her rum.

“It was short, fairly uneventful too,” Thane responded, “Just ‘Thane’ is fine, by the way.”

“Of course,” Gnora murmured; her voice seemed distant and unfocused. The two of them waited drinking in silence for a moment, hoping that the other would pick up the conversation. Eventually Thane, hoping to assuage her own anxieties, broke the silence.

“So Gnora, what was it that you were planning to talk about here?”

Gnora tentatively took another sip of her drink, setting the mug down gently.

“I’m afraid Thane,” she whispered softly, “I think that the Padre is watching me.”

“Cornelius!”

“Yes, I think that he has it out for me. He wants to start that sunberry farm, and he did tell me that I was just another farmer; I’m easily replaceable to him. Now, I think that he’s watching me, tryin’ to get me in a position where he can get rid of me. I don’t favor steppin’ out of my own office when I don’t have to now; I’m that frightened by this. What do think, Thane?”

[peregarrett]

Oh, I see where it goes. Will do the last part of my turn soon and pass the rulership to Vlad (he's next, right?).