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Sometimes.

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Only when there's a new release.

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Never. ((get out))

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Total Members Voted: 13

[smurfingtonthethird]

Empiricist posted something in IC! AAAARGH!

[Empiricist]

Ah yes, perhaps in this series of strange and unnatural events, a PC might actually perma-die in an unplanned manner

[IamanElfCollaborator]

So a bad thing?

[Empiricist]

A positive thing overall. As long as it isn't under questionable circumstances, it represents a return of actual risk rather than just people getting downed and revived. Or alternatively, an FEF-esque battle that involves half the party being involved in a revive-chain.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

So a bad thing.

[Empiricist]

I suppose you could look at it that way. Decomposition of organic matter is a bad thing, still useful though.

[smurfingtonthethird]

((What kind of archaic clothing? That sort of thing varies between regions. Also, masculine or feminine clothing?))

I love how you skip trying to work out their sex, and immediately try to find out if they're a crossdresser or not.

[Empiricist]

I just assume that if no gender is given at first, it cannot be determined at that moment.

[kj1225]

For future information I was describing Nevlyn.

[Empiricist]

Wait, so what kinds of magic are innate and which ones are extrinsic? Since it seems that some abilities such as those of the eponymous magical girls tend to be something they've been granted whilst others such as hermetic magic can be learned without needing many requirements.

[Akroma]

It's obviously not infinitely small scale, and requiring clear vision is very much a limiting factor.

[Empiricist]

It's obviously not infinitely small scale, and requiring clear vision is very much a limiting factor.

Would a good idea of where the target is, in the absence of clear vision, also suffice (obviously it is far from an ideal substitute, but would it work)? Also, would deploying a camera allow her to remotely attack with some difficulty due to knowing the position of the camera and therefore the position of a target relative to it?

((As long as you don't tread on any toes.))

Here's my draft. I tried keeping the lore short this time.

Prophecy, a rather peculiar concept for a decidedly non-deterministic world. Though the means and exact mechanisms, what a prophecy really amounts to, is an estimate. Specifically, an estimate using data acquired and processed supernaturally, but an estimate nonetheless.

Consequently, for all their dramatic qualities, they can prove to be inaccurate to varying degrees. The better prophecies tend to account for more factors, provide better analysis and take the consequences of the prophecy itself into consideration. Often, someone who is highly skilled in prophecy doesn't issue any statements about the future but rather just uses their foresight for personal gain. After all, it's easier to figure out what stocks to invest in than what wars will occur in a century's time. The most valuable prophecies tend to resemble reports more, with multiple possibilities being accounted for, sometimes even with path diagrams to indicate the most likely sequence of events.

The more stereotypical prophecies, cryptic and poetic, do indeed occur as well, though rather than being an arbitrary limitation, there are actual technical reasons for this. This is known as 'covering one's arse'. In the midst of the magic-ignorant public (something that, in the aftermath of the Human-Layar War, is slowly becoming less of an issue) with an overall poor understanding of how prophecy even works, it is sometimes better to embellish the message, leave it open to multiple interpretations, so that inaccuracies may be attributed to the audience's 'misinterpretation' thus limiting the impact of errors on one's reputation.

Exact values, however, are rarely given. At the end of the day, even for the greatest prophets, it takes balls to walk up to a war hero, knowing full well that you could be wrong, dead wrong, and to still tell them: "In 8 hours, 5 minutes and 28.53 seconds (accounting for your reaction time), turn left 43.79 degrees and fire twice. Please work on your marksmanship in future, that first shot should have hit."

[Akroma]

only vageually knowing that something is there would probably result in heavy penalties, depending just on how vague the idea is. She could probably grab a ball if you just put a bit of paper in front of it to obscure the view, consdering her mag stat is high enough to tank the penalties and the ball is not resisting, but grabbing, say, a mook who just went into cover (so she'd know exactly where he is) would already be pretty difficult, as the target has a res roll on top of the penalties that need to be beaten

[Empiricist]

Yeah, doing something without line of sight would probably better for performing a distraction or something than actual combat. Though then again, with three or four people capable of making the required equipment, it may eventually become a viable tactic. Albeit a rather situational one.

[Akroma]

as far as cameras go, it's about as tricky as doing anything else that you only see through a camera. It would require practise, should be within reasonable distance, and you'd need a clear idea where what you are moving actually is, in relation to you