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| Author: | Nierite [ Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Story/Mechanics Disparity |
I was thinking about this recently, and I had to ask: What is up with with Tier V Bloodline power for the val'Abebi? Their power is to be able to imbue shots of blast powder with their magical spark, but this makes almost no sense from a story point of view. Blast powder is Althares Second Gift, and is only given in 428 IC (only about 650 years before the Campaign). We know the val'Abebi have been around since the First Imperium of Man due to their involvement with the Nelgazzi Affair. So, how could their Bloodline power be something that didn't even exist for MILLENNIA?! Hell, the FIRST Gift of Althares only camp up in 120 BIC, little more than a millennia before the current story! So, what does this mean? The simplest explanation is that it was an oversight on the part of the rules-writers. The val'Abebi are known for guns and blast powder, so that means they get a power involving its production. Though this works conceptually, it does show a certain lack of awareness of the history of the story, though in all fairness this Bloodline power dates back to the 3.5 days so maybe that aspect of the story simply was not fleshed out at the time. That said, it could also represent something even more interesting: What if the val'Abebi's highest power was somehow changed a little over 500 years ago? What if their highest Bloodline Power has changed with the will of Althares (or his Valinor)? Maybe around the time of the Time of Terror they had a power relating with Electromagnetism relating to the First Gift? Perhaps before the Floating City of Khafre, they had yet a different, unknown power? Questions. . . (also, side note: Notice how the "Khafre" sounds very similar to several Kio words that we have come across in the story, and how both they and the Altherans have stories of Floating Cities. . . ) |
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| Author: | toddpmorgan [ Thu Jan 23, 2014 11:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Story/Mechanics Disparity |
Or the val'Abebi get more powerful the more gifts Althares bestows? |
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| Author: | Nierite [ Thu Jan 23, 2014 11:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Story/Mechanics Disparity |
I question this because it has been said that the Val's of yore were more powerful than they are today, if for no reason than the bloodlines were more 'pure'. As such, surely over the course of 4,000 years SOME val'Abebi were able to manifest Tier V powers! Again, this could be as simple as "Oh, oversight on our part ::facepalm::", but it could bring up so many questions about what we know about those we now call Altherans! Hell, we still have no history for them before about 200 BIC (about 1500 years AFTER the fall of the First Imperium). |
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| Author: | mininin [ Fri Jan 24, 2014 4:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Story/Mechanics Disparity |
Or they've always had the ability to imbue it but until the gift was given they literally had nothing that they could use it on? Would it would mean that for a long time most people would take it that they capped out at a Tier 4 gift? Would they have ben viewed as somehow weaker or would they still have registered as having the potent blood of a Tier 5? |
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| Author: | val Holryn [ Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Story/Mechanics Disparity |
To me the most interesting option is that the val'Abebi had their bloodline ability changed by Altheris or his Valinor when they were granted the Second Gift. You are right, it is a disparity. |
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| Author: | PCI_StatMonkey [ Sun Jan 26, 2014 8:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Story/Mechanics Disparity |
val Holryn wrote: To me the most interesting option is that the val'Abebi had their bloodline ability changed by Altheris or his Valinor when they were granted the Second Gift. You are right, it is a disparity. the real question.. was it a blessing.. or a curse? |
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| Author: | PCIHenry [ Sun Jan 26, 2014 9:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Story/Mechanics Disparity |
There is no disparity whatsoever. If the val'Abebi weren't able to create Blastpowder until the Second Gift was granted, then why would you expect them to have that ability PRIOR? That's like saying someone from the Colonial Period should have the Car Driving skill, because a modern man has it. |
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| Author: | val Holryn [ Sun Jan 26, 2014 9:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Story/Mechanics Disparity |
This is Arcanis. A clear cut answer?!? No holding my breath. (The answer to me is obviously both). PCI_StatMonkey wrote: val Holryn wrote: To me the most interesting option is that the val'Abebi had their bloodline ability changed by Altheris or his Valinor when they were granted the Second Gift. You are right, it is a disparity. the real question.. was it a blessing.. or a curse? |
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