@halobearerhavoc By this tag, you signed up for what I am posting here now (I couldn't help myself, even if it's not a digital game!) Based on John Harper's excellent Lasers & Feelings, this is:
Warrior & Nun
You are members of the ORDER OF THE CRUCIFORM SWORD. Your mission is to protect humankind from demons, preserve your dignity while serving in the Church and finding your own faiths. The HALO BEARER has been sucked by an interdimensional portal, leaving you to fend for yourselves while on leave on The Other Side.
PLAYERS: CREATE CHARACTERS
Choose a weapon for your character: Sword, Staff, Shotguns, Crossbow, Pure martial arts, or Gadgets.
Choose a trait for your character: Proud, Discreet, Outspoken, Eager, Bubbly, or Sombre.
Choose your number, from 2 to 5. A high number means you're better at WARRIOR (fighting, strategising, athletics, strength, passion, etc). A low number means you're better at NUN (diplomacy, academics, social abilities, rituals, calm, etc).
Give your character a cool saint name or something like it.
You have: a regular habit, armour, means of communication with other OCS members, a Mother Superion.
Player goal: get your character involved in crazy demon-hunting and women-kissing adventures and try to make the best of them.
Character goal: choose one or create your own: Prove yourself to your shitty family, Become next in line as halo bearer, Find yourself a new family with your sisters, Forgive yourself for your own sins, Be loved, or Keep Being Awesome (you have nothing to prove).
PLAYERS: CREATE YOUR OCS CHAPTER
As a group, pick two strengths for your convent: Handy connection to a rich, brilliant scientist woman; Ties with a powerful cardinal, Highly competent sisters, Gadgets galore, Large library on demonology, Easy access to vehicles.
Also, pick one problem: Most of the sisters are aggressive, undisciplined and possibly sociopathic; The press is on to you, The Vatican is unwilling to spend another penny on you, Mother Superion is always having a bad day, You only have ammo and fuel for another week, Your house priest might or might not have been compromised by a being from another dimension and is secretly working against you...
ROLLING THE DICE
When you do something risky, roll 1d6 to find out how it goes. Roll +1d if you’re prepared and +1d if you’re an expert. (The GM tells you how many dice to roll, based on your character and the situation.) Roll your dice and compare each die result to your number.
⬇️ If you're using WARRIOR, you want to roll under your number.
⬆️ If you're using NUN, you want to roll over your number.
0 - if none of your dice succeed, it goes wrong. The GM says how things get worse somehow.
1 - if one die succeeds, you barely manage it. The GM inflicts a complication, harm, or cost.
2 - if two dice succeed, you do it well. Good job!
3 - if three dice succeed, you get a critical success! The GM tells you some extra effect you get.
!! - if you roll your number exactly, you gain a moment of REVELATION. You get a special insight into what's going on. Ask the GM a question and they'll answer you honestly. Some good questions: what are they really feeling? Who's behind this? How could I get them to _____? What should I be on the lookout for? What's the best way to _____? What's really going on here?
With your Revelation, you can change your action if you want to, then roll again.
HELPING: If you want to help someone else who's rolling, say how you try to help and make a roll. If you succeed, give them +1d.
GM: CREATE AN UNHOLY ADVENTURE
Roll or choose on the tables below.
A threat...
A possessed cardinal
A demon-worshipping cult
An eurotrash would-be prophet
A Vatican ex-archivist
A mad scientist
A renegade sister warrior
Wants to...
Destroy/corrupt
Steal/capture
Bond with
Protect/empower
Build
Occupy
The...
Pope
Divinium
Vatican
Quantum tunnel
Tarask/wight demon
Holy artefacts
Which will...
Destroy the halo
Brainwash the masses with a new dangerous religion
Enslave humanity
Start a war/invasion
Rip a hole in reality
Fix everything
GM: RUN THE GAME
Play to find out how they defeat the threat. Introduce the threat by showing evidence of its recent badness. Before a threat does something to the characters, show signs that it's about to happen, then ask them what they do. "The Firstborn Children guards run toward you, what do you do?" "Your undercover tactical nun partner pours you a glass of lemon drop and slips her arm around your waist, what do you do?"
Call for a roll when the situation is uncertain. Don't pre-plan outcomes — let the chips fall where they may. Use failures to push the action forward. The situation always changes after a roll, for good or ill. Ask questions and build on the answers. "Have any of you encountered a nun who to all intents and purposes was dead but is now alive and kicking whilst in the process of becoming some sort of demon hybrid before? Where? What happened?"
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Which tragic death would you suffer?
the betrayal
you die at the hands of the person you love the most. maybe there are tears in their eyes as they drive the sword into your chest, maybe there is none. there are certainly tears in yours. your mouth will open to ask 'why' only to spit blood instead. you will die never knowing if they loved you at all, wondering if you could've done something to prevent this, or if it was always going to end this way.
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I dunno I think they might share a couple similarities
Some ramblings about the concept of bloody tears below…
Someone was wondering about Tonari crying blood in the OP on Reddit some time ago and tbh it always made me wonder, I’d just get distracted by how pretty that 1 second was lol. This is interesting tho, I guess it acts as a fake death knell. It’s arguably the only thing that was 100% lie the opening, if that was the intended symbolism. It might not be, idk 🤔 If anyone is more familiar with the symbolism I’d love to hear your thoughts. Or who knows, maybe they just did it cuz it looked beautiful. And damn if my girl doesn’t look beautiful 😔
Then there’s Giorno, who, due to childhood trauma, is incapable of crying. He trembles instead. It’s not a detail that’s crazy important to the overall story, but it does shed some light on more emotional scenes where he begins to shake. That said, there’s a scene towards the end of the arc where his stand gets hit over the eye and shatters. I always thought it’d be cool for the scene if his eyes went read and he “cried blood” à la Castlevania. He technically does this in other stand battles, sustaining an injury around his eye in one fight, and having streaks of blood fall from his forehead and down his cheeks in another; but the final battle comes directly after he knows how many of his friends have died . It woulda been neat little detail, but maybe Araki didn’t want to overuse it after having done something similar twice. Still a cool thought tho!
Actually I can’t believe I forgot about Fushi also “crying blood” on Jananda towards the beginning of the tournament. While I think his tears can fall under this explanation, I think he more closely falls under the same explanation as Giorno. Both the idea that he can’t cry due to normal means, but also the fact that he’s thinking about Gugu while this happens, so he really is overwhelmed with emotion tbh.
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Send hearts for how your muse feels // Accepting!
@caeloservare asked: oh dear, here we go-
Qrow: ❤️💜💖💗💗💗💗💗
Hazel: ❤️💜💜💖💗💗
Clover: 💗💛 💞 (❤️ but shhhh…)
Ghira: 💜 (worry not, it's just an observation. The man's hot)
Glynda: 💖💗sometimes 💓
Aster: 💓
Oscar: 💛
Salem (same would go for Robyn, Adam and Jacques of course too but I don't wanna spam you forever xD) : 💔
Popping this under a readmore, just for length!
❤️: Wants or is in a romantic relationship with them.
💜: Finds them sexually attractive.
💖: Finds them aesthetically attractive.
💗: Finds them romantically attractive. (x5)
"You feelin' okay over there, James?" he asks, teasing lilt to his tone. But he pulls the other man into a hug anyway. He'd be lying if he said he didn't care..., but as with anything, he's just....scared of what could happen if he lets himself get too close.
❤️: Wants or is in a romantic relationship with them.
💜: Finds them sexually attractive. (x2)
💖: Finds them aesthetically attractive.
💗: Finds them romantically attractive. (x2)
The idea that James Ironwood thinks so highly of him is still a little bit jarring. Part of Hazel doesn't know how to deal with it; it had been a long time since anyone had actually....cared about him, beyond his use as a tool. He hadn't realized what he'd been missing.
💗: Finds them romantically attractive.
💛: Loves them platonically.
💞: Feels attracted to them, but can’t work out if it’s platonic, sexual, or romantic attraction they’re feeling.
(❤️: Wants or is in a romantic relationship with them.)
"Be still my beating heart," he says with a grin. "Should I come by later, help you figure things out?" They'd been through a lot together, after all, and there were definitely some feelings there.
💜: Finds them sexually attractive.
A little laugh leaves him. "I'm flattered, General. And if I weren't happily married, I'd certainly be interested, but as it stands...., thank you for the compliment."
💖: Finds them aesthetically attractive.
💗: Finds them romantically attractive.
💓: Is intimidated by them, but wants to be friends with them.
"It's nice to see your sense of taste hasn't been dulled, at least,"
💓: Is intimidated by them, but wants to be friends with them.
"There's no need to be intimidated by me, James," he says with a soft laugh, tail curling lazily behind him. "Though I seem to be getting that response a lot."
💛: Loves them platonically.
He hadn't known the General personally for very long, but there was a lot of depth of feeling there. They'd known one another for quite some time, beyond his experience of the man, and he'd be lying if he said he didn't care about him.
💔: Hates their guts.
"What a good little Tin Soldier you are, even now," she laughs. She doesn't care about him one way or another. He's....irrelevant, in the grand scheme of things.
💔: Hates their guts.
"Believe it or not, I don't hate you, General. I think we could have done some good if you'd told the truth sooner."
💔: Hates their guts.
He's used to humans hating him. Especially when he'd done nothing to them.
💔: Hates their guts.
"The feeling is mutual, I assure you."
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