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Plot immunity

Some players enjoy feeling the safety of knowing their characters have “plot immunity.” Other players enjoy the stakes and narrative possibilities of character death. Both are viable ways to tell stories, but discuss expectations with the troupe during session zero.

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I want both at times, and often get more plot-armor-y as I get invested in characters.

A happy Plan To Kill Cappadocius Day to all Giovanni friends who celebrate!

World Rat Day

A very happy World Rat Day!

The Quest

"LARP-ing goes big budget in the trailer for Disney Plus reality show The Quest"

Kids today.

J: Cosplayers got beat up when we were kids.

Mage: The Ascension 2022 23: Demon kicking!

And next, demonic possession.

Simon and Cara and Michael get to be mysterious heroic strangers when they show up to help, having detected the intrusion. Didi and Alissa get to be supportive and warm as the boys prepare the ritual to draw the demon out. Cara is confident and reassuring as she gets ready to apply combat boots.

Demon: "A great fury rises. Your world will scream."

Didi: "Oh, big surprise."

Demon thumped and banished but the reason it appeared still a question for the Traditions in general...

I'm sure it'll be fine.

Trying to remake The Crow again

The Crow remake, really this time? With Bill Skarsgård?

Okay, probably not an April Fool because it's not wacky enough, but after all these attempts it feels like a fool's errand.

"Hey, this guy wore white face paint with lines over the eyes in a movie, get him!"

Also, if it actually happens it means a reboot of The Crow with an Eric I don't find attractive. Which is shallow of me, but.

Moon Knight

Moon Knight 1.01 is pretty fun once you get past the opening which yeek.

1.02 pretty much lays out what's up, chooses a moral stance, and has an invisible monster fight.

1.03 is fighty and Khonshu is a bad debater.

Layla (ft. Moon Knight) 1.04 had some very varied portrayals of mythological beings.

1.05 and I want a Taweret plushie because (a) adorable and (b) I need something to hug.

The Princess Bride

"Every chance she has to be defiant, stand her ground, and get in a good insult, she takes."

A look at Buttercup's role in The Princess Bride.

Mage: The Ascension 2022 22: Gig!

And next, going to a gig. We are allowed an actual night off.

Of course it's interrupted by monsters. But only a bit.

And Simon brings a date!

Spring

It's the first day of spring, and looking out the window I'm quite glad Tony Bennett doesn't rule the world because we'd flood.

Mage: The Ascension 2022 21: Sword fight!

Didi's night is improved by getting to "distract" one of the fancy vampires bidding on the stolen enchanted sundial by batting her lashes and flaunting her neck.

Cara's night is definitely improved by the chance to fight a sword duel with the Unseelie Sidhe knight trying to steal it.

Used correctly it can alter the day and night cycle. Vampires and other things want it, and not just to mess with Daylight Savings.

Easter

Maltesers egg this year, as last year. (Not a complaint.)

Addendum: TWO. Mwahahaha

Two years

As of today I've basically been staying home for two years. Looking back at the early days, the surge of free books and games and music and videos really helped.

Mage: The Ascension 2022 20: Auction!

So now we have to sneak into an occult artefact auction.

"Do we get to dress up?"

"Would a 'no' working even be possible?"

We get to meet many interesting people and not-exactly-people.