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On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:10:46 +0000 (UTC), hoc@nvg.ntnu.no
(=?iso-8859-1?Q?H=E5vard?= Faanes) wrote:
>David Johnston wrote:
>>Y'know, this really is just on the borderline of being a superhero
>>universe, what with angels dogfighting with interceptors, and Thor
>>attacking tank battalions. I'm tempted to convert it into a more
>>conventional superheroic system, but maybe it would work as is.
>>One thing I've really got to give it credit for. Best ripoff of
>>Highlander, ever.
>
>I think you should stick with the rules as they are. If you have the
>cinematic unisystem variant rules available (Buffy, Angel), you could
>consider importing some of those rules, since it speeds up the game.
>
>I don't know. Maybe because its because I am from Europe, but I always
>though having the AoR occupy the US and assasinate the president instead
>of occupying Europe and assisinate the Pope would make a cooler setting.
>Note, this is in no way a bashing of the US, but if you think of it in
>occult terms, shouldn't occupying the holy sites (Vatican, Mecca etc) be
I don't think they have occupied Mecca, although they have bombed
it pretty flat. The Middle East is still an active front in the war,
probably because the intervention by the Olympians is keeping
the AoR pinned down to some extent in Turkey.
>something the AoR should find the most difficult and leave that for the
>last, given that it is an occult setting?
There are reasons for that, though. One big one is that according to
a common interpretation of the prophecies of Nostradamus, we are
nearing the end of the line of popes. Further, it establishes that
Leviathan can kick the asses of the Hosts of Heaven if they try
head-on confrontation, and that fact must be established just as
if you have a WWII campaign with Superman and Green Lantern,
you need to established why they don't just take out Berlin and Tokyo.
I'm pretty sure ten thousand angels wouldn't show up to try to save or
avenge an American politician. Besides, it's an English language game,
and for that reason it's more convenient to leave the English speaking
countries among the unconquered.