Sisyphus

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I mean, as I conceived the character, there's basically no limit to how far he can push a normie - if he told someone to put a gun in their mouth and fire, they'd have to do it. The balancing factors are that it doesn't work on etherically talented people at all (who I'd imagine are going to be the real threats to the inquisitors in the RP anyway), that it's also probably possible to rig up some device/ether-powered headgear for normies to block it, and that it's really all he has going for him - just about any other PC could beat the everliving hell out of him, and his infiltration training is secondary.

It's also a pretty important part of his personality; he's a man-child with too much power and he knows it, and he has an enormous amount of difficulty seeing people as people rather than tools because... well, look at what he can do. Ultimately, it's @Lovejoy's call - if the GM says it's too much juice for one character to have, I'll tone it down.

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@Lovejoy@Sisyphus RIGHT? Such trouble. And he's used to getting what he wants. He's lucky the Inquisition kept him on a short leash for all those years, because he's totally going to get in trouble with them and with EVERYONE. ^.^;;

By the way, can people he's commanded tell they were ordered, or is it like it was their idea? What about afterwards, or the next day?

@shylarah

While it's happening, they don't know that they're being controlled - it's not necessarily like it was their idea, more like they're just absolutely convinced that listening to Hassan is the thing to do, even if they're not sure why. Afterwards, most people will start to wonder why they did that and they'll probably put two and two together; the girl with the dogs, for example, is probably pretty dazed and confused about the whole thing, but about at this point she'd be starting to get it.

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Oh shit. Something tells me one day Hassan is going to get into some really bad trouble using that power of his :p

@Lovejoy

Hassan is the really bad trouble. When I said he relies on it in social interaction with non-inquisitors, I was not kidding. :P

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Post up - it's a quick one, but I didn't want to start too much trouble without giving Stina the opportunity to shut Hassan up. :P

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"I'm bored." Normally, those two words didn't mean much - a petulant cry, a droning inflection. People were always bored; it was a fact of life. Those words should not have been a cause for concern, though of course to anyone who knew Hassan, to hear him say them on what was supposed to be The Greatest Night of his and Stina's life would doubtless have been worrisome.

The young inquisitor stood up abruptly and shouted into the crowd, waving his cup above his head. "This is piss. Would someone please bring us something better?" As he spoke, the melodic Word rippled through the room, causing the dancers to pause and the band on stage to skip a beat. "Actually, you know what? Bring everyone something better."

The entire room cheered as the bartender immediately began pouring mug after mug of the finest ale the pub had in stock, the waitstaff doling them out to every nun, soldier and street urchin that raised up their hands. Hassan laughed loudly as he accepted a mug from a comely Varyan girl, winking at Stina as he took a long pull. "Don't worry, I'll pay for it," he chuckled, cutting off what he felt was an inevitable scolding. "Now, I was thinking we dance for a bit, then I find some people willing to beat each other up on the tables for money, and we turn this into a real party. Maybe you can get loaded and crack some heads of your own, yeah? Ragnar does not know what he's missing!"

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@The Angry Goat

Sorry, been busy with a paper. I'll get a quick post up for Hassan tomorrow - raise a little hell for Stina to deal with. :P

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Interested. Will hopefully be able to get a sheet up tomorrow, if there's still room.

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@Drakey

It's more Clockpunk than Steampunk, but this reminds me a lot of Rodion.

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Also, I just realized. We *really* need someone who can "track" ether. Like, they'd be able to sense it or something. So, for example, if there was a group of people waiting in ambush, you'd be able to tell where they were beforehand. Also, if someone were to run away, you would be able to follow their trail if you had a sample of their ether.

Anyone who isn't already incredible powerful want to have an extra power? It'd have to make sense for your character though.

I'm thinking Hassan or Stina would be suitable. What do @The Angry Goat and @Sisyphus think?

@Lovejoy

Hassan? Not incredibly powerful? Yikes.

I'll write it in later when I finish typing up the proper relationships.

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@OppositionJI think maybe Ragnar, Hassan, and Stina would be good candidates? I have an idea for Ragnar and Tatiana's relationship that might be neat.

@Lovejoy

Probably makes sense. Hassan would have jumped at the chance to help Tatiana with anything, Stina would have been incredibly useful, and Ragnar would probably have been assigned to go with them anyway in order to practice shielding them from the cold, though that's just a thought.

Only hiccup is that Hassan really wouldn't have been good for much besides moral support - I highly doubt that the Word works on demons.