<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=9949.msg361283#msg361283">Quote from: Josh the Aspie on 01-06-2007, 05:20:40</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Question: Will our visitations being RPed?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Dude, did you just mix future, past, and present tense there?  That takes talent.<br/><br/>And our characters are pretty much meeting up on the scene some time after their respective Visitations.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=9949.msg361283#msg361283">Quote from: Josh the Aspie on 01-06-2007, 05:20:40</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Question, the Sequel: Are Relics needed to access special boons such as magic?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Yes.  The only Purview you can get without Relics is the one specific to your pantheon.  (You and Muse are going to have to figure out what that is, since Anansi isn't part of a pantheon described in the book.)<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=9949.msg361283#msg361283">Quote from: Josh the Aspie on 01-06-2007, 05:20:40</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Question III: Can Relics be a foreign substance implanted into the body such as a piercing, tattoo, or a big old plate in the head? Just trying to get a feel for the campaign here. I'm thinking the answers are yes, no, and no on III.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I tend to agree.  A piercing might work, but a Relic that can't possibly be taken away from you isn't really fair.  (A plate in the head seem spectacularly improbable anyway.)<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=9949.msg361283#msg361283">Quote from: Josh the Aspie on 01-06-2007, 05:20:40</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Question IV: Which of the following Associated powers sounds best for Anansi: Epic Intelligence, Epic Wits, Epic Manipulation, Epic Dexterity, Epic Charisma, Animal (Spider), Magic, Chaos, Darkness, or Sky?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I would say Epic Intelligence, Epic Wits, Epic Manipulation, Epic Dexterity, Animal (Spider), Magic, and Chaos.  Some gods have less associated powers than that, but some have many more, and those seem the most relevent to Anansi.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=9949.msg361283#msg361283">Quote from: Josh the Aspie on 01-06-2007, 05:20:40</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Question V: And which sounds best among the abilities Animal Ken, Athletics, Awareness, Art, Craft, Larceny (almost definite on this one), Occult (he does own all of Africa's folk stories after all), stealth, and survival?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I'd go with Awareness, Craft, Larceny, Occult, Stealth, and (although you didn't list it) Presence.  (Unlike associated powers, all gods seem to have exactly six favored abilities.)<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=9949.msg361283#msg361283">Quote from: Josh the Aspie on 01-06-2007, 05:20:40</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Question VI (starting to feel like Rocky, isn't it?): Does the Storyteller normally pick the manifestations of birthrights, or do the players usually do that?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Don't be silly.  There were no real Rocky movies after the third.<br/><br/>And the player pretty much picks Birthrights, subject to Storyteller approval of course.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=9949.msg361283#msg361283">Quote from: Josh the Aspie on 01-06-2007, 05:20:40</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Question VII: Is there anything in particular needed by the group, or an area people would prefer me to stay away from?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Ajoxer is correct, we currently have no super-manipulative types.  It never hurts to be able to hold your own in a fight, but we don't need more combat specialists.