I mean the forums are still up and the main page is as well, so I assume that mean MSL is still in business, but come on, we need some news.  Good or bad, we’re grown ups we can take it.

1) What distinguishes virtual from augmented reality?
2) Is this reality handled in a similar fashion to the virtual world found in the Matrix movies?
3) Is question 2 ultimately the GM’s decision on how handle the virtual world?

I ask because the virtual world will factor heavily in my next campaign and I want to understand it well enough that I can answer any player questions and handle any curve balls (wanting to be a virtual god) the players will throw at me.

~ Tyl

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Sincerely

Andrew Head

Did the Seraph and Ophanum invent humans?

Humanity is kind of a unique race on planet Earth, what with walking on two legs, full capacity for speech and whatnot. The way I see it, there are a number of questions that could be answered this way. For example, why Earth? I mean, the S&O have these huge fights every ten thousand years for the purpose of (...?) on the planet simply because it’s there. A possible explanation is that every ten thousand years, the planet Earth is exactly midway between the Seraph and Ophanum homeworld. They could have decided this would be the best place, and created humans as an intelligent and lasting caretaker of the world. Obviously we would have long forgotten that was our role and let angels and demons shift back into myth.

Another reason I thought this works is simple genetics. Nephilim are the by-product of inter-species breeding, which normally doesn’t work. The number and placements of genes in DNA usually prevent anything from forming. There are exceptions of this rule on Earth, like mules (donkey-horse hybrids) and ligers (lion-tigers) but the problem is, all these creatures are mostly infertile. Reproduction from cross-species would require DNA as similar as one human to another. Another wrench is thrown in thinking about grigori, which I always imagine like The Thing from The Fantastic Four. The existence of lesser grigori would signal that they had the similar DNA structure as well.

It might even stand to reason that the Seraph and Ophanum were even created by one even more powerful being or race. After all, they both produce Nephilim, which are identical no matter the parentage, save for a few Elim Genetic Deviations. That brings me to wonder why there were two races within the species, and why they’re on different planets. (I assume they are on different planets, or else going to Earth would be redundant.) It could even be something similar to the Protoss in Starcraft, where one faction chose to be a part of an autonomous collective where another was exiled for favorite individual choice. I’m saying there’s a lot of backstory I’d like to learn, and I realize it wouldn’t be in the Core Manual because the Manual’s written without an omniscient narrator (hence “The past of the Nephilim culture is shrouded in mystery” things). But a few Nephilim must have contact with their parents, these questions could be answered.

So, I know I ranted a little, but I was thinking about this all morning. Mind setting me straight on a few of these questions? That’d be great. Thanks.

-John

I see how these bonus intention ranks could either be used with both the innate source and spiritual OR only with the spiritual.

Thanks!

If you guys don’t want we will keep it for our group only, if not just ask a admin or developer to PM me I’ll send him a copy so he can clear it.