Lame Nobilis

[bluegargantua]

So tonight at the Shakleton Expedition Potluck at Mikey's we were discussing Nobilis...cause that's what all the cool kids do. Specfically, we were kicking around lame Domains.

So things like, The Power of Beach Balls or Stunt Doubles (although Stunt Doubles is kinda useful). I suggested the Power of Grout. Go on, make fun of his wussy Domain. It's not where he spent his Character Points.

Then Drak pops up: "The Power of Kraus! You know, the cook from Benson."

Yes...this is the best lame Nobilis evar! Imagine your Domain is a guttering candle flame of half-forgotten pop culture reference. The Excrucians won't waste the time to consider going after you. Your entire Domain centers around a bit part in an early 80's TV show. With each year that passes, you grow ever closer to Metaphysical extinction. Imagine the thrilling struggle to somehow keep your Domain in the collective consciousness of the universe.

And Inga Swenson is your Anchor like nobody's business. Oddly, you both love and hate her.

heh
Tom

Comments

[jmspencer.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I got that comment before midnight, and it just supplanted the above entry on the funniest thing I'd heard all day. What I want to know is where does the Power of Rap fit into all this. Also, is the Power of Oldies slowly gaining in power and influence until it becomes so enormously powerful it covers all of music made before, say, last Tuesday? And is music going out of style merely a representation of the Power of Oldies getting another point in Domain and expanding to cover the now "old" style?

[kadath.livejournal.com]

What happened was that the Power of Popular Music was so irritating that the Imperator withdrew his Shard, and Ennobled a bunch of lesser concepts, like Ragtime, Big Band, Folk, and Rock, who've been duking it out ever since. Classical, starting in the 60's, wanted nothing to do with any of the lot, and prevailed upon the Power of Taste to do something. Taste dropped a Domain Miracle, and Disco was born. Classical still won't talk to Taste. Oldies has been playing his cards right, mostly because Nostalgia sees a chance to expand her Domain and has been giving him advice. Others are starting to notice, though, and this may be the next big battleground. Rap is a subset of Hip Hop, and not a separate Domain. Bet you didn't think music was such a cutthroat concept, huh? (Incidentally, I agree with jerengest below about the Balkanization of Estates.)

If I were going to run a Nobilis game around music styles, I would paint it as part of a struggle between the Imperators of Tradition and Innovation, and make it a crucial step in bringing about the Age Which Is to Come. Maybe my games never work because I like epics too much.