Counting Coup

[Clockwork Ghost]

Hi guys,

As we seem to have hit a lull in the posting, I reckon its time for a little game.

Basically, you team up with someone and try to magically slap them. You can use any paradigm, methodology or whatever you want, but you need to score a hit on your opponent, and the opponent needs to recognise the hit and respond in kind. Youre limited to one hit, you cant use Goetic or Dukante demons or anything that might prove fatal, but other than that the floor is open.

I've done this before (and actually hospitalised someone by accident) and its quite fun as long as you dont turn it into a bitch fest, or refuse to acknowledge youve been hit. Basically you have to treat it as fun and go with it, rather than taking it ridiculously seriously and going off in a huff if you get slapped down.

So whos keen?

[Clockwork Ghost]

...if anyone is wondering how I managed to hospitalise someone, I hit them while they were asleep, they woke up, fell out of bed and smashed their head open on a dresser. We laughed about it later, but at the time it was quite a big thing.

[Ramscha]

That would sound like a good training for the material arts of magick, as long as one doesn´t overdoo it.
Could you give us an example of such an action? What did you do to him in his sleep?

Ramscha

[Clockwork Ghost]

No worries - a 'slap' is like a very simple magical attack - you attack your opponent with magic in an attempt to break through their defenses, but not to the degree that theyre in any danger or at any risk - all youre going for is the metaphysical version of tapping someone on the shoulder and saying 'youre it'.

Last time I played, I did an astral pathworking to get in and then kinda screamed in his ear until he woke up, though basically anything would work so long as its not going to cause any lasting damage. Its lots of fun, and it does wonders for your confidence when you get results from it, plus it lets you play with combatative magic, which we really dont get much chance to do in a controlled and friendly setting.

[Ramscha]

Well then, since I would have need for a little training, count me in [yay]
How or when does it start and who is it?

Ramscha

[Clockwork Ghost]

Well then, since I would have need for a little training, count me in [yay]
How or when does it start and who is it?

Ramscha

It starts as soon as you have an opponent. I'm personally sitting it out, and will act as a moderator if there is any drama.

So how about it guys - who wants to challenge Ramscha?

[Vashta]

Ok, what the heck, if you need another volunteer, I'm in

[Ramscha]

So the game started already? Or was this treebranch on the head today just a coincidence?

[Clockwork Ghost]

The game started as soon as Vashta volunteered. As for whether that was an intentional attack, you'll have to verify it with him. A lot of this game relies on honesty - both from the attacker and the defender, otherwise you get situations where people refuse to acknowledge theyve been hit, or just play on paranoia that theyre attacking all the time.

If Vashta has scored the first hit, I'd suggest a best of three series maybe? [thumbup]

[Vashta]

That wasn't me

Ok, if we're ready to begin, then I'll see what I can come up with...

[Urscumug]

Aren't you supposed to have some kind of magical link?

[Clockwork Ghost]

Aren't you supposed to have some kind of magical link?

I've never played with one, but you could do if you and your opponent decided it was a good thing. I guess it all comes down to preference and desire - do you want to be magically connected, or would you rather go for stealth?

[Urscumug]

Maybe I wasn't clear with the "magical link" topic. What I wondered is how will Vashta and Ramscha target each other, will the nickname and profile picture be enough information?

This is only an assumption because I never really dug into the subject before: for me the magical link is the amount of information of any modalities you can have on the "target", so someone you know well and have personal belongings or body part will be way easier to target than an unknown person.

[Ramscha]

It depends on the connection you have with the user. If you can come up with enough desire/emotion or whatever drives you it is possible to work with that.

However I must ask for a timeout before the match even begins, I am really sorry but I am currently very sick with a diarrhea infection since the day before yesterday and not in the situation to give a good fight to anyone or anything, even a fly is challenge. [sadface]

Ramscha

[Urscumug]

I am currently very sick with a diarrhea infection since the day before yesterday

Vashta 1 - Ramscha 0

Hope you recover quickly and bite back!

[Ramscha]

lets thank the asian cook [rofl]

[RoseRed]

I hope you get to feeling better real soon.

[Vashta]

Get well soon, let me know when you're ready to begin.

Yeah, I created a sigil/bindrune which I'll be using as my connection to Ramscha, then created a paper stele to use as a focal point when doing any rituals, although all I've done so far is put a tarot card with it (the fool), shouldn't have caused you to be bedridden tho

[Strangef8]

I'm really interested in this kind of tit for tat, though I can't afford to step forward myself. I'm really curious to see what each party brings to the fight.

[Urscumug]

I'm also really curious, but frankly I wouldn't take part of it. In my worldview, magic is driven by desire, and how could I desire to hurt someone who didn't do me any harm? What if your opponent is suddenly diagnostiqued with a fatal disease?

I practiced a bit of kung fu fighting, you could hit as hard as you could but not in all part of the body and both fighter were well protected. I don't see this kind of precision in magic.

I propose that the next fight will be about throwing luck spells [happy2]

[Kushiel]

In my worldview, magic is driven by desire, and how could I desire to hurt someone who didn't do me any harm?

I'm with you on that. As much fun as this sounds, I'm afraid I'm going to have to sit this one out.

[Vashta]

It's not about harming, it's more about surprising, I guess. I'm certainly not going to try to harm Ramscha, the illness and falling branch were just coincidences, I've not even started sending anything at him yet, not really.

I don't want to go into too much detail because I'd like what I'll come up with to be a surprise, but random positive things about covers it

[Urscumug]

It's not about harming, it's more about surprising, I guess. I'm certainly not going to try to harm Ramscha

Yep, I missed that precision from Case: all youre going for is the metaphysical version of tapping someone on the shoulder and saying 'youre it. Even more curious to see what could happen.

[Belial]

This is an interesting topic, it is similar to a controlled experiment I intended to run among a group of volunteers.This appears a little more open and lighthearted.I could use the practice and sought to engage similar activities, but despite a bit of a lack of scientific control this may prove to be fun.Thus I propose that I may wish to participate in this exercise.

Now personally I do have occasional connectivity issues, and to be fair up front I can have some difficulties judging and regulating force, if I get carried away I apologize and you may all slap me in unison as compensation.

If there are any volunteers willing to partake of the experiment with me, then when I next respond I will equip my Nerf Staff and prepare to cast Far Slap.I will also agree to play fair and within reasonable levels of possibility as far as the conditions apply to this activity.

Oh, additional note, to whomever if any volunteers, please post your preference of initiation, whether I should begin when I next notice the party, or if I should wait for the volunteer to respond again, IE start immediately upon recognition of volunteer, or wait for them to return first.After initiating the slap duel I presume it best to lower any form of aggressive defenses on my part, and so I shall, until I receive the return slap, or a period of time passes, say three days by default, if window adjustment is desired I can negotiate time frames.

I would like to be sure to maximize safety of any volunteers overall.

[Clockwork Ghost]

Maybe I wasn't clear with the "magical link" topic. What I wondered is how will Vashta and Ramscha target each other, will the nickname and profile picture be enough information?

I understand now, sorry. Like I said before, its really up to the players as to what they put in place first. Part of the fun of it is finding the other person and getting past all their protection - if both parties were linked from the first instance then it would just boil down to throwing magic at each other until someone gives up or goes mad or something, I dunno.