Canon Q&A With Storytellers

[Mooncalf]

*Pokes at David for answers as it's been 6 months since his last answering session*

*Pokes back*

[Mooncalf]

I did take a peek but this thread is 30 pages long >.< lol! So question. In RP, when a fadewalker enters shadows, they don't leave a body behind right? They take it with them. At least that's what I have read in some roleplays. So if a fadewalker has meaner things and changes forms, would they appear in the shadow realm as that animal form?

No, they would not appear in animal form in the SR. The shapeshifting powers are for the physical form, rather than for wraith form.

[Mooncalf]

That one has been answered before.

Your body stays behind. The SR is a purely spiritual place where no physical things can exist. So you slip out of your body - somehow, player choice - and it's just your spirit that goes to the SR.

I don't believe that's the case. I don't think I ever said that. Could you quote me?

[Mooncalf]

Can vampires teleport really far away? To New York, Ireland, Paris, sort of thing.

Nope, sorry. The teleport power can only teleport you around 5 miles away, max.

[Mooncalf]

LOL.

How would a really old wraith that's century old even know how to "hack" anyways?


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Sorry, you made me just think too.

Some of the wraiths are able to see and interpret electronic signals in the same way telepaths do. They've been learning all these years, and watching.

Remember, the wraith guides are the most powerful wraiths remaining in the SR. They've fought hard to remain semi-sane, and in doing so they've achieved a level of control over the shadow realm, and their powers while in the realm, in the same way it is assumed that Crow has also retained power use after all these years. (The assumption of which is based on the premise that Crow is a dead vampire.)

[Robert Pratt]

That one has been answered before.

Your body stays behind. The SR is a purely spiritual place where no physical things can exist. So you slip out of your body - somehow, player choice - and it's just your spirit that goes to the SR.

I don't believe that's the case. I don't think I ever said that. Could you quote me?

Not with the board purges, nope. It was over a year ago I asked it and had it answered. Sorry.

[Mooncalf]

In the last chapter, Eskoph was able to enter CrowNet and post a message that was subsequently taken down by Crow and, my understanding, was that the wraiths were blocked from posting on CrowNet in the same way that humans formerly were. This implies that Eskoph was able to access CrowNet in the same way that humans now are, via having a high aptitude in hacking.

With the recent change in hacking not able to be done while in the Shadow Realm, how was Eskoph able to get in to the CrowNet since he wasn't able to hack his way in?

Well, the wraith guides can hack. Some of them, at least. The are the most powerful wraiths "alive", and as such they have mastered the ability to concentrate better while in the SR. Moreover, hacking is once again possible while dead for vampires; it's just a lot harder.

There is an assumption, however, that Eskoph needed to hack at all to be able to post in Crownet. He could have been lying.

[Mooncalf]

Can vampires teleport really far away? To New York, Ireland, Paris, sort of thing.

I asked this question awhile ago, but I can't for the life of me find it.

The range of Teleport, Celerity, et cetera is a couple of miles tops. Digo is not allowed to use "Celerity to Alaska" as one of his dozen or so escape plans.

That said, it seems this has more to do with the range of the power than it does an inability to use them outside of Harper Rock.

Powers can be used outside of HR. Vampires outside of the city have 2 limitations that those who stay within the greater HR area do not have: if they die, they are gone, and they gain powers much more slowly.

[Mooncalf]

the only thing hr has todo with anything, is coming back from the SR nothing about the city affects powers, it just located over the tear in the weil

This isn't entirely true. In the past David has said the vampires of Harper's Rock generate anima and learn powers more quickly than the vampires of ages past, because of their proximity to the tear in the veil. While I agree distance from Harper's Rock wouldn't affect power usage it is plausible to RP that a vamp out of the city regenerates their anima more slowly.

Actually, yes that part about anima is also true. Vampires away from the tear in the veil would regain anima at a slower rate, but not by tons.

[Mooncalf]

How come there are no Crownet Handle names? Is it because the Crow is all powerful and knows who is posting what?
If so, why are aliases acceptable on the Crownet then? I might be shooting myself in the foot, as I have a character who was sired and picked a new name after being sired, but I'm just curious as to how this works, exactly.

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Currently the only reason I have for that is that it's too hard to stop crossing if people know OOC who is posting what, but they are forced to ignore that information IC because of a displayed handle. There's no IC reason for not being able to use a handle, so I'm open to suggestions for excuses on that front.