Mystery Miracle Menu - Revision history

Roughtrade: /* Additional Information */

2009-07-13T16:28:04Z

Additional Information

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:28, 13 July 2009
Line 96:		Line 96:

	= Additional Information =		= Additional Information =

	~~[[Treachery:Mystery]]<br>~~
	Created by : [[Roughtrade]]		Created by : [[Roughtrade]]


	[[Category: Nobilis]][[Category: PBP]]		[[Category: Nobilis]][[Category: PBP]]

Roughtrade: /* Level 9 */

2009-07-13T16:27:20Z

Level 9

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:27, 13 July 2009
Line 95:		Line 95:
	Cause anyone looking at an autostereogram (those pictures you can’t see what they are until your eyes cross) to become trapped inside it.<BR>		Cause anyone looking at an autostereogram (those pictures you can’t see what they are until your eyes cross) to become trapped inside it.<BR>

			= Additional Information =

			[[Treachery:Mystery]]<br>
			Created by : [[Roughtrade]]

	~~[[Treachery:Mystery]]<br>~~

	[[Category: Nobilis]][[Category: PBP]]		[[Category: Nobilis]][[Category: PBP]]

Roughtrade: /* Level 9 */

2009-07-13T16:25:31Z

Level 9

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:25, 13 July 2009
Line 94:		Line 94:
	Cause a mystery location (cave, inaccessible beach, hidden forest, Bermuda Triangle) and any individuals within to become accessible only in the mythic world.<BR>		Cause a mystery location (cave, inaccessible beach, hidden forest, Bermuda Triangle) and any individuals within to become accessible only in the mythic world.<BR>
	Cause anyone looking at an autostereogram (those pictures you can’t see what they are until your eyes cross) to become trapped inside it.<BR>		Cause anyone looking at an autostereogram (those pictures you can’t see what they are until your eyes cross) to become trapped inside it.<BR>



			[[Treachery:Mystery]]<br>

	[[Category: Nobilis]][[Category: PBP]]		[[Category: Nobilis]][[Category: PBP]]

Roughtrade at 01:04, 3 October 2008

2008-10-03T01:04:44Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:04, 3 October 2008
Line 1:		Line 1:
	'''Miracle menu for [[Treachery:Mystery\|Mary Jeanette Kelly, Power of Mystery]]'''		'''Miracle menu for [[Treachery:Mystery\|Mary Jeanette Kelly, Power of Mystery]]'''

	''~~Level 0,~~ Estate~~-driven divinations~~''<BR>		=Level 0=
			''Estate Divinations''<br>
	Know if the Estate of Mystery is under attack.<BR>		Know if the Estate of Mystery is under attack.<BR>
	Hear prayers.		Hear prayers.

	''~~Level 1,~~ Ghost ~~miracles~~''<BR>		=Level 1=
			''Ghost Miracles''<br>
	Make a person, place or thing more mysterious/interesting.<BR>		Make a person, place or thing more mysterious/interesting.<BR>
	Make a girl more alluring. (Why am I thinking about her?)<BR>		Make a girl more alluring. (Why am I thinking about her?)<BR>
Line 12:		Line 14:
	Make an aspect of a crime scene more important. (How did the fingerprints get here? What was the killer doing?)<BR>		Make an aspect of a crime scene more important. (How did the fingerprints get here? What was the killer doing?)<BR>

	''~~Level 2,~~ Lesser ~~divinations~~''<BR>		=Level 2=
			''Lesser Divination''<br>
	Know at a glance what is mysterious and what is mundane.<BR>		Know at a glance what is mysterious and what is mundane.<BR>
	Look at a crime scene and know which details are clues and which are red herrings. (The bloody fingerprints are from the homeless person that stumbled on the scene first, panicked and ran away but the muddy foot print ten feet over is from the killer as he ran away.)<BR>		Look at a crime scene and know which details are clues and which are red herrings. (The bloody fingerprints are from the homeless person that stumbled on the scene first, panicked and ran away but the muddy foot print ten feet over is from the killer as he ran away.)<BR>
	Know at a glance who is 'mysterious' but not the unknown. (For example, spies, under cover police, thieves and assassins, as well as non-humans masquerading as humans, would show up as mysterious but their true natures would not be revealed.)<BR>		Know at a glance who is 'mysterious' but not the unknown. (For example, spies, under cover police, thieves and assassins, as well as non-humans masquerading as humans, would show up as mysterious but their true natures would not be revealed.)<BR>

	''~~Level 3,~~ Lesser ~~preservations~~''~~<BR>~~		=Level 3=
			''Lesser Preservations''
	Make puzzles harder because it is more difficult to solve them.<BR>		Make puzzles harder because it is more difficult to solve them.<BR>
	Allow Clark Kent to take off his glasses and have no-one recognize him.<BR>		Allow Clark Kent to take off his glasses and have no-one recognize him.<BR>
Line 27:		Line 31:
	Foil efforts to solve a medical or scientific problem.<BR>		Foil efforts to solve a medical or scientific problem.<BR>

	''~~Level 4,~~ Lesser ~~creations~~''<BR>		=Level 4=
			''Lesser Creations''<br>
	Provide inaccurate parts or instructions in the wrong language for a model.<BR>		Provide inaccurate parts or instructions in the wrong language for a model.<BR>
	Scramble directions given to a driver.<BR>		Scramble directions given to a driver.<BR>
Line 38:		Line 43:
	(''Note:'' Mystery must always provide a means to resolve itself. For example, changing the caliber of the bullet lodged in a body will also create other clues that the bullet and body have been tampered with.)		(''Note:'' Mystery must always provide a means to resolve itself. For example, changing the caliber of the bullet lodged in a body will also create other clues that the bullet and body have been tampered with.)

	''~~Level 5,~~ Lesser ~~destructions~~''~~<BR>~~		=Level 5=
			''Lesser Destructions''
	Provide that crucial intuitive leap that allows someone to 'connect the dots' on a mystery. ('Hey... if you put glasses on Superman he would look just like Clark Kent' or 'It would take a billionaire who was also a technological genius with weapons to create the Iron Man armor. Tony Stark is a billionaire and he used to make super genius tech weapons for the army!')<BR>		Provide that crucial intuitive leap that allows someone to 'connect the dots' on a mystery. ('Hey... if you put glasses on Superman he would look just like Clark Kent' or 'It would take a billionaire who was also a technological genius with weapons to create the Iron Man armor. Tony Stark is a billionaire and he used to make super genius tech weapons for the army!')<BR>
	Compel the prankster to reveal how he made the crop circles.<BR>		Compel the prankster to reveal how he made the crop circles.<BR>
Line 46:		Line 52:
	Open all secret doors or safes within a room.<BR>		Open all secret doors or safes within a room.<BR>

	''~~Level 5,~~ Major divinations''<BR>		''Major divinations''<BR>
	Tell when someone is going to die.<BR>		Tell when someone is going to die.<BR>

	(Somewhere between a major divination and a lesser destruction is a magic that is necromancy. When presented with a corpse, Mary can compel it to speak and to answer. When standing in a house, Mary can summon the ghosts of previous owners and ask them about their lives. But in keeping with her Code, even Mary cannot compel simple, plain, direct answers. Even if it is willing to help, the corpse must be obscure. It will speak in riddles or give misleading information, though it cannot directly lie. The spirits of the previous owners may show up as visible ghosts and answer, or may only be knocking that gets louder as Mary gets closer to the hidden panel that holds the murder weapon or deed to the house, or blood dripping words appearing on the walls.)		(Somewhere between a major divination and a lesser destruction is a magic that is necromancy. When presented with a corpse, Mary can compel it to speak and to answer. When standing in a house, Mary can summon the ghosts of previous owners and ask them about their lives. But in keeping with her Code, even Mary cannot compel simple, plain, direct answers. Even if it is willing to help, the corpse must be obscure. It will speak in riddles or give misleading information, though it cannot directly lie. The spirits of the previous owners may show up as visible ghosts and answer, or may only be knocking that gets louder as Mary gets closer to the hidden panel that holds the murder weapon or deed to the house, or blood dripping words appearing on the walls.)

	''~~Level 6,~~ Lesser changes''<BR>		=Level 6=
			''Lesser changes''<BR>
	Summon ghosts or house spirits.<BR>		Summon ghosts or house spirits.<BR>
	Condemn a soul to existence as a ghost.<BR>		Condemn a soul to existence as a ghost.<BR>
Line 59:		Line 66:
	Make Creatures of Mystery immune to their normal banes (allow vampires to walk in sunlight or werewolves to be unharmed by silver) or change the banes of such creatures (vampires are now harmed by moonlight, werewolves afflicted with heartworms).<BR>		Make Creatures of Mystery immune to their normal banes (allow vampires to walk in sunlight or werewolves to be unharmed by silver) or change the banes of such creatures (vampires are now harmed by moonlight, werewolves afflicted with heartworms).<BR>

	''~~Level 6,~~ Major preservations''<BR>		''Major preservations''<BR>
	Cause a mysterious event to become unexplained/unexplainable (DB Cooper, Amelia Airheart, UFOs).<BR>		Cause a mysterious event to become unexplained/unexplainable (DB Cooper, Amelia Airheart, UFOs).<BR>
	Chain a ghost to a location, person or object.<BR>		Chain a ghost to a location, person or object.<BR>
Line 65:		Line 72:
	Make an area inaccessible, impossible to climb, fly over, or find on a map. (Except, of course, there must be a loophole. It may be a dangerous climb, buffeted by winds and attacked by defenders, but there must always be a key.)<BR>		Make an area inaccessible, impossible to climb, fly over, or find on a map. (Except, of course, there must be a loophole. It may be a dangerous climb, buffeted by winds and attacked by defenders, but there must always be a key.)<BR>

	''~~Level 7,~~ Major creations''<BR>		=Level 7=
			''Major creations''<BR>
	Cause a nation or culture to devote its entire population to a curious ritual or construction that is without obvious purpose (Stonehenge, Digital Pets, The Tower of Babel).<BR>		Cause a nation or culture to devote its entire population to a curious ritual or construction that is without obvious purpose (Stonehenge, Digital Pets, The Tower of Babel).<BR>
	Cause everyone in a major city to forget the last twenty-four hours.<BR>		Cause everyone in a major city to forget the last twenty-four hours.<BR>
Line 72:		Line 80:
	Turn a major city’s roadways into a hedge maze.<BR>		Turn a major city’s roadways into a hedge maze.<BR>

	''~~Level 8,~~ Major Destructions''<BR>		=Level 8=
			''Major Destructions''<BR>
	Cause every weapon used in crimes to drip blood.<BR>		Cause every weapon used in crimes to drip blood.<BR>
	Cause every criminal to leave indelible glow in the dark fingerprints.<BR>		Cause every criminal to leave indelible glow in the dark fingerprints.<BR>
Line 80:		Line 89:
	(''HG's note:'' Major occult mysteries such as Atlantis or the Holy Grail may have their own miraculous protections that must also be dealt with.)		(''HG's note:'' Major occult mysteries such as Atlantis or the Holy Grail may have their own miraculous protections that must also be dealt with.)

	''~~Level 9,~~ Major Changes''<BR>		=Level 9=
			''Major Changes''<BR>
	Cause a puzzle to physically consume someone who is trying to solve it.<BR>		Cause a puzzle to physically consume someone who is trying to solve it.<BR>
	Cause a mystery location (cave, inaccessible beach, hidden forest, Bermuda Triangle) and any individuals within to become accessible only in the mythic world.<BR>		Cause a mystery location (cave, inaccessible beach, hidden forest, Bermuda Triangle) and any individuals within to become accessible only in the mythic world.<BR>
	Cause anyone looking at an autostereogram (those pictures you can’t see what they are until your eyes cross) to become trapped inside it.<BR>		Cause anyone looking at an autostereogram (those pictures you can’t see what they are until your eyes cross) to become trapped inside it.<BR>

			[[Category: Nobilis]][[Category: PBP]]

Roughtrade at 00:23, 3 October 2008

2008-10-03T00:23:46Z

New page

'''Miracle menu for [[Treachery:Mystery|Mary Jeanette Kelly, Power of Mystery]]'''

''Level 0, Estate-driven divinations'' 
Know if the Estate of Mystery is under attack. 
Hear prayers.

''Level 1, Ghost miracles'' 
Make a person, place or thing more mysterious/interesting. 
Make a girl more alluring. (Why am I thinking about her?) 
Make a cave more enticing. (What could be in there?) 
Make a puzzle more interesting. (How do those pieces fit?) 
Make an aspect of a crime scene more important. (How did the fingerprints get here? What was the killer doing?) 

''Level 2, Lesser divinations'' 
Know at a glance what is mysterious and what is mundane. 
Look at a crime scene and know which details are clues and which are red herrings. (The bloody fingerprints are from the homeless person that stumbled on the scene first, panicked and ran away but the muddy foot print ten feet over is from the killer as he ran away.) 
Know at a glance who is 'mysterious' but not the unknown. (For example, spies, under cover police, thieves and assassins, as well as non-humans masquerading as humans, would show up as mysterious but their true natures would not be revealed.) 

''Level 3, Lesser preservations'' 
Make puzzles harder because it is more difficult to solve them. 
Allow Clark Kent to take off his glasses and have no-one recognize him. 
Prevent people from figuring out how to use an unfamiliar remote or how to operate a machine that is of a new design. 
Conceal an important clue from police. 
Block off routes into deeper parts of a cave. 
Make explorers reconsider their explorations. 
Foil efforts to track an escaped convict. 
Foil efforts to solve a medical or scientific problem. 

''Level 4, Lesser creations'' 
Provide inaccurate parts or instructions in the wrong language for a model. 
Scramble directions given to a driver. 
Scramble words to create misinformation and confusion. 
Remove all fingerprints from a crime scene. 
Remove images from recorded media. 
Change the layout of tunnels in a cave (or on a map). 
Change plain writing into code. 
Make a person forget an important fact (from his wife's birthday to the fact that he is married). 
(''Note:'' Mystery must always provide a means to resolve itself. For example, changing the caliber of the bullet lodged in a body will also create other clues that the bullet and body have been tampered with.)

''Level 5, Lesser destructions'' 
Provide that crucial intuitive leap that allows someone to 'connect the dots' on a mystery. ('Hey... if you put glasses on Superman he would look just like Clark Kent' or 'It would take a billionaire who was also a technological genius with weapons to create the Iron Man armor. Tony Stark is a billionaire and he used to make super genius tech weapons for the army!') 
Compel the prankster to reveal how he made the crop circles. 
Force Nessie to surface or summon Bigfoot out of the forest. 
Provide the key to the Rosetta Stone (before it was translated). 
Draw a map of Pharaoh’s Tomb that included traps. 
Open all secret doors or safes within a room. 

''Level 5, Major divinations'' 
Tell when someone is going to die. 

(Somewhere between a major divination and a lesser destruction is a magic that is necromancy. When presented with a corpse, Mary can compel it to speak and to answer. When standing in a house, Mary can summon the ghosts of previous owners and ask them about their lives. But in keeping with her Code, even Mary cannot compel simple, plain, direct answers. Even if it is willing to help, the corpse must be obscure. It will speak in riddles or give misleading information, though it cannot directly lie. The spirits of the previous owners may show up as visible ghosts and answer, or may only be knocking that gets louder as Mary gets closer to the hidden panel that holds the murder weapon or deed to the house, or blood dripping words appearing on the walls.)

''Level 6, Lesser changes'' 
Summon ghosts or house spirits. 
Condemn a soul to existence as a ghost. 
Exorcise a ghost from a location, person or object. 
Make a person obsess on solving a mystery to the exclusion of all else. 
Speak a riddle so complicated that the listener goes catatonic and/or insane trying to understand it. 
Make Creatures of Mystery immune to their normal banes (allow vampires to walk in sunlight or werewolves to be unharmed by silver) or change the banes of such creatures (vampires are now harmed by moonlight, werewolves afflicted with heartworms). 

''Level 6, Major preservations'' 
Cause a mysterious event to become unexplained/unexplainable (DB Cooper, Amelia Airheart, UFOs). 
Chain a ghost to a location, person or object. 
Cause an investigator to destroy the most important evidence of their investigation. 
Make an area inaccessible, impossible to climb, fly over, or find on a map. (Except, of course, there must be a loophole. It may be a dangerous climb, buffeted by winds and attacked by defenders, but there must always be a key.) 

''Level 7, Major creations'' 
Cause a nation or culture to devote its entire population to a curious ritual or construction that is without obvious purpose (Stonehenge, Digital Pets, The Tower of Babel). 
Cause everyone in a major city to forget the last twenty-four hours. 
Destroy the birth records from a given decade for an entire country. 
Create Creatures of Mystery (harpies, ancient tomb protectors, vampires, BEMs, MIBs etc.).
Turn a major city’s roadways into a hedge maze. 

''Level 8, Major Destructions'' 
Cause every weapon used in crimes to drip blood. 
Cause every criminal to leave indelible glow in the dark fingerprints. 
Cause every puzzle to complete itself. (''HG's note:'' Make every puzzle trivial to solve?) 
Clear the path to any location that has never been explored. 
Reveal the location and something of the nature of Atlantis or the Holy Grail. 
(''HG's note:'' Major occult mysteries such as Atlantis or the Holy Grail may have their own miraculous protections that must also be dealt with.)

''Level 9, Major Changes'' 
Cause a puzzle to physically consume someone who is trying to solve it. 
Cause a mystery location (cave, inaccessible beach, hidden forest, Bermuda Triangle) and any individuals within to become accessible only in the mythic world. 
Cause anyone looking at an autostereogram (those pictures you can’t see what they are until your eyes cross) to become trapped inside it.