http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/ 2026-04-21T13:08:49+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/ http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2016-10-05T08:04:40+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/angels?rev=1475654680&do=diff Angels Angels are a Celestial race who inhabit the realm called Aether. They claim and indeed appear to be completely opposed to Demons, and their historical involvement with Witches has largely involved Angels supporting Witches to oppose demonic threats. The history of the hatred between angels and demons is not known; an event, known as the Fall, appears to be precipitated millennia of loathing and fear. text/html 2017-03-08T17:29:13+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/behold_the_man?rev=1488994153&do=diff Marika Orosz Demonstrably terrible at making concessions Much missed And a dozen other mawkish sentiments The memorial looks vaguely incongruous, in light of it being the only structure in the cemetery that isn’t slightly blackened. Nathaniel sits in a heap at its foot, heedless of the dirt. text/html 2016-10-05T08:07:01+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/bodyguards_of_gaia?rev=1475654821&do=diff The Bodyguards of Gaia “You join us on Duckford High Street, where the local Boggies are staging a charity swim-along for the area's great-crested newts. Excuse me, madam - what will you buy the newts with the money you raise? Oh, you want to remove text/html 2016-10-16T23:24:27+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/cat_policy?rev=1476660267&do=diff Equality and Themes All games run by the Oxford University Role-Playing Games Society are subject to the Conduct and Acceptable Themes Policy which can be found on the OURPGSoc website. It is expected that all GMs and players will be familiar with this policy when playing Omen. While Omen is not designed to be inherently dark, a lot of dark themes run through it. Your characters may be put through the wringer, but the GM team does not want to make players uncomfortable. Thus we have included … text/html 2016-10-05T08:03:41+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/celestials?rev=1475654621&do=diff Earth and Aether “Everyone is, of course, familiar with the day-to-day existence of the planet we call Earth. Rocks (and rockets) move according to Newton's laws, the sun rises, plants grow, people cheat, and nothing is certain except death and taxes… yadda, yadda, yadda, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. If we extend the name 'Earth' to our universe (for a purely linguistically convenient convention I hope you'll understand, I am not one of these fools who thinks that the Earth is literally all th… text/html 2016-10-11T19:35:42+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/character_creation?rev=1476214542&do=diff Character Creation The GM team would appreciate if all characters could be submitted before 00:01 Friday 14/10/16, but you're still welcome to come along and create a character if you find us after this time. Summary * You have 5 points to spend in text/html 2016-11-25T19:21:38+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/characters?rev=1480101698&do=diff Character Biographies Retired text/html 2017-03-07T15:22:03+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/contents?rev=1488900123&do=diff Start Eternities Introduction Where and When News Characters NPCs Style and Tone FAQ Equality and Themes Playground ---------- Culture and History Magic Earth and Aether * Gaians * Angels * Demons The Omen ---------- The Meetings Factions * The Slough Institute * The Hidden Order of Sa'aris * The Bodyguards of Gaia * The Iron Filings * The White Quill * The Seekers * The Hallowed Chamber * Terra ---------- Character Creation * Background Knowledge … text/html 2017-04-08T19:31:37+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/corpse?rev=1491679897&do=diff Corpse - Florence W. She stretches out on a sofa that isn’t hers, in a house that isn’t hers, and listens to the rain, cigarette in hand. Drumming static and lazy plumes of smoke. The clock says 4.01am. Eyelids drift closed and jolt open. A hand shudders and clenches over her chest, drawing ragged, spidery patterns in the air. The wound is still there in bright, angry red. It’s a stupid mockery, Holly thinks. She’s seen the real thing. No resemblance at all. text/html 2016-10-05T08:17:00+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/creation_knowledge?rev=1475655420&do=diff Background Knowledge Background Knowledge is the abstract collected sum of a character's understanding of the underlying theories, best practices, commonalities, etc. of one of the five disciplines of magic. No witch knows everything, and even those more skilled in certain disciplines have areas of greater speciality and areas where they just know the basic facts. A witch with a greater degree of base background knowledge is considered text/html 2016-10-05T08:17:59+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/creation_skills?rev=1475655479&do=diff Skills The main disadvantage of magic - for all its wide reaching effects - is that it is usual much less direct and efficient to levitate a cup than it is to simply grab it and pick it up. As such Witches, just like all people, have a number of direct non-magical skills they can turn to when magic simply isn't the best option. These skills are things that your character can be relied upon to be able to do consistently and competently. Skills can be approached from multiple angles, represented … text/html 2016-10-05T08:03:10+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/culture_and_history?rev=1475654590&do=diff Witch Culture and History Just as magic has always been a part of the world, so have magic users. The earliest records of what we now call witches are ancient burial sites: bodies found buried with the tools needed to continue practicing wherever they went next, in the way that warriors were buried with their weapons and rulers their symbols of office. text/html 2017-03-09T15:58:52+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/darzi_and_tennin?rev=1489075132&do=diff The Amazin' adventures of Darzi and Tennin 1. “Let me get this right. You want me to sell my apartament, quit my cushy job, spend every thing I have on a van, and what? attract fucking kids to it with fucking sweets?!” “Nah nah nah Darzi, listen here; it'l amazing. Us two on a journey of adventure and fine friendship and.. text/html 2016-10-04T21:09:13+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/demons?rev=1475615353&do=diff Demons "“There is a danger in thinking that Demons are easier to understand than angels. At first glance, this may seem true. They have emotions, much as we do, while Angels just seem to follow an alien set of laws. However, these laws are what make Angels safer and more predictable. You never know what a Demon will do next, and with the kind of power these things are capable of throwing around, that's never a good thing. text/html 2017-04-08T19:32:29+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/eternities?rev=1491679949&do=diff Eternities The World and Beyond * Short-term News * The State of the World * The Realm of the Celestials * The Domain of the Gaians * The Slough Institute of Magical Sciences * The Iron Filings * The Hidden Order of Sa'aris * The Bodyguards of Gaia * The Hallowed Chamber * The Seekers * Friendship Unbounded Character Eternities * Aleister Jones (Nick S) * Alex Crow (Christopher T) * Amina Angelcake (Amy A) * Andrew Canning (Amy G) * Arcayne (Kay S) * Arte… text/html 2016-10-05T08:19:51+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/example_turnsheet?rev=1475655591&do=diff Example Turnsheet Summary * Get Coffee * 'Industrial' Espionage ---------- Action 1 Aim Spend two weeks preparing a Mathematics ritual to find the definitive best place in Manchester to get coffee. Details/Plan I really want a good cup of coffee. Like, text/html 2016-10-05T08:20:34+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/faq?rev=1475655634&do=diff FAQ Character Creation Can I play a Gaian or celestial? You cannot start the game as a Gaian or celestial. However, there may be the opportunity to play them later in game. What can I use instead of the medicine skill? Medicine is dispersed under several skills. First aid generally comes under the survival skill, things like operating medical technology come under the technology skill. However, Omen is set on modern day earth - it is perfectly feasible for your characters to call an ambula… text/html 2016-10-05T08:04:12+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/gaians?rev=1475654652&do=diff Gaians Gaians are nature spirits, whose powers are tied to Earth in the same way that those of Celestials are tied to Aether. Of course, the inherent magic of humans is also tied to Earth; however, while Gaians tend to think of humans as something akin to their children, there are certain key qualities that separate the two: text/html 2016-10-04T20:23:00+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/hallowed_chamber?rev=1475612580&do=diff The Hallowed Chamber “Throughout history there have been those who sought to use magic to cause harm, to take advantage of the inherent dullness of the supernatural to slide under the radar and cause havoc in their own small ways. Most are inspired by demons, using witches for their own ends, glorying in the suffering of humans. text/html 2016-10-05T08:06:37+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/hidden_order?rev=1475654797&do=diff The Hidden Order of Sa'aris The Hidden Order of Sa'aris is a self-confessed 'family' of witches with a common interest in Celestials – more specifically Demons. They are renowned for their secretive nature, and rumours about their conduct are as freely flowing and contradictory as you would find for any such organisation. However, they have a very open - if obviously shallow - public face, which is very open to newcomers – once you have passed a few simple tests, to weed out those who are just … text/html 2016-09-28T21:39:24+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/intro_to_the_wiki?rev=1475098764&do=diff Intro to the Wiki System For those of you who are new to OURPGsoc Society Games, this page is here to serve as a primer to the wikis and how we are using them for the game. As always, if you have any questions regarding any of this, don't hesitate to email the text/html 2016-10-05T11:24:37+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/magic?rev=1475666677&do=diff The Nature of Magic "Magic isn't special. Magic is mundane. Magic is as ordinary as writing words down, as the action of your muscles that move you from place to place, as the arrangement of flowers in such a way that a bouquet looks pretty. Magic is a simple fact of the world, as much as 2+2 = 4, or water is wet. Write that down in your books now. Repeat it to yourself often. text/html 2016-11-24T10:11:38+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/new_to_roleplaying?rev=1479982298&do=diff Introduction Hello, and welcome to Omen, the Michaelmas 2016/Hilary 2017 freeform game for the Oxford University Roleplaying Games Society. If you’ve never played any sort of roleplaying game before, never fear! We’ve got you covered with this handy introduction. If you’re a seasoned roleplayer, a lot of this should be familiar, but feel free to scroll through for a quick refresh. text/html 2016-10-25T12:06:47+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/news?rev=1477397207&do=diff News General News These pages reflect events of note happening around the world that anyone would have access to. text/html 2017-02-22T10:46:57+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/npcs?rev=1487760417&do=diff NPCS This is a list of all the NPCs played by each GM, and will be updated after each session. In order to contact these NPCs, please send an email to the GM playing them. Pronouns have been included for each of the NPCs. Please note that “they” text/html 2017-03-08T16:59:18+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/nyxian_mind?rev=1488992358&do=diff Content Warning: contains intimate descriptions of nether corruption I saw it in my dreams. Ashley –notAshley reaching forward with tentacles of icky darkness and possessive and mine mine mine you’re mine no I’m not I’m me I’m mine you can’t have me I’m me I’m mine- text/html 2016-10-05T08:15:14+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/quirks?rev=1475655314&do=diff Quirks The following represent particular special aspects of your character. They cannot be purchased during advancement, but may sometimes be gained (or lost) during play. At character creation, you start with +2 points worth of quirks for free, and you can take up to another +4 so long as they are balanced by the equivalent -4 of flaws (i.e. such that they balance out to be +2 overall). Of course, you can take more flaws than this, but you won't get any balancing benefit - and you text/html 2016-10-21T19:25:42+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/sample_characters?rev=1477077942&do=diff Sample Characters Sparcity Nostrum Faction: Bodyguards of Gaia Background Knowledge * Aesthetics: 2 * Linguistics: 1 * Athletics: 1 * Ethics: 1 Magical Solutions * Aesthetics: Represent, Embellish * Linguistics: Convince * Athletics: Endure text/html 2017-03-08T17:08:19+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/simones_friend?rev=1488992899&do=diff 19 th August, 2032. Compiègne. She’s curled up in the corner. Around her, a snow angel of broken glass and splintered picture frames. Her tantrum was stupid, really – even as she tore the room apart in her grief and anger, she knew she’d spend the next month painstakingly repairing the place. But Simone Lasalle, assistant professor of critical cosmological studies at the text/html 2016-10-17T18:21:21+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/slough_institute_of_magical_sciences?rev=1476728481&do=diff The Slough Institute of Magical Sciences “Only by intense study, as afforded to the other Sciences, may we truly hope to discover the inner beauty of magic as a fundamental force of our world” - from the opening of Principia Magicae The Slough Institute is the worlds foremost Institute for Magical Science, otherwise known as the text/html 2016-10-25T12:37:21+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/start?rev=1477399041&do=diff Omen " I know that I cannot be the only one frustrated with the lack of official action following the events of the first of May. Whether you think that the Aetherial cracks were simply another magical event, or the sign of something fundamentally more concerning, we can all agree that this is one of the most important magical phenomena of our age. text/html 2017-01-17T03:09:30+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/style_and_tone?rev=1484622570&do=diff Style and Tone Omen is a fantasy game set primarily on modern earth. Play will be broadly focusing on magic and magic users, rather than the mundane aspects of the world. While there's nothing to stop you building a (non-magical) business empire or running for Parliament, the game is set up to encourage action within the witching community. Seeking power within a faction; pushing the boundaries of magical knowledge; trying to gain sway with angels or demons: these are all good character goals.' text/html 2017-02-03T22:09:42+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/terra?rev=1486159782&do=diff Terra If you know them, you know them.... text/html 2016-10-05T08:07:20+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/the_iron_filings?rev=1475654840&do=diff The Iron Filings "“Question everything? Not quite, dear. Collect everything, study everything, then question everything! Try not to take yourself too seriously. And, most importantly of all: do pass the crumble.” - Anna Filing" Introduction The Iron Filings are a mismatched collective of self-consciously eccentric witches devoted to interdisciplinary magical research. They embrace anomalous data, and strive to provide scientific explanations for phenomena that other witches - especially the … text/html 2016-10-17T11:58:05+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/the_meetings?rev=1476705485&do=diff The Meetings The events of the first of May were concerning to many, witches and non-witches both. After all, the sky splitting open and Aether poking through is not exactly an everyday occurrence, or even a recorded one. Numerous press releases were made from various government agencies around the world talking about their response to the issue. Committees were formed, experts were consulted, debates were held, and absolutely nothing happened. text/html 2016-10-05T08:05:46+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/the_omen?rev=1475654746&do=diff The Omen The 1st of May was started in a perfectly ordinary way. People got up, ate breakfast, went about their business. News stations reported on the minor scandals and international affairs; trains ran, well, not on time, but no later than normal; and people going about their daily business. But there was a growing sense of unease. text/html 2016-10-04T21:02:19+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/the_seekers?rev=1475614939&do=diff The Seekers "“Welcome to the Seekers, friend. I'm afraid this is where it gets tricky. How well you do from here on out depends entirely on how far you're willing to go, and what you're willing to sacrifice. You've stared down the rabbit hole for long enough. It's time to jump. text/html 2016-10-04T19:31:40+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/the_white_quill?rev=1475609500&do=diff The White Quill The White Quill is a group dedicated to the veneration and study of angels. They view angels as flawless beings and try to emulate them and find out more about their role in the world, particularly focusing on the part they play in death and the afterlife. For the first few hundred years after their founding, the White Quill was fanatically dedicated to the worship of angels, however after a change in leadership and the advent of the internet at the end of the 20th century, the … text/html 2016-10-14T08:14:27+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/turnsheeting?rev=1476432867&do=diff Turnsheeting Summary * A turnsheet period represents one month of in game time. * You have two major actions during this time. * Actions with a plan are more likely to go according to said plan, though what really matters is your skills, quirks, and any other advantages you have in achieving your aim. text/html 2016-10-25T12:37:02+00:00 http://omen.chaosdeathfish.com/where_and_when?rev=1477399022&do=diff Where and When Sessions will be held in Mansfield College Chapel every Tuesday during the Michaelmas and Hilary Terms. See below for details. The Next session is on Tuesday 25th October. Arrive at 7:45pm for an 8pm start. First Session on Tuesday 11th October at 7.45pm will be character creation, with lots of help on hand for new players. Come along to discuss character ideas, flesh out characters already sent in, and to meet the current members of OURPGsoc.