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added some description of the military branches in imperium orgs.

This should probably go without saying, and may not be necessary, however:

I am officially notifying the DM that I will not be very active for the next few weeks. Between 3 final projects, I really don't have the time.

I dont really expect the pacing to get anywhere until at least middle of May when finals are more or less finished.

So when does everyone's finals finish ?

Just wondering if I can squeeze in a few discussion sessions to clarify on what kind of stuff you guys need to think/work on when I head back to China during late-May-early-June.

May 6

I have one final test, and its on the 12th. Everything else is in long-winded essay format. After this weekend though, I should ahve plenty of time for a meet.

Finals are done May 6 (I have two that day, so braindeath is likely), I go home the 8th or 9th and then leave again for California the 21st. Don't expect too much out of me for a few weeks once I get to CA, at least until I get my feet under me.

information on Ginjou and Sendai posted in clans.

also, there'll be eventually something written more on this:

there are four relative categories of Incarnum Spirits:

Soulspark Spirits - the most common ones, look like colored orbs with slight variations such as a bump or small power tendrils [CR7 or less]
Lesser Spirits - lesser spirits are soulsparks with enough power to manifest certain special features (e.g. energy wings, halo) or special abilities [CR8~15]
Greater Spirits - greater spirits may be natural or formed by when soulsparks and/or lesser spirits combine together. They typically have unique but still incorporeal forms, typically resembling beings of natures (especially beasts). [CR16~20]
Elder Spirits - the most powerful of Incarnum spirits, Elder Spirits have tremendous powers capable of leveling entire cities, and are able to fully manifest themselves into corporeality. They are also capable of appearing as one of many forms, usually with one of them being humanoid. Legends have it that the Spirits were brought to Chroma by nine Ancestral Elder Spirits, one representing each alignment. Records seems to prove that a few of them did indeed take part in the early wars of Chromian colonization, with the power equivalent to entire armies capable of deciding wars. However, how many, if any, of them remain, is unknown. [CR Epic]

Non-incarnum-blooded humanoids may gain the ability to meld Incarnum by merging (temporarily) with Incarnum Spirits to benefit from its powers. Permanent binds also exist, although they're extremely rare and are one of the ways Incarnum-blooded humanoids are first brought into existence. Powerful spirits sometimes also forge covenants with humanoids (typically either Dantists or Spirit Binders), a lasting agreement of partnership in which the spirit and binder will accompany one another and merge on a common basis in the pursuit of a joint goal.

haven't written this in anywhere yet, but two things I need to inform you guys of, both about Mohara:

1. you may have realized, a good portion of that territory (especially the center of continent part) is dessert, or dry steppes.
2. that's also were a third of Chroma's petroleum production comes from, although the Kusanagi controls most of the oil production via their oceanic drilling platforms. Mohara first got rich off their oil, and their oil fields have been over-excavated over the years.

NOTE:

Chroma reboot due for December.

Dave, you have until beginning of Thanksgiving break to decide whether you want to commit or not, and by commit I mean seriously commit, not me-send-you-3-PMs-before-you-post.

Otherwise administrative stuff (since it's obviously not the most fascinating part) will be mostly npc-fied, and you can just take the offensive, diplomatic or militaristically.

Expect data on full weapon/component optimization on the military units...

Obviously, that reboot didn't happen...

Any possibilities of running another game in this setting (which probably won't be Chroma as we know) is pushed back until people start graduating...

But until then, good luck with your own local D&D games.