Nobilis/Funny

"The stone was as heavy as my sins. That's not a metaphor, not exactly. That's how heavy my mistress had made it. [...]"
 * Some of the sidebars are gems. Perhaps my favorite:


 * Third edition is far more whimsical than the previous two editions and is just loaded with throwaway jokes in examples and footnotes:
 * "Bond: Flowers are awesome enough when they don't explode -- but when half of them are antimatter? O.M.G."
 * "For instance, in your game, fire might have the Property Fire burns, and it doesn't care.†"
 * "†ProTip: In the real world, fire totally does care."
 * From the Edge chart:
 * "+1. Your tennis racket and shoes are awesome, and theirs are falling apart.†"
 * "†Also, you are playing tennis."
 * "+5. Your opponent has mistakenly brought a knife to a global thermonuclear annihilation fight."
 * "Difficulty 9 Domain miracles allow you to perform large-scale miracles of movement and dharma -- you could ... transplant rabbits from their peaceful undersea homes to the world of land... Even at this scale, movement and dharma miracles are pretty subtle: people will know something's wrong†..."
 * "†Like how conspiracy theorists are always picking at that rabbit thing."
 * "There are relatively few fights in which a 25 trillion ton snake wouldn't come in handy."
 * The example of play in second edition had the Power of Treachery convince a missile to switch sides in flight, and the Power of Eternity attempted to freeze an explosion in place so she could land safely on it.
 * Earlier on, just as the fight breaks out, the Power of Treachery's first act? "Hostess! More wine!"