Nobilis, Chuubo's, and Other Jenna Moran Works

extrapolations based on a brief conversation with Jenna Moran

One of the common questions I've seen is that of how to "remove" or "undo" an arc. Most of these questions are about the arcs with life-ruining negative effects - usually the Blasphemy of Wounded Angel, or Damaged from Accursed, but someone sufficiently determined may demand to be released from, say, Gatekeeper's Oblivious. Jenna Moran has not given official rules on how to "remove" or "undo" arcs, and I think that's for philosophical reasons. But I keep seeing people asking about this, so I'll address it.

To "remove" or "replace" an arc from your character sheet is a deeply metaphysically fraught prospect. An Arc is earned through your history, and as such, to remove an Arc is to cut out that part of your history. And to replace an arc is to reinterpret that entire part of your history. So there's good reasons why it's not allowed.

But you can change the shape of your scars. And that's what I'll talk about today.