Edgedancer Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Mestiv said: Insight's power to kidnap people to another dimension might be of use... Maybe that would immobilize her somehow? @Comatose what do you think? Haha, for once misreading somethign was useful. How are the chances of Jumpdrive being able to track her down? Might have to pm 18th Shard for this. Edited June 20, 2016 by Edgedancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhoof Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 Jumpdrive would certainly know where she is. Perhaps if he gets captured, Iconoclast could interrogate her location out of him, as she is a non-PI Queen he could kill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudjumper Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 Hello! So I have a few questions on epic powers. Do you have limits on: Invisibility Shapeshifting Prime invincibilities Instakill Teleportation And have people already taken epics with: Metabolism Boosting Elemental Gifting A very loud voice Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandrian Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 Teleportation isn't allowed due to the amount of teleporters. As of last month, the GMs have been trying to keep people from making epics with Prime Invincibilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhoof Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 I don't believe metabolism boosting or elemental gifting have been used, but I'm not too sure what either of those two are. Could you please elaborate on those two powers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 5 hours ago, cloudjumper said: Hello! So I have a few questions on epic powers. Do you have limits on: Invisibility Shapeshifting Prime invincibilities Instakill Teleportation And have people already taken epics with: Metabolism Boosting Elemental Gifting A very loud voice Thanks An instakill power also could be rather problematic if it isn't properly limited. Depending on what exactly you mean with metabolism Boosting there might be an Epic with such a power and there are multiple Epics with sound manipulation of one kind or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Swan Dragon Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 (edited) Alright, this new format hurts my eyes a little bit so I didn't read through all these pages that I missed. Any updates relevant to me? And yes I am working on another character so I'm not just sitting around between ThunderSpear posts. EDIT: Is there a way to go back to the old format? Edited June 21, 2016 by Weirdpersonx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudjumper Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 17 hours ago, Blackhoof said: I don't believe metabolism boosting or elemental gifting have been used, but I'm not too sure what either of those two are. Could you please elaborate on those two powers? Sorry for not being clear. Elemental gifting is gifting elemental powers. I'll answer your other question below. 13 hours ago, Edgedancer said: An instakill power also could be rather problematic if it isn't properly limited. Depending on what exactly you mean with metabolism Boosting there might be an Epic with such a power and there are multiple Epics with sound manipulation of one kind or another. Again, sorry for not being clear. What I think of as metabolism boosting is being able to control the rate someone processes food, essentially making someone stronger and having more energy, but requiring more food to sustain them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhoof Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 But what do you mean by "elemental powers"? Like, fire/water/air/earth elements? So an Epic that can control all four elements and gift the powers? Hmm metabolism boosting sounds interesting. Relatively weak, but an interesting power certainly. Unique too. I have no issues with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comatose Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Sorry to see you go Winter! Enjoy other parts of the site We will miss you here Insight could definitely be put to use. I can NPC Chase for the meeting perhaps, and then maybe we can go from there? Killing off a Queen would definitely raise the stakes, and Chase would be a fun target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 (edited) 14 hours ago, cloudjumper said: Sorry for not being clear. Elemental gifting is gifting elemental powers. I'll answer your other question below. Again, sorry for not being clear. What I think of as metabolism boosting is being able to control the rate someone processes food, essentially making someone stronger and having more energy, but requiring more food to sustain them. We have some Epics that can manipulate the elements but only one of them with water powers could actually gift. In that case that isn't something we had in this shape. 8 hours ago, Comatose said: Sorry to see you go Winter! Enjoy other parts of the site We will miss you here Insight could definitely be put to use. I can NPC Chase for the meeting perhaps, and then maybe we can go from there? Killing off a Queen would definitely raise the stakes, and Chase would be a fun target. So will we finally get that Chase chase? Edited June 22, 2016 by Edgedancer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakingamber Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Would anyone mind if I chucked another Epic into Insight's gang? I'd call him Seer. He has a limited omniscience power. He can, given a personal object of a person, locate that person. That would explain how Insight found where Euphoria was. BTW, I dont plan to keep him. I have another Epic I want to introduce into Corvallis, but I don't have the details worked out yet. May I write that post? Oh, and sorry to see you go Winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted June 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 16 minutes ago, breakingamber said: Would anyone mind if I chucked another Epic into Insight's gang? I'd call him Seer. He has a limited omniscience power. He can, given a personal object of a person, locate that person. That would explain how Insight found where Euphoria was. BTW, I dont plan to keep him. I have another Epic I want to introduce into Corvallis, but I don't have the details worked out yet. May I write that post? Oh, and sorry to see you go Winter. I think Insight finding Euphoria was already explained through Insight's powers and knowledge of her. Even so, you'd need to ask Comatose specifically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 So on the day our internet was finally supposed to be installed we got a text saying they couldn't make it. Which annoyed me but you know, ISPs are just like that so whatever. Then I read the next part that said they couldn't come back for another month. -.- I'm thinking Calamity might have just risen and turned me into an Epic because I really want to go on a rampage right now. Well I ended up buying some mobile broadband for now so I should at least have relatively good Shard access from now on. Anyone mind giving me an update of where I might be needed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Voidus said: So on the day our internet was finally supposed to be installed we got a text saying they couldn't make it. Which annoyed me but you know, ISPs are just like that so whatever. Then I read the next part that said they couldn't come back for another month. -.- I'm thinking Calamity might have just risen and turned me into an Epic because I really want to go on a rampage right now. Well I ended up buying some mobile broadband for now so I should at least have relatively good Shard access from now on. Anyone mind giving me an update of where I might be needed? Things have been rather slow lately, so you haven't missed much. So the big three posts needing your attention would be Lucy, Neverthere and I think Metability (or whatever the metal Epic in Salem was named). Also I can feel your pain, I missed you buddy. Edited June 23, 2016 by Edgedancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comatose Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 On 6/22/2016 at 2:23 PM, breakingamber said: Would anyone mind if I chucked another Epic into Insight's gang? I'd call him Seer. He has a limited omniscience power. He can, given a personal object of a person, locate that person. That would explain how Insight found where Euphoria was. BTW, I dont plan to keep him. I have another Epic I want to introduce into Corvallis, but I don't have the details worked out yet. May I write that post? Oh, and sorry to see you go Winter. On 6/22/2016 at 2:23 PM, breakingamber said: Would anyone mind if I chucked another Epic into Insight's gang? I'd call him Seer. He has a limited omniscience power. He can, given a personal object of a person, locate that person. That would explain how Insight found where Euphoria was. BTW, I dont plan to keep him. I have another Epic I want to introduce into Corvallis, but I don't have the details worked out yet. May I write that post? Oh, and sorry to see you go Winter. The general consensus seems to be that we need to start correcting our Vanilla-to-epic ratio, which means restricting the addition of epics, especially if they aren't intended to do much. Personally, I'd like to see you RP a little more with the characters you do have or create a Vanilla before adding in more epics. As for Insight, he found Euphoria because she stayed in the town they grew up in, and he knew what she looked like. I'm very hesitant to expand his group because he is usually more of a loner, and wouldn't be adding epics left and right. 5 hours ago, Cognizantastic said: Me too!!! I was waiting for you to descend upon the idea of 4 elements rather than our modern understanding of elements (periodic table) like a science-oriented angel of destruction. edit: I'm personally opposed to the introduction of Seer if amber is not going to keep him. If there is to be a new Epic, I believe they should be written for. Otherwise, they typically become dead weight. If amber is willing to keep and care for him, that's a different story. Secondly, has there been any word from Chasmfiend? As I mentioned above, I would agree with the dead-weight comment. No word from Chasmfiend yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudjumper Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) Hello! I have come with an idea for a human! Could someone please review it and point out any faults so next time I can do a better job, or if this character is good (which seems a little unlikely) you can tell me and I might be able to use it? Name: Unknown, but people call him "bacon" because of the amount of fat in his body. Age: 25 Appearance: Short, rotund Middle Eastern male with a cheerful expression on his face almost all of the time Skills: Organizing papers Backstory and personality: Bacon was born in the Middle East, raised by two caring parents. They knew that their peaceful village in the desert wasn't going to survive the increasingly violent epic attacks on nearby villages, so they gathered all of their money and sent him on a plane to (Dalles, Astoria, Corvallis, Austrailia, Portland, Salem) when he was only a small child. Bacon is still grateful for their sacrifice, and chooses to obey their wishes and start a new life, putting a layer of blubber between him and his past. Bacon is now a happy person on the outside, but underneath, he is in turmoil, being involved in several different secret societies and being blackmailed into a couple of treasonous plots and conspiracies. Depending on whether or not said secret societies and conspiracies exist, Bacon can also be troubled by the thought of serving epics, who brutally murdered thousands of people in the Middle East, most likely including his parents. If you haven't guessed already, Bacon is an assistant to an epic. If you have any suggestions on which epic Bacon can work for, please let me know. If you have any suggestions on which thread Bacon can go to, also please let me know. And I have an epic too, or at least concepts of epic power portfolios that don't have a personality yet. Primary He starts out with some very minor passive traits. He can boost these passive traits a significant amount for any amount of time as powerful as he likes it. However, the amount he boosts a trait is directly proportional to the amount of food he has to eat to sustain himself. Some traits cost more than others to boost. Muscle Growth - 50 cal per percent Speed - 45 cal per percent (Regrowth) - 50 cal per percent Reflexes - 35 cal per percent Aglilty - 40 cal per percent Senses - 30 cal per percent Also, I saw some post that mentioned a sea in Oregon, here, I believe. Is that a literal sea, or just a large lake? Thanks Edited June 24, 2016 by cloudjumper error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comatose Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Nevermind; I just realized @Chasmfiend posted on Wednesday. Shows how well I was paying attention. No word on our comments though I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudjumper Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 On 6/21/2016 at 9:26 PM, Blackhoof said: But what do you mean by "elemental powers"? Like, fire/water/air/earth elements? So an Epic that can control all four elements and gift the powers? Hmm metabolism boosting sounds interesting. Relatively weak, but an interesting power certainly. Unique too. I have no issues with it. Well I was originally intending for the character to only be able to gift the power and not use it, but I don't think that really is possible. And not gift elemental manipulation; I was thinking that the character could grant the ability to turn themselves into an "elemental", an avatar of themselves but larger and somehow incorporating the element into their system. And I don't really mean the four traditional fire water earth air elements, but I was thinking some slightly different ones. Not completely different, but just kind of different (storm, sea, soil, wood (and I didn't include fire not because it's just a chemical reaction, but because I don't like fire)). . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted June 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 18 minutes ago, cloudjumper said: Hello! I have come with an idea for a human! Could someone please review it and point out any faults so next time I can do a better job, or if this character is good (which seems a little unlikely) you can tell me and I might be able to use it? Name: Unknown, but people call him "bacon" because of the amount of fat in his body. Age: 25 Appearance: Short, rotund Middle Eastern male with a cheerful expression on his face almost all of the time Skills: Organizing papers Backstory and personality: Bacon was born in the Middle East, raised by two caring parents. They knew that their peaceful village in the desert wasn't going to survive the increasingly violent epic attacks on nearby villages, so they gathered all of their money and sent him on a plane to (Dalles, Astoria, Corvallis, Austrailia, Portland, Salem) when he was only a small child. Bacon is still grateful for their sacrifice, and chooses to obey their wishes and start a new life, putting a layer of blubber between him and his past. Bacon is now a happy person on the outside, but underneath, he is in turmoil, being involved in several different secret societies and being blackmailed into a couple of treasonous plots and conspiracies. Depending on whether or not said secret societies and conspiracies exist, Bacon can also be troubled by the thought of serving epics, who brutally murdered thousands of people in the Middle East, most likely including his parents. If you haven't guessed already, Bacon is an assistant to an epic. If you have any suggestions on which epic Bacon can work for, please let me know. If you have any suggestions on which thread Bacon can go to, also please let me know. And I have an epic too, or at least concepts of epic power portfolios that don't have a personality yet. Primary He starts out with some very minor passive traits. He can boost these passive traits a significant amount for any amount of time as powerful as he likes it. However, the amount he boosts a trait is directly proportional to the amount of food he has to eat to sustain himself. Some traits cost more than others to boost. Muscle Growth - 50 cal per percent Speed - 45 cal per percent (Regrowth) - 50 cal per percent Reflexes - 35 cal per percent Aglilty - 40 cal per percent Senses - 30 cal per percent Also, I saw some post that mentioned a sea in Oregon, here, I believe. Is that a literal sea, or just a large lake? Thanks Quick question: why is his name unknown? Does he deliberately keep it a secret? Sending him on a plane to the US, I'm not sure on. If Epics were already attacking the Middle East, the US probably wasn't any safer. They caused so much turmoil within our borders that Congress passed an act promising not to fight back and basically consigning control of the US over to whichever Epics could maintain it the longest; WoB has it that nations like Canada, which didn't pass some form of the Capitulation Act, didn't wind up in very good shape. Maybe he came to the US sooner? Or his parents were first-generation immigrants and he was born here? The sea in Joe's post refers to the ocean bordering Oregon to the west. The post takes place in Astoria, a coastal town. Hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudjumper Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 8 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: Quick question: why is his name unknown? Does he deliberately keep it a secret? Sending him on a plane to the US, I'm not sure on. If Epics were already attacking the Middle East, the US probably wasn't any safer. They caused so much turmoil within our borders that Congress passed an act promising not to fight back and basically consigning control of the US over to whichever Epics could maintain it the longest; WoB has it that nations like Canada, which didn't pass some form of the Capitulation Act, didn't wind up in very good shape. Maybe he came to the US sooner? Or his parents were first-generation immigrants and he was born here? The sea in Joe's post refers to the ocean bordering Oregon to the west. Hide contents The post takes place in Astoria, a coastal town. Hide contents Hope that helps! Oh! So it's a real sea! That makes sense. Also, his name is unknown because the epics that hired him never bothered to learn his real name; Bacon seemed fine with them calling him that. And for the traveling thing, what about if the appearance of the Calamity star caused some conflict with the few polytheistic desert tribes that still remained? Also, thanks for pointing that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mckeedee123 Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, cloudjumper said: Name: Unknown, but people call him "bacon" because of the amount of fat in his body. Age: 25 Appearance: Short, rotund Middle Eastern male with a cheerful expression on his face almost all of the time Skills: Organizing papers Backstory and personality: Bacon was born in the Middle East, raised by two caring parents. They knew that their peaceful village in the desert wasn't going to survive the increasingly violent epic attacks on nearby villages, so they gathered all of their money and sent him on a plane to (Dalles, Astoria, Corvallis, Austrailia, Portland, Salem) when he was only a small child. Bacon is still grateful for their sacrifice, and chooses to obey their wishes and start a new life, putting a layer of blubber between him and his past. Bacon is now a happy person on the outside, but underneath, he is in turmoil, being involved in several different secret societies and being blackmailed into a couple of treasonous plots and conspiracies. Depending on whether or not said secret societies and conspiracies exist, Bacon can also be troubled by the thought of serving epics, who brutally murdered thousands of people in the Middle East, most likely including his parents. If you haven't guessed already, Bacon is an assistant to an epic. If you have any suggestions on which epic Bacon can work for, please let me know. If you have any suggestions on which thread Bacon can go to, also please let me know. I love this character. Bacon is shipped with Revolution, obviously. Double-shipped if he's vegetarian. Edited June 24, 2016 by Mckeedee123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhoof Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 9 hours ago, cloudjumper said: Hello! I have come with an idea for a human! Could someone please review it and point out any faults so next time I can do a better job, or if this character is good (which seems a little unlikely) you can tell me and I might be able to use it? Name: Unknown, but people call him "bacon" because of the amount of fat in his body. Age: 25 Appearance: Short, rotund Middle Eastern male with a cheerful expression on his face almost all of the time Skills: Organizing papers Backstory and personality: Bacon was born in the Middle East, raised by two caring parents. They knew that their peaceful village in the desert wasn't going to survive the increasingly violent epic attacks on nearby villages, so they gathered all of their money and sent him on a plane to (Dalles, Astoria, Corvallis, Austrailia, Portland, Salem) when he was only a small child. Bacon is still grateful for their sacrifice, and chooses to obey their wishes and start a new life, putting a layer of blubber between him and his past. Bacon is now a happy person on the outside, but underneath, he is in turmoil, being involved in several different secret societies and being blackmailed into a couple of treasonous plots and conspiracies. Depending on whether or not said secret societies and conspiracies exist, Bacon can also be troubled by the thought of serving epics, who brutally murdered thousands of people in the Middle East, most likely including his parents. If you haven't guessed already, Bacon is an assistant to an epic. If you have any suggestions on which epic Bacon can work for, please let me know. If you have any suggestions on which thread Bacon can go to, also please let me know. And I have an epic too, or at least concepts of epic power portfolios that don't have a personality yet. Primary He starts out with some very minor passive traits. He can boost these passive traits a significant amount for any amount of time as powerful as he likes it. However, the amount he boosts a trait is directly proportional to the amount of food he has to eat to sustain himself. Some traits cost more than others to boost. Muscle Growth - 50 cal per percent Speed - 45 cal per percent (Regrowth) - 50 cal per percent Reflexes - 35 cal per percent Aglilty - 40 cal per percent Senses - 30 cal per percent Also, I saw some post that mentioned a sea in Oregon, here, I believe. Is that a literal sea, or just a large lake? Thanks I'm a bit confused that you call him a human, but he has Epic powers hahaha I'll echo Twi that no nation would really have been seen as being better off when Epics started attacking. Sure some nations would have fallen more quickly than others but by that point planes were probably all grounded. Who would fly with Epics rampaging through the skies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudjumper Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 7 hours ago, Blackhoof said: I'm a bit confused that you call him a human, but he has Epic powers hahaha I'll echo Twi that no nation would really have been seen as being better off when Epics started attacking. Sure some nations would have fallen more quickly than others but by that point planes were probably all grounded. Who would fly with Epics rampaging through the skies? The powerset below Bacon is for an unfinished character I'm working on, not for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted June 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 7 minutes ago, Cognizantastic said: Reveal hidden contents May I nominate "September" from BronyDanceParty (I think--there are a few versions) as the universal Rending song? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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