Voidus Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 I kind of what SS to be killed soonish, otherwise his natural response to seeing Remington if he knows who he is would be to try to kill him as soon as possible. And I like Remington.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted October 21, 2014 Author Posted October 21, 2014 I kind of what SS to be killed soonish, otherwise his natural response to seeing Remington if he knows who he is would be to try to kill him as soon as possible. And I like Remington. He'll be joining in on the MEE attack, correct? He could die then, since Remington will be at Funtimes' cottage for the evening.
Tulir he/him Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 Honestly, I'm not really sure what The Dalles' map system looks like. "Sector B" just sounded like something military-people would say. Logically the town's gotta be divided into sectors... right? Well, if that area is Sector B, then the area immediately north (the Springfield farm, since that next group of farmhouses is a bit south of them) must be Sector A, with the numbered sectors moving westward toward the center of town, then outward to the opposite edge. I think. I think that makes a much sense as anything. I'm going to work on a Hydron post, now that Voidus has posted.
Voidus Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 He'll be joining in on the MEE attack, correct? He could die then, since Remington will be at Funtimes' cottage for the evening. He could be there, but I'm not sure that any of the MEE could really kill him, in a fight he tends to jump from animal to animal as they get killed, they'd have to wait for him to appear in his own body which is unlikely to happen.
mail-mi he/him Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) So the plan, as I understand it: -MEE attack (pretty much destroys the MEE). -Sometime later, Corpsemaker gets taken out. -Sometime after that, Thoughttown kicks the bucket. -The Empire of Light takes on Dark!Paladin's empire in the Dalles. Also, an IdeaTM: Upgrade and Timeport survive the CM battle, and they go off to start something new somewhere else in Oregon. Edited October 21, 2014 by mail-mi
Voidus Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 So the plan, as I understand it: -MEE attack (pretty much destroys the MEE). -Sometime later, Corpsemaker gets taken out. -Sometime after that, Thoughttown kicks the bucket. -The Empire of Light takes on Dark!Paladin's empire in the Dalles. Also, an IdeaTM: Upgrade and Timeport survive the CM battle, and they go off to start something new somewhere else in Oregon. Upgrade's probably a bit too fragile to survive a battle with multiple High Epics, the MEE attack shouldn't destroy them, given the approximate number of epics given in Steelheart there should be a thousand odd minor Epics in Portland, a few hundred seems reasonable for the MEE
mail-mi he/him Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 Upgrade's probably a bit too fragile to survive a battle with multiple High Epics, the MEE attack shouldn't destroy them, given the approximate number of epics given in Steelheart there should be a thousand odd minor Epics in Portland, a few hundred seems reasonable for the MEE Hm. Or perhaps a different IdeaTM: Timeport dies in the MEE attack, has another conversation with Calamity, and takes Upgrade (and maybe a few others) to a different part of Oregon. Could that work?
Kobold King he/him Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 So the plan, as I understand it: -MEE attack (pretty much destroys the MEE). -Sometime later, Corpsemaker gets taken out. -Sometime after that, Thoughttown kicks the bucket. -The Empire of Light takes on Dark!Paladin's empire in the Dalles. Also, an IdeaTM: Upgrade and Timeport survive the CM battle, and they go off to start something new somewhere else in Oregon. That sounds about right. Securing Upgrade will be a major priority for Lightwards during the battle. He might have a hard time evading capture, depending on when he decides to make a run for it. When you say "somewhere else in Oregon," do you have a specific city in mind? Do we really have any idea what the majority of Oregon looks like at this point, or is our worldbuilding entirely limited to Portland, The Dalles, and Astoria?
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 We're planning on Upgrade dying i think. He's a bit to Powerful with others. We might keep two hand necklaces though. But I think their power would be weaker than his.
mail-mi he/him Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 That sounds about right. Securing Upgrade will be a major priority for Lightwards during the battle. He might have a hard time evading capture, depending on when he decides to make a run for it. When you say "somewhere else in Oregon," do you have a specific city in mind? Do we really have any idea what the majority of Oregon looks like at this point, or is our worldbuilding entirely limited to Portland, The Dalles, and Astoria? Springfield maybe, or Albany. Somewhere around there.
Seonid he/him Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 When you say "somewhere else in Oregon," do you have a specific city in mind? Do we really have any idea what the majority of Oregon looks like at this point, or is our worldbuilding entirely limited to Portland, The Dalles, and Astoria? Pretty much everything east of Bend on highway 26 has a power vacuum. Team Paladin passed through there. Some of the smaller villages close to Bend itself are gone completely, due to the fighting, as Paladin began to care less and less about collateral damage. Bend itself was where they caught up to Firelord, and that city is pretty much gone. What didn't burn down was abandoned pretty much completely. There are a large number of refugees from Bend huddling out in the Oregonian countryside, afraid to enter the domain of another Epic, but certain that they're going to starve if they don't. Eventually, they are going to move in. Apart from that, I have no idea what the rest of Oregon looks like. In other news, though, a new Team Paladin post is up in The Dalles! Tune in to see Ranger calculate quadratic equations in his head, Guardian act like a puppet, and Torch become a rather...Epic...fireworks show! 1
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 Huh. We need to establish Back stories. Sightline killed 80% of the Epics in Bend before coming to Portland. I guess Firelord was too powerful for him to kill.
Seonid he/him Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 Huh. We need to establish Back stories. Sightline killed 80% of the Epics in Bend before coming to Portland. I guess Firelord was too powerful for him to kill. Ahh...darnit. I should have been reading backstories from earlier Portland characters. My bad. If you're Ok with that retcon, we'll leave it there. Just to put it in perspective, Firelord was a High Epic with flame manifestation abilities, flight, and prime invincibility. If that's within Sightline's capabilities, I could just find another large-ish city though.
mail-mi he/him Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 We're planning on Upgrade dying i think. He's a bit to Powerful with others. We might keep two hand necklaces though. But I think their power would be weaker than his. That makes sense. So then what could happen with Timeport? I want him to go off so we can go somewhere else in Oregon, and he is the perfect candidate, being able to resurrect and all (good luck finding his weakness ).
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 Ahh...darnit. I should have been reading backstories from earlier Portland characters. My bad. If you're Ok with that retcon, we'll leave it there. Just to put it in perspective, Firelord was a High Epic with flame manifestation abilities, flight, and prime invincibility. If that's within Sightline's capabilities, I could just find another large-ish city though. With Flight and Prime invincibility, Sightline wouldn't have been able to kill him. His methods at the time were just grabbing them, teleporting high up and dropping them. If they survived, he simply ignored them. He realized he could put Epics into walls shortly after reaching Portland. So the Retcon works.
Seonid he/him Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) With Flight and Prime invincibility, Sightline wouldn't have been able to kill him. His methods at the time were just grabbing them, teleporting high up and dropping them. If they survived, he simply ignored them. He realized he could put Epics into walls shortly after reaching Portland. So the Retcon works. Good enough for me. I'll check the backstories of any future Epics in this forum first, though. Anybody have Epics from Homedale, ID? Edited October 21, 2014 by Seonid
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted October 21, 2014 Author Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) All right, here's a list of Epics who were allied with Koschei (for my sanity, mostly): Frequency Headshot Tank Reader SoulSwitch Rewind Event Horizon Will O' the Wisp It feels like there should be a few others….any ideas for powers? They'll be flashback only NPCs, but I need one that can kill a pickup's engine from a short distance, and maybe one or two more. Also, Edgedancer, do you still have the Lucentia pony code? Edited October 21, 2014 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles
Seonid he/him Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 You could use Quicksand and Safari as Koschei followers, if you wanted. Quicksand might be able to do something if there was any water in the gas tank, turning it into quicksand. That would stop the engine pretty quick. Or, Will O'The Wisp can use his fairy lights to deliver a small electric shock, enough to short out the electrical connections in a pickup, especially the battery terminals.
Kobold King he/him Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 All right, here's a list of Epics who were allied with Koschei (for my sanity, mostly): Frequency Headshot Tank Reader SoulSwitch Rewind It feels like there should be a few others….any ideas for powers? They'll be flashback only NPCs, but I need one that can kill a pickup's engine from a short distance, and maybe one or two more. Also, Edgedancer, do you still have the Lucentia pony code? Sounds like a technopath... you know, I don't think we ever added Royal Pain to the Epics we transparently stole from Sky High. And actually, I have the Lucentia codes too. I'll find them on my computer real quick. 1
Voidus Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 Flicker: Can only teleport into and out of darkness, his second ability is to create electrical pulses which can short out electronic lights temporarily.Would work for killing an engine.Truant: Illusionist with personal invisibility but his only illusion is to create an exact duplicate of himself 5 feet in front of him.Polarity: Can cause anything she touches to become magnetic.Aren't planned for anything I don't think.
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) I did briefly mention a technomancer named Hardwire who got killed in Bend before Sightline became Epic. He could have fled the Dalles. Edited October 21, 2014 by The Only Joe
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted October 21, 2014 Author Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) Oh, I didn't know Will could do that. Would you mind him being an erstwhile Koschei follower, Seonid? Edit: Hardwire could work too. So many choices! (Someday, I'll learn to think everything out before writing it down. ) I might take Flicker and Polarity too. Thanks, Kobold. Do you still have Fortuity's cutie mark, by chance? It's for a piece tentatively titled "First World Problems." Edited October 21, 2014 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles 1
Kobold King he/him Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) OK TwiLyght, here they are. Lucentia Pony Create Code: 313X002004F7FCC0E2C5D60484199E8B0UM183700D01100331190E01BBEDD10G107F3FCC004CB2 If Edgedancer ever shared her code from the newer creator, I never saved it. But the classic mode is a wonderful pony on its own merit. EDIT: Here's Fortuity's cutie mark: I love the title, by the way. Edited October 21, 2014 by Kobold King 1
Mailliw73 he/him Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) Lightwards is definitely planned to survive the fall of Portland. He may even be the last major faction leader left standing, if CM and Altermind both kick the proverbial bucket. If this is the case, he'll have become quite powerful and perfectly capable of taking dark!Paladin's empire by this point. I'm not sure how I want Altermind to die. It depends on if Portland will be completely destroyed in the Corpsemaker War. If there is any salvageable area, he would take over that area. If the city is completely destroyed, then Altermind should die before it is. Well, Streetwise was listening in when you had everyone introduce themselves and say their powers, so. . . I'm the Final Teenager. I just hit my Majorities. True. Dang. Luckily Altermind sent out his spies forever ago to learn about Corpsemaker's Epics. What are the Majorities? I thought you just hit your Majority when you were 18. Outpost Zeta is... on some side of the town Heh, well, guess there are four of us. Okay. Does anyone have ideas what to do there with Glamour and Edgerunner. I'm kinda stuck. Make it five. TheSilverDragon is as well. Upgrade's probably a bit too fragile to survive a battle with multiple High Epics, the MEE attack shouldn't destroy them, given the approximate number of epics given in Steelheart there should be a thousand odd minor Epics in Portland, a few hundred seems reasonable for the MEEYeah, Upgrade's too OP to survive much longer I think. Any side with him is given a huge advantage. If one of the minor Epics kills him, I would have No regrets about it.Edit: Twi, Frequency could also have broken the engine with his whistling if you want. Edited October 21, 2014 by Mailliw73
Seonid he/him Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 Oh, I didn't know Will could do that. Would you mind him being an erstwhile Koschei follower, Seonid? Not at all. He has a rather large cruel streak, if you hadn't noticed, and he would have appreciated Koschei as a work of art. Wouldn't have bought into the whole godhood thing, but would definitely have been willing to make a show of it to get close to a master artist like him.
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