TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted March 9, 2015 Author Posted March 9, 2015 Or the dreams he may or may not have when he isn't having nightmares. Plot twist: His nightmares are about Autumn rejecting him for a sparkly Epic with awesome sunglasses. 3
Edgedancer he/him Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 Just because they don't remember their dreams doesn't mean they don't experience them. Yes, but he would experience them the same way and that means not being wholly consious... he might actually knock himself out by getting into a sleeping PoV. 2
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted March 9, 2015 Author Posted March 9, 2015 Yes, but he would experience them the same way and that means not being wholly consious... he might actually knock himself out by getting into a sleeping PoV. And before reaching the relevant dream, Backtrack would have to wade through one where the dreamer goes to space in a wormhole made of guitar chords where he gets rescued by a ship full of sentient newts who turn him into a giant cat just in time to fight Steelheart. Which is to say, this must happen. 3
mail-mi he/him Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 To say nothing of the... wait. Since Backtrack can peak into the thoughts people had during the past, could he see people's dreams by entering their bedrooms? Firefight Spoilers Wouldn't that make backtrack overpowered? Considering he can see people's nightmares? 2
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted March 9, 2015 Author Posted March 9, 2015 Firefight Spoilers Wouldn't that make backtrack overpowered? Considering he can see people's nightmares? Does it count if he's too scared to act on them? 1
Kobold King he/him Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 Firefight Spoilers Wouldn't that make backtrack overpowered? Considering he can see people's nightmares? That's the hilarious thing about Backtrack, to me. He IS overpowered--he just doesn't know it. And if he found his way into someone's nightmare, he'd eject out of it immediately and spend far too much time whining about it to actually carry out an assassination. 1
Edgedancer he/him Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 That's the hilarious thing about Backtrack, to me. He IS overpowered--he just doesn't know it. And if he found his way into someone's nightmare, he'd eject out of it immediately and spend far too much time whining about it to actually carry out an assassination. Although, given his lack of offense, he would need a team. On the other hand, he could also use his powers for reconnaissance, for example mapping out a base, by tracking the movements of the people inside.
Voidus Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 Would anyone mind if I WHOOCed Wasted Nighthound, Timeport, and Lightwards with Electro as a middleman? With a Koschei/Moibus rommance sideplot. Only in as much as I want to retain my sanity Ah who am I kidding, I have no sanity, go ahead 1
Kobold King he/him Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 This is how I feel today: Meh. (In seriousness though, I'll try to do SOMETHING productive by the day's end. It's... been kind of a rough day for me, but hopefully I can put it behind me long enough to at least post about Backtrack being sad.) 4
Voidus Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 Hey you never know which terrifying Epics weakness will be ponified comics of someone being bored 1
Mailliw73 he/him Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 (edited) I've gotten super caught up in this new Sanderson Elimination game and my PMs are crazy, plus I have a paper due soon, so I probably won't be posting any RP for a little bit until it calms down. Sorry. I may get the odd post in here or there though. Just to check, the posts I need are:Edgerunner Flashpoint Destructors Any others? Edited March 9, 2015 by Mailliw73
Kobold King he/him Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 Hey you never know which terrifying Epics weakness will be ponified comics of someone being bored This actually makes me wonder if there is a High Epic somewhere whose worst fear is boredom.
Aonar he/him Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 (edited) This actually makes me wonder if there is a High Epic somewhere whose worst fear is boredom. Obviously, their name would be Gilgamesh. And they would eventually overcome their weakness by, after losing their best friend, and having their only chance at gaining a PI stolen with Regalia's death, finally accepting their own mortality and the fact that sometimes, seeking adventure for adventure's sake isn't the best course. (Sorry. I've been doing classical epics and heroes in English, and the comparison was too good to pass up.) Edited March 10, 2015 by Aonar Faileas 4
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted March 10, 2015 Author Posted March 10, 2015 This is how I feel today: Meh. (In seriousness though, I'll try to do SOMETHING productive by the day's end. It's... been kind of a rough day for me, but hopefully I can put it behind me long enough to at least post about Backtrack being sad.) Oh no. My headcanon has it that this is how Mister Meh felt RIGHT BEFORE HIS RENDING! 2
Kobold King he/him Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 Oh no. My headcanon has it that this is how Mister Meh felt RIGHT BEFORE HIS RENDING! Don't worry. I'm not feeling murderous. Although that mysterious star that keeps talking in my head is being pretty pushy. He's telling me to SEIZE HIS TAINTED POWER AND BECOME A GOD or something. Meh. Whatever. 4
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted March 10, 2015 Author Posted March 10, 2015 Don't worry. I'm not feeling murderous. Although that mysterious star that keeps talking in my head is being pretty pushy. He's telling me to SEIZE HIS TAINTED POWER AND BECOME A GOD or something. Meh. Whatever. You don't suddenly want to enslave a guy named Ricardo, do you? 1
Kobold King he/him Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 You don't suddenly want to enslave a guy named Ricardo, do you? Ricardo. Emilio. Alfonso. Can't say I care about the name much. 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted March 10, 2015 Author Posted March 10, 2015 Ricardo. Emilio. Alfonso. Can't say I care about the name much. Blake is easier to say, is it? 1
Kobold King he/him Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 Blake is easier to say, is it? Meh. I guess so. This awesome guy here put together a general ratio of vanillas to Epics in the general population of the FSA: 866 to 1. He estimates around 346,000 Epics in the nation total, with as few as 300 of those actually possessing prime invincibilities. Just wondering, if his assessment is accurate, would that mean anything of note for the RP? Is it possible we have a balance of vanillas-Epics-High Epics that's not quite in keeping with canon?
Sirce Luckwielder he/him Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 (edited) This awesome guy here put together a general ratio of vanillas to Epics in the general population of the FSA: 866 to 1. He estimates around 346,000 Epics in the nation total, with as few as 300 of those actually possessing prime invincibilities. Just wondering, if his assessment is accurate, would that mean anything of note for the RP? Is it possible we have a balance of vanillas-Epics-High Epics that's not quite in keeping with canon? I don't think so. We know that Oregon was a huge war zone that attracted a lot of poweful Epics. All of the Prime Invincibilities is a little much though. I don't think we need to worry too much. So long as powerful minions don't all have Prime Invincibilities, just having main characters with them will probably be fine.EDIT: We are also in a state that holds Epics like Nighthound, Timeport, Lucentia, Blackwater, and a whole slew of other Epics who kill a ton. The Epic to vanilla ratio isn't too bad seeing that. Edited March 10, 2015 by Sirce Luckwielder 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted March 10, 2015 Author Posted March 10, 2015 Meh. I guess so. This awesome guy here put together a general ratio of vanillas to Epics in the general population of the FSA: 866 to 1. He estimates around 346,000 Epics in the nation total, with as few as 300 of those actually possessing prime invincibilities. Just wondering, if his assessment is accurate, would that mean anything of note for the RP? Is it possible we have a balance of vanillas-Epics-High Epics that's not quite in keeping with canon? I don't think so. We know that Oregon was a huge war zone that attracted a lot of poweful Epics. All of the Prime Invincibilities is a little much though. I don't think we need to worry too much. So long as powerful minions don't all have Prime Invincibilities, just having main characters with them will probably be fine. EDIT: We are also in a state that holds Epics like Nighthound, Timeport, Lucentia, Blackwater, and a whole slew of other Epics who kill a ton. The Epic to vanilla ratio isn't too bad seeing that. Another thing to keep in mind is that there are fewer than ten vanilla player characters, with every other player character being an Epic of some sort. Just as making almost every canon character a vanilla made vanillas seem more common in Steelheart and Firefight, making almost every player character an Epic in our fanon makes Epics seem more common here. Taking a step back from the game itself, it seems that vanillas are indeed more common than Epics. As for the prime invincibilities thing….that could be a concern. We do have quite a few indestructible Epics. However, in many cases, their own authors despise them, making their chances of surviving the RP slim to none. While I don't know if the guy who made the estimates (which are fantastic, by the way) took the destruction of Oregon into account (though I don't know how he could, seeing as we don't have any figures on how many evacuated before its total destruction or how many lived there beforehand) but I'm sure that by the time this RP concludes, the vanilla-Epic-High Epic ratio hinted at in canon will be preserved. 1
Curiosity he/him Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 Oh no. My headcanon has it that this is how Mister Meh felt RIGHT BEFORE HIS RENDING! I'm still upset that you killed him. He was so... lovable? Tolerable? 3
Voidus Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 (edited) I pointed this out in the thread mentioned but there was an error in his calculation of Epics with a PI, it would be more like 3000 than 300 in the country so I think we're doing pretty well with keeping up the ratios thanks to a certain someone providing dozens of canon fodder Epics without PIs Edited March 10, 2015 by Voidus 3
mail-mi he/him Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 (edited) I'm still upset that you killed him. He was so... lovable? Tolerable? I am so sorry. Edited March 10, 2015 by mail-mi
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted March 10, 2015 Author Posted March 10, 2015 I'm still upset that you killed him. He was so... lovable? Tolerable? They always said that the good okay halfway decent not completely morally reprehensible die young. 3
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