Question 8

[Mailliw73 he/him]

I have to agree with Kobold. Having straight up Steelheart-like invulnerability and super strength would be the most fun, I think. Maybe it's just that male aggression.

[Comatose he/him]

Also, after reading a little about Taylor Swift's history in the media, I wonder if anyone will come to the erroneous conclusion that showing her belly button is her weakness.

 

YES!  Haha,  This is totally the sort of thing she'd want people to think her weakness is .

 

I'm working on a post, should be done soon.  Anyone else is free to jump in .

[Kobold King he/him]

YES!  Haha,  This is totally the sort of thing she'd want people to think her weakness is .

 

I'm working on a post, should be done soon.  Anyone else is free to jump in .

 

It is now the duty of The Dalles City Guard to test this theory. By which I mean, Arsenal will make a forcibly casual suggestion of an official City Guard bikini party, his eye twitching the entire time.

[Comatose he/him]

Post up!  Whoever is in charge of The Dalles administration can decide whether or not Taylor's ploy is believed.  I'll just react to what happens next

[Kobold King he/him]

Post up!  Whoever is in charge of The Dalles administration can decide whether or not Taylor's ploy is believed.  I'll just react to what happens next

 

Awesome post, as usual.

 

To be honest I've never considered the possibility of a shapeshifter infiltrating The Dalles. I'm sure Vondra has though, and the last sentence the real captain sent off--coupled by the fact that the flesh-manipulating Panda has already attacked today--should probably at least arouse suspicion.

[Comatose he/him]

To be honest I've never considered the possibility of a shapeshifter infiltrating The Dalles. I'm sure Vondra has though, and the last sentence the real captain sent off--coupled by the fact that the flesh-manipulating Panda has already attacked today--should probably at least arouse suspicion.

I thought as much. *Grabs popcorn and waits to see what happens next

[Kobold King he/him]

Now that the main wave of pandas has retreated, the City Guard will get started on retrieving, Reading, and delivering work-for-us-or-leave ultimatums to all the new Epics in town.

 

Who wants to volunteer their Epics for facing Frequency's gang?

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Now that the main wave of pandas has retreated, the City Guard will get started on retrieving, Reading, and delivering work-for-us-or-leave ultimatums to all the new Epics in town.

 

Who wants to volunteer their Epics for facing Frequency's gang?

Edge and her gang are busy and I don't envy the one who gets in Freq's way. Especially with the posse he's built up. Mirrorveil will be joining him shortly as well.

[Kobold King he/him]

Edge and her gang are busy and I don't envy the one who gets in Freq's way. Especially with the posse he's built up. Mirrorveil will be joining him shortly as well.

 

What would happen if Deathwish went up against him?

 

EDIT: Where can I find a list of Frequency's gang members?

Edited March 23, 2015 by Kobold King

[Comatose he/him]

Does anyone know where Mistwraith and others are in comparison to Taylor Swift?

Well, according to Google Maps, I think Taylor and Brandon would be coming in from the east? I know that the world has changed since epics took over, and I'm note entirely sure they'd be coming straight from Vancouver, but it seems like the eastern entrance comes from more places.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

What would happen if Deathwish went up against him?

 

EDIT: Where can I find a list of Frequency's gang members?

Does lightning draw blood or only burn? Would he be able to heal from burns like that? 

 

Here you go:

Blitz: Lightning Epic, can shoot bolts of Electricity from his hands or summon a bolt of lightning from the sky.

Canis: Speed Epic, capable of high speed movement and combat. Can trace people through their blood if he has ever touched it, up to a distance of approximately 100km. Speed <150 mph. 

Terraform: Geokinesis, can manipulate fine dirt, has trouble with anything too solid. (Faultlines first power)

And now Impact and soon, Mirrorveil.

[Kobold King he/him]

 

Does lightning draw blood or only burn? Would he be able to heal from burns like that? 

 

Here you go:

Blitz: Lightning Epic, can shoot bolts of Electricity from his hands or summon a bolt of lightning from the sky.

Canis: Speed Epic, capable of high speed movement and combat. Can trace people through their blood if he has ever touched it, up to a distance of approximately 100km. Speed <150 mph. 

Terraform: Geokinesis, can manipulate fine dirt, has trouble with anything too solid. (Faultlines first power)

And now Impact and soon, Mirrorveil.

 

 

Good question. I'm going to say that any burn that destroys segments of his skin will trigger his prime invincibility, so unless Blitz can purposefully deliver lower voltages in his bolts, there's a good chance of him frying himself if he goes up against Deathwish.

 

Thanks for the list. None of The Dalles Epics will have an easy time against those guys--this could shape up to be a really awesome battle.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Good question. I'm going to say that any burn that destroys segments of his skin will trigger his prime invincibility, so unless Blitz can purposefully deliver lower voltages in his bolts, there's a good chance of him frying himself if he goes up against Deathwish.

 

Thanks for the list. None of The Dalles Epics will have an easy time against those guys--this could shape up to be a really awesome battle.

Alright. But Blitz's skin is protected from his electricity. I didn't put that in his profile, but it's in one of his RP sections. But he would feel the electricity tingling strangely and might figure it out. Canis definitely would once he sliced Deathwish. After that, Terra would be the one in charge of killing him. She'd try to suffocate him with dirt and Freq would shatter small bones that wouldn't pierce the skin.

And the Dalles Epics and guards will put up a good fight.

[Kobold King he/him]

Alright. But Blitz's skin is protected from his electricity. I didn't put that in his profile, but it's in one of his RP sections. But he would feel the electricity tingling strangely and might figure it out. Canis definitely would once he sliced Deathwish. After that, Terra would be the one in charge of killing him. She'd try to suffocate him with dirt and Freq would shatter small bones that wouldn't pierce the skin.

And the Dalles Epics and guards will put up a good fight.

 

Can Terra levitate dirt? If not, then she might have a hard time suffocating him when he's in flight.

 

Also, are you aware of the Teen Titans character, also a geokinetic, who's also named Terra?

 

[Voidus]

Alright. But Blitz's skin is protected from his electricity. I didn't put that in his profile, but it's in one of his RP sections. But he would feel the electricity tingling strangely and might figure it out. Canis definitely would once he sliced Deathwish. After that, Terra would be the one in charge of killing him. She'd try to suffocate him with dirt and Freq would shatter small bones that wouldn't pierce the skin.

And the Dalles Epics and guards will put up a good fight.

Just to quickly state the possibility that Deathwish's power only reflects the damage not the cause so it might still work, something to try to work out between you.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Can Terra levitate dirt? If not, then she might have a hard time suffocating him when he's in flight.

 

Also, are you aware of the Teen Titans character, also a geokinetic, who's also named Terra?

 

She can manipulate it and move it however. So yes. But once he's in flight, it'd be much harder to suffocate him. She'd try to crush hum before he got into the air.

Haha, nope, I wasn't. That was Voidus's name though. And it's technically Terraform.   

Just to quickly state the possibility that Deathwish's power only reflects the damage not the cause so it might still work, something to try to work out between you.

Good point. Kobold, what do you think?

[Kobold King he/him]

She can manipulate it and move it however. So yes. But once he's in flight, it'd be much harder to suffocate him. She'd try to crush hum before he got into the air.

Haha, nope, I wasn't. That was Voidus's name though. And it's technically Terraform.   

Good point. Kobold, what do you think?

 

I hope you realize this realization of mine will really mess with my mental image.

 

 

It's a good question. If his power is a strict transference of damage, and if the cause of the attack has no relevance, than that theoretically would imply that his power could harm or even kill Epics like Steelheart or Nightwielder by bypassing their prime invincibilities. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it is something to bear in mind.

 

Personally I'd lean towards that implication, but I'll freely admit that I'm biased towards making my one High Epic in The Dalles overpowered. So I'll leave the decision to you guys.

[Voidus]

I hope you realize this realization of mine will really mess with my mental image.

 

 

It's a good question. If his power is a strict transference of damage, and if the cause of the attack has no relevance, than that theoretically would imply that his power could harm or even kill Epics like Steelheart or Nightwielder by bypassing their prime invincibilities. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it is something to bear in mind.

 

Personally I'd lean towards that implication, but I'll freely admit that I'm biased towards making my one High Epic in The Dalles overpowered. So I'll leave the decision to you guys.

Not sure on Steelheart since his PI actively resists any form of damage, certainly affecting intangibles would be possible though and anyone with just a lesser form of resistance to physical damage but not full immunity like Steelheart.

[Kobold King he/him]

Not sure on Steelheart since his PI actively resists any form of damage, certainly affecting intangibles would be possible though and anyone with just a lesser form of resistance to physical damage but not full immunity like Steelheart.

 

Good point. Especially since Deathpoint's power didn't work on him.

 

What about teleportation PIs like Obliteration's, or astral projectors like Regalia?

[Mailliw73 he/him]

I hope you realize this realization of mine will really mess with my mental image.

 

 

It's a good question. If his power is a strict transference of damage, and if the cause of the attack has no relevance, than that theoretically would imply that his power could harm or even kill Epics like Steelheart or Nightwielder by bypassing their prime invincibilities. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it is something to bear in mind.

 

Personally I'd lean towards that implication, but I'll freely admit that I'm biased towards making my one High Epic in The Dalles overpowered. So I'll leave the decision to you guys.

Fine by me.

Huh. Interesting. I'm fine either way. The Guard really could use a power boost,so I'm not opposed.

[Voidus]

Good point. Especially since Deathpoint's power didn't work on him.

 

What about teleportation PIs like Obliteration's, or astral projectors like Regalia?

It targets a person not a location so logically just moving somewhere else wouldn't change anything, same with a projection, the intent to harm still comes from the physical body so it should still hit them.

But then you could always set a maximum range he can reflect damage to in which case they might be able to get away with it. But I think it would be better if he had some method of dealing with PI's so 'd leave it as essentially infinite in range.

[Kobold King he/him]

Fine by me.

Huh. Interesting. I'm fine either way. The Guard really could use a power boost,so I'm not opposed.

It targets a person not a location so logically just moving somewhere else wouldn't change anything, same with a projection, the intent to harm still comes from the physical body so it should still hit them.

But then you could always set a maximum range he can reflect damage to in which case they might be able to get away with it. But I think it would be better if he had some method of dealing with PI's so 'd leave it as essentially infinite in range.

 

Unless anyone else has objections, then, we'll assume Deathwish's power bypasses most prime invincibilities and has infinite range.

 

Just like his sleaziness.

[Voidus]

Unless anyone else has objections, then, we'll assume Deathwish's power bypasses most prime invincibilities and has infinite range.

 

Just like his sleaziness.

Notably not healing or resurrection though.

[Kobold King he/him]

This makes Deathwish extremely overpowered.

 

Not really. It's still pretty easy to kill him via suffocation, blunt force trauma, or poison. Heck, the City Guards contingency plan for taking him out merely involves a bunch of rubber bullets. If he went to Astoria he'd die within a page.

 

 

Notably not healing or resurrection though.

 

Right. I guess the rule goes "Skin-penetrating damage is always reflected and is unblockable except in the case of higher-scale physical invulnerability." So you're good if your power is being altogether unassailable like Steelheart, or if your power allows you to instantly negate the wounds you receive like Nighthound or the Panda.

[Voidus]

Not really. It's still pretty easy to kill him via suffocation, blunt force trauma, or poison. Heck, the City Guards contingency plan for taking him out merely involves a bunch of rubber bullets. If he went to Astoria he'd die within a page.

 

 

 

Right. I guess the rule goes "Skin-penetrating damage is always reflected and is unblockable except in the case of higher-scale physical invulnerability." So you're good if your power is being altogether unassailable like Steelheart, or if your power allows you to instantly negate the wounds you receive like Nighthound or the Panda.

Seems like a good description to me.

just had a rather morbid thought of the Dalles guard embeding pieces of his skin into their armour so that everyone got his reflection abilities. Though they wouldn't have the healing (He has healing right?) so they'd still die.