mail-mi he/him Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 Mommy/Airplane post up. If there's anything wrong with it feel free to point it out.
Fatebreaker he/him Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 It...doesn't seem like there should be many occasions to say that. Right? Right? You'd be surprised... Also, maybe the ballooner manages to damage one engine which causes the museum to go into a slow descent
Kobold King he/him Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 Also, maybe the ballooner manages to damage one engine which causes the museum to go into a slow descent That wouldn't really work, especially if he collided with the roof like mail-mi suggested. My two cents: although we've been playing this for months, the MoNA hasn't been up very long in game time. Personally, I'd like to avoid bringing it crashing to the ground just yet. When we do ultimately bring it down, I would prefer it to be a slightly more climatic event than a random MEE attack. I'm certainly open to changing my mind, if given a compelling reason to do so. But what I'm trying to stress is that the MEE can do a lot of irritating damage to the Empire without destroying the Museum--in particular, killing Lightwards will trigger his post-traumatic stress madness like nothing else. So if at all possible, I'd like to keep MoNA in the air.
Mckeedee123 he/him Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) Partially blow up the museum? I'm gonna cross my fingers and hope you don't end up killing the viewpoint velociraptor. I'm halfway through reading the Portland thread and I think he's my favorite character. <3 Edited June 10, 2015 by Mckeedee123
Voidus Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 That wouldn't really work, especially if he collided with the roof like mail-mi suggested. My two cents: although we've been playing this for months, the MoNA hasn't been up very long in game time. Personally, I'd like to avoid bringing it crashing to the ground just yet. When we do ultimately bring it down, I would prefer it to be a slightly more climatic event than a random MEE attack. I'm certainly open to changing my mind, if given a compelling reason to do so. But what I'm trying to stress is that the MEE can do a lot of irritating damage to the Empire without destroying the Museum--in particular, killing Lightwards will trigger his post-traumatic stress madness like nothing else. So if at all possible, I'd like to keep MoNA in the air. Agreed. It might make for a nice going out in a blaze of glory death scene but then the MEE aren't really supposed to have those kinds of scenes. They get to have the 'accidentally stepped on' death scenes.
mail-mi he/him Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 That wouldn't really work, especially if he collided with the roof like mail-mi suggested. My two cents: although we've been playing this for months, the MoNA hasn't been up very long in game time. Personally, I'd like to avoid bringing it crashing to the ground just yet. When we do ultimately bring it down, I would prefer it to be a slightly more climatic event than a random MEE attack. I'm certainly open to changing my mind, if given a compelling reason to do so. But what I'm trying to stress is that the MEE can do a lot of irritating damage to the Empire without destroying the Museum--in particular, killing Lightwards will trigger his post-traumatic stress madness like nothing else. So if at all possible, I'd like to keep MoNA in the air. That's why I really like my idea: Potential solution: Have the balloons just hit the roof, so that the roof explodes and rains destruction down on the jungle, killing Lightwards once but everyone else manages to avoid the debris/heal, and the museum stays floating?
Kobold King he/him Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 I'm gonna cross my fingers and hope you don't end up killing the viewpoint velociraptor. I'm halfway through reading the Portland thread and I think he's my favorite character. <3 Even if he gets killed off he can always get resurrected again. And I really can't stress enough how delighted I am that people seem to love Wes the raptor. Non-human protagonists in books like Call of the Wild or White Fang have always been some of my favorite characters, and writing one of mine is a joy. ...On that note, I wonder if there's still a way to get him into the attack action. That's why I really like my idea: I like your idea too. 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 10, 2015 Author Posted June 10, 2015 I like mail-mi's idea as well. It's destructive enough to let the Ballooner get a hit in, but it doesn't bring down the whole Museum. (If I may ask, Fatebreaker, why do you want to destroy it so badly?) 1
Kobold King he/him Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 I like mail-mi's idea as well. It's destructive enough to let the Ballooner get a hit in, but it doesn't bring down the whole Museum. (If I may ask, Fatebreaker, why do you want to destroy it so badly?) I thought it was obvious. The word "breaker" is right there in his name. 1
Fatebreaker he/him Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 okay, so it looks like I won't get to blow everything up, which makes me a little sad, but I see y'alls point of view. So he'll blow the roof, toss Lightwards a splody-bloon, throw out a few random explosion balloons randomly, then explode himself with an explosion so large it'll remove the front doors ( I need to blow something up guys ).
Comatose he/him Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 I have my post for Phoenix's reincarnation and Jumpdrive's introduction ready to post. I believe there is a few things until nightfall in Corvallis, so I can't quite post it yet. In the case that I leave on vacation prior to when it should be posted, Comatose can post it (I've PM'd it). I leave next Thursday, so any other Phoenix/Jumpdrive POV will have to wait until the end of July. I think you can post now, if you want. It seemed like Phoenix's viewpoint happened relatively soon. Unless you were intending for the Queens to be gone, in which case maybe we can try to finish things up quickly. On the MoNA front, I think having some serious superficial damage could be interesting. When it gets back up and floating again, it could be fun to have a newly resurrected Lightwards vow to rebuild it, greater than before. As long as the musuem is still floating, the damage shouldn't be too difficult to restore, especially with our favourite diamond generator still in residence. Actually, it would be a smart move on Lucentia's part to help 'rebuild' the museum, since then she would have something on Lightwards - if he betrayed her, she could reduce the new and improved diamond portions of the building into dust as revenge. To be fair, I'm sure Lucentia could get bigger and better revenge if she wanted, but the pettiness of undoing a renovation seems to fit with her character.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 10, 2015 Author Posted June 10, 2015 I think you can post now, if you want. It seemed like Phoenix's viewpoint happened relatively soon. Unless you were intending for the Queens to be gone, in which case maybe we can try to finish things up quickly. On the MoNA front, I think having some serious superficial damage could be interesting. When it gets back up and floating again, it could be fun to have a newly resurrected Lightwards vow to rebuild it, greater than before. As long as the musuem is still floating, the damage shouldn't be too difficult to restore, especially with our favourite diamond generator still in residence. Actually, it would be a smart move on Lucentia's part to help 'rebuild' the museum, since then she would have something on Lightwards - if he betrayed her, she could reduce the new and improved diamond portions of the building into dust as revenge. To be fair, I'm sure Lucentia could get bigger and better revenge if she wanted, but the pettiness of undoing a renovation seems to fit with her character. Of course Lightwards would promise to rebuild the Museum, since he's not even the one who built it in the first place. 1
Comatose he/him Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 You can rebuild something that you did not build haha. And technically, I'd say Funtimes modified it, unless she has a former life as a construction worker we don't know about. I did, however, forget that Funtimes was still running around, and that she could, of course, also use her powers to repair the museum. Question that I'm sure has been answered in one of the many pages of Portland that I have not read: Are Lucentia's diamonds transmutable? If so, her and Funtimes could be a pretty useful combination, if they could ever be convinced to work together for long periods of time.
mail-mi he/him Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 Oh! Voidus! I wrote for Zip without even asking. So sorry! Do you want me to change anything?
Redbird he/him Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 So about adding Heatsink in, would Rainmaker having him guarding Converter?
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 10, 2015 Author Posted June 10, 2015 You can rebuild something that you did not build haha. And technically, I'd say Funtimes modified it, unless she has a former life as a construction worker we don't know about. I did, however, forget that Funtimes was still running around, and that she could, of course, also use her powers to repair the museum. Question that I'm sure has been answered in one of the many pages of Portland that I have not read: Are Lucentia's diamonds transmutable? If so, her and Funtimes could be a pretty useful combination, if they could ever be convinced to work together for long periods of time. They're transmutable if she relinquishes control of them, or has control taken from her. I….don't know if they could be convinced to work together. Maybe? If they both had the right incentive and someone tied Lucentia's mouth with several feet of duct tape? 2
Edgedancer he/him Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 On that whole blow up the Museum plan, I could see something smaller passing by her but how in Calamity do you guys expect anything a size that could do any significant damage get by Lucentia, now that she’s pretty much in interception Position? 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 10, 2015 Author Posted June 10, 2015 On that whole blow up the Museum plan, I could see something smaller passing by her but how in Calamity do you guys expect anything a size that could do any significant damage get by Lucentia, now that she’s pretty much in interception Position? Spikes to pop the zeppelin, diamond pillars and waves to push it out of the way, the option of encasing it and watching the splat at the end...yeah, the Ballooner would have some serious trouble there.
Blackhoof Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 Didn't the Ballooner join the attack of his own accord? C4 wouldn't know about him being here.
Edgedancer he/him Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 Didn't the Ballooner join the attack of his own accord? C4 wouldn't know about him being here.Looking at the Ballooners post, he was initially a Part of the attack, so C4 would know about him and I left her response vague enough. I can include some more proding on the Jägers part if that would make you feel better but worst case scenario they would still be on guard even with no further Information.
Fatebreaker he/him Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 True, he was initially part of the plan, but as far as they knew once Yorrick had been chosen he would've either sulked off or gone to participate in the Thought Town raid. His powers were seen as virtually useless, mostly because he failed to properly explain them and made a poor impression. No one expected him to go. So there'd be no reason for her to watch the skies specifically. General high alert is understandable, but otherwise it seems highly unlikely that they'd be on the lookout for him. Also he would've jumped out of the Zeppelin while she was still under the museum and floated/fallen quickly to the landing, which is all I need. He can spontaneously create hundreds of balloons anywhere within his line of sight and instantly fill them with any liquid or gas. This is actually a pretty dangerous ability, but he's an idiot who's not very creative. So once he's in the museum, feel free to destroy his zeppelin and kill Schultz, I can work with that. But I don't think getting him into the museum is unreasonable, and once he's in he can blow things up. Hit some support pillars, make holes in the floor, severely damage the local flora, etc.
Blackhoof Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 I just wanted to ask, but did anyone know that Lucentia is "lightning" in Latin? Was that intentional, or a happy accident, haha?
Edgedancer he/him Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) True, he was initially part of the plan, but as far as they knew once Yorrick had been chosen he would've either sulked off or gone to participate in the Thought Town raid. His powers were seen as virtually useless, mostly because he failed to properly explain them and made a poor impression. No one expected him to go. So there'd be no reason for her to watch the skies specifically. General high alert is understandable, but otherwise it seems highly unlikely that they'd be on the lookout for him. Also he would've jumped out of the Zeppelin while she was still under the museum and floated/fallen quickly to the landing, which is all I need. He can spontaneously create hundreds of balloons anywhere within his line of sight and instantly fill them with any liquid or gas. This is actually a pretty dangerous ability, but he's an idiot who's not very creative. So once he's in the museum, feel free to destroy his zeppelin and kill Schultz, I can work with that. But I don't think getting him into the museum is unreasonable, and once he's in he can blow things up. Hit some support pillars, make holes in the floor, severely damage the local flora, etc. 1)I can change the course of the intorigation a bit if that makes you feel better but I dosen't really change much, for the simple reason that Lucentia doesn't trust C4. she's going to be expecting more attacks one way or another. At most she might change her method to concentrate a bit more on blocking the entries to the museum, which wouldn't help the Ballooners attack but would make it pretty much impossible for Airplane to just drop in and grab Mommy, so if anything that change would be for the worse. 2)Of course they are going to watch the sky. They are in a flying museum, the sky is litrally the only thing they can watch. 3)High alert flying dinosaur patrol, they might not be able to harm the zepplin but they are going to spot it and alarm everyone in the museum that needs alarming early enough. 4)If not standing on guard the minimum would be to keep most everyone from entering/exiting the museum by giving it a (living) diamond armor. I just wanted to ask, but did anyone know that Lucentia is "lightning" in Latin? Was that intentional, or a happy accident, haha? Not quite, the name does take it's root in the latin word lucent for shining/transulent but the -ia ending is simply there to imply it to be a female name. Then the name inspiration also did kind of come from the fourth essence. (and while we are discussing latin, as far as I know, it's lighting not lightning. ) Edited June 10, 2015 by Edgedancer
Blackhoof Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) Not quite, the name does take it's root in the latin word lucent for shining/transulent but the -ia ending is simply there to imply it to be a female name. Then the name inspiration also did kind of come from the fourth essence. (and while we are discussing latin, as far as I know, it's lighting not lightning. ) quite right! I misread it when I first saw the translation. Edited June 10, 2015 by Blackhoof
Voidus Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 Oh! Voidus! I wrote for Zip without even asking. So sorry! Do you want me to change anything? Nope all good, heads up is always appreciated but the MEE is largely NPC.
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