Question 12

[Silverblade5 he/him]

I pretty much agree with this assessment and only would add that we have seen Prof at the very least supress his healing factor, meaning it could be possible that a passive ability might only work (or work properly) for one subpart of the personality, depending on the specifics.

What I'd be more careful about that the personalities can't be too different, because they all have to include the trauma.

 

Well, it depends on how important a henchman you want to make him, almost nameless goon number 7 can always be integrated but most important positions in Astoria and Corvallis should already be taken up.

 

I also noticed another problematic thing about The Mad Ballooner already being in the musum, while the attacks takes place, namely that the explosion would have needed to happen long before Airplane could realistically arrive at the museum, and given that any explosion that could actually damage the museum would also shake it (although the damage would still be inconsequential in the long run given that repairing it would be a matter of hours at most) that would mean Mommy would have fallen from her little ledge, which would be pretty much fatal.

Here is the bio if that would be helpful.

 

 

Ryth

 

5.6, jet black hair, green eyes.

 

Primary: marksman. He can see a target coming from about a mile away easily, and if he just pictures a target  in his mind, and throws/shoots in their general direction, and it'll still hit.

 

Secondary: Speed. He can run at 50 mph no prob. This, combined with his primary ability, can let him dodge attacks no prob, even ones from guns.

 

Coming from a life as a freelance assassin, he eventually decided he could find work more easily if he worked with someone. Not long after Calamity, he joined up with X. He is fiercely loyal to him/her, and would rather die before seeing a job go undone. 

Edited June 11, 2015 by Silverblade5

[Elithanathile he/him]

So, I'm getting ready to bring Thoron into Astoria, and I was wondering if there's another new or upcoming epic in that area he could team up with. Let me know if you have a character in that area or are creating one soon, and we can discuss it either via PM or in this thread. Thanks in advance!

Edited June 11, 2015 by Bridge Boy

[Edgedancer he/him]

If this is the place to make a civilian character, then here is mine:

Name: Rick Daveson

Age: 35

Hair: brown

Height: 5'8

Eyes: green

Backstory: Grew up in a moderately wealthy family, was well educated and joined the secret service for 10-12 years before retiring to become a computer specialist. He lived a happy life for a few years. And then Calamity struck.

A minor epic named Blastwave destroyed his home and family. His thoughts turned from programming to revenge, but lacking the skills to directly fight epics, he instead covertly discovers their weakness, then breaks into epic homes, hacks into their computers, and posts the weakness and name of the epic on random sites.

Strengths: Subterfuge, anything computer-related, and research.

Weaknesses: hand to hand combat, laser weapons, evil kittens, too many meatballs in the spaghetti, football, clowns, vampires, batman, and monkeys. He is allergic to blueberries (loud sneezing that will give him away.)

Currently resides in Astoria

Feel free to give feedback and suggestions. I'm open to improvement!

I'll be entirely honest with you, Astoria is not exactly the best location, if you want a vanilla character to have any major impact on the situation but we can probably work something out if you want to.

 

Here is the bio if that would be helpful.

 

 

Ryth

 

5.6, jet black hair, green eyes.

 

Primary: marksman. He can see a target coming from about a mile away easily, and if he just pictures a target  in his mind, and throws/shoots in their general direction, and it'll still hit.

 

Secondary: Speed. He can run at 50 mph no prob. This, combined with his primary ability, can let him dodge attacks no prob, even ones from guns.

 

Coming from a life as a freelance assassin, he eventually decided he could find work more easily if he worked with someone. Not long after Calamity, he joined up with X. He is fiercely loyal to him/her, and would rather die before seeing a job go undone. 

How does the ability of not having to aim and better eyesight translate to dodging something that's still significantly faster than he is?

 

As for whom to join, how about asking Bridge Boy if he could be Thoron's side kick? To be fair he'd be rather underpowered by the Astorian power scale, so you might want to think of something else.

[Silverblade5 he/him]

I'll be entirely honest with you, Astoria is not exactly the best location, if you want a vanilla character to have any major impact on the situation but we can probably work something out if you want to.

 

How does the ability of not having to aim and better eyesight translate to dodging something that's still significantly faster than he is?

 

As for whom to join, how about asking Bridge Boy if he could be Thoron's side kick? To be fair he'd be rather underpowered by the Astorian power scale, so you might want to think of something else.

For your first point, you're right, those should probably be separate powers. For your second, that's just a baseline, a minimum. He can go much faster if he feels like it. 

[Edgedancer he/him]

For your first point, you're right, those should probably be separate powers. For your second, that's just a baseline, a minimum. He can go much faster if he feels like it. 

About how much faster?

[Silverblade5 he/him]

About how much faster?

Up to 550 mph if he really focuses and puts his mind to it.

[Edgedancer he/him]

So guys, do we already have any medium to large scale plans for what to do on the next game day? For examole is Kobold continuing to control the pandas and if they attack ect?

[Mckeedee123 he/him]

We probably want to start by splitting the characters up into little groups to do missions or something, just to establish some character relationships between all the newcomers.

 

It seems like The Dalles is shaping up to be some sort of "Epic Avengers" deal, so we should start doing that so that we have a baseline to work off of once everything falls to pieces again later tomorrow.

Edited June 11, 2015 by Mckeedee123

[Edgedancer he/him]

We probably want to start by splitting the characters up into little groups to do missions or something, just to establish some character relationships between all the newcomers.

 

It seems like The Dalles is shaping up to be some sort of "Epic Avengers" deal, so we should start doing that so that we have a baseline to work off of once everything falls to pieces again later tomorrow.

Well that's more the small scale stuff. I'm more thinking along the lines of small stuff, I was more after things like do the Pandas attack, does Vondra set a stricke team/rings the fight to them ect.

 

I also don't think there has been any real plan for Thoughttown or the Dominion to do tomorrow back in Portland.

[Fatebreaker he/him]

There isn't really enough time for the Ballooner to have made his way into the museum during/before the attack though. Those "fights" maybe took a minute tops, meaning both the MEE members and Lucentia and co when walking down the stairs to under the museum would already have seen the zepplin and again whether it be by dinosaurs or by gunshoots something would have given away their position long before a few seconds are enough to enter the museum making it impossible for him to reach the museum completely unnoticed. 

It could work with a more subtil approach but a zeppllin or something like that is to large for everyone to just overlook.

I also noticed another problematic thing about The Mad Ballooner already being in the musum, while the attacks takes place, namely that the explosion would have needed to happen long before Airplane could realistically arrive at the museum, and given that any explosion that could actually damage the museum would also shake it (although the damage would still be inconsequential in the long run given that repairing it would be a matter of hours at most) that would mean Mommy would have fallen from her little ledge, which would be pretty much fatal.

 

Okay, perhaps he sends the zeppelin on ahead, which by the way could be camouflaged as I never specified the color, and he could approach the museum by a much smaller and less obvious balloon. Or perhaps they went really high, and he could skydive to the museum, go in through one of the rear windows, get chased by dinosaurs into the main hall, get shot, then explode things.

[Kobold King he/him]

Message to all players with characters in The Dalles:

 

 

In most RP threads, weaknesses are to be PMed both to Our Lady Empress TwiLyghtSansSparkles and the sub-GM of the specific city, usually Edgedancer or Comatose. The Dalles, largely as we were novices at game expansion at the time, has never really enforced that as a rule.

 

This past couple of days Twi and I have been discussing whether I should become privy to Epic weaknesses in The Dalles. There are many factors I've been considering, and it seems like a good idea to me--but then, I'm a bit biased. So I thought I'd take it straight to the people and see what they think.

 

My main reasons for wanting to see weaknesses are as such:

 

• Since I effectively control the entire Dalles City Guard, the chances of me absentmindedly creating a new setting detail that happens to set off someone's weakness are not inconceivable. If I were to be made aware of weaknesses, I could make sure I don't set any off without their players' permission.
• Vondra works hard at uncovering the weaknesses of the Epics in his employ. If people tell me their characters' weaknesses, we could either guide him to them or steer him down the wrong rabbit holes. Whatever makes for a better story.
• Going slightly mad with power. [Lucentia whine] Comatose and Edgedancer get to see weaknesses! Why can't I? [/Lucentia whine]

 

So that's that, fellow Oregon RPers. The choice of weaknesses is pretty much up to you now, so tell me what you think.

Edited June 11, 2015 by Kobold King

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

If my two cents carry any weight with you guys, so far as making a final decision goes, I support the idea of Kobold gaining access to Epic weaknesses in The Dalles. With Vondra as paranoid as he is, it makes sense that he would attempt to discover every weakness of every Epic in his city. That doesn't mean he'll always be successful, but if Kobold knows the weaknesses already, it would be easier to find plausible ways of steering him wrong. Plus, it would keep weaknesses from being set off entirely by accident, which would just be awkward.

[Kobold King he/him]

If my two cents carry any weight with you guys, so far as making a final decision goes, I support the idea of Kobold gaining access to Epic weaknesses in The Dalles. With Vondra as paranoid as he is, it makes sense that he would attempt to discover every weakness of every Epic in his city. That doesn't mean he'll always be successful, but if Kobold knows the weaknesses already, it would be easier to find plausible ways of steering him wrong. Plus, it would keep weaknesses from being set off entirely by accident, which would just be awkward.

 

"Attention all players! Tuesdays are now taco nights in The Dalles. Let all take note."

 

* whispers *

 

"What? What do you mean tacos are Frostfire's weakness?"

[Tyson]

Looking to add two new Epics into the Corvallis storyline.

I don't plan on sending them in and starting fights all over the city. They don't have to get involved in the current disputes in the city straightaway, as they have their own issues to resolve. But hopefully, if my idea goes to plan, their storyline will eventually open an opportunity for whoever plans to write the coming of Obliteration.

Profile: Smoke (High epic)

Name: Wes Johnson

Age: 54 Outfit: black jacket, trilby and cigar

Power: his entire body can disintegrate into black smoke. No offensive powers, but prime invincibility. If shot, the bullet will hit his body and erupt out of him with a puff of smoke.

History: travelled across the states attempting to carve a kingdom for himself. Finally settled in Corvallis and accepted a mundane post for an Epic of his power. He has ambitions of usurping the Queens, but knows he lacks the power. Plots and attempts to forge alliances to kill Rainmaker. He disallows his servants from Euphoria's blessing and suppresses anything that could make them laugh, sometimes resorting to cutting out their tongues.

Profile: Reflection (lesser epic)

Name: Timothy Kave

Age: 23 Outfit: baggy coat and wooly hat (it's cold on the otherside) skater boy look

Power: the ability to use clean, unbroken and reflective mirrors as doorways into a place he calls "the otherside". He can look through mirrors, spy on people and talk to them. He can also step through mirrors.

History: before Calamity, Timothy Kave was considered a teenage genius. He wasted his talent on plaguing powerful corporations and government agencies with cyber attacks, just to prove he could breach their computer defences. A year after Calamity, he received his power, becoming one of the first and most elusive Epic's. Few people even know he exists. He wishes he has a stronger power, like Steelheart or Nightsorrow, and jealously try's to manipulate other Epic's. He maintains his true gift was the sharp brain he was born with. Claims to have orchestrated the rise and fall of a lot of high Epic's and is proud of the fact that he has never had to kill a person, he manipulates others to do the dirty work.

Was a key Epic during Obliterations reign of Houston and survived when the man lost his mind and destroyed the city. Obliteration suspects Reflections escape, a fact that Reflection uses to his advantage in more ways than one.

Never done this type of thing before so let me know if it sounds ok.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

"Attention all players! Tuesdays are now taco nights in The Dalles. Let all take note."

* whispers *

"What? What do you mean tacos are Frostfire's weakness?"

"Ugh, fine. Free ice cream every Saturday."

more whispering

"What? Shiny Sparkle is so violently allergic to ice cream that the first time she uses her powers after eating it, she turns into a killer penguin? That...that's actually kind of cool. Free ice cream every Saturday and Wednesday, everyone!"

[mail-mi he/him]

I say yea, though it won't affect my characters much (BusDriver works for quicksilver, and no one (almost ) knows Reader's weakness.)

[Kobold King he/him]

I say yea, though it won't affect my characters much (BusDriver works for quicksilver, and no one (almost ) knows Reader's weakness.)

 

A far-reaching City Guard policy could still work its way down to effect people like BusDriver.

 

And this is an individual decision, so if you vote yea you can go ahead and send the PM.

 

 

I like those Epics, Tyson. Though we already have several Epics who can turn themselves incorporeal (Wraith, Fade, Vapor Snake), I don't think there are any in Corvallis.

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

I also don't think there has been any real plan for Thoughttown or the Dominion to do tomorrow back in Portland.

Corpsemaker has plans. I'm not sure they've been shared with the rest of the Dominion though.

 

Is Lightward's speech going to happen?

[mail-mi he/him]

A far-reaching City Guard policy could still work its way down to effect people like BusDriver.

And this is an individual decision, so if you vote yea you can go ahead and send the PM.

I like those Epics, Tyson. Though we already have several Epics who can turn themselves incorporeal (Wraith, Fade, Vapor Snake), I don't think there are any in Corvallis.

I will do so later.

Actually his powers sound exactly like Wraith's powerset except with a PI, so I'd suggest changing a few things, but otherwise looks good.

Edited June 11, 2015 by mail-mi

[Kobold King he/him]

Is Lightward's speech going to happen?

 

Most likely.

 

So guys, do we already have any medium to large scale plans for what to do on the next game day? For examole is Kobold continuing to control the pandas and if they attack ect?

 

Yes, I am still controlling the Panda, and even as we speak he is plotting another nefarious assault on The Dalles. There are actually some pretty cool things on that front, to be orchestrated on the next game day...

[Comatose he/him]

A far-reaching City Guard policy could still work its way down to effect people like BusDriver.

 

And this is an individual decision, so if you vote yea you can go ahead and send the PM.

 

 

I like those Epics, Tyson. Though we already have several Epics who can turn themselves incorporeal (Wraith, Fade, Vapor Snake), I don't think there are any in Corvallis.

 

Insight is an incorporeal in Corvallis, but another one would be welcome, and Smoke is quite different.  

 

I will do so later.

Actually his powers sound exactly like Wraith's powerset except with a PI, so I'd suggest changing a few things, but otherwise looks good.

 

To be fair, Brandon has said that truly unique powers are rare, so having epics with similar powers probably makes us closer to canon than farther from it.  I'd guess it's more about unique power combinations than anything.  

 

I'm planning out a healer character for Corvallis.  Right now, I'm thinking a damage transference power, similar to Deathwish and Decoy (that NPC epic who died in my first Corvallis post).  This epic would basically have the power to transfer damage from one body (the patient) to another.  Both have to be living, so it wouldn't work to transfer the injuries to corpses.  What I like with this power is it works well with Euphoria's ability, and could cause problems without Euphoria to compliment it.  What I'm imagining is that this epic transfers injuries and illnesses from more useful people (mostly epics) to less useful people (usually vanillas), and keeps a bunch of invalids around to transfer injuries and illnesses to until they die of them.  These invalids would be kept happy with their state by Euphoria's power, but with her gone, I think they will become much less satisfied with their situation, causing problems for the Doctor.  

 

Thoughts?

[Blackhoof]

If this is the place to make a civilian character, then here is mine:

Name: Rick Daveson

Age: 35

Hair: brown

Height: 5'8

Eyes: green

Backstory: Grew up in a moderately wealthy family, was well educated and joined the secret service for 10-12 years before retiring to become a computer specialist. He lived a happy life for a few years. And then Calamity struck.

A minor epic named Blastwave destroyed his home and family. His thoughts turned from programming to revenge, but lacking the skills to directly fight epics, he instead covertly discovers their weakness, then breaks into epic homes, hacks into their computers, and posts the weakness and name of the epic on random sites.

Strengths: Subterfuge, anything computer-related, and research.

Weaknesses: hand to hand combat, laser weapons, evil kittens, too many meatballs in the spaghetti, football, clowns, vampires, batman, and monkeys. He is allergic to blueberries (loud sneezing that will give him away.)

Currently resides in Astoria

Feel free to give feedback and suggestions. I'm open to improvement!

  

a sound concept, but one major flaw- the internet isn't around anymore. A lorist specifically stated that they lost most of the information that used to be on the world wide web. So while computers and mobiles are around, and Knighthawk connects their mobiles and stuff, the internet doesn't exist.

  

Insight is an incorporeal in Corvallis, but another one would be welcome, and Smoke is quite different.  

 

 

To be fair, Brandon has said that truly unique powers are rare, so having epics with similar powers probably makes us closer to canon than farther from it.  I'd guess it's more about unique power combinations than anything.  

 

I'm planning out a healer character for Corvallis.  Right now, I'm thinking a damage transference power, similar to Deathwish and Decoy (that NPC epic who died in my first Corvallis post).  This epic would basically have the power to transfer damage from one body (the patient) to another.  Both have to be living, so it wouldn't work to transfer the injuries to corpses.  What I like with this power is it works well with Euphoria's ability, and could cause problems without Euphoria to compliment it.  What I'm imagining is that this epic transfers injuries and illnesses from more useful people (mostly epics) to less useful people (usually vanillas), and keeps a bunch of invalids around to transfer injuries and illnesses to until they die of them.  These invalids would be kept happy with their state by Euphoria's power, but with her gone, I think they will become much less satisfied with their situation, causing problems for the Doctor.  

 

Thoughts?

that is deliciously dark.

didn't you already mention a healing Epic in the op, as well? Skinsaver I think.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Insight is an incorporeal in Corvallis, but another one would be welcome, and Smoke is quite different.

To be fair, Brandon has said that truly unique powers are rare, so having epics with similar powers probably makes us closer to canon than farther from it. I'd guess it's more about unique power combinations than anything.

I'm planning out a healer character for Corvallis. Right now, I'm thinking a damage transference power, similar to Deathwish and Decoy (that NPC epic who died in my first Corvallis post). This epic would basically have the power to transfer damage from one body (the patient) to another. Both have to be living, so it wouldn't work to transfer the injuries to corpses. What I like with this power is it works well with Euphoria's ability, and could cause problems without Euphoria to compliment it. What I'm imagining is that this epic transfers injuries and illnesses from more useful people (mostly epics) to less useful people (usually vanillas), and keeps a bunch of invalids around to transfer injuries and illnesses to until they die of them. These invalids would be kept happy with their state by Euphoria's power, but with her gone, I think they will become much less satisfied with their situation, causing problems for the Doctor.

Thoughts?

It's an awesome idea, but would it work? Even though he's not a gifter, a few AMA answers have implied that Epic powers interfere with one another, so I don't know if he'd be able to use his power on Epics or not.

[Blackhoof]

Whoops, sorry for that downvote Twi! I balanced it with an up vote somewhere.

It's an awesome idea, but would it work? Even though he's not a gifter, a few AMA answers have implied that Epic powers interfere with one another, so I don't know if he'd be able to use his power on Epics or not.

yeah, but Epics can still use their powers on each other. Its different from one Epic personally using multiple different Epic's powers through gifting or Epic tech.

Edited June 12, 2015 by Blackhoof

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Whoops, sorry for that downvote Twi!

Tis okay. Quota has made me do that before.