Mckeedee123 he/him Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 That actually is closer to my original idea of him, and fits better with his name. And the shockwave idea would explain the extra power of his attacks without the need of super strength. It could disperse quickly, which would mean that a person would be thrown backward, but not necessarily severely damaged to the point of bone-breaking. So long as it's dodge-able, it's fine in my book.
Voidus Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 I do think people somewhat overexaggerate the dangers involved there, even if it travelled instantaneously it's no more dangerous than a gun would be.
Blackhoof Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 True, but guns have a chance of missing. A pretty good chance, even.
Voidus Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 In something like an RP though that rarely matters since most protagonists are expert riflemen with impeccable aim. 2
Shattered he/him Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 Okay, so his attacks will be kind of like projectiles. Maybe a little slower than bullet-fast, and they are strong enough to blast people backward. Sounds good.
Kobold King he/him Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 True, but guns have a chance of missing. A pretty good chance, even. Remington Springfield doesn't miss. His targets bend themselves into the path of his bullets, because it's an honor to be killed by him. 6
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 22, 2015 Author Posted June 22, 2015 Remington Springfield doesn't miss. His targets bend themselves into the path of his bullets, because it's an honor to be killed by him. Whatever you say, Edgerunner. 2
Blackhoof Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 Remington Springfield doesnt take cover, cover springs to his defence 5
Kobold King he/him Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 Whatever you say, Edgerunner. Oh, I'm not her. I probably wouldn't look nearly as good in Edgerunner's leggings as she does. 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 22, 2015 Author Posted June 22, 2015 Remington Springfield doesnt take cover, cover springs to his defence Remington Springfield doesn't use a flashlight. Darkness simply scatters around the area he needs to see. 3
Kobold King he/him Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 Remington Springfield doesn't use a flashlight. Darkness simply scatters around the area he needs to see. Remington Springfield is Calamity's weakness. 2
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 22, 2015 Author Posted June 22, 2015 Remington Springfield is Calamity's weakness. So what do Calamity's nightmares look like? 1
Kobold King he/him Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 So what do Calamity's nightmares look like? Remington Springfield cleaning his rifle. 4
Blackhoof Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 Remington Springfield doesn't swim, water just takes him where he wants to go. Remington Springfield doesn't need to eat, food just really wants to be eaten by him so he generously obliges. Remington Springfield doesn't win fights, he just allows his enemies to lose. 3
Kobold King he/him Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 Remington Springfield has an Epic-skin rug in his cabin. The Epic isn't dead, of course--he's just too afraid to get up without Remington's permission. 8
Shattered he/him Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 Jesus can walk on water. Remington Springfield can swim through land. 3
Mckeedee123 he/him Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 (edited) In something like an RP though that rarely matters since most protagonists are expert riflemen with impeccable aim. Well, yeah, but you have to think of character survivability. Even Mr. Headshot (the ultimate expert rifleman with impeccable aim) wasn't able to kill any characters. Funtimes could "skittle" his projectiles so that they didn't do any damage. The way this guy originally was, he could just kill people. No way to dodge, no way to escape, no way to fight back except to bring enough guys that you can surround him. He punches into the air and your head shatters. Anyone who crossed him would just be dead. Our beloved characters would have no Deus ex Machina to save them. He wouldn't exactly be considered a High Epic (neither would Deathpoint,) but he would have been sort of difficult to work with. Frostfire sort of bugs me because he apparently has an Insta-Kill, too. I thought he would just be able to throw fireballs or whatever but that WHOOC has me worried. Whatever, though, I guess. He's already well-established and shipped off to Neverland (courtesy of Twilyght, I assume.) Edited June 22, 2015 by Mckeedee123
Blackhoof Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 I suppose IKs are ok in this setting as long as we just don't utilise them as IKs. Smasher for instance can squish with his forcefields, but doesn't because of sportsmanship.
Voidus Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 (edited) Well, yeah, but you have to think of character survivability. Even Mr. Headshot (the ultimate expert rifleman with impeccable aim) wasn't able to kill any characters. Funtimes could "skittle" his projectiles so that they didn't do any damage. The way this guy originally was, he could just kill people. No way to dodge, no way to escape, no way to fight back except to bring enough guys that you can surround him. He punches into the air and your head shatters. Anyone who crossed him would just be dead. Our beloved characters would have no Deus ex Machina to save them. He wouldn't exactly be considered a High Epic (neither would Deathpoint,) but he would have been sort of difficult to work with. Frostfire sort of bugs me because he apparently has an Insta-Kill, too. I thought he would just be able to throw fireballs or whatever but that WHOOC has me worried. Whatever, though, I guess. He's already well-established and shipped off to Neverland (courtesy of Twilyght, I assume.) Doesn't mean those powers can't be RP characters, I have Bioterror who can insta kill an entire army if he felt like it. Jesus can walk on water. Remington Springfield can swim through land. Jesus turned water into wine. Remington Springfield turned water into dead Nighthound. Edited June 22, 2015 by Voidus 2
Blackhoof Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 (edited) How about Lady Deathskull has her fight after Substance has his? I'm thinking she can fight Hollowman, an Epic who can turn invisible and shoot blasts of energy. Edited June 22, 2015 by Blackhoof
Voidus Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 How about Lady Deathskull has her fight after Substance has his? I'm thinking she can fight Hollowman, an Epic who can turn invisible and shoot blasts of energy. Concurrent fights can happen if you wanted to write it sooner. Did you want to write both sides or were you looking for someone to adopt Hollowman?
Blackhoof Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 I was thinking only one fight at a time, so that Soulcaster and the others can watch them all? I'll write him I think. And Winter can commentate haha
Kobold King he/him Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 I'm pretty sure insta-kill powers are par for the course where Oregon is concerned. CorpseMaker kills with a stare. Sightline and Timeport can teleport their weapons into you. Electro's lightning is fast enough to be counted as one, and Altermind can fill you with so much agony you might as well be dead. I think they're fine, as long as there's full cooperation between their writers and the writers for other characters. As long as nobody tries to use these powers to start randomly killing other people's characters left and right, these powers are no more gamebreaking than a pistol and a steady hand. 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 22, 2015 Author Posted June 22, 2015 I'm pretty sure insta-kill powers are par for the course where Oregon is concerned. CorpseMaker kills with a stare. Sightline and Timeport can teleport their weapons into you. Electro's lightning is fast enough to be counted as one, and Altermind can fill you with so much agony you might as well be dead. I think they're fine, as long as there's full cooperation between their writers and the writers for other characters. As long as nobody tries to use these powers to start randomly killing other people's characters left and right, these powers are no more gamebreaking than a pistol and a steady hand. There definitely needs to be balance, to ensure insta-kill characters aren't OP as well. Epics like Steelheart and Obliteration are unique for a reason, after all. That said, there is a rule against killing another player's character without obtaining their express permission first, so if a character has an insta-kill power, there should be space in which to work around an ending where they kill every player character in sight. Give them a mastermind sort of personality where they'd rather take on allies than create corpses, or make them squishy so they can't afford to make too many enemies, or make sure there's some sort of caveat so other characters can escape. On the flip side, if your character goes up against an insta-kill character, get creative. Think of a way your character might fight or talk their way out of that situation. Part of the fun of the Reckoners books, after all, was seeing how David, whose only power is terrible similes, holds his own against evil beings with godlike powers. 4
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