Question 20

[Edgedancer he/him]

@Majestic Let me crack my knuckles at this.

As for the main elementals, what kind of range, autonomy/intelligence and information feedback are we talking about? (or in other words, can he just send them fight in the next town over or does he actually need to be present himself) Adittionally, when does something start counting as a rock? Would a house count? Can the life element heal him? How fast would that deadly disease be killing?

So what would a sub element actually do? Like what's a wind car capable off, for example.

As for "natural means" does that mean anything that's not manufactured by man? Could you punch him?

 

[Majestic he/him]

Just now, Edgedancer said:

@Majestic Let me crack my knuckles at this.

As for the main elementals, what kind of range, autonomy/intelligence and information feedback are we talking about? (or in other words, can he just send them fight in the next town over or does he actually need to be present himself) Adittionally, when does something start counting as a rock? Would a house count? Can the life element heal him? How fast would that deadly disease be killing?

So what would a sub element actually do? Like what's a wind car capable off, for example.

As for "natural means" does that mean anything that's not manufactured by man? Could you punch him?

 

Thanks, this will hopefully clear things up for me too haha.

Basically, all Elementals - including Sub-Elementals - can only be controlled if a: he can see them, or b: they are close enough to him. He can still control them if he sees them out of a camera, for example. And, he has to be within a 20 meter range to control them without vision. Of course, he can't see out of their eyes (unless he is using a Camera Sub-Elemental or others, I guess), so it can be hard.

I should probably correct rocks. I kind of meant the generic "rock", i.e. a visible stone that isn't stuck to the ground (pebbles, boulders etc.)

Yes, the Life Elemental can heal him, and the deadly disease would kill in roughly a week, so as not to be too OP. The disease spreads via coughing, sneezing or long skin-to-skin contact.

For Sub-Elementals, well... I was a bit unsure. I'm assuming they would work best if they incorporated the main function of said object. If you meant a wind-up car, the Sub-Elemental would probably have a dial to wind up, and once it was ready, would just propel forward. I didn't say all Sub-Elementals were helpful!

Thanks for the feedback dude.

[Aonar he/him]

My original plans for Eternity involved finding Deathgale (possibly interrupting the conversation with Bioterror) and proceeding to play both sides. (This is the post I mentioned earlier.) If that's going to be too complicated/long/have too much potential to slow down the plot, I'm fine with avoiding/skipping/summarizing this to a degree, (even if we didn't skip it most after the I initial interaction would probably get summarized anyways I'm thinking).

I'll get up a summary of the Dalles when I'm at home and have a computer, although I'm really not sure I'm the best person for that. 

[Majestic he/him]

Alrighty, first scene for the soon-to-be Omegas is up! (See the Salem Thread).

 

Don't be shy to PM me if you want to be a member of the Omegas! Only a couple of rules:

They cannot be Epics (obviously).

You probably have to be prepared for me asking for a collab at some point.

Your character will most likely die, so keep that in mind.

 

Keep posting, guys

[Voidus]

11 hours ago, Majestic said:

Alrighty, first scene for the soon-to-be Omegas is up! (See the Salem Thread).

 

Don't be shy to PM me if you want to be a member of the Omegas! Only a couple of rules:

They cannot be Epics (obviously).

You probably have to be prepared for me asking for a collab at some point.

Your character will most likely die, so keep that in mind.

 

Keep posting, guys

Do you mean it's obvious that they can't be Epics or they can be Epics as long as it's not obvious?

Look forward to seeing more

[Majestic he/him]

3 hours ago, Voidus said:

Do you mean it's obvious that they can't be Epics or they can be Epics as long as it's not obvious?

Look forward to seeing more

Well, uhh, the Omegas are  kinda anti-Epic, so...

I mean an Epic infiltrator can be arranged, but that seems a bit cliché haha.

Glad to hear it!

(Also, Element's bio is complete, if you wanna check it out :D)

 

Edit: Fixed Grammar Errors.

Edited July 2, 2017 by Majestic

[Voidus]

Only issue I can see is that you seemed to imply that Alex's grandmother gifted him superspeed but Gifters cant gift powers to other Epics.

Other than that it looks good to me if no one else has any other suggestions.

[Majestic he/him]

4 hours ago, Voidus said:

Only issue I can see is that you seemed to imply that Alex's grandmother gifted him superspeed but Gifters cant gift powers to other Epics.

Other than that it looks good to me if no one else has any other suggestions.

Oh, nice catch. Edited.

[Straw he/him]

Hmmm... Has it been mentioned here that there's a WoB that Night's Sorrow destroyed Oregon?

[Voidus]

10 hours ago, Straw said:

Hmmm... Has it been mentioned here that there's a WoB that Night's Sorrow destroyed Oregon?

Yeah, forgot who asked it though. But the whole state was turned into a desolate wasteland so the individuals could still be destroyed separately from that (Perhaps prompting Nights sorrow to just blow the whole place up)

[Fatebreaker he/him]

Well, as the writer with access to the majority of the Slivers and Quicksilver himself, I think I could help contribute to the Destruction of the Dalles. Or at least provoking Arsenal enough to make him do it 

There's also the Panda sitting around somewhere if we want to add extra chaos.

[Kobold King he/him]

On 7/2/2017 at 8:11 AM, Cognizantastic said:

I think that we can work to quickly resolve these big threads, then synthesize the character plot lines into something that can seriously mess Oregon up. What are you guys thinking?

 

I'm thinking about the irony of the idea of Adelmo finally convincing Backtrack that The Dalles is safest for him, only for them to turn to head in that direction and see a mushroom cloud on the horizon.

Tell me what I need to write and I'll write it.

[Kobold King he/him]

I think Lightwards defeating Chimera is a pretty likely scenario. As for Lightwards turning on the Jager siblings... I have my doubts about that. It would be an extreme tactical goof by him seeing as he doesn't currently have anywhere near the capabilities to defeat them both. (Mainly Lucentia.) Lightwards does grow more irrational after each death but I'm not sure he's all the way there yet.

Destroying The Dalles is way more likely to happen. Arsenal is currently in his office having been told to cool off by Vondra; if something were to directly attack the HQ, perhaps, I could see Arsenal finally snapping altogether. He already has nukes in The Dalles. He just needs the moment to conjure a remote detonator.

 

Random thought--if Lightwards gets Upgrade, the destruction of vast swaths of the Oregon countryside would be immediately guaranteed. Armies of the undead would fan out in all directions, slaughtering everything in sight, burning and killing as they go. Everything killed by them would get up and join the fray. He wouldn't be able to take any of the big Epic-run cities like Salem or Corvallis, but he's one of the few characters who directly benefits from extreme levels of carnage and cataclysm.

[Voidus]

1 hour ago, Cognizantastic said:

I like the provoking of Arsenal into destruction of the Dalles. What if things get so bad, that when Vondra comes to talk to Arsenal after "putting him in his room," he just snaps and finally puts an end to things? The Slivers going on a rampage could definitely contribute to that. I like the idea of finally having open combat between the City Guard and the people they've been hunting down for so long, if that fits in the characterization... what say you, @Voidus and @Edgedancer?

That would indeed be funny. 

See, telling you what you need to write is something I don't want to do, because it's your ingenuity as a creator that got me into this story as a first place. That began it, and it'd be the last thing I want to do to end without it. Whenever I explain this RP to someone, when we talk about our hobbies, Lightwards is always the first character I mention. That being said, I think the threads we should focus on with both of our limited time are Lightwards v. Chimera and the Arsenal/Vondra escalating tension. If you want to bring the Panda back into play (skip Rowena and just have his expanded army return to mess things up even more?), that could work too. 

If you agree with what I think we should focus our writing on, where do you think the plots should be pointed?

Given her current corruption levels Scribbler would definitely participate in a fight if the opportunity arose but she's mostly reactionary so she doesn't have much in the way of inciting the plot to happen barring going full corruption.
Which I suppose is something that is eminently triggerable if, say,  Impact were to accidentally blow up part of the hospital while she floats around in a daze.
 

20 minutes ago, Kobold King said:

...Random thought--if Lightwards gets Upgrade, the destruction of vast swaths of the Oregon countryside would be immediately guaranteed. Armies of the undead would fan out in all directions, slaughtering everything in sight, burning and killing as they go. Everything killed by them would get up and join the fray. He wouldn't be able to take any of the big Epic-run cities like Salem or Corvallis, but he's one of the few characters who directly benefits from extreme levels of carnage and cataclysm.

Yeah almost everone else suffers from the usual fault of Epics that David so keenly noted, they need to keep regular people alive so that there's someone to worship them.
 

1 minute ago, Cognizantastic said:

I agree with you on Lightwards defeating Chimera. It'll probably take just a post from you of his creatures being killed and resurrected to make him surrender. Do you think a Lightwards post is on the menu, then?

That makes much more sense that he won't turn on the Jagers. Thanks for pointing that out.  

And the Upgrade thing is very true, too, and would be awesome to read. Like @Voidus says, Upgrade motivators could exacerbate the destruction of Oregon a great deal... @Voidus and @Mrs. Voidus, how likely is that?

Well they'd need Upgrade samples then a decent amount of time for testing to get it working, they haven't studied any Meta-powers yet so they'd definitely prioritize it but timeline wise I can't see it being functional any time soon.

[Majestic he/him]

The real question is...

 

What's going to happen after Oregon's destruction? Will there be another RPG in a different state? Different country? If so then there will have to be some new element to draw people back in.

[Edgedancer he/him]

5 hours ago, Cognizantastic said:

I like the provoking of Arsenal into destruction of the Dalles. What if things get so bad, that when Vondra comes to talk to Arsenal after "putting him in his room," he just snaps and finally puts an end to things? The Slivers going on a rampage could definitely contribute to that. I like the idea of finally having open combat between the City Guard and the people they've been hunting down for so long, if that fits in the characterization... what say you, @Voidus and @Edgedancer?

Sounds like a good plan to me. A doctor wouldn't contribute much of course but as far as Jack goes, he'd be rather unpredictable if he goes bad.

[Voidus]

2 hours ago, Cognizantastic said:

I'm using the rate of posts in two-month intervals for a statistics project (you guys will see soon if interested), and as a consequence have been sifting through old Question threads. Found something funny.

I wish I had joined back then, to have experienced the madness in its heyday.  

edit: Yes guys, I'm the one upvoting your ancient posts. 

So you've been sifting through several old threads today? Or as one might say, going through threads today. Now there are 20 threads and a day is 24 hours long so if we were to average that out, it would mean you've gone throu one every hour or so. 

#Voiduswasaprecogallalong

[Blackhoof]

Hey guys, sorry about my extended absence. Real life got busy and I got a bit dejected seeing the RP with so little progress.

I'm happy to contribute towards this final end though, I will be more active from now on.

Corpsemaker is still on his tour of terror, but if he is attacked, by say, a horde of zombie chimera monsters that will definitely create some destruction.

 

On 03/07/2017 at 6:19 PM, Voidus said:

Yeah, forgot who asked it though. But the whole state was turned into a desolate wasteland so the individuals could still be destroyed separately from that (Perhaps prompting Nights sorrow to just blow the whole place up)

I like the idea that Bloody Mary becomes Night's Sorrow, and goes on a maddened rampage upon his death, destroying Portland.

Perhaps Astoria gets destroyed in the coup, most of the Epics slain or fled, and Mary goes to Portland with nothing else to do?

And then Nighthound dies. XD

 

I will PM the other people involved with the coup, and get a rough battle plan ready. Doesn't have to be a good one, but hopefully it provides a fun fight.

 

On 04/07/2017 at 11:34 PM, Cognizantastic said:

I agree with you on Lightwards defeating Chimera. It'll probably take just a post from you of his creatures being killed and resurrected to make him surrender. Do you think a Lightwards post is on the menu, then?

That makes much more sense that he won't turn on the Jagers. Thanks for pointing that out.  

And the Upgrade thing is very true, too, and would be awesome to read. Like @Voidus says, Upgrade motivators could exacerbate the destruction of Oregon a great deal... @Voidus and @Mrs. Voidus, how likely is that?

You know, knowledge of Upgrade getting out could set heaps of major Epics heading for Portland. Now that he has done something that can affect a whole city, maybe word escapes? Corvallis hears of an Epic that can make you super-powerful, and Epics begin clamouring to be let out to investigate for themselves. Chaos peaks and soon there are riots along with Insight stoking unrest and Iconoclast creating zombie hordes.

[Voidus]

Another potential method to incite the chaos: Soulcaster begins to even grow bored of the arena, he learns of Upgrade and uses his power over the astral plane to inspire dreams of acquiring Upgrade to the states High Epics. (Would be a bit outside his range but if it was just a vague dream idea rather than fully bringing them to the astral plane or into a dream he controls I think it'd work)
Would create a way to sync all the timelines to a single event and provide motivation to those who need it simultaneously.

Soulcaster is then promptly murdered by Metronome the great.

[Edgedancer he/him]

3 hours ago, Cognizantastic said:

Imagine how hilarious it would be if Metronome then successfully hunted down Upgrade, having his powers upgraded to complete control over time. Metronome, now the physical god of everything temporal, is the one to finally destroy Oregon. 

More seriously, I like that idea as a uniting factor to set everything into motion. How do the rest of you?

Ignoring for a moment how Metronome doesn'T need an upgrade, what if that was his plan all along, wiht his upgraded self sending the surety of victory back into the past? When he's sparing them, he not only means the present, he refers to the time where he himself is time.

Ignoring that for a moment, it does give a way to tie everything together. It would however at this point throw away the few dominos we have already set up, so maybe keep it in the backhand in case we need an encore to truly pulverize everything?

[Comatose he/him]

On 7/4/2017 at 7:15 AM, Kobold King said:

I think Lightwards defeating Chimera is a pretty likely scenario. As for Lightwards turning on the Jager siblings... I have my doubts about that. It would be an extreme tactical goof by him seeing as he doesn't currently have anywhere near the capabilities to defeat them both. (Mainly Lucentia.) Lightwards does grow more irrational after each death but I'm not sure he's all the way there yet.

Destroying The Dalles is way more likely to happen. Arsenal is currently in his office having been told to cool off by Vondra; if something were to directly attack the HQ, perhaps, I could see Arsenal finally snapping altogether. He already has nukes in The Dalles. He just needs the moment to conjure a remote detonator.

 

Random thought--if Lightwards gets Upgrade, the destruction of vast swaths of the Oregon countryside would be immediately guaranteed. Armies of the undead would fan out in all directions, slaughtering everything in sight, burning and killing as they go. Everything killed by them would get up and join the fray. He wouldn't be able to take any of the big Epic-run cities like Salem or Corvallis, but he's one of the few characters who directly benefits from extreme levels of carnage and cataclysm.

Taylor's been itching to get into a Government Building to check the Dalles's records.  She's just waiting for the right opportunity and the right face to get her in.  After meeting Emma and Deathwish, either one could probably get her in, so she could be an option for the 'attack'.  I know she's not a huge threat on the Arsenal/Quicksilver scale, but she could push them over the edge.  

I just let Blackhoof know that I'm open to moving forward on Corvallis, but now isn't the best time for me.  We are currently house shopping, and work is super busy, and I have some other 'free time' commitments that are going to keep me very busy for the next month or so.  I'll touch base though when I can, and try to keep up with this thread.  I DO have a pretty firm and outlined plan for what happens with my characters, and I've chatted with a few of the players about how to incorporate their characters into future plots previously.  Once I have more time I'll get everything together in one outline and share it with the people involved.  

Re: Upgrade - I'm open to moving him wherever :).  It would be kind of cool to have him hop from city to city, bringing destruction in his unassuming wake.  Personally, I've always wanted to see what Euphoria could do with his help.  

[Voidus]

I realize that most of the above were joking but for the record, I have Metronomes tier 5 power (The highest on my self-made scale and so I guess what they'd be boosted to by Upgrade) to be complete chronoperception, perceiving all timelines over all time. So that would be infinite pre and retrocognition as well as awareness of what decisions change what through perception of alternate timelines.
Not quite complete time manipulation but it would make him the ultimate puppet master.

[Voidus]

Read over my last post and accidentally re-read puppet master as puppy master.
And, well you know how it works.

Puppy Master:
Primary power: Able to summon and command a swarm of adorable puppies, typically composed of a mix of pugs and labs.
Secondary power: Synchronicity, able to synchronize the minds of puppies, causing them to act in concert. Of course, being puppies mostly they just all tilt their heads or fall down together.
Tertiary power: Cuteness magnification, can cause a multiplication of people emotional state towards puppies.

Is known for once accidentally killing an entire town by overloading their brains with adorableness when he arranged for 40 of his pugs to put on a christmas play.

[nmgrgtna he/him]

Alright. If we're planning for the end, Borrower could take out some of the more important epics, especially if he could gather a small team of moderately powerful epics.

[Hemalurgic Headshot he/him]

Just wondering, what happens when Portland is destroyed?