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  1. Kobold King
    He'd ask her, probably repeatedly. She wouldn't be required to share it per se, but she would be under a fair bit of pressure to do so. He'd tell only Arsenal and maybe Autumn what it is.
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    How many energy Epics do we actually have? It's resurrection Epics that I remember there being a surplus of.
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    16 Financier Boss Level! 20 Adventurer
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    12 Financier 2 Lockvault Quick! We need a loyal servant of Savior Zero to finish him off!
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    I was standing in Wal-Mart with my four year-old sister, and a random lady walked up and asked me "Is she yours?" Well I don't remember siring any offspring when I was fourteen, but let me check my records and get back to you later.
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    Most definitely. An Epic like him is an even larger threat than Obliteration. Vondra tries to keep tabs on the most dangerous Epics in his area, and he'd definitely know about it if Iconoclast had singlehandedly taken down Corvallis. In other news, Brandon just now answered Mailliw's question about unique Epic powers! Is it just me, or does this halfway confirm that Epics like Big Al exist with unique but useless powers?
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    Demoux struck me as the kind of guy who'd appreciate having a scar to show when he'd fought for the fate of his planet.
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    13 Financier 3 Lockvault
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    I was under the impression that we were talking about what characters knew in the present. Autumn would know Glamour and Deathwish's for sure; Deathwish's isn't public knowledge, but Vondra would have told her just in case. I'm not sure whether Scribbler told her or if she only told Vondra, and Redlight's is kept as secret as Vondra can manage because she's basically his bodyguard.
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    1 Brightdeath 13 Financier 7 Lockvault
  11. Kobold King
    Dear Red, I get the reasoning behind why you do what you do, but you have to understand that the reason people are uncomfortable around you is because you slit your wrist arteries and bleed all over the place in front of them. If you did this sort of thing in private, people would be less likely to assume you're some kind of maniac. Also, laundry. If you actually cleaned those clothes of yours you'd look less like a walking and talking scab, and maybe people wouldn't react to your presence with out-and-out disgust. Sincerely, Kobold King. Vondra knows the weaknesses of Glamour, Redlight, Deathwish, Arsenal, and Scribbler. (Didn't we agree in PMs that Scribbler told Autumn and Vondra her weakness? I don't think she told her whole backstory, but I'm pretty sure she at least told them about alcohol removing her powers.)
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    7 Brightdeath Such sevens. Much terror. Wow. 7 Bioterror 8 Financier 7 Lockvault ___________ 20 Adventurer
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    Sorry. I left out the part about how Neverthere is the incarnation of Echidna, the mother of monsters in Greek mythology, so I guess you can still pursue that plot line...
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    That would be awesome. Maybe it could take place in Newcago after Steelheart, with their lady mayor as the protagonist attempting to keep her city safe? With the pilot episode featuring Instabam? Don't forget the big musical number Cody gives about how Christmas was originally a Scottish holiday celebrating grapefruit.
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    But for every adorableness there must be an equal but opposite horribleness. So Neverthere would suddenly give birth to a ferocious half-boy half-dinosaur offspring.
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    Those questions are awesome! (And I think the term "Epicverse" was bandied about for a while, but it was snubbed in favor of "Reckonerverse."
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    Oh noes. Bloody Mary is going to be a mother.
  18. Kobold King
    It's no secret that a lot of Sanderfans are still extremely hopeful to see some of our beloved author's books onscreen at some point. Much talk is made of Mistborn video games or a Steelheart movie, and I've seen much talk from people advocating a Stormlight television series. What I'm here to discuss is something very different: the Reckonerverse shown in a television universe, as I've seen suggested here and there around the forums. While I love the Reckonerverse with all my heart, I'm puzzled at how a television series centered around the Reckoners would work. Until David Charleston joined their ranks, it seems like their adventures weren't exactly television material... Episode 1: Pilot episode. The setting and characters are introduced, including the High Epic Redleaf. He is such a slontze that the Reckoners unanimously agree to make him their next target. Episode 2: A long and lengthy meeting ensues, in which Prof lays out his plan for carrying out the hit. Abraham argues that after this they need to try hitting a more important Epic like Steelheart, but is brushed off. Episode 3: The Reckoners rent an apartment but are annoyed to find that they have no internal heat. Cody attempts to make offerings to the Great Phouka that makes furnaces work. Episode 4: Villain episode! The episode is told entirely from Redleaf's point of view. He is such a slontze that series ratings plummet dramatically, prompting the writers to swear never to do anything innovative again. Episode 5: Tia's cola shipment arrives, but Prof is rude to the deliveryman. The other Reckoners teach him a valuable lesson about being kind to others. Episode 6: The Reckoners buy a helicopter. They accidentally sell Abraham's gun, in what the writers hope will become a running gag for the series. Episode 7: Knighthawk sends the team their phone bill. Tia desperately tries to keep Prof from seeing how much she's spent on mobile game apps, knowing that the knowledge would drive him instantly evil. Episode 8: Flashback time! Prof goes to a secret Reckoners summit in Babilar, leaving Tia to ponder the sequence of events that led her to drink her first cola. Prof later returns with a box of cookies that he refuses to share. Episode 9: First of two parts. The Reckoners finally put their plans into motion in a bold move to assassinate Redleaf. Episode 10: Second of two parts. The Reckoners' plan works perfectly with absolutely no complications. Prof leaps out of a helicopter and kills Redleaf. Afterwards they all go out for shawarma. Roll credits. ... Am I the only one who thinks they'd need some sort of extra hook? I'd prefer to put focus on a slightly more adventurous Reckoners team, or better yet, focus on both Epics and other vanilla factions like the Oregon RPG does. But I'd be interested in hearing other members' ideas on how to spice up a Reckonerverse TV series.
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    At risk of being headcannoned, I neither think this is the case nor think that it should be the case. My reasoning: If David's father had any powers, they had to have been extremely subtle. He made no attempt to use them even when his child son was in danger from an Epic, he displayed no corruption whatsoever, and he ultimately went down easier than the mosquito that was crawling on my computer screen a minute ago. If he was an Epic he must have been deliberately repressing his powers, and we have absolutely no hints or foreshadowing that he was doing so. You could make a better argument for it being his mother, but I think, again, this would have been brought up in some way. Certainly we would have heard more about her if such a big reveal was planned for her, and as far as I remember, she's mentioned all of three times in the entire series. Thematically, revealing either of them who managed to repress their corrupted nature would cheapen the blind faith in human goodness that characterized David's father. This is weaker reasoning, but I can say that this kobold feels the powerful prologue of Steelheart would lose a fair bit of its strength if this were the case. But, we're getting off subject.
  20. Kobold King
    Weaknesses he'd know: Glamour's. Glamour's weakness is very well known in the city. Deathwish. If Quicksilver's been watching the city for a couple of years now, he'd have discovered Deathwish's weakness as soon as he came to the city. If not, then he still would have discovered it when Arsenal used it on him a few posts back. Edgerunner and Scribbler: depends entirely on whether he managed to bug Autumn's office. Redlight: Her weakness is basic enough that it may have been accidentally triggered a couple of times, so he might at least have a guess on what it is. Reader: Nobody knows Reader's weakness. Glad to see you back!
  21. Kobold King
    "Give me back my nose and I promise your end will be swift, knave."
  22. Kobold King
    Unfortunately, the newer one was stolen and posted to a lot of game sites without the maker's consent, so it's been taken down. (I'm assuming the versions on game sites went down too, or else it'd be kind of dumb to take down the only official version. ) Darn it Quiver. Having not seen Arrow, it took me a minute to realize you were quoting and that your name's not Oliver.
  23. Kobold King
    True, but would most of our characters really care enough to have mentioned it? We could retcon things so that Altermind and Vondra are aware of things that happened there, but simply haven't had any reason to show off their knowledge.
  24. Kobold King
    Hmm. I didn't pick up that kind of implication. I just think the average Australian would have higher prospects for survival than a person stuck in densely populated America or Asia. (Was it officially called the Capitulation Act? All this time I've been assuming it was called something different but earned the nickname of "Capitulation Act." ) I'm... trying to imagine the horror there, and I see what you mean, but I get stuck when I imagine a crazed supervillain trying to chase you outside, only having to stop by the door to put on his own warm weather gear before he can step outside. And then trying to chase you through thick snow only to keep falling over in the snow, too padded up with thick weather clothes to get up easily.
  25. Kobold King
    True. And I think we can all agree that... That said, there would be definite advantages to living in Australia. Of all the continents, only Antarctica is more sparse of human habitation; while the Outback is undoubtedly a dangerous place to live on its own merits, vanillas could conceivably survive out there for years without having to worry about Epics, provided none of their own turn. In any kind of social upheaval it's better to be in a sparsely inhabited countryside than in a major city, and if you can set up a self-sufficient homestead in the middle of one of the Australian deserts, you're in a much better position than the average American. Being trapped in confined spaces with an Epic mid-Rending would suck. Especially if he had the ability to summon giant squids to attack your submarine, just for added horror value.
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