Panopticon: A Game of Posthumans, Perniciousness, Paranoia, Politics, and Plasmaguns
FORTHEYOLOZ
Morgana-sama!!!
- Location
- Omega Hell
[X] The Burned Man
[X] The Muscovite
[X] The Flayed Man
[X] The Muscovite
[X] The Flayed Man
pt246
Sometimes sarcastic, occasionally grumpy
[X] The Burned Man
[X] The Muscovite
[X] The Flayed Man
Although the Prodigy is tempting. It's hard to pass up a chance to fight a spooky ghost girl and make even more FEAR references. These three, though, are the consequences of what we've done, and what we've heard about our past, again and again.
[X] The Muscovite
[X] The Flayed Man
Although the Prodigy is tempting. It's hard to pass up a chance to fight a spooky ghost girl and make even more FEAR references. These three, though, are the consequences of what we've done, and what we've heard about our past, again and again.
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- Location
- in the trash
[X] The Burned Man
[X] The Muscovite
[X] The Flayed Man
[X] The Muscovite
[X] The Flayed Man
Spectrum
Tell me a secret~
- Location
- Behind you~
[X] The Burned Man
[X] The Flayed Man
[X] The Prodigy
The reasons for voting for the Burned Man and the Flayed Man have been mentioned already.
Now why would I leave off the Muscovite and pick the Prodigy instead? Because of setting up the narrative that Jamelia's got a whole backlog of people she's wronged and the Muscovite would be merely the latest. They can wait their turn and be future Jamelia's problem because even if she makes it out of this one, she's still not getting any rest.
[X] The Flayed Man
[X] The Prodigy
The reasons for voting for the Burned Man and the Flayed Man have been mentioned already.
Now why would I leave off the Muscovite and pick the Prodigy instead? Because of setting up the narrative that Jamelia's got a whole backlog of people she's wronged and the Muscovite would be merely the latest. They can wait their turn and be future Jamelia's problem because even if she makes it out of this one, she's still not getting any rest.
- Location
- Georgia, US
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I found ES' arguments for The Burned Man and The Muscovites to be convincing, I was more torn on the ghost girl vs the flayed man but after some thought, I think discount Alma/Samara/Whatever could be a fun final member of the Quirky Miniboss Squad.
[X] The Burned Man
[X] The Muscovite:
[X] The Prodigy
[X] The Burned Man
[X] The Muscovite:
[X] The Prodigy
Nah, discount Alma is on our side - it's Elissa. That's why we need a creepy ghost girl for her to mirror match.
Well, maybe. It's also possible that if they aren't chosen, that means they've dealt with their emotional connection in a more productive and safer manner, or they were never made wraiths in the first place.
Angry unquiet dead are reasonably common. Ones which are angry enough that they choose a risky method of resolving their fetters that can easily delay their passing on, much less so. And ones powerful enough that they can actually make said revengeance work are even rarer.
- Location
- National Capital Region, USA
[X] The Dreamer
[X] The Muscovite
[X] The Datawraith
These three. Because these three are the ones that will hit Jamelia the most. The unintended.
Jamelia likely never knew the Dreamer's name. He was a by-product, a casualty of the raid. Sure, she likely knew in the abstract that there were dreamers going to be caught in the raid and killed by it, but he was never the target himself. He was killed because he was just there.
The Datawraith was killed because she was merely a Virtual Adept pushing too hard to find her brother. She was only a target because she ran headfirst into security, entangled in Jamelia's fate only by her connection to someone more important. She would never have been a target on her own.
And the Muscovites... oh, the Muscovites. We piddled around in Moscow, getting caught up in playing with hemophage shenanigans while Henrietta and Threat Null prepared a very nearly successful attempt to take over the entire world and doom humanity. The Muscovites weren't a target at all. They were killed because Jamelia and the Amalgam had wasted too much time, let Threat Null land forces that were about to overwhelm everything, and we had no way to stop them but a nuclear blast in the heart of an inhabited civilian city. They died because Jamelia failed to stop Threat Null before it reached that point. They weren't a target. They were merely collateral.
All three of these died by Jamelia's actions, and she never even aimed at them for who they were. They were accidents, or by-products, or making up for failures. They wouldn't have died if Jamelia wasn't sloppy, or slow, or imprecise. Jamelia's whole life has been as an assassin for the Technocratic Union, and these people weren't even assassinated. They were just killed.
And now they will make Jamelia know their names.
[X] The Muscovite
[X] The Datawraith
These three. Because these three are the ones that will hit Jamelia the most. The unintended.
Jamelia likely never knew the Dreamer's name. He was a by-product, a casualty of the raid. Sure, she likely knew in the abstract that there were dreamers going to be caught in the raid and killed by it, but he was never the target himself. He was killed because he was just there.
The Datawraith was killed because she was merely a Virtual Adept pushing too hard to find her brother. She was only a target because she ran headfirst into security, entangled in Jamelia's fate only by her connection to someone more important. She would never have been a target on her own.
And the Muscovites... oh, the Muscovites. We piddled around in Moscow, getting caught up in playing with hemophage shenanigans while Henrietta and Threat Null prepared a very nearly successful attempt to take over the entire world and doom humanity. The Muscovites weren't a target at all. They were killed because Jamelia and the Amalgam had wasted too much time, let Threat Null land forces that were about to overwhelm everything, and we had no way to stop them but a nuclear blast in the heart of an inhabited civilian city. They died because Jamelia failed to stop Threat Null before it reached that point. They weren't a target. They were merely collateral.
All three of these died by Jamelia's actions, and she never even aimed at them for who they were. They were accidents, or by-products, or making up for failures. They wouldn't have died if Jamelia wasn't sloppy, or slow, or imprecise. Jamelia's whole life has been as an assassin for the Technocratic Union, and these people weren't even assassinated. They were just killed.
And now they will make Jamelia know their names.
FourthWall
Love & Destroy
- Location
- Chiraq
[X] The Dreamer
[X] The Prodigy
[X] The Datawraith
I like the way @Strypgia thinks, but I'm picking Sadako over the walking L because I feel it fits the "fuck business, make it personal" narrative thread he's going for better.
Dealing with the Muscovite(s) feels too much like a way to "do over" Moscow, but with a lotmore less punching. It's too meta for me, which is saying a lot.
[X] The Prodigy
[X] The Datawraith
I like the way @Strypgia thinks, but I'm picking Sadako over the walking L because I feel it fits the "fuck business, make it personal" narrative thread he's going for better.
Dealing with the Muscovite(s) feels too much like a way to "do over" Moscow, but with a lot
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WarpObscura
Sleepy Big Stick
- Location
- A dot at the edge of continental Asia.
[X] The Burned Man
[X] The Flayed Man
[X] The Muscovite
As mentioned, the Burned Man is HELMETSHRIKE come calling, the Flayed Man is Afghanistan and the Muscovite was on our sloth. I do also like how the Flayed Man was related to Jam's old problems with Ivan, while the Muscovite represents the new one he got saddled with. A nice link there.
What happened to Ivan, anyway?
[X] The Flayed Man
[X] The Muscovite
As mentioned, the Burned Man is HELMETSHRIKE come calling, the Flayed Man is Afghanistan and the Muscovite was on our sloth. I do also like how the Flayed Man was related to Jam's old problems with Ivan, while the Muscovite represents the new one he got saddled with. A nice link there.
What happened to Ivan, anyway?
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So it looks like the winners of the vote are religious conservatives, communists, and the proletariat in one corner, versus academia, progressivism, and the deep state in the other. There's probably a horseshoe involved somewhere. Jamelia, Elissa, and Harlan were going to be falling back towards the Union facility they were planning on using anyways, but because of the small size of the attack force Choi brought with him, they're probably going to be caught out of position and with limited preparation.
If people have suggestions for any rotes/etc. Jamelia & friends are going to put up to prepare for the inevitable engagement, you probably should make them now. Do note that they don't actually know what they're facing, so they won't exactly have hyper-specialized stuff up.
If Elissa and Jamelia compare notes, because Jamelia did get a report from the Tyrants, they can figure out that Choi, specifically, is apparently nearly immune to injury from sources that don't come from at least Elissa, and probably Jamelia as well, which is a very specific and important detail that might be of significant benefit.
If people have suggestions for any rotes/etc. Jamelia & friends are going to put up to prepare for the inevitable engagement, you probably should make them now. Do note that they don't actually know what they're facing, so they won't exactly have hyper-specialized stuff up.
If Elissa and Jamelia compare notes, because Jamelia did get a report from the Tyrants, they can figure out that Choi, specifically, is apparently nearly immune to injury from sources that don't come from at least Elissa, and probably Jamelia as well, which is a very specific and important detail that might be of significant benefit.
Shard
One and Many
- Location
- Malaysia
Quick thoughts
Entropy 'Done everything before' - Probably generic bonuses, based off Jamelia's experience with killing them and so she can rekill them and not die again. Jamelia can instinctively 'expect' everything they do and 'coincidentally' respond with something appropriate and devastating. Arete 6+ Entropy 5 = 11 Extended ritual casting?
Probably a Death generic anti-Ghost ward.
Harlan could have a Corr-based 'psychic static' which makes it hard for ghosts to pinpoint where they are, since Ghosts are psychic imprints of dead people and Harlan as it turns out can project their own psychic imprints in a large radius. Something like Psychic ECM I suppose.
What about spoofing with fake/extra signals? Might be easier to misdirect and have them unsure what's us, rather than trying to hide us entirely?
FunkyEntropy
Occasionally insightful, possibly grumpy
- Location
- Los Angeles
I do find darkly hilarious the idea that, because these ghosts whose entire reason for being is to go after Jamelia because she is tangentially responsible for all their deaths, we could do a rote based on, "I've gotten you killed before, I can get you killed again."
Shard
One and Many
- Location
- Malaysia
Yeah that's the idea. Tons of echoes of the real thing.
e: Do we have Alice and Harlan's (updated) character sheets?
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Act 7 Harlan & Elissa Spheres
Shard
One and Many
- Location
- Malaysia
Effects
Jamelia:
Entropy/Mind/DSci? - Jamelia has killed these people before. She can kill them again. After all, they aren't all that different from life; Senex has told Jamelia before on what happens to you after you die. A caricature. She'll apply his advise to the task of rekilling them. (Effect: Something like a bonus dicepool against things Jamelia has killed before. Easily justifiable as very useful against Choi.)
Time/Entropy - Building on the above, Jamelia can easily predict (Time 3) the actions of those she had already killed.
Generic Entropy/Time/Forces/Matter/Life effect: Perfect timing, responce, aiming. Similar effect to Senex' Bracer. With Corr, her quick brushup on spy techniques applies this to the whole party!
Elissa:
Death/Dsci/Corr - Generic antighost psychic ward.
Death/Dsci - AntiChoi Psychic effect.
Harlan:
Corr/Spirit/Mind - Harlan knows that Ghost EDEs are attracted to the psychic imprint of the party (Note: I don't know how true this is). Well, as a psychic, projecting these psychic imprints everywhere should mess that up.
Can the party pool their spheres together for grouped buffs? I think there's nontrivial amount of paradigmitic mixing possible via psychic share paradigm kinda and Jamelia being Enlightenment 6.
Jamelia:
Entropy/Mind/DSci? - Jamelia has killed these people before. She can kill them again. After all, they aren't all that different from life; Senex has told Jamelia before on what happens to you after you die. A caricature. She'll apply his advise to the task of rekilling them. (Effect: Something like a bonus dicepool against things Jamelia has killed before. Easily justifiable as very useful against Choi.)
Time/Entropy - Building on the above, Jamelia can easily predict (Time 3) the actions of those she had already killed.
Generic Entropy/Time/Forces/Matter/Life effect: Perfect timing, responce, aiming. Similar effect to Senex' Bracer. With Corr, her quick brushup on spy techniques applies this to the whole party!
Elissa:
Death/Dsci/Corr - Generic antighost psychic ward.
Death/Dsci - AntiChoi Psychic effect.
Harlan:
Corr/Spirit/Mind - Harlan knows that Ghost EDEs are attracted to the psychic imprint of the party (Note: I don't know how true this is). Well, as a psychic, projecting these psychic imprints everywhere should mess that up.
Can the party pool their spheres together for grouped buffs? I think there's nontrivial amount of paradigmitic mixing possible via psychic share paradigm kinda and Jamelia being Enlightenment 6.
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