Winning plan:
[x]Plan: Growing in Number
-[x] Combat organized crime in Doofania
-[x] Recruit rogues and villainous capes
-[x] Provide Evil Job Benefits
-[x] Investigate Doomtown
-[x] Research AI
-[x] Search the news for evidence of magic
Dr. Doofenschmirtz
-[x] Spend time with Vanessa
-[x] Read your Spellbook
-[x] Visit the Memorial
-[x] Acquire tickets to the Kronos gala- Must be completed before Turn 7 November/December 2015 to attend
Goofy
-[x] Bond with Max
Genghis Khan
-[x] Learn English
Wile E. Coyote
-[x] Help Doof (and LOVEMUFFIN) as lab assistant
--[x] Try and induce superpowers
Francis Monogram
-[x] Help Doof
--[x] Combat organized crime in Doofania
Agent Russ
-[x] Help Doof
--[x] Investigate Doomtown
Norm Prime
-[x] Martial: Take down Inquinator
Dennis the Duck
-[x] By Searching for Donald
Hego
-[x] Help Doof
--[x] Provide Evil Job Benefits
L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N.
-[x] Work on an extra action?
--[x] Try and induce superpowers
Will you activate an Inator next turn?
-[x] Yes
[ ] Combat organized crime in Doofania
DC 100
41+12+17+10+1=81
Failure
Major Monogram's attempt to crush organized crime within your borders saw some initial success though it turned out that the criminals were better entrenched than he had expected. In lieu of drawn-out fights with Normbots and OWCA agents, many of them simply picked up and left for new safehouses. Francis did manage to at least foil a few crimes, including an attempted power plant takeover, albeit with the culprits absconding. On the upside, his work meant that you had a good idea of who was operating in or near your territory, which was very useful when you started to...
[ ] Recruit rogues and villainous capes
DC 35
94+15=109
Critical Success
To be continued in Interlude: The Interviews of DOOOOM!
[ ] Provide Evil Job Benefits
DC 50
27+24+18-1=68
Decent Success
Hego may have been a bit dimwitted but he certainly had what it took when it came to administrating. He was able to hammer out a benefits package in no time at all that would ensure all of your citizens and employees are well cared for, with a phenomenal dental plan, three weeks of vacation in the tropics per year, and all sorts of other benefits that were lacking in OWCA's internships- or even some of the FBI's packages, for that matter.
Moderate Income loss from expenses!
All heroes gain +5 permanent loyalty!
[ ] Investigate Doomtown
DC 100
90+14+36+5+3=148
Great Success
Agent Russ has done good work and sent you a full report on the state of Doomtown. It lays out the political situation of LA, known relations of Judge Doom, the state of Toons in the area, and Agent Russ' personal recommendations. Agent Russ seemed particularly affected by what he saw there. Expect it within the day.
Full report on Doomtown available!
Reach Out to the Red Car diplomacy national action unlocked!
Future 'Assault a Rival' actions against Judge Doom have -10 DC!
[ ] Research AI
DC 95
57+38=95
Bare Success
Your scientists' work in AI research went… okay. You honestly can't think of a better way to describe it than that. You didn't make any groundbreaking discoveries or uncover things that are immensely exciting, they just managed to barely lift you to the next level of research. Your next generation of AI will be capable of holding an actual conversation without sounding like a stilted weirdo, and they can handle a few more complex ideas without defaulting back to uselessness, but true sentience still seems to elude you. There must be
some way to break through the thought ceiling...
Next level of AI research unlocked!
Trading cards unlocked!
Upgrade Norm action re-added; relative value will depend on the degree of advancements made since the last upgrade!
DCs of tasks that make use of AI reduced!
[ ] Search the news for evidence of magic
DC 45
75+0=75
Decent Success
You decided to be scientific about this. You tasked some interns to bring together every strange news report or police file they could, then filtered out anything that could be easily explained (like weird noises in old houses) or seemed irrelevant (like UFO sightings). The result was… very interesting.
You can confirm with some certainty that the Pacific Northwest is a hotbed of weirdness, especially a roughly-triangular section in the center of the region. Strange sightings, unexplained disappearances, creepy stuff. However, you also found
another center of oddities.
Echo Creek is a minor suburb just south of Los Angeles, not too far from some of the places Agent Russ was staking out. It seems pretty darn standard, aside from a weird origin story about possums that honestly wouldn't sound out of place in Drusselstein. But a few years ago, it
exploded with strangeness. Weird police reports that no longer exist as far as the officials are concerned. Dozens of news articles that can 'no longer be found' online. More anecdotal evidence of weirdness per square mile than even up in Oregon, unless of course someone has a rational explanation for raining narwhals and naturally occuring cupcake-shaped crystals. Then, not too long ago, everything just…
stopped.
Whatever was going on seems like it's either ended or has at least managed to keep itself quieter than it used to, and so this seems like a much less foreboding option for supernatural research than, you know, that place where a bunch of people keep mysteriously disappearing. Send someone to investigate!
Unlocked intrigue national action: Investigate what Happened in Echo Creek
[ ] Try and induce superpowers
DC ???
43+38+12+1=94
Awkward Failure
L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. had really no idea where to go with inducing superpowers so they were basically throwing science at the wall to see what stuck. This… did not work out as well as they had hoped. It turns out that most of them weren't willing to take a bath in radioactive waste or throw themselves into a vat of chemicals, and their attempts to do this to Coyote only resulted in hilarious incidents. When you came in to check on them, you were surprised to find Rodney sitting upside down, his head now the size of a yoga ball, with a very discontent expression on his face. It looked like they were trying to make him smarter! They succeeded… sort of. He's not a super genius or anything but he should be slightly more competent as the rest of L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. combined. Unfortunately he won't be doing any more fighting or heavy weapons tests anytime soon.
L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N.'s Learning has been raised to 14! L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N.'s Martial has dropped to 3! Rodney is now slightly smarter than the rest of the scientists combined, but considering who you're talking about this isn't saying much!
Unlocked Learning national action: Research superpowers!
Dr. Doofenshmirtz
[x] Spend time with Vanessa
53
Thankfully your schedule wasn't too busy these last couple months, so you got to spend some quality time with your daughter! Norm's suggestions back in Drusselstein panned out, and Vanessa was rather pleased when you offered to play a game of Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons with her. Apparently it
is cool now. Who'd've thought. You should be able to make this a regular thing!
You can't play DD&MD with only two people! And Vanessa still doesn't want you playing with her normal friend group, so you'll need to start your own game. Which other people do you want to invite? This will not take a personal action!
Pick up to 5
[ ] Goofy
[ ] Major Monogram
[ ] Wile E. Coyote
[ ] Genghis Khan
[ ] Agent Russ
[ ] Norm Prime
[ ] Hego
[ ] Dennis the Duck
Who will be the Dungeon, Dungeon and More Dungeon Master?
[ ] Write-In
Reward revealed: Unlock Vanessa as a hero unit. 72/100
[x] Read your Spellbook
41
Oh, this is so exciting! Your head is thrumming with brand-spanking-new ideas. Thaumatic resonation, Resons, Ley Lines, and more! You're probably not going to be slinging spells in the next month, but you think if you keep at it you should develop a rudimentary understanding of basic magical principles.
Reward revealed: Doof gains a (low) Occult stat
(41/150)
[x] Visit the Memorial
35
You, Major Monogram, and every OWCA agent that could make it spent a quiet hour reflecting at the Perry the Platypus Memorial Park. Thanks to recent breakthroughs with Francis, there was no yelling, or blaming, or arguing. Just a quiet moment to reflect, and remember.
You still remember what happened. A year ago today. After the last explosive failure, you had decided to hide the self-destruct button on your next Inator. You wonder sometimes, if you had made it a little more obvious, or if you had hidden it just a little better, if you had done anything but put it where it could be pressed without either of you noticing… would things be different?
There's no way to tell.
[x] Acquire tickets to the Kronos gala
62
The gala actually sold out earlier this month, but thankfully scalpers are still very active and for you money is very little object. You managed to get the good tickets- nothing like the packages Shere Khan or Syndrome's 'special guest' will be getting, you're sure, but it gets you in the front door and into the sections restricted to the fancy people. You're set for a good hotel and airfare, and also managed to get a ticket for a +1! That means you can bring a friend all the way into the center of the gala! Or…
conspirator, depending on if your plans for the evening work out.
Unlocked for turn 6 (November/December 2015) Quest: ???
Goofy
[ ] Bond with Max
82
Goofy used one of his days off to take a nice trip with Max out east to see some of the sights. Crisis was averted as Max refused to stop at Bueno Nacho for lunch, and a good time was had by both as they saw all sorts of little roadside attractions and spent time in hotels. All in all, it was a good trip! When it was done, Goofy had even convinced Max to start working for you as an intern!
113/100: Max unlocked as a Hero Unit!
Genghis Khan
[ ] Learn English
94+10=104
Temujin is making astonishing strides with his new instructor. You're really amazed how far he's come, he's issuing threats in full sentences now. You think it shouldn't take much longer until Genghis is able to interact with the world in a much more meaningful way. You
also think it might be a good idea to get the contact information for this 'Professor Von Drake' after the lessons conclude. You had the name wrong before.
Reward revealed: Genghis Khan becomes fluent in English, some stats may increase: 198/250
Norm Prime
[ ] (Martial) Take down Inquinator
Norm: 69+36+8=113
Inquinator:99+16+10= 125
Norm's attack on your nemesis seemed to be going perfectly! He was pretty handily beating the stuffing out of the shabby vulture until something happened that no one was able to explain. The most likely explanation is that Inquinator got a lucky hit in that was just severe enough to make Norm reboot. He used this opportunity to push him down the stairs and make a break for it!
"THOUGHT I WASN'T GOING TO FIGHT DIRTY, DID YOU?! YOU WERE WRONG! AH HAH HAH HAH HAH!"
Inquinator has escaped! His evil plotting will continue until you successfully complete a Nemesis action to take him down!
Dennis the Duck
[x] Search for Donald
13
Dennis asked people all around Doofania if they had seen Donald and put up lots of posters to help his search. Unfortunately he tended to put those posters up within the same square block, and didn't really make any progress in locating where Donald was. You're fairly certain he's not in Doofania though.
Inator Roll
The Anti-Procrast-inator! Doof gets 1 free Personal Action next round!