THE INFINITE BROOD (Starcraft/Supreme Commander Crossover Quest!)

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THE SWARM SHEET
  • Informational
    • The Brood of Blades
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    Cerebrate Prime: Samantha Clarke
    LEVEL: 5
    XP: 205/210
    TRAITS
    Strategic Genius: Once per structured encounter, Sam can create a piece of the environment that is in her favor as a sticky spark. Roll a d3 for its value.
    Empathetic: upon meeting an NPC, learn their motivation!
    Legendary Commander: Gain 4 Command sparks at the beginning of each mission/combat. Command sparks may be spent to give NPCs orders, which they may either obey or refuse to obey (doing nothing instead.) Command sparks may not be regained via skills or powers.
    Hunted: Something wants her - but for what? +1 Danger to all scenes​
    SKILLS
    CLOSE COMBAT (2): Brawling, Edged Weapons
    PERSONAL (2): Awareness, Resilience
    SOCIAL (4): Charm, Empathy, Leadership, Taunt​
    MASTERY
    ACU Pilot (2): Nanofabrication [Mass], ObSat Operations [Range]
    The Hilt (4): Biomorphic Spawning (People), Regeneration (Durability), Physical Perfection (Speed), Telepathic Dominion (Range)​

    POWERS
    The Living Swarm
    Vent: 4-0
    Effect: Gain 1 Living Swarm spark, +1 per vent reduction.​
    The Living Swarm: While this swarm exists, move in three dimensions and through anything smaller than a keyhole, reforming at will. You may expend these sparks to cause 3 Hit Sparks in a Area 2 radius.​
    Area Upgrade: +1 to Area Characteristic​

    Biomorphic Reinforcement
    Vent: 4-0
    Effect: Create 1 Biomorphic Reinforcement spark, +1 per vent reduction, which can be given out to anyone within Range 2, or to yourself
    Biomorphic Reinforcement: +1 to Damage or Mass characteristic for the purpose of raw physical strength/feats.

    Back to Back
    Vent: 4-0
    Effect: Choose 1 ally (+1 per vent reduction), within Range 1. Each can take one action using one of your skills, any of them that you wish. Once they have done so, you may make a free attack with your melee weapon, getting +1 to your skill per ally that acted.​

    Adaptation
    Vent: 4-0
    Effect: Create a number of sparks equal to the enemy's difficulty, narratively based on turning their abilities against them. Works on enemies of Diff 2>, +2 per vent reduction.​

    Just as Planned…
    Vent: 6-0
    Effect: Vent 6 heat and create 1 Planning Spark for her or an ally, +1 Spark per vent reduction.​
    Planning: The person holding this Spark can expend this to get +1 to a skill check as a free action. Using this Stack counts as you are helping for the purpose of relationships.​

    GEAR
    Zeratul's Psi-Blades
    Adds: +0 (Edged Weapons) | Characteristics: Damage [Speed] (4)[1]​
    Shadowstep (3): Can expend as a free action to move without crossing intervening space.
    Guarded Space (3): Can expend to use Damage as a secondary characteristic for Durability, reducing incoming Damage characteristics.​

    GALACTIC WAR
    Victory Points: 5    ​
    RESOURCES​
    TERRAN DOMINION [Background] (1)​
    The men and material of the Dominion - limited, but they're mustering as we speak. ​
    ALLIANCE EXPEDITIONARY FORCES [Mastery] (1)​
    While you have access to several ACUs of every faction, they lack economic and technological support to be fully effective. ​
    ZERG HIVE [Mastery] (1)​
    The scant few Zerg you control that are free of Amon's influence. Mostly Zerglings. ​
    AEON FLEET [Background] (1)​
    While half a dozen CZARs seem impressive, they're not actually well made for ship to ship combat. ​
    ALLIED COHESION [Motivation] (1)​
    The alliance is fragile and weak.​

    FRONTS​
    Trade Sector-34-51 [Pirate Activity]
    Pirates Raiding 6 (Supply Lines in Disarray 1)
    COMMAND: Jim Raynor | ARMY: Raynor's Raiders
    RESULTS: Pending

    Braxis [Zerg Invasion]
    Borealis Siege 6 (Zerg Rampage1)
    COMMAND: General Samantha Clarke | ARMY: Brood Clarke
    RESULTS: Pending

    Typhan II [Active Xel'Naga ACU]
    Typhan II Occupied 6 (Xel'Naga ACU Spotted 1)
    COMMAND: Lt. Colonel Mathew Horner | ARMY: UEF Armored Command Unit
    RESULTS: Pending

    Deep Space Sector 981 [Hive Fleet Identified]
    Zerg Hive Fleet Spotted 6 (Kerrigan? 1)
    COMMAND: Citizen-Commander Dostya | ARMY: CN Armored Command Unit
    RESULTS: Pending
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    ENEMY ASSETS (Currently Known)
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    THE GOLDEN ARMADA
    ACTIVITY: Unknown | Threat Level: 6​
     
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    • [X] Empathetic: Upon meeting someone, the GM must reveal their motivation (their motivation can be "attempting to hide their motivation")
    [X] Just as Planned
    [X] Cool
     
    Spart117MC said:
    I don't think Tough is a good choice for a trait.

    In fact, I'd rather settle for any of the flat stat boosts over it. Tough is a trait that is only ever relevant in a worst case scenario and with HEAT's mechanics such a state of play is easier to avoid compared to other systems. Sure, it'll be helpful the one time Clarke ends getting majorly hurt or nearly killed, but conversely it'll only be of use that one time.
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    I mean, we just saw why it's good with Fenix - you can intentionally do something that accumulates so much heat you die from it, and walk away unharmed.

    (Actually, it sounds kinda broken - couldn't Fenix have blown up the hive from the very start and skipped the whole mission?)
     
    That's still an ability we're limited to using once during an encounter, potentially doesn't protect against emotional distress which is what Clarke suffered the first time we really notably overheated in the quest, and actions that overheat can also increase danger and while Clarke might be able to survive such a scenario thanks to having Tough any allies there with her aren't guaranteed to survive the increased number of enemies because she's the only one that benefits from the Tough trait.

    DragonCobolt said:
    Buying the Fatman will overheat your character, and add +21 Danger to the scene!!!!
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    For reference the fight against the Zerg where building the Fatboy would have put us into overheat and added that amount of danger had a danger value of 35. Overheating would have bumped up the difficulty of the Aiur fight into one that would have been over 1.5x harder than what we experiences. That fight, might have genuinely killed Fenix.

    Having Tough doesn't give us carte blanche to overheat at once during every fight, especially when we're not the only ones fighting because doing so might just kill everyone else. And even if we survive the initial consequences of overheating there's nothing to say that the added danger won't kill us when the next round starts because it's left the enemy with loads of reinforcements and we've used up our one time free overheat.

    By comparison Rapid Defensive Employment can be used to protect everyone not just Clarke, and if she so wants, even the people she's fighting by forcing them to cease in that moment. It being a power also means when we use it, it flushes heat.

    On top of that we're getting to the point where intrigue is going to be the deciding factor of our encounters. Sarah is hiding crucial secrets and there are things to suggest she has mixed character motivations. Being able to suss those out could be the difference between saving her and damning her to staying the Queen of Blades. We're set to negotiate with Valerian who is a potential ally, but will be doing all he can to hide that fact given his position as Crown Prince and uncertainty of where Clarke stands.

    If these encounters lead to fights that's not a good thing, because then a character we know is going to suffer and be damned to a villain arc or we let Mengsk run around us in circles and get what he wants, so it's in our interest to have access to abilities to prevent them from devolving into fights where we're able to use Tough.
     
    beleester said:
    I mean, we just saw why it's good with Fenix - you can intentionally do something that accumulates so much heat you die from it, and walk away unharmed.

    (Actually, it sounds kinda broken - couldn't Fenix have blown up the hive from the very start and skipped the whole mission?)
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    Nah!

    He'd have blown up one (1) enemy, then not have toughness for future enemies!
     
    DragonCobolt said:
    Well, Fenix said, cheerfully. When the Khala has held a spirit within the crystals for long enough, and it yearns to be once more birthed into this world, then it the souls of the Protoss most directly related with a lustful passion, a blazing heat we call the Ch'nai. With this passion, a protoss male will have a mighty and engorged-
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    I'm not surprised that he would do this, but I'm proud of him anyway


    [X] Empathetic: Upon meeting someone, the GM must reveal their motivation (their motivation can be "attempting to hide their motivation")

    [X] Plan: Forward Defenses
    -[X] Rapid Defensive Employment
    -[X] Range: Add +1 Range to a power.
     
    Adhoc vote count started by DragonCobolt on Dec 4, 2023 at 9:21 PM, finished with 26 posts and 8 votes.
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    Fun! :D
     
    CINIMATIC: Old Scars (0.1)
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    • Sam enjoys her time back and fucks Sarah Kerrigan really really really good
    The bed squeaked rythmically as your hand worked - the motion more from Sarah's energetic, eager hips jerking in time with your movements, trying to push herself against your hand like she wanted your whole fist up there. Your thumb found and attacked her clit, rubbing in fierce, hard circles as she groaned. "F-...Fu...Fuck! Fuck! Fucking destroy me, fuck! Yes! Yes! Ah, I'm...sopping wet, oh fuck!" Sarah panted, heavily, her perky breasts heaving.

    Her sex wasn't the only thing sopping - her whole body gleamed with sweat, her hair had a bead of sweat dripping from one thick spike of bang as she licked a droplet of sweat off her tongue. Her cat-green eyes gleamed as she looked into your eyes and you stopped in your finger-fucking. Your grin was wicked.

    "You know..." you said, threatening to slide three fingers from her. The pressure of your knuckles drawing out wrung a whimpery moan from the younger woman. "If I don't miss my guess...you missed me."

    "Hnnnnn!" She moaned, desperately.

    You leaned forward. Your mouth attacked hers. Her tongue, her teeth, fought back just as fiercely. You drew back, then actually popped your fingers from her sex. Sarah's cry was a frustrated whine. She bucked her hips against nothing - reached up before being pinned down. She lifted her knee against your hip, almost like she was trying to attack you. "Come onnn!" she gasped.

    "Gotta say please," you whispered in her ear.

    "Fuck you, General," she growled, which had to be the hottest thing you'd heard all year.

    You grinned, then kissed her again. She bit you. The fierce, sharp spark of the pain on your lip made your own sex tighten. You wanted to...you pushed your knee forward, catching her knee, shoving her wide, pinning her down. The connection was awkward - until you broke the kiss, rearing back and she started to twitch her hips around, gasping and panting as she brough her cunt and yours together. You pinned her down harder as she writhed and arched her spine. The pressure was delicious, and the slippery catch of her against you drew a low groan. You started to fuck her into the bed, grunting as each pushing fuck of your hips cauesd the bed to creak and clack in its housings.

    "Yes...yes...ah..." She gasped.

    You stopped again, drawing back slightly. One hand reached up, grabbing her ankle - which freed her hand. She cupped your breast, squeezing you rough enough you had to bite your lip. Hard. Her ankle struggled against your hand. She wanted to loop her leg around behind your back, to force you back against her. You held firm, grinning confidently.

    "You need permission, Sarah," you murmured.

    "Sam!" she whined.

    "Not my rank, baby," you whispered.

    "...General..."

    "General what?" your eyes gleamed.

    "Permission to cum, please, please, let me cum, General, I'm going...I'm going crazy...Please..." She whimpered, her eyes closing.

    "Permission granted," you crooned, then leaned forward. Your breasts pressed together - but your sex drew apart. It was just hard to grind and be intimate sometimes - not in the way you'd locked together. You didn't want to draw apart to get into a better position, you didn't want to pull your skin from her skin. INstead, you just reached down. Her mouth was muffled by your mouth, her fingernails dug into your back, and she lifted one leg. Her thigh rubbed against your sex, trying to get you off - but your hand was on her. In her.

    She flooded, clenched, tightened. Moaned.

    And then she went slack. You panted, softly, still rubbing. You weren't sure if the sensation of her thigh, if the raw, feral after-emotions of conquest was enough to push you over, or if it was something else entirely. All you knew was that as warm blood dripped down your broad back, you felt your own...third orgasm tremble through you. Or fourth.

    You'd lost count since she had jumped on you before.

    You collapsed onto your side, gasping softly as Sarah sprawled on her back, her sweat soaked hair blooming around her head like a dark red corona. She laughed. "Holy shit..." She said, her voice amused. "I was joking earlier but- oh, uh, oops..." She lifted her hand, looking at the...

    You winced. "Biting. Clawing." You reached out, brushing some of your skin from her fingernails. "Are you a girl or a monster?"

    "Monster," she murmured - but you noticed a faint sense of sadness in her. Your brow furrowed and you shifted in bed, rolling onto your side. The E1 was currently in orbit around Aiur, and Matt was finishing up the preparations for where you would be going to meet Prince Valarian. He had also quietly informed you that Selendis had informed HIM that Raynor and Raynor's Raiders had quietly slipped out through the warp gate in the Protoss base camp, having slipped off to a world they called Shakuras. You couldn't blame them, as there was a Dominion battle fleet in orbit, after all...

    You cocked your head a bit. "You know what just hit me?"

    "Mm?"

    "What's your last name?" You asked.

    Sarah opened one eye. "I never told you?"

    "No," you said, shrugging. "I just..." You frowned. You realized, suddenly, just how...very odd that was. You'd have expected it to have come up at some point before now. You watched her face and saw a flicker of panic there. She then grinned, a little.

    "It's Teller," she said. "Sarah Teller." She rolled onto her haunches, sitting up and looking down at you. "Such an amazing revelation, I know."

    You laid on your back, wincing slightly as you shifted in the bed.

    Something about that felt...wrong. You had enough time to get a read on Sarah, to understand her emotions - the way her nose scrinkled when she was amused, the pensive look in her eyes when she was worried. And the faintly shifty look she got when she lied about who had stolen your best coffee mug, even after you'd explained they were infinitely replicable.

    "Is everything all right, Sarah?" you asked.

    "Yeah," she said, then grinned. "Just...nervous being around Protoss."

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    Hmm...

    HEAT: 0/6

    MOTIVATIONS: Sarah Teller ("Conceal My Motivation")

    [ ] Push the issue and confront her more directly. (Diff 10 Charm check with a -10 penalty - gain 18 heat, end ACT ONE)
    [ ] Try and gauge it more subtly by talking round about (Diff 10 Charm check, no penalty - gain 8 heat - lightly overheat.)
    [ ] Let it drop (Fail)
    [ ] Write In
     
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    • [X] Try and gauge it more subtly by talking round about (Diff 10 Charm check, no penalty - gain 8 heat - lightly overheat.)

    build up the tension before The Big Reveal!
     
    [X] Try and gauge it more subtly by talking round about (Diff 10 Charm check, no penalty - gain 8 heat - lightly overheat.)
     
    [X] Try and gauge it more subtly by talking round about (Diff 10 Charm check, no penalty - gain 8 heat - lightly overheat.)
     
    [X] Try and gauge it more subtly by talking round about (Diff 10 Charm check, no penalty - gain 8 heat - lightly overheat.)
     
    [X] Try and gauge it more subtly by talking round about (Diff 10 Charm check, no penalty - gain 8 heat - lightly overheat.)
     
    [X] Try and gauge it more subtly by talking round about (Diff 10 Charm check, no penalty - gain 8 heat - lightly overheat.)

    While we may get a fun option, I would like for both of these two loverbirds relationship to remain solid and not having to deal with an nasty break up
     
    [X] Push the issue and confront her more directly. (Diff 10 Charm check with a -10 penalty - gain 18 heat, end ACT ONE)

    There, I voted to push the History Eraser Button just for you DC.
     
    [X] Try and gauge it more subtly by talking round about (Diff 10 Charm check, no penalty - gain 8 heat - lightly overheat.)

    Finesse!
     
    [X] Try and gauge it more subtly by talking round about (Diff 10 Charm check, no penalty - gain 8 heat - lightly overheat.)
     
    [X] Try and gauge it more subtly by talking round about (Diff 10 Charm check, no penalty - gain 8 heat - lightly overheat.)
     
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