Project Prometheus (Original Setting Superhero Quest)
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- He/Him
See that name just reminds me of a Pure Chimera power from Double Cross (Pure powers are only available for single-classing) called Multiple Arms that give you a limited stock of melee AOE attacks, and now tha I think about it Rhys would definitely be able to make 5 arms at once to punch a guy.
- Location
- USA
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- He/They
Awwwwww 🥺
Lmao yeah no that's totally fair 🤣
[X] Crusher
[X] A beating, clay heart that seems to be melting on it's bottom half.
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- Outside the Box
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- She/Her
He can sneak really really well, and he can fight good. What he's not good at is that his Reputation stat's only 2, which is a shame given he can change his appearance so freely. We're going to need to work on his image more than anything else.
A theater mask as an emblem is perhaps a bit aspirational, though maybe not in a bad way. Hmm.
A theater mask as an emblem is perhaps a bit aspirational, though maybe not in a bad way. Hmm.
huh poiny guys needs more social.
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- He/Him
Part of Reputation is leadership ability, and Rhys has said before that he's more comfortable receiving orders than giving them.
LucidProp
Pocky Eating MafiaDoka
By all accounts, Rhys is really good at social, in fact I'd say that's part of why he has such a high espionage score, but his social is the kind that stays lowkey. He's a guy you'll share a beer with and gets you to open up, only to realize the day after that you never got his name during your drunken ramblings.
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which his shapeshifting makes it even better. That works yeh.
TimEd
Meteor maker
maybe change this to
... organic compound dubbed "clay".
since as it is it makes it seem like the actual substance clay, rather than a substance given the name clay.
incomplete sentence. Scar on his abdomen what? Did it disappear? Did his body turn into the scar on his abdomen?
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LucidProp
Pocky Eating MafiaDoka
I'm taking suggestions for the emblem! The theater mask would probably fit better if we call him something like Stagehand instead of Handyman. Better thematic consistency, though Stagehand is less evocative of Rhys' personal history.
TimEd
Meteor maker
Searched the color up, and it's actually more used as Ink. The stone/metal substance of it doesn't quite look right to me, but it could be that too.
but these bits really reminds me of Phantom Inkblot, an old disney villain. Can we just make his name Phantom Inkblot or Mr. Inkblot if we want to keep the superspy persona?
His logo can be a spilled blot of ink, inlined with white with some sort of image inside. Maybe a magnifying glass with a question mark on the lens to turn him into a noir detective/spy.
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oh god could he do the Digital Devil Saga Serph/Varna extendable bone blade thing!!!!!!!!!!
Is all of his defense in just regeneration, moulding his body to evade stuff, or growing defensive measures, or is the 'clay' like, fireproof?
Is all of his defense in just regeneration, moulding his body to evade stuff, or growing defensive measures, or is the 'clay' like, fireproof?
LucidProp
Pocky Eating MafiaDoka
I love that actually. There's a personality test in psychology called the Holtzman Inkblot Technique that uses just that. It's perfect for Rhys since his method of spying on people back then is letting them project what they believed onto him. Now that he can change his face and such, it fits him even better now.
I really think we should emphasize his superspy persona, since his skillset is geared more towards that than outright face punching.
We could use Holtzman as a name, though that may be too on the nose if we use an inkblot as a symbol (Too much like Rorschach from Watchmen). Instead, maybe name him after the phenomena of seeing patterns (Pareidolia) and faces (Apophenia) where there aren't any?
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LucidProp
Pocky Eating MafiaDoka
Okay, double post, but I just had some ideas that could be really neat for Rhy's superhero identity while still maintaining the superspy aspect.
We could continue naming our Ambrosia Metahumans after stellar objects since Ambrosia did come from the Alien God. Black Swan was named after a Black Hole, and we can name Rhys after the asteroid Apophis which people originally thought would impact earth, only to later find out that we were wrong. Plays into the theme of deception as a superspy, while also somewhat referencing Apophenia and has a direct connection to Menagerie Witch who has a sibling relationship with Rhys now (She named her snake after Apep, AKA Apophis).
Alternatively, we could also do something with Cydonia if we're continuing with the space related theming of Ambrosia Metahumans. It's the region of Mars where people thought they found the face of a giant, only for it to turn out to be a trick of the light. It fits for Rhys being a superspy too. Something like Cydonius?
We could continue naming our Ambrosia Metahumans after stellar objects since Ambrosia did come from the Alien God. Black Swan was named after a Black Hole, and we can name Rhys after the asteroid Apophis which people originally thought would impact earth, only to later find out that we were wrong. Plays into the theme of deception as a superspy, while also somewhat referencing Apophenia and has a direct connection to Menagerie Witch who has a sibling relationship with Rhys now (She named her snake after Apep, AKA Apophis).
Alternatively, we could also do something with Cydonia if we're continuing with the space related theming of Ambrosia Metahumans. It's the region of Mars where people thought they found the face of a giant, only for it to turn out to be a trick of the light. It fits for Rhys being a superspy too. Something like Cydonius?
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- He/Him
I think I like the idea of him having a simple straightforward public code name for face smashing and then a private spy codename.
LucidProp
Pocky Eating MafiaDoka
I don't really think that would work. Lady Leizi is a known spymaster and she uses her government name as her superhero name. Everyone's going to know that Rhys has this ability eventually, so it'd be a moot point to have a private spy codename ontop of his superhero name.
That said, another alternative for our shape changer's name could be Eigenface. "Standardized Face Ingredients" is what Wikipedia called it, and Eigenfaces are used as a basis for computer facial recognition. Works well for someone who can have his pick of faces and identities.
EDIT: Could also go with "Hat Man/Black Hat" since that's a featureless figure seen whenever people have sleep paralysis or hallucinations. Ties into Rhys being a nightmare for counter-spying, thanks to being able to adopt different identities and all. Also, Menagerie Witch's powers create shadow creatures, so she and Rhys have a shared theme! Very cute sibling behavior.
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- Location
- Bretonnia
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- He/Him
[X] Plan: Friendly Face
[X] Plan: Clay Man
[X] Flight of the Bumblebee (Apiary, Scarlet
[X] Plan: Clay Man
[X] Flight of the Bumblebee (Apiary, Scarlet
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Rhys mentioned a "nonna" so he's at least partially Italian.
...something to do with Commedia dell'Arte? That also involves actors in stock character archetypes who would make up stories (not quite improvised, there was planning, it's just they weren't working off a script).
I'm... honestly kind of surprised so many people looked at a regenerating, organless self-biokinesis user capable of perfectly replicating other people in addition to shapeshifting his body into weapons and nobody mentioned "hey, wait, isn't this just Alex Mercer // ZEUS from Prototype without the potential to infect people?"
Edit: He also lacks the eat-people-to-get-their-form-and-knowledge or the eat-infected-to-get-new-powers thing, but since he can do the form-copying and expand his arsenal of weaponized body parts without the people-eating that's not that big a deal.
Edit: He also lacks the eat-people-to-get-their-form-and-knowledge or the eat-infected-to-get-new-powers thing, but since he can do the form-copying and expand his arsenal of weaponized body parts without the people-eating that's not that big a deal.
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LucidProp
Pocky Eating MafiaDoka
Rhys is too much of a happy guy to be Mercer.
I do look forward to Rhys being able to do base infiltration shenanigans like Mercer.
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- He/Him
I do hope one of his training courses is reading biology textbooks to get some new ideas for forms and armor.
- Location
- A place
[X] Plan: Friendly Face
-[X] Name: Handyman
-[X] Emblem: A Theater Mask, one-half smiling and the other frowning
[X] Goodnight, Avô (Uiara, Ọsanyìn, An Interlocutor)
Who's Qsanyin?
Any chance of our old teammates coming back to life in superhero fashion
-[X] Name: Handyman
-[X] Emblem: A Theater Mask, one-half smiling and the other frowning
[X] Goodnight, Avô (Uiara, Ọsanyìn, An Interlocutor)
Who's Qsanyin?
Any chance of our old teammates coming back to life in superhero fashion
I mean, they're probably puddles of goldnine by now, so the only way I could think of - and it's a massive stretch which involves a bunch of ethically fucked-up nonsense that would probably never work, in a "if the formula leaked there'd probably be a whole arc about a desperate Algernon-type trying to resurrect people this way with an emphasis on it being monstrous and futile" sense - would be to somehow separate out whichever half-barrel's-worth of it used to be a given teammate, get a DNA sample corresponding to them, and use those in conjunction on a subject under the assumption that the psychic field apparently somehow involved in how powers work will result in the subject becoming a new version of whichever super the sample and goldnine came from.
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I was looking at the stat differences. This powerset gave Rhys 3 Hit, 3 Espionage (the 4th point came from Leizi's statement when we chose him as the recipient) and 1 Operations. The first two are understandable, but how did it make him smarter?
On the personal side, for Leizi, assuming we don't have any plot-based personal actions that are separate from group work, I noted that her training specifically said that it would be harder to train her stats that are higher.
So, for her, I feel that Leizi's best course of action for training is working on her own Reputation. She needs to convince the people that she can pick up the pieces and be a good mentor for this new JU.
Mona, I want her to train her Operations. If she's going to be a new sub-leader, a bit more of a head for logistics and planning would do her good.
Maddie, while we don't want to make her a frontline, a bit of Hit training wouldn't go awry.
And Rhys can boost his Hit as well to train his abilities.
On the personal side, for Leizi, assuming we don't have any plot-based personal actions that are separate from group work, I noted that her training specifically said that it would be harder to train her stats that are higher.
So, for her, I feel that Leizi's best course of action for training is working on her own Reputation. She needs to convince the people that she can pick up the pieces and be a good mentor for this new JU.
Mona, I want her to train her Operations. If she's going to be a new sub-leader, a bit more of a head for logistics and planning would do her good.
Maddie, while we don't want to make her a frontline, a bit of Hit training wouldn't go awry.
And Rhys can boost his Hit as well to train his abilities.
- Location
- France
[X] Plan: Friendly Face