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- New England
Hm, Gavel + Crawler would be scary.
A Cat Is Fine Too (Worm CYOA)
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CrunchySharpie
Professional Harem Consultant
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- Sharpie Factory
Well aside from Number man.
Panacea to grow organs to sell on the black market, combined with Lisa + other thinker to find said black market, then Uber+Lisa combo to complete the sell.
Also selling black market cosmetic surgeries etc.
Scrapping the boat graveyard then selling the scrap steel.
Reverse engineering somewhat more advanced Leet tech then mass producing it then selling it to some organization, etc.
There's plenty of ways to make ludicrous amounts of money.
I'm assuming you mean like taking gold coins then creating more of said gold by pushing a finger through one of them. That would probably work, but I'd need a bit of capital in the beginning to even buy the coins to do that. Also, that much gold coming out of nowhere would probably start raising red flags, better to make money under the table in the beginning then once I have enough to do the more legal stuff go with that. The point here is just to have a large amount of cash as quickly as possible.
He doesn't have a wire on them, the information he gets is from outside sources or direct from Lisa in a report. I could literally give them a spiel and him not find out about it because of me holding a nice juicy carrot in front of Lisa's face and telling her not to send that information to her boss.
And plus, by the time he finds out I'll probably have a plan to kill him. With the power combinations at my disposal he's actually one of the easiest villains in Brockton Bay to kill in the beginning. He's like Lung in that regard, if you give him the chance to go to ground then start spamming his timelines then yeah, he's a pain in the ass to take care of, but when I know of him and he doesn't know of me it's kinda child's play to put him down...
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- Location
- South of North
Just putting this out there, because I don't know if it's been brought up yet, but...
Labyrinth's power is a Scion shard, and therefore up for grabs.
Flechette's is as well.
Between those and the fact that you've got Panacea/Skitter available, you could readily pull an Amelia and take over a few (dozen) dead Earth analogues with massive world-spanning bio-forms that can readily process raw materials and output pure metals/minerals/etc... and then you've got your empire.
Of course, for plot reasons, you might not want to do that, given it's a win button, but it's possible to just curb-stomp the entirety of Earth Bet and you'll definitely have more than enough resources to replicate Flechette's ability using Leet's power, then tap Masamune's to replicate Scion/Endbringer-killing weapons.
Edit: Also, probably want to tap Accord's power at some point too.
Labyrinth's power is a Scion shard, and therefore up for grabs.
Flechette's is as well.
Between those and the fact that you've got Panacea/Skitter available, you could readily pull an Amelia and take over a few (dozen) dead Earth analogues with massive world-spanning bio-forms that can readily process raw materials and output pure metals/minerals/etc... and then you've got your empire.
Of course, for plot reasons, you might not want to do that, given it's a win button, but it's possible to just curb-stomp the entirety of Earth Bet and you'll definitely have more than enough resources to replicate Flechette's ability using Leet's power, then tap Masamune's to replicate Scion/Endbringer-killing weapons.
Edit: Also, probably want to tap Accord's power at some point too.
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shadowace2400
Planeswalker Extraordinaire
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- Texas
but this is from the pov of a (fairly) regular forum goer, not a rampant min-maxer who uses those skills in daily life everywhere they go.
- Location
- South of North
...wait, you mean there are forum-goers here that aren't rampant min-maxers?
Huh, well, learn something new every day.
Then again, one of my idle hobbies is breaking CYOAs, Worm or otherwise, so I suppose that's shining through right now. The idea that this generation of the Worm CYOA is 'less' powerful is actually kind of funny to me, given that after a certain point on the sliding scale of godlike power, it's all gravy.
Why? Sorry Taylor you looked a little down so I used Pancea's powers to make you feel better. Upon realising that I had indirectly mastered you I took it away about 10 seconds later when you rubbed my tail. Everything else you feel about me is just natural.
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- Dodging chaos dragons in Limbo
That implies a rational reaction from Taylor. One, she is human. Two, she is parahuman. Three, and most importantly, she is regularly described as someone who needs to be in control in her life (think it was mentioned in chapter 2 of this fic as well). Thus, odds of a rational reaction is rather slim. Afterwards she might realise it is a petty reaction, but I don't think it will be quite in time. Of course, this is all hypothetical.
Malbutorius
C'est le bien qui fait mal
I love the name of this fic, it's why I clicked on it at all.
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- Home
Why crawler? Go with Lung, much better power, almost as strong regenerator and doesn't leave side effects. Gavel can already tank Scion. You just need to regenerate the tea spoon of damage each attack does.
Malbutorius
C'est le bien qui fait mal
Night combined with Grue or Imp depending on if being seen but not recognized by people still makes it fail.
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- New England
Crawler adapts to damage dealt. Once completely immune to what your opponent can do you can switch to someone else, but Crawler's regeneration is absolutely absurd levels of Bullshit compared to Lung. So, Crawler it to adapt to what your opponent can do, using Gavel to lessen the damage dealt at one time. Plus, with Gavel's power, Lung's won't ramp up as much since he wouldn't feel as threatened.
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- Home
It's Scion, you can still feel threatened with his fuck you beam. So even with Gavel power would still ramp up, also you can have someone use Cherish or Gallant's power on you for the rage.
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- New England
...not the point I was getting at. I was talking about against anyone. Crawler's ability to adapt along with Gavel's ability to lessen damage is a good survivability combo. It's a little overkill, but just a bit of adaptation and boom, you're immune. You get natural defenses to counter what you're opponent's throwing at you, as well as possibly developing a natural offense to counter them. Now, even with its power lessened, Scion's beam would be countered by Crawler's adaptation, making him immune to the beam, once that's done, drop Crawler, switch to Lung, and go to town in melee. Scion can't get range on you when fighting because his beam doesn't work, he'd have to trade blows or run away, still allowing you to ramp up, but significantly weakening Scion's ability to counter you. If he pulls out a new trick? Back to Crawler to adapt to it. He tries running? Switch out to the Butcher's host (the one that never misses) and start firing whatever augmented with Gavel's power or Flechette if you have something that can distract Scion enough to let you get a hit in with a Sting charged projectile. Then go to Panacea and a flying brick to get to him and literally shut him down.
Gavel + Crawler is a good choice to start with, it lets you measure up your opponent. Next stage would be to get Accord's power with Gavel's, giving you the needed ability to plan out how best to beat your opponent. Then just customize what you're using for the opponent your facing. Gavel's is really the only one that needs to remain the same, and even then that's only against Scion. Against anyone else, you use it to keep a defensive edge until you know what you're up against then just swap out for what you need to take them down.
Violation of Rule 3. Make your points as you'd like, but be civil about it.
Sigh. That's not how Crawler's powers work. Common sense, people. If you drop Crawler's power, you'll no longer be connected to the shard that gives said immunity to Scion's beams.
"But but but!!!"
Shut up. I'm right and you're wrong. That's all that matters.
"But but but!!!"
Shut up. I'm right and you're wrong. That's all that matters.
Doesn't crawler work by literally mutating your body? As in, you will be an horrible abomination. And frankly I don't know if it could adapt to the sheer bullshit that is Scions fuck you beam... Wasn't that thing capable of nullifying any kind of energy and tear atoms apart?
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- minnesota
Hilarious, keep writing : )
Insomnius
Sleepless
Crawler's power only makes biological changes. The changes stick around even if the connection to the shard was severed.
The principle comes from Browbeat's power which includes autobiokinesis and Word of God states that any changes made to his body would remain even after entering Hatchet Face's nullification aura. This makes him one of the few capes who are a good counter to Hatchet Face.
Oh, and, in the future, maintain a degree of civility.
GuesssWho
To Assemble A Name From Scars
- Location
- People's Republic of Treacle Mine Road
- Pronouns
- She/Her
. . . except you're wrong.
Maromar
Crafter of Fiction
- Location
- SpaceTime
With some Tinker combinations you could probbly mass produce auto docter stations if you wanted to. Speaking of mass production, I never understood why Leet didn't make an MCV or other video game production units to get around his power's blocks.
CrunchySharpie
Professional Harem Consultant
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I was aware of the shards but most of the multiverse conquering is a bit big to start out with. Not only am I trying to stay within reasonable boundaries while writing, my in story self is a bit... overwhelmed at the moment. There's a lot of stuff I can do, a lot of stuff I need to do and a lot of stuff I want to do.
There's not a lot of time to do all three.
My goal starting out was to prove that the CYOA wasn't as under powered as people claimed it was, which I think I've made a fairly beefy build from it.
I can be a fairly decent min-maxer, though this is based on my memory of the characters and setting going into the story and my mindset at the time. Before I started writing I wrote down around 70-80 power combinations down off the top of my head without looking at the wiki to give my in-universe self a baseline. And while I'm writing I go off of that list plus whatever else pops up into my head at the time to sort of balance out my power combo's. As I've said before, my memory is shite and if I can't think of it while I'm writing something down in a quiet room then I sure as hell can't think of it while in the middle of a knockdown drag out fight for my life.
It's a soft and subtle form of oversight for the story. I also have morals that cut out a few of the more 'evil' paths to power. Like I've said it's sort of one of the reasons I went to Taylor first. 1. Because she's fairly easy to partner with early on and has a neutral rep to start with. 2. She has a very inventive and creative mind when it comes to power combo's, which I can nurture and bounce idea's off of to get some of the stuff people in thread have been talking about. 3. She's my moral center. I have fairly god-like power right now, able to do just about anything given enough time. I need a separate, meek, morally good character to keep me from getting a god complex. Taylor is about the best I can get on short notice without unchaining Dragon or somehow convincing Miss Militia that I'm not crazy.
She probably wouldn't take it well in the beginning. She's fairly well disposed towards me at the moment, due to all the crap I've done to tilt the circumstances in my favor but if I start mouthing off that I used a power on her to change her without permission to somehow make it easier for me to influence her, which is part and parcel with trying to cheer her up. "I was just trying to cheer you up." "You were forcing me to be happy, I didn't even have a say in it you evil bastard!' Etc. It's the "it was for your own good" mindset that Taylor hates with a burning passion, and that is what she will see if I just blurt that out right in the beginning.
Give it a few months, maybe let us become closer, have a few life or death bonding moments and maybe a spot of dating to blunt the initial sharp reaction and have her a bit more inclined to ignore the implications of that.
I also love the name of this fic, it's why I chose it.
... Yeaaaah... I don't think anyone would be able to say they weren't at least slightly attracted to him
It kinda makes you forget that he's actually like, 70+ years old and that he's a sadistic and cruel bastard. Still, one of the few male anime characters who I wouldn't mind batting for the other team for.
I don't particularly want to turn into this after getting damaged a few dozen times.
I can, I probably will eventually. Because he's probably already created it and it got destroyed early on or key components were used early on to make something minor and now he can't make a perfect version of it anymore.
Couldn't you use Browbeat's power to fix the more crazy changes?
Malbutorius
C'est le bien qui fait mal
Honestly, just use Browbeat and Bonesaw and combine them to Tinker on yourself if it's possible. Better than the absolute chaos of Crawler.
globalwarmth
ruining the weather.
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- Polar ice caps
we discussed it before here and his power is not reverse panacea, not much detail with his biokinesis more like hulking out. also, we do not know if the changes it does make reverse themselves when not using the power.
Malbutorius
C'est le bien qui fait mal
Actually, Browbeat and Panacea may work to allow the Panacea grade self-bio manipulation.