Umm, all of your points (take time to aim, much harder to hit a moving target, and even if it doesn't kill, it will hurt them) seem to apply to guns?
Edit- I meant to write knife, brain fart.
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A Game of Supers (The Gamer/Original Superhero Setting)
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Edit- I meant to write knife, brain fart.
DarkKing98
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I don't understand. I said that's what knives have over guns. No need to really aim, more easy to hit moving targets, and cuts hurt badly. And can be surprisingly deep too.
Sorry meant to write knife. I have no experience with throwing knifes or handling guns so I can't really say if it's easier(to aim, hit moving targets)with knives or not but just looking at it, it doesn't seem to be.
Shotgun kind of trumps all that truthfully. Knives are silent though, easy to hide, and good for extreme close quarters. Also can be VERY precise in what injury they inflict.
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fictionfan
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You become good at knife fighting so you have an advantage over the unarmed masses. Knife skill is most useful if you are going somewhere that guns are not allowed.
Knives are good for silent ambush on people who never really stood a chance against you anyway. You can't really slit someone's throat with an arrow and a silenced 9mm is still pretty loud and potentially unreliable, especially if the bullet bounces or risks overpenetration. They are also just a handy tool. Good for a soldier, great for a criminal. Large club of some sort will usually beat a knife in a straight fight though, so not actually the best for 'no-gun-land'. Aluminum baseball bat.
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fictionfan
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Baseball bat is very obvious.
ConfusedPotato
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Could we train shadowboxing to with something like shadow opponent in chess?
Post 21-2
Part 2
You left the house in the same way as always, and you put on the mask and headed up to the same spot as you always did to meet with the other members of your group. Everything seemed to be as usual, with your three partners and your contact being the only people inside the abandoned house.
However, when the latter put on a laptop on the floor and wordlessly let a video play, you realized that your thoughts had been wrong.
The video itself was simple, it was just Inscrutable talking, but the contents of what she was saying... were anything but.
"My soldiers, the time has come. The time for us to break through the shackles of the so-called balance of powers in this city." Her voice was calm but full of conviction, one couldn't help but be drawn in by her words "For long we have toiled and prepared to be able to sweep through all our opposition, and now we are finally ready.
"We are ready to take over this city. And if you are watching this video, that means your group has been given a special privilege: The permission to select which part of the plan you would prefer to help implement.
"This plan is divided in four parts. The first and second parts concern the super powered individuals in the city. The first of them is attack, that is hunting down and disabling them, while the second is defense, that is the protection of crucial sites from unexpected attacks.
"The third part is based around territorial control, specifically the acquisition of important sites not yet under our sway. Finally, the fourth part concerns the public view, mostly the suppression of information from leaking to the outside world.
"The exact mechanics of each part shall have to remain in secret for reasons of security, but in order to help you decide which part to choose, I'll say a few things: The first part will necessitate an ability to adapt and skills in strategy, the second part will necessitate a high level of both wariness and meticulousness, the third part will necessitate decisiveness and spatial awareness, while the fourth will necessitate an ability in long-term planning as well as skills pertaining to the avoidance of attention.
"As an elite team, you will be able to command the rank-and-file members assigned to the same part as you. You will of course also receive the outlines of the plan, as well as the tools needed, but using those tools and the specifics of how you execute the plan will be left in your hands. Know that great things are expected of you, and you shall enjoy corresponding rewards after our victory.
"You are my soldiers, and this is our war."
And that was the end of the video. You looked around to see the reactions of your teammates. Clara looked like she was about to faint, Roberta was clenching her right fist almost hard enough to draw blood, and even Susan had been affected, her usual poise shattered as she openly expressed surprise.
You already knew how it was going to turn out, but you still opened your mouth and asked:
"I have a few thoughts of my own already, but what do you think?"
The discussion that ensued was short. Considering how vague the boss had been, none of the three had any special thoughts about which part of the plan to choose. Eventually, it was decided that you were the one who was going to choose.
And the one you chose was...
[] Part 1 – Hunting.
[] Part 2 – Defending.
[] Part 3 – Conquering.
[] Part 4 – Concealing.
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A.N: In case you're curious, if your performance in the mission had been merely average, you would end up part of the rank and file in the defending section.
Also here we are, the beginning of the City War arc. This was going to happen regardless of the path you choose, but since you're part of the gang now, that means you get to experience it in a different way...
You left the house in the same way as always, and you put on the mask and headed up to the same spot as you always did to meet with the other members of your group. Everything seemed to be as usual, with your three partners and your contact being the only people inside the abandoned house.
However, when the latter put on a laptop on the floor and wordlessly let a video play, you realized that your thoughts had been wrong.
The video itself was simple, it was just Inscrutable talking, but the contents of what she was saying... were anything but.
"My soldiers, the time has come. The time for us to break through the shackles of the so-called balance of powers in this city." Her voice was calm but full of conviction, one couldn't help but be drawn in by her words "For long we have toiled and prepared to be able to sweep through all our opposition, and now we are finally ready.
"We are ready to take over this city. And if you are watching this video, that means your group has been given a special privilege: The permission to select which part of the plan you would prefer to help implement.
"This plan is divided in four parts. The first and second parts concern the super powered individuals in the city. The first of them is attack, that is hunting down and disabling them, while the second is defense, that is the protection of crucial sites from unexpected attacks.
"The third part is based around territorial control, specifically the acquisition of important sites not yet under our sway. Finally, the fourth part concerns the public view, mostly the suppression of information from leaking to the outside world.
"The exact mechanics of each part shall have to remain in secret for reasons of security, but in order to help you decide which part to choose, I'll say a few things: The first part will necessitate an ability to adapt and skills in strategy, the second part will necessitate a high level of both wariness and meticulousness, the third part will necessitate decisiveness and spatial awareness, while the fourth will necessitate an ability in long-term planning as well as skills pertaining to the avoidance of attention.
"As an elite team, you will be able to command the rank-and-file members assigned to the same part as you. You will of course also receive the outlines of the plan, as well as the tools needed, but using those tools and the specifics of how you execute the plan will be left in your hands. Know that great things are expected of you, and you shall enjoy corresponding rewards after our victory.
"You are my soldiers, and this is our war."
And that was the end of the video. You looked around to see the reactions of your teammates. Clara looked like she was about to faint, Roberta was clenching her right fist almost hard enough to draw blood, and even Susan had been affected, her usual poise shattered as she openly expressed surprise.
You already knew how it was going to turn out, but you still opened your mouth and asked:
"I have a few thoughts of my own already, but what do you think?"
The discussion that ensued was short. Considering how vague the boss had been, none of the three had any special thoughts about which part of the plan to choose. Eventually, it was decided that you were the one who was going to choose.
And the one you chose was...
[] Part 1 – Hunting.
[] Part 2 – Defending.
[] Part 3 – Conquering.
[] Part 4 – Concealing.
+0+
A.N: In case you're curious, if your performance in the mission had been merely average, you would end up part of the rank and file in the defending section.
Also here we are, the beginning of the City War arc. This was going to happen regardless of the path you choose, but since you're part of the gang now, that means you get to experience it in a different way...
Our skills, and that of our team, seems best suited to Hunting. We don't have any particular skills to help with defense, better orient for hit and run tactics. We might be able to help with Conquering, but while we are capable of a assault like that we seem better at attacking individuals that groups. Finally, only Susan really has any skills with information suppression, and while we can learn that leaves the other half with nothing.
[X] Part 1 – Hunting
[X] Part 1 – Hunting
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[X] Part 1 – Hunting.
This is risky, but we have the best possible chance to be issued powerful equipment to complement the shield bracelet and loot information and items of value. We also have the initiative and a good chance of controlling the relevant variables- knowing who we are attacking, having a plan to circumvent their known defenses, backup on hand and escape route, and so forth.
In contrast, defense has us sitting for an unknown to attack, conquering is much the same with less information about the ground we're on, and PR has many variables beyond our control.
This is risky, but we have the best possible chance to be issued powerful equipment to complement the shield bracelet and loot information and items of value. We also have the initiative and a good chance of controlling the relevant variables- knowing who we are attacking, having a plan to circumvent their known defenses, backup on hand and escape route, and so forth.
In contrast, defense has us sitting for an unknown to attack, conquering is much the same with less information about the ground we're on, and PR has many variables beyond our control.
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fictionfan
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[X] Part 1 – Hunting.
A harder task, but we can control the variables and we have skills relating to it.
A harder task, but we can control the variables and we have skills relating to it.
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- England
[X] Part 1 – Hunting.
KnownParadox
Not a sphere
- Location
- Canada
[X] Part 1 – Hunting
Fits our skill set the best.
Fits our skill set the best.
- Location
- Bat Yam
[X] Part 4 – Concealing.
Sounds more fun to me.
Sounds more fun to me.
fictionfan
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We don't have any skills in that direction. No hacking or information gathering.
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- Bat Yam
Which is why I said my vote is based on what sounds to me most fun. Not everything has to be about minmaxing.
fictionfan
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I understand what all those words mean, but in that order they make no sense.
I could see ways to leverage our current skills toward PR pretty easily- we do have acting and cold reading at obscene levels, fair disguise and manipulation ability, and can move across the city quickly. It might risk our skills getting a little too public, but it's viable.
And that kind of responsibility would probably require a closer association with Inscrutable and knowledge of her assets than other choices. The problem is it's a lot easier to fail than other options, but if we succeed it would probably pay off big-time.
And that kind of responsibility would probably require a closer association with Inscrutable and knowledge of her assets than other choices. The problem is it's a lot easier to fail than other options, but if we succeed it would probably pay off big-time.
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fictionfan
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That is a point. We do have fair knowledge of the city by now.
Only the Manipulation skill probably would be that helpful here. Our job is the suppression of information. Acting and Disguise wouldn't help, since I imagine it'd be a VERY hard sell to convince people that what they are hearing is not gunshots and screams and explosions. Cold Reading might help, but not much, leaving the only skill we have in it being Manipulation, and that is pretty low.
What's more, while WE might be able to do stuff, we are speaking for our entire team. Most of our team would be useless in such a job.
Actually, Clara mentioned she was good at scamming people and she backed that up in our raid on the drug lab. Susan is good at gathering information, and Rebecca's skills as a sneak might be useful to destroy evidence or sabotage recording equipment. I can see uses for all of them.
That said, I agree we're more suited to ambushing unwary capes than suppressing information.
That said, I agree we're more suited to ambushing unwary capes than suppressing information.
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[X] Part 4 – Concealing.
Hunting and defense will most likely see super combat. With defense we get to prep our battleground but we won't know who we'll fight and most likely have to fight the most but if everything goes well we won't actual see any combat. With hunting we're going to fight supers which unless we get really lucky or a better edge will end with us defeated or too closely tied to the gang to leave. Conquest will mean attacking a fortified position which will mean we'll most likely leave most the work the grunts while making surgical strikes against enemies. Concealing will mean little chance of combat with massive numbers or supers and won't tie us to the gang as we'll either be spreading misinformation or operating covertly and spreading no information.
But I think the more important part is the time frame and how long we have to prepare.
Hunting and defense will most likely see super combat. With defense we get to prep our battleground but we won't know who we'll fight and most likely have to fight the most but if everything goes well we won't actual see any combat. With hunting we're going to fight supers which unless we get really lucky or a better edge will end with us defeated or too closely tied to the gang to leave. Conquest will mean attacking a fortified position which will mean we'll most likely leave most the work the grunts while making surgical strikes against enemies. Concealing will mean little chance of combat with massive numbers or supers and won't tie us to the gang as we'll either be spreading misinformation or operating covertly and spreading no information.
But I think the more important part is the time frame and how long we have to prepare.
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fictionfan
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We are going to have much time to prepare. An organization like is going to have leaks so they will want to act as soon as possible after telling us.