Sworl
Sparky
I'd half forgotten about all of that; how many people triggered during the S9 conflict?
Now that I think about it, how big a fracas did out misadventure with VoV (and for that matter FPoPs mass Mastering) cause on a national scale?
Alchemical Solutions [Worm/Exalted] Thread 23: We Wonder Where Who Wanders When Watchers Wane
- Thread starter Gromweld
- Start date
Now that I think about it, how big a fracas did out misadventure with VoV (and for that matter FPoPs mass Mastering) cause on a national scale?
RoninSword
Sky God
- Location
- Canada
JL could always have Saki take him into her dimension. Entire Essence filled Sanctum, he should be able to respirate from just being there.
Not the best option, but its there.
Not the best option, but its there.
Yes.
But it's probably a good idea if he doesn't need to follow Saki around all the time.
Gromweld
Learning By Mistake
That... is not going to happen. At least, on such short notice. Colin is still considered a Ziz bomb officially, and Riley is still in quarantine while her Kill Order is being revisited.
J-L-001 doesn't get a Sanctum, because that would mean there are times where Earth-Bet does not have a grumpy laser-kitty the size of a draft horse. I want his constant presence to be something we need to plan around... just like Aisha.
About 30 fresh triggers from the start of the S9 event to when Saki got back.
Prayer's inadvertent Stranger-danger (it's not a Master effect since it doesn't control people, it's a Stranger effect since it alters her preceived identity) has been downplayed by the PRT but it's still noteworthy due to it hitting people that even watch footage after the fact. As for the VoV debacle, the incident is still "under investigation" but the PRT has publicly made early estimations that it was likely due to several bizarre interactions between parahuman powers and different kinds of Tinkertech - a result of Jack Slash's machinations finally blowing up in his face.
STUNTS
-[]STUNT: A brisk wind blew off the Delaware, ripping at the clothes of the figure standing on the tip of the spire of the Liberty Place skyscraper. She pointed. "Betcha I can make it." The cat clinging to her shoulder said nothing, but it's posture radiated skepticism. Her outfit rippled, transforming itself into a wingsuit. "Watch."And she jumped off the building.(61 words)
-[]STUNT: The duty officer tensed as the stunningly beautiful woman walked into the lobby of the building, trailed by the biggest godawful animal that he had ever seen. Cape, he thought to himself, a hand inching towards the panic button as he saw the ready squad subtly reorient towards her. She stopped in front of his desk with a brilliant smile "Guess Who's back?" (63 words)
-[]STUNT: A brisk wind blew off the Delaware, ripping at the clothes of the figure standing on the tip of the spire of the Liberty Place skyscraper. She pointed. "Betcha I can make it." The cat clinging to her shoulder said nothing, but it's posture radiated skepticism. Her outfit rippled, transforming itself into a wingsuit. "Watch."And she jumped off the building.(61 words)
-[]STUNT: Bastard Son stepped out of the bathroom in the early morning light, towelling his hair vigorously as the steam billowed around him. He whistled as he turned to the mirror, slathering shaving cream on his face as he reached for his razor. Then stopped. On the mirror was finger-painted a message in the condensation: Seven days =^._.^= ∫ (61 words)
-[]STUNT: Cheeks reddened by the chill, Riley clung to the window of the gondola, pressing her nose against the glass as it shuttled the party of three to the top of the run. "Dunno how you talked me into this" Colin grumbled as the gondola swayed to a halt."Calgary Youth Orchestra performance tomorrow" Taylor retorted primly, tightening her scarf. "Ready?" (60 words).
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Booo.
Travelling alone is no fun, and she can't shadow the Wards without outing them.
Assuming their vacation isn't almost over.
Ah, so I don't have to worry so much about my drawing pad.
QUESTION
-Is JL a size-changer? Is Shoulder Cat a thing?
-Do you prefer Taylor out of Philadelphia or vacationing in Philadelphia?
I was going to stunt her far away(probably Canada), but I don't know anymore, given your comments.
wingnut2292
<Verified Sugar Addict>
- Location
- Milwaukee Metro
Has anyone stunned Taylor getting a cheesesteak? Going to 76's or Flyers game. Stumping locals with her Boston/New England accent (chowdah, et all) Ya' know, normal touristy things.
Or we can take a 'pretty' swarm of butterfly, dragonfly and firefly drones to the library. Set up a dozen book holders and do some power reading with a dozen swarm clones in a comfy corner. Perhaps even join a book club.
Gromweld
Learning By Mistake
No. He will still sit
There is zero chance that Taylor will be able to relax if still in Philly. She knows it, everyone else knows it. If she's going to 'take a break' then she needs to get away from her major stress zone. Take a beach vacation to Hawaii, learn how to surf! Leviathan can give pointers!
FunkyEntropy
Occasionally insightful, possibly grumpy
- Location
- Los Angeles
Really not doing a good job of selling Temperance 1, Gromweld
Well, duh. Otherwise someone might miss the fact that he is in dire need of chin scratchies.
Thus leading to Weavers Bodacious Boogie Board Battle
Taylor: "This. Was! SUPPOSED! TO BE A VACATION!!!"
Leviathan: "FWOOOAAAR" *surfs on a water echo towards Maui island. It is wearing sunshades*
Evil Atlas
Inspector of Details
- Location
- Denial
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Really not doing a good job of selling Temperance 1, Gromweld
Yeah, I've already had enough of planning around teammates with Saki. It would be nice to be able to focus on external conflict for a while. Being able to trust in a character I like would be doubly nice.
- Location
- Outside the Box
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Really not doing a good job of selling Temperance 1, Gromweld
What is really needed here is a mechanical incentive for good RP. Say, a couple xp for keeping her at Temperance 1?
Don't we already need to use XP to raise her Temperance?What is really needed here is a mechanical incentive for good RP. Say, a couple xp for keeping her at Temperance 1?
Still, i now in favor of keeping it on 1 and looking what happens. After all, we are at safe distance from her...
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Sworl
Sparky
Well footage like that is never really going to disappear from the internet for ever, so cults to Autochton could be springing up randomly for years to come (some possibly of a darker variety).
I wouldn't really be surprised if someone re-edited the whole thing into a fan-made action movie, with the non-action scenes for the story played in by actors and 'Autochton' giving an oscar winning performance in his role as hero.
One that remains striking no matter how many times you watch it.
Still 'official positions' and 'government inquiries' aside, what do the common people looking in on all of this actually think and believe?
sainen
Elder Lich
can you point out where we bought that? cause it isn't on any of the indexed posts related to Aisha's load out.
actually @Gromweld could we get a copy of what Aisha's character sheet currently looks like, so we don't make any stupid mistakes because of confusion on what we've already bought for her?
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- U.S.
Yeah, an up to date sheet would be nice, if anybody has one.
Just put Saki on Mana transfer duty and ignore the funny looks from her
I don't think we ever got the key specifics of what she was doing other than "resting" which was very unsatisfying!
...granted this is the same playerbase that when informed that "exalting Missy first without any prep would probably put us in jail"...nearly voted to do so regardless, so I doubt anything short of a Missy interlude would have helped.
Noted!
Uh...you guys DO remember we started with Taylor as Temperance 1 and bought Temperance 2 as fast as possible because she was doing a bunch of stuff we'd really prefer she didn't?
Temperance 1 means indulging impulses and desires as much as possible, but coupled to Valor 4, it also includes "take offense to any attempts to stop that". We can of course, deal with it. It'd even be fun to a subset of players.
Just you know, make sure you actually DO have fun with the idea rather than getting annoyed with cleaning up the fallout of an invisible shapeshifter ninja troll.
- Location
- U.S.
Oh I know exactly what we're getting into. Which is why I want it.
Cosmic Transcendence of Virtue is even more fun.
Noted.
That's actually an argument for buying that Autochtonian Prayers specialty.
We paid for Omnitools and five other charms during the 10.2 Vote.
HERE
One moment.
AISHA'S STARTING ATTRIBUTES (After XP Expenditures):
Strength ●●●○○
Dexterity ●●●●●
Stamina ●●●○○
Charisma ●●●●○
Manipulation ●○○○○
Appearance ●●●●●
Intelligence ●●○○○
Wits ●●●●●
Perception ●●●○○
AISHA'S STARTING ABILITIES:
Archery/Firearms ●○○○○
Athletics ●●●●○
Awareness ●●●○○ (Specialty: Street-wise ●●○, Pranking Opportunities ●○○)
Bureaucracy ○○○○○
Craft ○○○○○
Dodge ●●●○○ (Specialty: OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIT ●●○)
Integrity ●●●○○
Investigation ●●○○○
Larceny ●●●●○ (Specialty: Fucking With People ●●○)
Linguistics (Native: Old Realm) ○○○○○
Lore ●○○○○ (Specialty: Parahumans ●○○)
Martial Arts ●●●●●
Medicine ○○○○○ (Specialty: Walk It Off ●○○)
Melee ●○○○○ (Specialty: Baseball Bat ●○○)
Occult ○○○○○
Performance ●○○○○
Presence ●●○○○ (Specialty: In Your Face ●●●)
Resistance ●●●○○
Ride ●●○○○ (Specialty: Like It's Stolen ●○○)
Sail ○○○○○
Socialize ●○○○○
Stealth ●●●●○ (Specialty: Not Worth Your Time ●●●)
Survival ●●●○○ (Specialty: The Streets ●●○)
Thrown ●○○○○
War ○○○○○
AISHA'S STARTING VIRTUES AND WILLPOWER:
Valor: ●●●●○
Compassion: ●●○○○
Conviction: ●●●○○
Temperance: ●○○○○
Willpower: ●●●●● ●●●●●
AISHA'S STARTING CHARMS/SLOTS:
Shard of Safeguarded Discovery [3m]
Integrated Artifact Transmogrifier [1m]
Husk-Sculpting Apparatus [2m]
Industrial Survival Frame [1m]
Perfected Lotus Matrix [2m] (Crystal Chameleon - All Charms Known)
- DEDICATED CHARM SLOT x 5 - 15 XP
- 4th Dexterity Aug [1m] x 2 - DEDICATED - 4 XP
- 4th Manipulation Aug [1m] x2 - DEDICATED - 4 XP
- Aura Dampening Component [0m] - DEDICATED - 2 XP
- Dynamic Reaction Enhancement System [1m] - DEDICATED - 2 XP
- Gyroscopic Stability System [0m] - DEDICATED - 2 XP
- Incomparable Efficiency Upgrade [0m] - DEDICATED - 2 XP
- Momentum Redirection Pulse Injector [0m] - DEDICATED - 2 XP
- Personal Gravity Manipulation Apparatus [1m] - DEDICATED - 2 XP
- Parabolic Leap Overcharger Device [0m] - DEDICATED - 2 XP
- Radiant Iconography Display [0m] - DEDICATED - 2 XP
- Husk Sculpting Apparatus [2m] - GENERAL - FREE
- 4th Intelligence Aug [1m] x2 - GENERAL - 4 XP
- 4th Stamina Aug [1m] x 2 - GENERAL - 4 XP
- Alloyed Reinforcement of Flesh [0m] - GENERAL - 2 XP
- Imprinted Data Cluster[1m] - GENERAL - 2 XP
- Interpolative Syntax Emulator[1m] - GENERAL - 2 XP
- Technomorphic Integration Engine [1m] - GENERAL - 2 XP
- Chemical Fog Generator [1m] - PANOPLY - 2 XP
- Optical Shroud [2m] - PANOPLY - 2 XP
- Pheromone Regulation Systems
- Paramagnetic Tether Beam
- Accelerated Response System [Dodge]
- Omnitools Implant
- Essence Irradiation Corona + Dedicated Slot
- Manifold Transhuman Implants[Supernatural Quickness] + General Slot
AISHA'S BACKGROUNDS
Artifact ●●●●● (25 dots to use)
- Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light ●○○○○
- Mask ●●○○○
- Beam Omniklave ●●●●●
-Perfected Boots [●]
-Essence Scrying Visor [●]
-Horn of The Wild [●●]
-Translation Crystal [●●]
-Dragonfly's Roving Eye [●●●]
-Infinite Resplendence Amulet(Moonsilver) [●●●]
-Quicksilver Aegis Talisman: Moonsilver [●●●●●]
Backing (PRT) ●○○○○
Eidolon/Past Lives ●●●○○
Familiar (J-L-001) ●●●○○
Mentor (Autochthon) ●●●●●
Reputation (Ward) ●○○○○
Resources ●○○○○
Strength ●●●○○
Dexterity ●●●●●
Stamina ●●●○○
Charisma ●●●●○
Manipulation ●○○○○
Appearance ●●●●●
Intelligence ●●○○○
Wits ●●●●●
Perception ●●●○○
AISHA'S STARTING ABILITIES:
Archery/Firearms ●○○○○
Athletics ●●●●○
Awareness ●●●○○ (Specialty: Street-wise ●●○, Pranking Opportunities ●○○)
Bureaucracy ○○○○○
Craft ○○○○○
Dodge ●●●○○ (Specialty: OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIT ●●○)
Integrity ●●●○○
Investigation ●●○○○
Larceny ●●●●○ (Specialty: Fucking With People ●●○)
Linguistics (Native: Old Realm) ○○○○○
Lore ●○○○○ (Specialty: Parahumans ●○○)
Martial Arts ●●●●●
Medicine ○○○○○ (Specialty: Walk It Off ●○○)
Melee ●○○○○ (Specialty: Baseball Bat ●○○)
Occult ○○○○○
Performance ●○○○○
Presence ●●○○○ (Specialty: In Your Face ●●●)
Resistance ●●●○○
Ride ●●○○○ (Specialty: Like It's Stolen ●○○)
Sail ○○○○○
Socialize ●○○○○
Stealth ●●●●○ (Specialty: Not Worth Your Time ●●●)
Survival ●●●○○ (Specialty: The Streets ●●○)
Thrown ●○○○○
War ○○○○○
AISHA'S STARTING VIRTUES AND WILLPOWER:
Valor: ●●●●○
Compassion: ●●○○○
Conviction: ●●●○○
Temperance: ●○○○○
Willpower: ●●●●● ●●●●●
AISHA'S STARTING CHARMS/SLOTS:
Shard of Safeguarded Discovery [3m]
Integrated Artifact Transmogrifier [1m]
Husk-Sculpting Apparatus [2m]
Industrial Survival Frame [1m]
Perfected Lotus Matrix [2m] (Crystal Chameleon - All Charms Known)
- DEDICATED CHARM SLOT x 5 - 15 XP
- 4th Dexterity Aug [1m] x 2 - DEDICATED - 4 XP
- 4th Manipulation Aug [1m] x2 - DEDICATED - 4 XP
- Aura Dampening Component [0m] - DEDICATED - 2 XP
- Dynamic Reaction Enhancement System [1m] - DEDICATED - 2 XP
- Gyroscopic Stability System [0m] - DEDICATED - 2 XP
- Incomparable Efficiency Upgrade [0m] - DEDICATED - 2 XP
- Momentum Redirection Pulse Injector [0m] - DEDICATED - 2 XP
- Personal Gravity Manipulation Apparatus [1m] - DEDICATED - 2 XP
- Parabolic Leap Overcharger Device [0m] - DEDICATED - 2 XP
- Radiant Iconography Display [0m] - DEDICATED - 2 XP
- Husk Sculpting Apparatus [2m] - GENERAL - FREE
- 4th Intelligence Aug [1m] x2 - GENERAL - 4 XP
- 4th Stamina Aug [1m] x 2 - GENERAL - 4 XP
- Alloyed Reinforcement of Flesh [0m] - GENERAL - 2 XP
- Imprinted Data Cluster[1m] - GENERAL - 2 XP
- Interpolative Syntax Emulator[1m] - GENERAL - 2 XP
- Technomorphic Integration Engine [1m] - GENERAL - 2 XP
- Chemical Fog Generator [1m] - PANOPLY - 2 XP
- Optical Shroud [2m] - PANOPLY - 2 XP
- Pheromone Regulation Systems
- Paramagnetic Tether Beam
- Accelerated Response System [Dodge]
- Omnitools Implant
- Essence Irradiation Corona + Dedicated Slot
- Manifold Transhuman Implants[Supernatural Quickness] + General Slot
AISHA'S BACKGROUNDS
Artifact ●●●●● (25 dots to use)
- Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light ●○○○○
- Mask ●●○○○
- Beam Omniklave ●●●●●
-Perfected Boots [●]
-Essence Scrying Visor [●]
-Horn of The Wild [●●]
-Translation Crystal [●●]
-Dragonfly's Roving Eye [●●●]
-Infinite Resplendence Amulet(Moonsilver) [●●●]
-Quicksilver Aegis Talisman: Moonsilver [●●●●●]
Backing (PRT) ●○○○○
Eidolon/Past Lives ●●●○○
Familiar (J-L-001) ●●●○○
Mentor (Autochthon) ●●●●●
Reputation (Ward) ●○○○○
Resources ●○○○○
sainen
Elder Lich
right thanks, I had though we did, but was having problems remembering where
- Location
- A Table Near You
I think the arguments to keep Aisha's temperance at 1 'because it'd be more interesting' are committing a bit of a logical fallacy.
I mean, this is Aisha we're talking about. An additional point of temperance isn't going to stop her from getting up to shenanigans, so much as make her a bit wiser as to what she can get away with. It's the difference between her causing problems near constantly, some major, including during a crisis, and instead showing the modicum of self-restraint necessary so she doesn't cause herself and the assembly too many problems in the long-term. A sustainable rate of shenanigans, in other words.
Beyond that, since at least one dot of linguistics looks to be a must-buy, does anybody know what each additional dot of linguistics represents? Unsure if we should buy one dot or two dots, there.
I mean, this is Aisha we're talking about. An additional point of temperance isn't going to stop her from getting up to shenanigans, so much as make her a bit wiser as to what she can get away with. It's the difference between her causing problems near constantly, some major, including during a crisis, and instead showing the modicum of self-restraint necessary so she doesn't cause herself and the assembly too many problems in the long-term. A sustainable rate of shenanigans, in other words.
Beyond that, since at least one dot of linguistics looks to be a must-buy, does anybody know what each additional dot of linguistics represents? Unsure if we should buy one dot or two dots, there.
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sainen
Elder Lich
each dot of linguistics represents fluency in another language family, and there's no point in getting her more than one for English because we bought her the Charm : Interpolative Syntax Emulator which for the low cost of a hour of listening to a language and 5 motes lets her speak that language without an accent. it also works on documents.
the reason we're bying English even with this charm is because we don't want to always have 5 motes commited to Interpolative Syntax Emulator just so most people can understand Aisha, and so that Interpolative Syntax Emulator can be swapped out for some of her other charms as needed.
Point of order: You may be misremembering events.
We didn't actually increase Taylor's Temperance until Update 3.6/Thread 5 on SB, the update before Behemoth ambushed us. And we increased it on general principles, not because there was anything specifically Taylor was doing or flubbing. Specifically, the only previous thing of note was her being flustered by a possible date with Dean.
It's been a while but you can go back and crosscheck the previous update before the vote.
Aisha is impulsive. And that is not necessarily a bad thing.
Importantly, unlike other votes, we can raise Virtue dots at any voting interval.
Aisha has been a Stranger for around a month now, including an entire week with Taylor in custody, which means spectacular avenues for unattributable mischief. She's gone on patrol without Taylor. The sky hasn't fallen. I feel comfortable with leaving her as is.
Honestly, at the moment, if I was going to raise a Virtue, it would be more likely to be Compassion, not Temperance.
More dots give you extra languages.
They also make you better at languages in general.
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- U.S.
Thank ya.
She's WP 10. If she needs to succeed a roll, she can force it just fine. It's not an issue.