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Alchemical Solutions [Worm/Exalted] Thread 6: Fatal Fires Flagrantly Fry Frantic Friends, Family
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Gromweld
Learning By Mistake
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Worm, a fantastic web serial, is owned by Wildbow. This quest will spoil a great deal - if not all - of the story, so if you haven't finished it already... go read it now! (Unless you don't care about spoilers, that is.)
Exalted, a delightful RPG system, is owned by White Wolf and CCP Games. Support the game by picking up a few PDFs on Drive-Thru RPG, would ya?
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Story Index:
Arc 1: Spark
- 1.1
- 1.2
- 1.3
- 1.4
- 1.5
- 1.6
- 1.7
- Interlude: Simurgh
Arc 2: Ignition
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.4
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 2.7
- Interlude: Coil
- Interlude: Oblivion
- Interlude: Piggot
Arc 3: Fuel
- 3.1
- 3.2
- 3.3
- 3.4
- 3.5
- 3.6
- 3.7
- Interlude: Cauldron
Arc 4: Combustion
- 4.1
- 4.2
- 4.3
- 4.4
- 4.5
- 4.6
- 4.7
- Interlude: Jack Slash
Arc 5: Ember
- 5.1
- 5.2
- 5.3
- 5.4
- 5.5
- Interlude: Citrine
- 5.6
- Interlude: Aisha
- 5.7
- Interlude: Dragon
- Interlude: PRT Database
Arc 6: Flame
- 6.1
- Interlude: Exaltation Journal
- 6.2
- Interlude: Uriel
- 6.3
- Interlude: Chris
- 6.4
- Interlude: Saint
- 6.5
- 6.6 (Writing in Progress)
***
Extras:
Primary Quest Thread 01
Primary Quest Thread 02
Primary Quest Thread 03
Primary Quest Thread 04
Primary Quest Thread 05
Primary Quest Thread 06
Primary Quest Thread 07
Primary Quest Thread 08
Primary Quest Thread 09
Primary Quest Thread 10
Primary Quest Thread 11
Primary Quest Thread 12 [-- Discussion is here!</b]
==Story-Only Thread==
Quest Character Sheet
Quest Mechanics
Quest Equipment
Charm Cheat-Sheet (Courtesy of RCa)
Explanation - How To Play Exalted, A Primer
Explanation - Social Combat (Courtesy of RCa)
Explanation - Combat vs Snipers (Courtesy of RCa)
Explanation - The History of Exalted, In Brief (Posted by GamingGeek)
Explanation - Creation/Elsewhere (Posted by GamingGeek)
TV Tropes Page for Alchemical Solutions
***
Omake: (Not Quest Canon unless otherwise stated)
1.1 - Mrs. Knott (Courtesy of NotAlwaysFanfic)
1.1 - Madison (Courtesy of Blackout785)
1.2 AU - Enduring Order Administrator (Courtesy of Daemir Silverstreak)
1.2 AU - Armsmaster (Courtesy of Daemir Silverstreak)
1.2 AU - Sophia Hess (Courtesy of DragonBard)
1.2 AU - Emma Barnes (Courtesy of DragonBard)
1.6 - Daniel Hebert (Courtesy of Bozwieval)
1.7 - Miss Militia (Courtesy of Jinnt)
2.1 - Drs. Laurel & Hardy (Courtesy of DragonBard)
2.1 - Mr. Gladly (Courtesy of DragonBard)
2.1 - Emma Barnes (Courtesy of DragonBard)
2.4a - Glenn Chambers (Courtesy of Daemir Silverstreak)
2.4b - Taylor Hebert (Courtesy of Daemir Silverstreak)
2.4c - Glenn Chambers (Courtesy of Daemir Silverstreak)
2.7 - Resonant Terror Cascade (Courtesdy of Kelenas)
2.7 - Armsmaster (Courtesdy of Jinnt)
2.7 - Vista (Courtesy of Jinnt)
2.7 - Greg (Courtesy of RCa)
2.7a - Undersiders (Courtesy of Jinnt)
2.7b - Undersiders (Courtesy of Jinnt)
Arc 2 Interlude - Director Piggot (Courtesy of DragonBard, adapted into Canon Interlude)
Arc 2 Interlude - Kaiser (Courtesy of DragonBard)
3.1 - Contessa (Courtesy of Jinnt)
3.1 - Black Widow #174 (Courtesy of veekie)
3.3 - Assault (Courtesy of Daemir Silverstreak)
3.4a - Eye of Autochthon (Courtesy of DragonBard)
3.4b - Director Piggot (Courtesy of DragonBard)
3.4c - Jessica Yamada (Courtesy of DragonBard)
3.4d - Missy & Hannah (Courtesy of DragonBard)
3.4 - Missy (Courtesy of Dimensionist)
3.5 - Director Piggot (Courtesy of cosoco)
3.6 - Chevalier (Courtesy of Chandra Magic)
3.6 - Glenn Chambers (Courtesy of DragonBard)
3.7 - Dragon (Courtesy of Jinnt)
3.7 - Behemoth & Simurgh (Courtesy of kestrel404)
4.1 - Possible Battles (Courtesy of Demonic Spoon)
4.1 - Danny Hebert (Courtesy of LoreOfClark)
4.1a - Tattletale (Courtesy of LoreOfClark)
4.1b - Tattletale (Courtesy of LoreOfClark)
4.1 - Ball 'o Spiders (Courtesy of DragonBard)
4.2 - Über and Leet (Courtesy of tomio)
4.3 - Tattletale (Courtesy of LoreOfClark)
4.3 - Defenders at PRT HQ (Courtesy of Daemir Silverstreak)
4.3 - Über & Leet (Courtesy of tomio)
4.4 - Iron Sun (Courtesy of .IronSun.)
4.4 - Panacea (Courtesy of LoreOfClark)
Arc 4 AU - Taylor & Iris (Courtesy of AkatsukiLeader13)
4.5 - Tattletale (Courtesy of LoreOfClark)
4.7a - Taylor & Protectorate (Courtesy of DragonBard)
4.7b - Taylor & Protectorate (Courtesy of wingnut2292)
4.7 - Taylor & Tattletale (Courtesy of sun tzu)
4.7 - Emma Barnes (Courtesy of Jinnt)
5.4 AU - Taylor & Missy (Courtesy of Jinnt)
Arc 5+ - Parahumans Online (Courtesy of sun tzu)
Arc 5+ - Parahumans Online (Courtesy of LoreOfClark)
Arc 5+ - Coil (Courtesy of DragonBard)
Arc 5+ - Taylor & Daniel Hebert (Courtesy of DragonBard)
Arc 5+ - Taylor & Dragon (Courtesy of Azure)
Arc 5+a - Alchemical Solutions/Conquest Quest Crossover (Courtesy of sun tzu)
Arc 5+b - Alchemical Solutions/Conquest Quest Crossover (Courtesy of sun tzu)
Arc 5+ - Taylor & Wards (Courtesy of BobTheNinja)
Arc 5+ - Taylor, Miss Militia, Wards (Courtesy of DragonBard)
5.1 - Dragon (Courtesy of Jinnt)
5.5 - Aisha & Taylor (Courtesy of Jinnt, turned into Canon Interlude)
Arc 6+ - Chevalier (Courtesy of FunkyEntropy)
Arc 6+ - Medical Log (Courtesy of uju32)
Arc 6+ - Matchmaking Through War (Courtesy of charysa)
Arc 6+ - Matchmaking Through Everything (Courtesy of charysa)
Arc 6+ - Asymmetric Strategic Threat Workgroup (Courtesy of uju32)
Arc 6+ - BOLO for Iris (Courtesy of uju32)
Arc 7+ - Dragon Ascendant (Courtesy of DragonBard)
Arc 7+ - A Good Day (Courtesy of uju32)
Arc 8+ - Glenn Chambers(Courtesy ofDragonBard)
Arc 10+ - Taylor & Vista (Courtesy of DragonBard)
A Bad End (Courtesy of Demonic Spoon)
A Good End (Courtesy of RCa)
Sidereal-Style Poem (Courtesy of linkhyrule5)
***
Quest-Related Art: (Not Quest Canon unless otherwise stated)
Taylor Hebert Pre-Exaltation (Art by Hybrid303) (Quest Canon)
The Simurgh (Art by Scarfgirl) (Quest Canon)
The Death of Taylor Rose Hebert (Art by assana73)
Alchemical Taylor (Stylized, Art by Shyft)
1.2 - Taylor In The Mirror (Art by assana73)
2.3 - Missy In Suitjamas (Art by assana73) (Quest Canon)
Miss Militia & Taylor & Iris (Art by assana73)
3.6 - Saving Chevalier From Iris (Art by charysa)
3.6 - Taylor/Dragon Collaboration Dress (Art by Shyft) (Quest Canon)
If Behemoth Was A Week Late (Art by charysa)
Brockton Bay Wards Beach Vacation (Art by charysa)
Taylor's Iconic Anima Display (Art by Demonic Spoon)
Taylor's Iconic Anima Display (Art by assana73)
Series of Sketches and Comics:
- Iris of Innovation Sketches (Art by assana73)
- Taylor, Behemoth, and a Carrot (Art by assana73)
- Interrupting Lung's Nap (Art by assana73)
- Line Art For Above - Links Below Art (Art by assana73)
4.4 - Daniel Hebert (Art by assana73) (Quest Canon)
Behemoth (Art by BobTheNinja)
Lung Dressed As Mumm-Rah (Art by assana73)
4.7 Omake - Taylor & Protectorate (Art by assana73, from This Omake)
Iris, Jack, Bonesaw & Simurgh (Art by charysa)
***
Worm, a fantastic web serial, is owned by Wildbow. This quest will spoil a great deal - if not all - of the story, so if you haven't finished it already... go read it now! (Unless you don't care about spoilers, that is.)
Exalted, a delightful RPG system, is owned by White Wolf and CCP Games. Support the game by picking up a few PDFs on Drive-Thru RPG, would ya?
***
Story Index:
Arc 1: Spark
- 1.1
- 1.2
- 1.3
- 1.4
- 1.5
- 1.6
- 1.7
- Interlude: Simurgh
Arc 2: Ignition
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.4
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 2.7
- Interlude: Coil
- Interlude: Oblivion
- Interlude: Piggot
Arc 3: Fuel
- 3.1
- 3.2
- 3.3
- 3.4
- 3.5
- 3.6
- 3.7
- Interlude: Cauldron
Arc 4: Combustion
- 4.1
- 4.2
- 4.3
- 4.4
- 4.5
- 4.6
- 4.7
- Interlude: Jack Slash
Arc 5: Ember
- 5.1
- 5.2
- 5.3
- 5.4
- 5.5
- Interlude: Citrine
- 5.6
- Interlude: Aisha
- 5.7
- Interlude: Dragon
- Interlude: PRT Database
Arc 6: Flame
- 6.1
- Interlude: Exaltation Journal
- 6.2
- Interlude: Uriel
- 6.3
- Interlude: Chris
- 6.4
- Interlude: Saint
- 6.5
- 6.6 (Writing in Progress)
***
Extras:
Primary Quest Thread 01
Primary Quest Thread 02
Primary Quest Thread 03
Primary Quest Thread 04
Primary Quest Thread 05
Primary Quest Thread 06
Primary Quest Thread 07
Primary Quest Thread 08
Primary Quest Thread 09
Primary Quest Thread 10
Primary Quest Thread 11
Primary Quest Thread 12 [-- Discussion is here!</b]
==Story-Only Thread==
Quest Character Sheet
Quest Mechanics
Quest Equipment
Charm Cheat-Sheet (Courtesy of RCa)
Explanation - How To Play Exalted, A Primer
Explanation - Social Combat (Courtesy of RCa)
Explanation - Combat vs Snipers (Courtesy of RCa)
Explanation - The History of Exalted, In Brief (Posted by GamingGeek)
Explanation - Creation/Elsewhere (Posted by GamingGeek)
TV Tropes Page for Alchemical Solutions
***
Omake: (Not Quest Canon unless otherwise stated)
1.1 - Mrs. Knott (Courtesy of NotAlwaysFanfic)
1.1 - Madison (Courtesy of Blackout785)
1.2 AU - Enduring Order Administrator (Courtesy of Daemir Silverstreak)
1.2 AU - Armsmaster (Courtesy of Daemir Silverstreak)
1.2 AU - Sophia Hess (Courtesy of DragonBard)
1.2 AU - Emma Barnes (Courtesy of DragonBard)
1.6 - Daniel Hebert (Courtesy of Bozwieval)
1.7 - Miss Militia (Courtesy of Jinnt)
2.1 - Drs. Laurel & Hardy (Courtesy of DragonBard)
2.1 - Mr. Gladly (Courtesy of DragonBard)
2.1 - Emma Barnes (Courtesy of DragonBard)
2.4a - Glenn Chambers (Courtesy of Daemir Silverstreak)
2.4b - Taylor Hebert (Courtesy of Daemir Silverstreak)
2.4c - Glenn Chambers (Courtesy of Daemir Silverstreak)
2.7 - Resonant Terror Cascade (Courtesdy of Kelenas)
2.7 - Armsmaster (Courtesdy of Jinnt)
2.7 - Vista (Courtesy of Jinnt)
2.7 - Greg (Courtesy of RCa)
2.7a - Undersiders (Courtesy of Jinnt)
2.7b - Undersiders (Courtesy of Jinnt)
Arc 2 Interlude - Director Piggot (Courtesy of DragonBard, adapted into Canon Interlude)
Arc 2 Interlude - Kaiser (Courtesy of DragonBard)
3.1 - Contessa (Courtesy of Jinnt)
3.1 - Black Widow #174 (Courtesy of veekie)
3.3 - Assault (Courtesy of Daemir Silverstreak)
3.4a - Eye of Autochthon (Courtesy of DragonBard)
3.4b - Director Piggot (Courtesy of DragonBard)
3.4c - Jessica Yamada (Courtesy of DragonBard)
3.4d - Missy & Hannah (Courtesy of DragonBard)
3.4 - Missy (Courtesy of Dimensionist)
3.5 - Director Piggot (Courtesy of cosoco)
3.6 - Chevalier (Courtesy of Chandra Magic)
3.6 - Glenn Chambers (Courtesy of DragonBard)
3.7 - Dragon (Courtesy of Jinnt)
3.7 - Behemoth & Simurgh (Courtesy of kestrel404)
4.1 - Possible Battles (Courtesy of Demonic Spoon)
4.1 - Danny Hebert (Courtesy of LoreOfClark)
4.1a - Tattletale (Courtesy of LoreOfClark)
4.1b - Tattletale (Courtesy of LoreOfClark)
4.1 - Ball 'o Spiders (Courtesy of DragonBard)
4.2 - Über and Leet (Courtesy of tomio)
4.3 - Tattletale (Courtesy of LoreOfClark)
4.3 - Defenders at PRT HQ (Courtesy of Daemir Silverstreak)
4.3 - Über & Leet (Courtesy of tomio)
4.4 - Iron Sun (Courtesy of .IronSun.)
4.4 - Panacea (Courtesy of LoreOfClark)
Arc 4 AU - Taylor & Iris (Courtesy of AkatsukiLeader13)
4.5 - Tattletale (Courtesy of LoreOfClark)
4.7a - Taylor & Protectorate (Courtesy of DragonBard)
4.7b - Taylor & Protectorate (Courtesy of wingnut2292)
4.7 - Taylor & Tattletale (Courtesy of sun tzu)
4.7 - Emma Barnes (Courtesy of Jinnt)
5.4 AU - Taylor & Missy (Courtesy of Jinnt)
Arc 5+ - Parahumans Online (Courtesy of sun tzu)
Arc 5+ - Parahumans Online (Courtesy of LoreOfClark)
Arc 5+ - Coil (Courtesy of DragonBard)
Arc 5+ - Taylor & Daniel Hebert (Courtesy of DragonBard)
Arc 5+ - Taylor & Dragon (Courtesy of Azure)
Arc 5+a - Alchemical Solutions/Conquest Quest Crossover (Courtesy of sun tzu)
Arc 5+b - Alchemical Solutions/Conquest Quest Crossover (Courtesy of sun tzu)
Arc 5+ - Taylor & Wards (Courtesy of BobTheNinja)
Arc 5+ - Taylor, Miss Militia, Wards (Courtesy of DragonBard)
5.1 - Dragon (Courtesy of Jinnt)
5.5 - Aisha & Taylor (Courtesy of Jinnt, turned into Canon Interlude)
Arc 6+ - Chevalier (Courtesy of FunkyEntropy)
Arc 6+ - Medical Log (Courtesy of uju32)
Arc 6+ - Matchmaking Through War (Courtesy of charysa)
Arc 6+ - Matchmaking Through Everything (Courtesy of charysa)
Arc 6+ - Asymmetric Strategic Threat Workgroup (Courtesy of uju32)
Arc 6+ - BOLO for Iris (Courtesy of uju32)
Arc 7+ - Dragon Ascendant (Courtesy of DragonBard)
Arc 7+ - A Good Day (Courtesy of uju32)
Arc 8+ - Glenn Chambers(Courtesy ofDragonBard)
Arc 10+ - Taylor & Vista (Courtesy of DragonBard)
A Bad End (Courtesy of Demonic Spoon)
A Good End (Courtesy of RCa)
Sidereal-Style Poem (Courtesy of linkhyrule5)
***
Quest-Related Art: (Not Quest Canon unless otherwise stated)
Taylor Hebert Pre-Exaltation (Art by Hybrid303) (Quest Canon)
The Simurgh (Art by Scarfgirl) (Quest Canon)
The Death of Taylor Rose Hebert (Art by assana73)
Alchemical Taylor (Stylized, Art by Shyft)
1.2 - Taylor In The Mirror (Art by assana73)
2.3 - Missy In Suitjamas (Art by assana73) (Quest Canon)
Miss Militia & Taylor & Iris (Art by assana73)
3.6 - Saving Chevalier From Iris (Art by charysa)
3.6 - Taylor/Dragon Collaboration Dress (Art by Shyft) (Quest Canon)
If Behemoth Was A Week Late (Art by charysa)
Brockton Bay Wards Beach Vacation (Art by charysa)
Taylor's Iconic Anima Display (Art by Demonic Spoon)
Taylor's Iconic Anima Display (Art by assana73)
Series of Sketches and Comics:
- Iris of Innovation Sketches (Art by assana73)
- Taylor, Behemoth, and a Carrot (Art by assana73)
- Interrupting Lung's Nap (Art by assana73)
- Line Art For Above - Links Below Art (Art by assana73)
4.4 - Daniel Hebert (Art by assana73) (Quest Canon)
Behemoth (Art by BobTheNinja)
Lung Dressed As Mumm-Rah (Art by assana73)
4.7 Omake - Taylor & Protectorate (Art by assana73, from This Omake)
Iris, Jack, Bonesaw & Simurgh (Art by charysa)
***
Gromweld
Learning By Mistake
Gromweld
Learning By Mistake
Gromweld
Learning By Mistake
Gromweld
Learning By Mistake
Funny you should mention that....IronSun. said:
Gromweld, please stop teasing us. It's not very fair.
Wouldn't we get absolutely wrecked if pitted against even a semi-experienced Exalted of any kind at the moment? Because I'm thinking the answer to that question is yes.
FunkyEntropy
Occasionally insightful, possibly grumpy
- Location
- Los Angeles
Pffffft. Whatever, man. As if we didn't know this whole episode was going to end in fire anyway. Given that a good quarter of the city is already a fiery radioactive wasteland, it's not like you haven't done a good job of setting expectations.Gromweld said:
Oh, and before I forget - you forgot to update the Backing background with the changes you made in thread 4.
Current tally
Cities destroyed: 0
PRT bases destroyed: 1
Coil bases destroyed via proper kiting: 0 (may~be)
Civilians dead: somewhere between hundreds and low thousands
Capes dead: that we know of? 0
Chubster?: still alive
Carrots thrown: 1
Ping damage delivered: 0
...did I miss anything?
Pretty much.landcollector said:
We'd probably be able to pull a fighting retreat by using our Swarm to cover us while activating Stealth mode and getting the hell out of dodge, but if the other Exalt has an AESS equivalent and something to help them through the Swarm, we'd pretty much go "splat" like a bug on a windshield unless we can out run them.
FunkyEntropy
Occasionally insightful, possibly grumpy
- Location
- Los Angeles
landcollector said:
As with all things, it's rather dependent on context.Nervaqus987 said:
In all cases - We have an excellent chance of spotting them before they can pull off an ambush if they don't have stealth charms, and our cloak allows us to get away if they don't have Essence Sight. We can also outdistance them pretty easily with our jetpack if they don't have any good Athletics charms. If they have all that we're pretty much dead.
Us vs melee? We're ranged and have access to sustained flight. Stalemate at worst since we can always just fly away; our cloak allows us to reestablish surprise and they're toast if they don't have a surprise-negator.
Us vs ranged? Stalemate at best. More likely we're a pincushion.
The other big question is how much infrastructure we're able to leverage. That's our biggest strength, and once we get going we can do fun things like swamping the opposition with gunzosha-equivalent troops. Will it get messy? Yep. Will we win? Uncertain, although we'd have much better odds.
Fallenblades643
Seeker of the Divine Taste
I require more Carrots thrown!
- Location
- Fabulously Rainbow Ireland
Yeah, we need our Justice League Autochtonia!.IronSun. said:
.IronSun.
I don't descriminate, I hate all of you equally.
- Location
- IN UR BASE, PUNCHIN UR DOODZ
Speaking of potential exalted, and on a pretty grim note, can we agree no to exalt Vista? At least not without some dire necessity or a rather significant time skip. If I've been reading this right Alchemical Exalted are functionally immortal and don't age physically. Since she's like 12 years old that means she'll be stuck as a little girl forever.
She won't be stuck. She'd be immediately reconstructed as an adult. Depending on her Appearance score she may or may not have the boob upgrade included like Taylor did..IronSun. said:
.IronSun.
I don't descriminate, I hate all of you equally.
- Location
- IN UR BASE, PUNCHIN UR DOODZ
Honestly I was just watching an old Batman cartoon where the villain was an old child star who didn't age physically past about 8 years old and went insane because of it and it seriously creeped e the hell out.
- Location
- The end of all things
Alchemicals aren't vampires. Taylor looks like she's twenty..IronSun. said:
Even if she was stuck with the appearance of a twelve year old, it is relatively trivial for an Alchemical to permanently change their appearance or even their gender.
Plus, eventually Vista would simply stop being a human and develop a body more in line with Optimus Prime, so she doesn't have to worry about being stuck as a kid forever.Anasurimbor said:
- Location
- Fabulously Rainbow Ireland
The man's powers are fuelled by BACON (not sure if thats canon or fanfic), DO YOU REALLY THINK HE'S GOING TO STAY AWAY FROM THE WORLD'S LARGEST WALKING NUCLEAR FRYING PAN?Zen said:Odds on Chubster surviving the update?