Alchemical Solutions [Worm/Exalted] Thread 6: Fatal Fires Flagrantly Fry Frantic Friends, Family

Edited my vote to:
[X] "Hold the Line!"
-[X] Stunt: Our shot was the only thing that truly hurt Behemoth, and it seems unrelated to the nature of our weapon. Aim at his heart, and shoot as frequently as possible. While also disseminating the knowledge about Behemoth's apparent weak spot to the entire army via our swarm. Try to get him pinned again and focus a volley of fire there to either dig a hole into it or exploit other capes who might penetrate his defenses (like Foil, perhaps.)
-[X] Stunt: Attempt communication with the new monster through use of your swarms. Ask her to attempt to occupy Behemoth for those firing, and ask what she needs to produce clones, if it's just DNA see if you can help her make ones more suited for fighting Behemoth than her current selection without absorbing them and releasing the ones she has now.

[X] 4 XP - Lore
[X] 4 XP - Investigation
[X] 2 XP - Presence (Swarms ●●○)
 
AkatsukiLeader13 said:
Of course she'd be immune to being devoured by Noelle, Taylor's no longer made of flesh but soulsteel and various other magic metals. I suppose she could get swallowed and trapped within Noelle's mass but she wouldn't be consumed and cloned like the others.
Well then we'd probably cut out way out with out magic hands
 
We could just join Weld in cutting our way in and then out.
Gromweld said:
Again, I don't recall ever stating that this was 'Easy Mode' outside of the vote itself, and the 'Scenic Route' vote specifically said "Things will be rough." I'll talk about this more after the Arc 4 Interlude, but the other two Endbringer battles would have been completely different scenarios and thus not really comparable in terms of difficulty.
I'm pretty sure it wasn't implied in any form, other than us getting more time to spend with the various characters. Or at least what's left of them.
 
Changing my one of my XP choiced from Firearms (Sniper Rifle) to Athletics (Power Armor).
 
[] "Hold the Line!"
-[] Stunt: Our shot was the only thing that truly hurt Behemoth, and it seems unrelated to the nature of our weapon. Aim at his heart, and shoot as frequently as possible. While also disseminating the knowledge about Behemoth's apparent weak spot to the entire army via our swarm. Try to get him pinned again and focus a volley of fire there to either dig a hole into it or exploit other capes who might penetrate his defenses (like Foil, perhaps.)
-[] Stunt: Attempt communication with the new monster through use of your swarms. Ask her to attempt to occupy Behemoth for those firing, and ask what she needs to produce clones, if it's just DNA see if you can help her make ones more suited for fighting Behemoth than her current selection without absorbing them and releasing the ones she has now.

[] 2 XP - Athletics (Power Armor ●●○)
[] 2 XP - Lore (Endbringers ●○○)
[] 2 XP - War (Parahumans ●○○)
[] 2 XP - Presence (Swarms ●●○)
 
[X] "Hold the Line!"
-[X] Stunt: Our shot was the only thing that truly hurt Behemoth, and it seems unrelated to the nature of our weapon. Aim at his heart, and shoot as frequently as possible. While also disseminating the knowledge about Behemoth's apparent weak spot to the entire army via our swarm. Try to get him pinned again and focus a volley of fire there to either dig a hole into it or exploit other capes who might penetrate his defenses (like Foil, perhaps.)
-[X] Stunt: Attempt communication with the new monster through use of your swarms. Ask her to attempt to occupy Behemoth for those firing, and ask what she needs to produce clones, if it's just DNA see if you can help her make ones more suited for fighting Behemoth than her current selection without absorbing them and releasing the ones she has now.

[X] 2 XP - Athletics (Power Armor ●●○)
[X] 2 XP - Lore (Endbringers ●○○)
[X] 2 XP - War (Parahumans ●○○)
[X] 2 XP - Presence (Swarms ●●○)
 
[X] "Hold the Line!"
-[X] Stunt: Our shot was the only thing that truly hurt Behemoth, and it seems unrelated to the nature of our weapon. Aim at his heart, and shoot as frequently as possible. While also disseminating the knowledge about Behemoth's apparent weak spot to the entire army via our swarm. Try to get him pinned again and focus a volley of fire there to either dig a hole into it or exploit other capes who might penetrate his defenses (like Foil, perhaps.)
-[X] Stunt: Attempt communication with the new monster through use of your swarms. Ask her to attempt to occupy Behemoth for those firing, and ask what she needs to produce clones, if it's just DNA see if you can help her make ones more suited for fighting Behemoth than her current selection without absorbing them and releasing the ones she has now.

[X] 2 XP - Athletics (Power Armor ●●○)
[X] 2 XP - Lore (Endbringers ●○○)
[X] 2 XP - War (Parahumans ●○○)
[X] 2 XP - Presence (Swarms ●●○)
 
[X] "Hold the Line!"
[X] 4 XP - Lore (6/6 Intervals)
[X] 4 XP - Investigation (6/6 Intervals)
[X] 2 XP - Lore (Endbringers ●○○)
[X] 2 XP - Presence (Intimidation ●○○)
[X] 2 XP - War (Parahumans ●○○)
 
Why all the votes for Athletics (Power Armor)? Right now, with everyone and his grandmother focusing their fire on Behemoth, being able to get around a bit faster strikes me as less useful than some of the other things we could buy with XP.
 
sun tzu said:
Why all the votes for Athletics (Power Armor)? Right now, with everyone and his grandmother focusing their fire on Behemoth, being able to get around a bit faster strikes me as less useful than some of the other things we could buy with XP.
Our anti-gravity system already got trashed once. We'll need some backup mobility in case it happens again.
 
[X] "Hold the Line!"
-[X] Stunt: Our shot was the only thing that truly hurt Behemoth, and it seems unrelated to the nature of our weapon. Aim at his heart, and shoot as frequently as possible. While also disseminating the knowledge about Behemoth's apparent weak spot to the entire army via our swarm. Try to get him pinned again and focus a volley of fire there to either dig a hole into it or exploit other capes who might penetrate his defenses (like Foil, perhaps.)
-[X] Stunt: Attempt communication with the new monster through use of your swarms. Ask her to attempt to occupy Behemoth for those firing, and ask what she needs to produce clones, if it's just DNA see if you can help her make ones more suited for fighting Behemoth than her current selection without absorbing them and releasing the ones she has now.
[X] 4 XP - Investigation (6/6 Intervals)
[X] 2 XP - Lore (Endbringers ●○○)
[X] 2 XP - Presence (Intimidation ●○○)
[X] 2 XP - War (Parahumans
 
uju32 said:
For all the people currently voting, I want to make two points:

1)Noelle has swallowed Panacea.
That means she hit our medical camp.
We need to get Strider to check out the place and see if anyone there is still alive; we have sixteen injured capes there at last count, and we dunno where Othala is.

2) We need to tell our biocapes to keep their distance from Noelle as well.
Given that we can see the others inside her, that's a basic precaution.
How about this for a revised 1st stunt (changes in bold):

-[] Stunt: Our shot was the only thing that truly hurt Behemoth, and it seems unrelated to the nature of our weapon. Aim at his heart, and shoot as frequently as possible. While disseminating the knowledge about Behemoth's apparent weak spot and the other monster's absorption and cloning of capes to the entire army via our swarm, direct a teleporter to look for survivors at the overrun medical camp. Try to get him pinned again and focus a volley of fire there to either dig a hole into it or exploit other capes who might penetrate his defenses (like Flechette, perhaps.)
 
If you're changing the stunt, at least change Foil to Flechette.

She might not even be here, of course. I don't think we've mentioned her, or noticed any attacks biting particularly deeply.
 
Zechstein said:
If having an aquifer would be sufficient to classify a town as a soft target then I have to wonder why they would bother to distinguish between hard and soft targets since most human settlements will have an aquifer, especially in coastal regions. Also, it has been a while since I read Worm but didn't Leviathan cause a collapse in the inner city? That would requires some kind of hollow space underneath.

And coastal sediments are not necessarily indicative for the geology of the surrounding land since they are frequently transported over large distances before they are deposited...
It's mentioned that Leviathan had been agitating the water in the aquifer to accelerate erosion and undermining even before he arrived on site.
 
BobTheNinja said:
I did a really, REALLY rough sketch of Behemoth. I understand if it doesn't warrant a full point of XP, but I couldn't wait after seeing everyone else contributing their own art.
Hooray, more Art! Since this is your first contribution of Art to the thread, and I know it can be daunting to put your work up in front of others to be judged, I'm fine with giving this the full award. Keep up those artistic impulses! +3 XP!
RCa said:
Got most of these, but gonna call a few out in particular:
RCa said:
So cheap. Also, maybe Occult to evaluate our essence pools. It's not normally something that takes a check though.
A recap of what you have committed:
- Nebulous amount of Personal Essence committed to install your charms
- 10 for Industrial Survival Frame
- 48 for Incomparable Efficiency Upgrade (Taylor, Vista, Moonrune, Khandra, Tattletale, Alexandria, Legend, Chevalier)

Activating Dynamic Reaction Enhancement System (2 motes) almost empties you out. Worth keeping in mind.
RCa said:
Huh. We're doing better than expected, honestly, if we still have a hundred and thirty one capes moving.
Many are barely moving under their own power, and most have fairly serious wounds or are nearing exhaustion. Do not expect this group to hold up as well as they did at the start.
RCa said:
Think this should be "eighty miles an hour".
Whoops! Fixed.
RCa said:
'hide', not 'hid'. Poor Collector.
Fixed! Also: "I'm meeellllting! Meellllllting!"
RCa said:
Follow up paragraphs: looks like our Lung stunt is paying off ... for both sides. Crap.
If you need a mental image, think of Diablo's lightning attack from Diablo 2/3.
RCa said:
Mouse Protector!
... better fate than canon.
And the number of Original Wards drops by one. Farewell, Mary Pendleton - you were kind of an ass, but a loveable one.
RCa said:
Leet!
... he died in canon too, huh, although I don't think we know how. And Uber fell apart.
So much for getting payback for the Sex Closet. Uber's up for grabs, though!
RCa said:
Tattletale!
... shit.
The fun's just getting started.
RCa said:
Bitch's dogs!
... if she gets out with only two dead then Behemoth killed fewer of them than Leviathan.
If I were a betting man...
RCa said:
Yowch. Sounds like a save of some kind: War perhaps.
You saved both of their lives through your War rolls.
RCa said:
Either missing a comma between Legend and Eidolon or you want to remove the comma after Eidolon.
Thanks! Fixed!
RCa said:
That pinned him down for a minute? That's pretty good. Pity Clockblocker didn't tag the ice.
Working with a missing arm and a broken one is hard, man.
RCa said:
I wonder how much Endbringer insurance costs.
Danny had to stop paying for it due to recent budget constraints. Not like an Endbringer would attack a failing city like Brockton Bay, anyway!
RCa said:
Is Flechette even here? Could she even break an Endbringer core? They had two years to try in canon and didn't kill any (although they did slice off Simurgh's wing), but then again the Endbringers might have started trying to kill her first.
She's here, yes, but you don't notice any of her arrows stuck in him. Odd...
RCa said:
Eat Essence ping, monster.
Your other shots didn't appear to do the same. Again, odd...

All in all, good work. +1 XP!
uju32 said:
Does Investigation help/play a role in gathering information to formulate a plan?
Does it assist when examining Behemoth?
Investigation helps uncover information, as well as make connections between disparate pieces of knowledge, so yes.
 
Gromweld said:
Hooray, more Art! Since this is your first contribution of Art to the thread, and I know it can be daunting to put your work up in front of others to be judged, I'm fine with giving this the full award. Keep up those artistic impulses! +3 XP!
WOOHOO!! I contributed to the success of the quest AND got complimented! You're the best Grom! :D

And yeah, I'll definitely keep working on improving my skills. Hopefully I'll have more awesome stuff for later.
 
landcollector said:
Great news, Bob. Have a look at my revised vote, especially the modified first stunt. I hope this catches on.


[X] "Hold the Line!"
-[X] Stunt: Our shot was the only thing that truly hurt Behemoth, and it seems unrelated to the nature of our weapon. Aim at his heart, and shoot as frequently as possible. While disseminating the knowledge about Behemoth's apparent weak spot and the other monster's absorption and cloning of capes to the entire army via our swarm, direct a teleporter to look for survivors at the overrun medical camp. Try to get him pinned again and focus a volley of fire there to either dig a hole into it or exploit other capes who might penetrate his defenses (like Flechette, perhaps.)
-[X] Stunt: Attempt communication with the new monster through use of your swarms. Ask her to attempt to occupy Behemoth for those firing, and ask what she needs to produce clones, if it's just DNA see if you can help her make ones more suited for fighting Behemoth than her current selection without absorbing them and releasing the ones she has now.

[X] 2 XP - Athletics (Power Armor ●●○)
[X] 2 XP - Lore (Endbringers ●○○)
[X] 2 XP - War (Parahumans ●○○)
[X] 2 XP - Presence (Swarms ●●○)
I don't know man. I'm not a fan of editing votes more than a couple times, since it tends to result in split votes due to not everyone updating them. Plus, are you sure we can fit all that action into a single stunt?
 
Zechstein said:
I think you mean "New Wave heroine," although the thought of Panacea in a batik sari is somewhat amusing ("No, I don't heal. I'm just a medium for the harmony of the cosmic spheres...").
"I can cure everything because I've imbibed water that has diluted elements of healthy plants." Thanks! Fixed this!
Zechstein said:
With the second thing I'm not even sure I should bring it up, since it is the sort of thing most people wouldn't care about. So I'll just mention it and you can do with it what you want:
We know from the canon Leviathan fight that there are caves filled with ground water beneath Brockton Bay. Such systems of karst caves only occur within limestone, which means that the town is build upon a foundation of calcitic sediments (which don't really occur in Massachusetts, but never mind that). But that means that any molten rock Behemoth could spew around would be calcitic as well, whereas obsidian is derived from silicatic lava. Given the circumstances, EOA would most probably be coated in some volcanic breccia with an amorphous, calcitic matrix.
This is awesome. You are awesome for bringing it up. I've tweaked the wording - let me know if it fits now.
 
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