MasterDrakus
DEUS SOL
- Location
- Minas Gerais, Brazil
[X] Plan Corvus
Bad Guy
- Thread starter theimpetus
- Start date
- Original Superhero
theimpetus
Fist of the Duplex
- Location
- The Unbekannt
Being born with your powers is vetoed, as it means I have to write a kid (since non cybernetic implant or ultrasoldier powers didn't show up on Earth till 2004), which means your Sexy trait violates SV's rules, or some real crazy time-travel shenanigans are going on, and I honestly don't want to write that.
Power is vetoed. There is no magic in this setting, and that is way way way too OP. Pyrokinesis, cryokinesis or illusions are OK by themselves, but not all together, and you have to have some kind of downside or weakness. For example: Possession has a time limit and your body is defenseless while you do it. Calamitous Pyrokinesis will destroy whole city blocks, and will kill any minions as well as enemies in your vicinity. Dream Invasion can only affect memories/perceptions of stuff that occurred that day, and you have to fight in someone else's mindscape.
EDIT: Also, no black holes.
I think you mean pyrokinesis? Hmmm. The precog has the downside of being somewhat inaccurate and vague, which means it's ok by itself. If you want to have two powers, pyrokinesis and precog, you need to have an even bigger downside. "I feel as though there was something inside me all the time...eh, it's probably nothing" Do you have something in mind for this, or were you leaving it up to me? If you leave it up to me, yes, that's fine. If not, let me know what you were thinking, and we'll see.
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- Elsewhere
How about spontaneous combustion every now and then? Sure, it doesn't hurt since we can't get burnt, but our clothes and equipment might not survive.
Also, it adds some lulz if it happens while talking to one of our mooks.
If that kind of interactions happen, I think it might be worth removing the Former CIA and replacing it with Sexy. Would that happen?
EDIT: With all the negative traits I gave her, this ended up being my image of her.
As long as it's something linked to the skillset, I think I'll leave it up to you.
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theimpetus
Fist of the Duplex
- Location
- The Unbekannt
If you want exchange "I feel as though there was something inside me all the time...eh, it's probably nothing" for random combustion, that would be a sufficient downside. Since you're leaving it to me, it's fine the way is. If you want both, that's OK too.
Cybandeath
Lord Darkness, and Representative of Mad Science
- Location
- The United States of America
[X] Plan Corvus
- Location
- Elsewhere
Both. That'd probably give us more depth, story wise.
Now I just need people to support the vote...
Also. I just added an edit to the previous post but I just thought...
Is our physical appearance going to be chosen in a later vote, or entirely up to you?
theimpetus
Fist of the Duplex
- Location
- The Unbekannt
If people want to add physical appearance to their plan, that's fine. I was just going to find a picture that matched my vision of the winning plan and put it in the character sheet.
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- Location
- Elsewhere
In that case, I think I'll add a nice pic for plan "Bearer Seek Seek Lest"
Corvus Black
The Inestimable
- Location
- England
Image for Plan Corvus.
DevilsAdvocate
Always follow the golden rule.
[X]Plan "Bearer Seek Seek Lest"
Maybe take off one or two of those downsides, we start with three points and you use only six. We have three extra points that should either give us more junk or be tossed
Maybe take off one or two of those downsides, we start with three points and you use only six. We have three extra points that should either give us more junk or be tossed
- Location
- Elsewhere
We start with 3 points?
*Checks previous posts*
EDIT: Nope. We don't.
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theimpetus
Fist of the Duplex
- Location
- The Unbekannt
Your trait score starts off at zero, not three. I edited the info about traits in the character creation post to reflect this.
- Location
- Elsewhere
@dunk1010
No. We don't start with 3 points, we only get 3 Positive Traits.
We have to even out the value of our Traits so that we get a value of 0 or more.
Genius (-2) + Charismatic (-3) + Former CIA (-1)
-2-3-1=-6
Lazy (+2) + Physically Weak (+1) + Bloodthirsty (+1) + Compulsive Liar (+1) + Debt (+1) =
2+1+1+1+1= 6
-6+6=0
Also. The QM just beat me to it.
Damn, ninja'd.
No. We don't start with 3 points, we only get 3 Positive Traits.
We have to even out the value of our Traits so that we get a value of 0 or more.
Genius (-2) + Charismatic (-3) + Former CIA (-1)
-2-3-1=-6
Lazy (+2) + Physically Weak (+1) + Bloodthirsty (+1) + Compulsive Liar (+1) + Debt (+1) =
2+1+1+1+1= 6
-6+6=0
Also. The QM just beat me to it.
Damn, ninja'd.
DevilsAdvocate
Always follow the golden rule.
Thanks for clearing that up for me.
ChildishChimera
A umbran summon
- Location
- New York
[X]Plan "Bearer Seek Seek Lest"
Cybandeath
Lord Darkness, and Representative of Mad Science
- Location
- The United States of America
closing the vote soon?
theimpetus
Fist of the Duplex
- Location
- The Unbekannt
Nope. You guys still have a while. I have a family reunion today, and I wouldn't be able to start writing anyways.
- Location
- Elsewhere
Hmm...I need to convince people to take plan "Bearer Seek Seek Lest"...
Ok, here goes an argument against Plan Corvus as it's the most voted one:
Exhibit A: Positive Traits
Exhibit B: Ultrapower
Exhibit C: Negative Traits
Conclusion:
We need to be careful, calculating and slow in our conquest if we are to survive.
According to the first post, we want COMPLETE GLOBAL SATU...*cough* to rule everything. Not burn it.
Plan "Bearer Seek Seek Lest", will carry us though the Mid and Late games easily should we manage to get past the Early game
Plan Corvus will help with the Early game, but make stuff complicated in the Mid and Late games.
I rest my case.
Ok, here goes an argument against Plan Corvus as it's the most voted one:
Exhibit A: Positive Traits
The positive traits are ok, to be honest. Charismatic is a must in order to amass an army of loyal battle monkeys, which are needed to expand and do that.
Ultra-Savvy is useful. "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles", and all that.
Experienced...I dunno what it does, but it might be a great help.
Now, plan "Bearer Seek Seek Lest" can do just as well, if not beter
With Genius, we'll be brilliant and great at planning and using the precog part of the power, we can get a good grasp of what our enemies in the near future can do.
With Charismatic, our mooks can gather intel on heroes for us, letting us plan ahead of time without relying on our power and imitating the effects of Ultra-Savvy a little bit.
And with Former CIA...Well, we were a test subject, we might find out if someone related to the lab might be after us, as well as other secret powers that be that might be a threat to us.
Ultra-Savvy is useful. "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles", and all that.
Experienced...I dunno what it does, but it might be a great help.
Now, plan "Bearer Seek Seek Lest" can do just as well, if not beter
With Genius, we'll be brilliant and great at planning and using the precog part of the power, we can get a good grasp of what our enemies in the near future can do.
With Charismatic, our mooks can gather intel on heroes for us, letting us plan ahead of time without relying on our power and imitating the effects of Ultra-Savvy a little bit.
And with Former CIA...Well, we were a test subject, we might find out if someone related to the lab might be after us, as well as other secret powers that be that might be a threat to us.
Exhibit B: Ultrapower
The Calamitous Pyrokinesis is NOT viable. Sure, a shit ton of power and a tough body, great!
But we CAN'T control it. We will end up destroying whole cities. Doing that will call attention and attention means we might get mobbed by all greatest the heroes in the country. No one picked the Prision Time because we'll be known by everyone.
CP makes us known by everyone soon after.
The Fire Seer has control over the flames. No need to be afraid there and the precog is great stuff, especially with our Positive Traits.
Sure, the inaccuracies might seem like a dealbreaker but we can make do, with Genius. The Spontaneous Combustion is more annoying than anything else, really, and if we have something important we can just leave it with our second-in-command instead of us.
But we CAN'T control it. We will end up destroying whole cities. Doing that will call attention and attention means we might get mobbed by all greatest the heroes in the country. No one picked the Prision Time because we'll be known by everyone.
CP makes us known by everyone soon after.
The Fire Seer has control over the flames. No need to be afraid there and the precog is great stuff, especially with our Positive Traits.
Sure, the inaccuracies might seem like a dealbreaker but we can make do, with Genius. The Spontaneous Combustion is more annoying than anything else, really, and if we have something important we can just leave it with our second-in-command instead of us.
Exhibit C: Negative Traits
Now, I won't lie. We have 3 more Negative Traits in "Bearer Seek Seek Lest", but they can be worked around easily or don't matter a whole lot.
Physically Weak: We'll strategically deploy our Mooks and have them fight for us.
Compulsive Liar: Yeah, we're lying liars who lie. So what? We're evil, who will care?
Debt: We kill the people we owe money to...or we steal some money here and there and start establishing many "legitimate businesses" using our mooks to gather funds to pay our debts. We have genius and the precog, we can pull off a perfect heist in which no one finds out what the hell happened.
Those things are better than Batshit. If you combine it with Calamitous Pyrokinesis, we have a guy who might burn down places of interest because of paranoia. That'll make waves. Huge ones. Which means attention, which means we'll get hunted down like an animal.
Physically Weak: We'll strategically deploy our Mooks and have them fight for us.
Compulsive Liar: Yeah, we're lying liars who lie. So what? We're evil, who will care?
Debt: We kill the people we owe money to...or we steal some money here and there and start establishing many "legitimate businesses" using our mooks to gather funds to pay our debts. We have genius and the precog, we can pull off a perfect heist in which no one finds out what the hell happened.
Those things are better than Batshit. If you combine it with Calamitous Pyrokinesis, we have a guy who might burn down places of interest because of paranoia. That'll make waves. Huge ones. Which means attention, which means we'll get hunted down like an animal.
Conclusion:
We need to be careful, calculating and slow in our conquest if we are to survive.
According to the first post, we want COMPLETE GLOBAL SATU...*cough* to rule everything. Not burn it.
Plan "Bearer Seek Seek Lest", will carry us though the Mid and Late games easily should we manage to get past the Early game
Plan Corvus will help with the Early game, but make stuff complicated in the Mid and Late games.
I rest my case.
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- Location
- Maine
- Pronouns
- They/Them/Theirs
[x] Operation Dreamweaver
[x] Female
[X] Experimental Subject
[X] Dream Invasion
Positive Traits:
-[X] Former CIA (-1)
-[X] Ultra-savvy (-2)
-[X] Genius (-2)
Negative Traits:
-[X] Lazy (+2)
-[X] Batshit (+3)
Alright, I don't expect anyone to switch to it, I'd thought about starting this way at the beginning, but then I just felt too much time had passed before I could get around to posting it. But I just want it out there.
Who here has watched Dreamscape? Who here has spent too much time listening to a crazy uncle rant about the CIA? The Experimental Subject thing is just begging for Ex-CIA, and with all the Mind Control experiments they actually tried, well... Being a success is something that happens in Supers worlds. I'm not asking for this to turn into The Invisible Man(The TV Series) or Desolation Jones(though I do love those two). Just... It lends itself to a good story already.
Why Batshit? Well, with Former CIA and Genius you're already aware of some pretty crazy things. Just because some of the things you say or believe are crazy, it doesn't mean they're not true. And with you spending so much time in the minds of others, reality itself starts to get a bit... Blurry. Are those your thoughts, or do they belong to that guy you turned into a time bomb the other night?
.... That and I love the mental image of a Supervillian's base being a Hilton or some other place important/rich people would end up staying. Change the sheets, fluff the pillows, leave the mint, convince the rich guy to invest in your evil schemes.
[x] Female
[X] Experimental Subject
[X] Dream Invasion
Positive Traits:
-[X] Former CIA (-1)
-[X] Ultra-savvy (-2)
-[X] Genius (-2)
Negative Traits:
-[X] Lazy (+2)
-[X] Batshit (+3)
Alright, I don't expect anyone to switch to it, I'd thought about starting this way at the beginning, but then I just felt too much time had passed before I could get around to posting it. But I just want it out there.
Who here has watched Dreamscape? Who here has spent too much time listening to a crazy uncle rant about the CIA? The Experimental Subject thing is just begging for Ex-CIA, and with all the Mind Control experiments they actually tried, well... Being a success is something that happens in Supers worlds. I'm not asking for this to turn into The Invisible Man(The TV Series) or Desolation Jones(though I do love those two). Just... It lends itself to a good story already.
Why Batshit? Well, with Former CIA and Genius you're already aware of some pretty crazy things. Just because some of the things you say or believe are crazy, it doesn't mean they're not true. And with you spending so much time in the minds of others, reality itself starts to get a bit... Blurry. Are those your thoughts, or do they belong to that guy you turned into a time bomb the other night?
.... That and I love the mental image of a Supervillian's base being a Hilton or some other place important/rich people would end up staying. Change the sheets, fluff the pillows, leave the mint, convince the rich guy to invest in your evil schemes.
theimpetus
Fist of the Duplex
- Location
- The Unbekannt
Voting closes in 24 hours. I'm on my phone so I can't do a tally
- Location
- scrabbling
[X]Plan "Bearer Seek Seek Lest"
I wanted Batshit...but I don't like CP more and I think this has a better chance than my old vote?
I wanted Batshit...but I don't like CP more and I think this has a better chance than my old vote?
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- Elsewhere
After a quick check, I now know the two most voted plans are Corvus and "Bearer Seek Seek Lest"
...8 to 4.
Dammit! I'm far behind, but I won't surrender!
Everyone, please reconsider. With Corvus we might end up FUBAR with ease. "Bearer Seek Seek Lest" could prevent our problems form ever happening.
Check my argument out!
...8 to 4.
Dammit! I'm far behind, but I won't surrender!
Everyone, please reconsider. With Corvus we might end up FUBAR with ease. "Bearer Seek Seek Lest" could prevent our problems form ever happening.
Check my argument out!
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