- Location
- Philippines
Urge to see masses of people wandering within Joes personal reality rising.
Brockton's Celestial Forge (Worm/Jumpchain)
- Thread starter LordRoustabout
- Start date
- Location
- spain
BWAHAHAHA! You can't do this to me man! I'm in class,front row! How am I supposed to keep a straight face like this?!
Also, love to see Joe being more assertive
Turning Willpower into Actual Power is whole-heartedly Super Robot shit. That's what the Lambda Driver Does.
It makes ANYTHING into a Super Robot.
The only reason it's not more wildly overpowered than it's portrayed in FMP! is because Sousuke is a barely-functional child soldier instead of a Brave protagonist or someone like Kamina, Simon, or any Getter pilot.
Is the driver's boost limited by how much of a boost a material could take or is it just a straight Willpower —> strength thing with no other factors?
I really appreciated Uppercrust's perspective on his healing, the sudden step into a state of health he has never had before in his life.
Almost underwhelming yet that just makes the demonstration of power more impressive, it shows that Apeiron has such mastery over nanotechnology that he can afford to make something as subjectively substantial as a complete bodily refurbishment comfortable and seamless.
A miracle on the order of making the lame walk and giving sight to the blind.
Uppercrust made the best damn bet of his life and hit the jackpot.
Almost underwhelming yet that just makes the demonstration of power more impressive, it shows that Apeiron has such mastery over nanotechnology that he can afford to make something as subjectively substantial as a complete bodily refurbishment comfortable and seamless.
A miracle on the order of making the lame walk and giving sight to the blind.
Uppercrust made the best damn bet of his life and hit the jackpot.
I'm fairly sure the survival of March is known to Joe already, since he mentioned Uber and Leet going out and doing stuff with perfect timing in this chapter. And if not, why would Uppercrust not tell him? Unlike the PRT or whoever else might know, he doesn't expect Joe to Leerooooy right into her base or whatever.
Barbaric Bob
The Barbaric One
- Location
- Soon to be plundering a village near you
he will forge the cheatiest of tie pins
the bullshittiest of cufflinks
All beholden to the rolex of power!
the bullshittiest of cufflinks
All beholden to the rolex of power!
- Location
- Deep inside the sand
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
I would love to continue to have Uppercrust's view in the coming chapter. His thoughts on his up and coming Apeiron's antithinker defenses would certainly be a feast to read. Perhaps a preamble would work. Then they will probably also exchange contact information since it makes it so much easier for information exchanges.
- Location
- The Temple of the Winds
Stumbled upon this and though of the story. Which is a happy coincidence since it got me a new chapter to read 
edit: direct link since forum code is shit
(edit) Well either that or the Summit.
edit: direct link since forum code is shit
because it's not referring to a thursday but rather The Thurday. When the Ungodly Hour happened.
(edit) Well either that or the Summit.
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- Location
- Philippines
The preamble will become an interlude that's split across two weeks and you know it.
Very nice that Craftsman of the Gods was gotten the only boost to Kamui Tetra that matters that it's obtained before creation is Titan's Blood which is in capstone but also in quality so the odds of rolling it have gone up too and it's a 500 with the next roll for 300.
We have passed it by a fair bit canon worm starts with Taylor in school in the toilets getting juice dumped on her at lunch which also ruins her cape prep notebook (though how thorough this is is debatable since she was lacking a lot of info such as having no clue who the undersiders were or her description of tinkers being builds advanced stuff but not knowing about stuff like specialties). Due to this she goes screw it and leaves school before taking her mostly complete costume (she'd originally been planning on not having her hair exposed but that was the only real thing left) and going out.
This leads to the canon Lung fight which occurred the night Joe went out and fought Oni Lee. The undersiders robbing the bank is Arc 3 and while the only other one I can firmly place is the Levi atk is Arc 7 or 8 considering the Storage yard and rock meeting we are probably on Arc 5 or 6 depending on how you count things since the ABB have been partially defeated instead of completely but other events like the undersiders atking the gallery and Coil leaking the Empire's civ ids won't and can't happen (March destroyed the gallery plus other events make it too unstable).
Eating crow is a phrase similar to egg on their face or humble pie it's basically saying the prt has done and said a lot that makes them look bad which they are having to deal with such as here blaming everything going wrong on Apeiron citing him as a mastermind controlling everything when it turns out it was March who wasn't even around for the earliest stuff.
The mentions of Uber and Leet's movements were the stuff they did like hitting Lost Garden during the Ungodly hour since they got sent out of the city so the fame and credit could fall solely on the ABB instead of being split as it had for the storage yard and atk on the financial centre along with their other ops like defeating Faultline's crew.
We have passed it by a fair bit canon worm starts with Taylor in school in the toilets getting juice dumped on her at lunch which also ruins her cape prep notebook (though how thorough this is is debatable since she was lacking a lot of info such as having no clue who the undersiders were or her description of tinkers being builds advanced stuff but not knowing about stuff like specialties). Due to this she goes screw it and leaves school before taking her mostly complete costume (she'd originally been planning on not having her hair exposed but that was the only real thing left) and going out.
This leads to the canon Lung fight which occurred the night Joe went out and fought Oni Lee. The undersiders robbing the bank is Arc 3 and while the only other one I can firmly place is the Levi atk is Arc 7 or 8 considering the Storage yard and rock meeting we are probably on Arc 5 or 6 depending on how you count things since the ABB have been partially defeated instead of completely but other events like the undersiders atking the gallery and Coil leaking the Empire's civ ids won't and can't happen (March destroyed the gallery plus other events make it too unstable).
Eating crow is a phrase similar to egg on their face or humble pie it's basically saying the prt has done and said a lot that makes them look bad which they are having to deal with such as here blaming everything going wrong on Apeiron citing him as a mastermind controlling everything when it turns out it was March who wasn't even around for the earliest stuff.
The mentions of Uber and Leet's movements were the stuff they did like hitting Lost Garden during the Ungodly hour since they got sent out of the city so the fame and credit could fall solely on the ABB instead of being split as it had for the storage yard and atk on the financial centre along with their other ops like defeating Faultline's crew.
I must admit that I'm looking forward to how Uppercrust's people in the next room react when he enters the room, having gone in a frail and dying man and come out a man in his prime.
Not necessarily in his prime, just swole as fuck. An absolute unit of a man.
I really enjoyed this chapter. To get it out of the way up front as usual I liked the way you described the powers they really do seem weighty when you describe them. It goes far beyond the descriptions of the powers in the jumpdocs both in thoughtfulness and artistry.
The discussion introduction section of Uppercrust's team scrambling a bit and the back and forth with Survey are both a lot of fun. Survey being able to flex her unique abilities and then the insight and dialog with yellowjack are both really well handled. You definetly sold the feeling that Joe and Survey are well prepared for this meeting and are the stronger party going in.
Following on from that the meeting from Joe's perspective really showed how Joe has grown over the course of the story, a lot of it certainly had him leaning on Mental Fortress which is understandable but it also has him being proactive and not dwelling on mistakes or being insecure about his place in the world.
The thing about chess metaphors being overdone and then Joe happening to slip into them in his thoughts was a fun flourish.
I also liked how you made Craftsman of the Gods matter in the moment. It was still disruptive but it was also disruptive for Joe and it reinforced his pre-existing understanding of his abilities.
I expect Joe would have still made the same descision without it but maybe he would have been a bit less confident.
Showing the healing from Uppercrust's perspective was a really good descision, I think most of us, myself included are lucky enough to not really need to deal with the impact of that kind of condition but I think you did a good job of really driving the weight of it home and the impact of that burden being lifted.
I also like what Joe asked of him, it fits Joe well and conjuring some gold casually was fun. I'm looking forward to seeing what Joe makes for Uppercrust.
Rolls Analysis:
Knowledge (600-600): This is the first knowledge roll with 600 points in a long while. There are honestly a huge number of powers that could have been rolled. Obviously the roll could have polished off the Star Trek Skills or rolled either of the two Warhammer 40k perks that have come close to being rolled a couple times in recent chapters. The bulk of things though is with the nine different 600 point perks available. Combined there was a 12/14 chance something would be rolled. Many of these 600 point perks fall into the category of reverse engineering. The Fallout one comes with the full fallout techbase, the Halo one comes with a free corvette and also the full human techbase plus some insights into Forerunner tech, The MCU one guarantees that anything you reverse engineer will give you useful insights and finally the Stargate one comes with Naquadah and enough of an entrypoint for Joe to reinvent the Stargates themselves. Joe could also have gotten the entire Raildex techbase with some special attention to being able to make Espers, the abilities of a Farnsworth level Futurama professor complete with a cabinet of doomsday devices, the ability to modify Symphogears combined with a free Symphogear which at this point is realistically enough for Joe to make new ones, and last and maybe least the full human techbase from Starcraft with some starting insights into the Zerg and Protoss insights. And that's just the first roll from today.
Alchemy (100): Joe needs 200 points for Mixing Mixtures, everything else requires at least 600.
Resources and Durability (200): 400 points are needed for Armsthrift and 600 for Firestorm.
Knowledge (300): There was a 1 in 13 chance to get three Star Trek Skills which would have meant only one was left.
Personal Reality (400-100): Office can be further enhanced if Joe rolls VOWP Cellular Service which provides fiat backed phones and SIM cards. The synergy with Office is that he can place calls to the direct line of anyone in the world. Doesn't matter if they don't have a phone he can place a phone call to them. How does it work? Who knows. Computer Hub synergized with Central Control, Robots, and the Mall. Computer Hub and Extranet ensure that the Central Control system and Robots are linked into the Workshop Intranet, underwhelming but useful. The synergy with Mall is similarly underwhelming ensuring that there's always a bonus print shop with relevant supplies.
Size (400): This is how I want it comes with a bunch of self-resurrecting Kerbals and was available. Nano-Forge and Cybertronian Forge both cost 600 points.
Personal Reality (500-200): Realistic ground cover in addition to what was mentioned in the chapter provides fiat backed dust and dirt management for the created materials. Dig it is as described in the chapter. Neither have any synergies that haven't already been obtained.
Time (400): One-Man Assembly Line and Strong Spark both cost 600.
Magitech (500): There was a chance to roll Technomancy from Mage the Awakening which comes with the applicable magic system. The other 7 perks all cost 600 points.
Quality (600-600): The whole of Quality was available here. The least impactful roll would have the repeating pair of Minor Blessing and Unnatural Skill that used to come up so often.
Synchronicity Event would have been quite impactful and even more so than before this chapter because it boosts all Psychic powers including that of Whispered. Titan's Blood would have granted Joe another source of minor Precognition while similarly greatly enhancing his crafting quality via boosting Deadulus's Student to fully divine levels. Chosen Of Death greatly boosts crafting speed and also is yet another source of divine level crafting. And finally there's the perk Joe got Craftsman of the Gods.
Time (100): Same as above just further form obtaining either perk.
Magitech (200): Same as above without the chance at Technomancy.
The discussion introduction section of Uppercrust's team scrambling a bit and the back and forth with Survey are both a lot of fun. Survey being able to flex her unique abilities and then the insight and dialog with yellowjack are both really well handled. You definetly sold the feeling that Joe and Survey are well prepared for this meeting and are the stronger party going in.
Following on from that the meeting from Joe's perspective really showed how Joe has grown over the course of the story, a lot of it certainly had him leaning on Mental Fortress which is understandable but it also has him being proactive and not dwelling on mistakes or being insecure about his place in the world.
The thing about chess metaphors being overdone and then Joe happening to slip into them in his thoughts was a fun flourish.
I also liked how you made Craftsman of the Gods matter in the moment. It was still disruptive but it was also disruptive for Joe and it reinforced his pre-existing understanding of his abilities.
I expect Joe would have still made the same descision without it but maybe he would have been a bit less confident.
Showing the healing from Uppercrust's perspective was a really good descision, I think most of us, myself included are lucky enough to not really need to deal with the impact of that kind of condition but I think you did a good job of really driving the weight of it home and the impact of that burden being lifted.
I also like what Joe asked of him, it fits Joe well and conjuring some gold casually was fun. I'm looking forward to seeing what Joe makes for Uppercrust.
Rolls Analysis:
Knowledge (600-600): This is the first knowledge roll with 600 points in a long while. There are honestly a huge number of powers that could have been rolled. Obviously the roll could have polished off the Star Trek Skills or rolled either of the two Warhammer 40k perks that have come close to being rolled a couple times in recent chapters. The bulk of things though is with the nine different 600 point perks available. Combined there was a 12/14 chance something would be rolled. Many of these 600 point perks fall into the category of reverse engineering. The Fallout one comes with the full fallout techbase, the Halo one comes with a free corvette and also the full human techbase plus some insights into Forerunner tech, The MCU one guarantees that anything you reverse engineer will give you useful insights and finally the Stargate one comes with Naquadah and enough of an entrypoint for Joe to reinvent the Stargates themselves. Joe could also have gotten the entire Raildex techbase with some special attention to being able to make Espers, the abilities of a Farnsworth level Futurama professor complete with a cabinet of doomsday devices, the ability to modify Symphogears combined with a free Symphogear which at this point is realistically enough for Joe to make new ones, and last and maybe least the full human techbase from Starcraft with some starting insights into the Zerg and Protoss insights. And that's just the first roll from today.
Alchemy (100): Joe needs 200 points for Mixing Mixtures, everything else requires at least 600.
Resources and Durability (200): 400 points are needed for Armsthrift and 600 for Firestorm.
Knowledge (300): There was a 1 in 13 chance to get three Star Trek Skills which would have meant only one was left.
Personal Reality (400-100): Office can be further enhanced if Joe rolls VOWP Cellular Service which provides fiat backed phones and SIM cards. The synergy with Office is that he can place calls to the direct line of anyone in the world. Doesn't matter if they don't have a phone he can place a phone call to them. How does it work? Who knows. Computer Hub synergized with Central Control, Robots, and the Mall. Computer Hub and Extranet ensure that the Central Control system and Robots are linked into the Workshop Intranet, underwhelming but useful. The synergy with Mall is similarly underwhelming ensuring that there's always a bonus print shop with relevant supplies.
Size (400): This is how I want it comes with a bunch of self-resurrecting Kerbals and was available. Nano-Forge and Cybertronian Forge both cost 600 points.
Personal Reality (500-200): Realistic ground cover in addition to what was mentioned in the chapter provides fiat backed dust and dirt management for the created materials. Dig it is as described in the chapter. Neither have any synergies that haven't already been obtained.
Time (400): One-Man Assembly Line and Strong Spark both cost 600.
Magitech (500): There was a chance to roll Technomancy from Mage the Awakening which comes with the applicable magic system. The other 7 perks all cost 600 points.
Quality (600-600): The whole of Quality was available here. The least impactful roll would have the repeating pair of Minor Blessing and Unnatural Skill that used to come up so often.
Synchronicity Event would have been quite impactful and even more so than before this chapter because it boosts all Psychic powers including that of Whispered. Titan's Blood would have granted Joe another source of minor Precognition while similarly greatly enhancing his crafting quality via boosting Deadulus's Student to fully divine levels. Chosen Of Death greatly boosts crafting speed and also is yet another source of divine level crafting. And finally there's the perk Joe got Craftsman of the Gods.
Time (100): Same as above just further form obtaining either perk.
Magitech (200): Same as above without the chance at Technomancy.
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AntaeusTheGiant
Child of Gaea
- Location
- Lawrence, KS
Uppercrust's total commitment twinged some memories I had to think about, only to realize the references were Biblical or otherwise religious in nature.
As is appropriate when making a commitment to a nascent God.
Not to mention fully blinged out in the latest Apeiron the Enigmatic Artificer™ accessories.
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Don't forget Kerbals! For 400 pts we could have gotten This Is How I Want It, and he might have had to temporarily excuse himself from the meeting...
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- Location
- Philippines
So basically...
Yellowjack: Did you get what you wanted?
Uppercrust: Yes.
Yellowjack: What did it cost?
Uppercrust: Everything.
A moment of silence later...
Uppercrust: Also, have you noticed my new bling? Apparently I'm Simurgh proof now. And a bunch of other -proofs, I think this even makes me Siberian proof if I'm hearing it right.
Yellowjack: Do you know how any of it works?
Uppercrust: Well, there's a reason why he is the Enigmatic Artificer.
Outstanding,I applauded when reading this. Imagine Apeiron with all his charisma enhancing skills saying this in a deep voice.
That ending was epic! Just the right note to end thing on, only way to make it better would be an epic guitar riff.
Joe finally got a PR firm to help with his image! I know he didn't want any attention, but I thought Survey could have stretched her abilities into being a PR person as well as a Lawyer. So I've been mentally complaining about Joe's lack of a PR team for a long time. But now we have the Uppercrust branch of the elite. And it's not just PR either. So excited.
Also so excited to see Uppercrust's reaction to Aperion tier tech. Uppercrust is going to need an anti-Simurgh item, a way to securely communicate with Apeiron, and I'm assuming some sort of item to expand his parahuman powers. Since this is Joe I'm betting all three things will be in the same item. Will it be another watch? Some accessory specifically tailored to Uppercrust? My first thought was a cane, but he can't tinker and hold a cane at the same time.
I also greatly appreciated Uppercrust's appreciation that Joe's a good guy. That out of all the impossible powers, Joe is genuinely good is even more impossible than all of that. I would hate this story if Joe wasn't as kind and compassionate as he is.
Also so excited to see Uppercrust's reaction to Aperion tier tech. Uppercrust is going to need an anti-Simurgh item, a way to securely communicate with Apeiron, and I'm assuming some sort of item to expand his parahuman powers. Since this is Joe I'm betting all three things will be in the same item. Will it be another watch? Some accessory specifically tailored to Uppercrust? My first thought was a cane, but he can't tinker and hold a cane at the same time.
I also greatly appreciated Uppercrust's appreciation that Joe's a good guy. That out of all the impossible powers, Joe is genuinely good is even more impossible than all of that. I would hate this story if Joe wasn't as kind and compassionate as he is.
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Correction: everything is iron so it applies to all materials.
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
I wonder what Joe is doing with his "power tinkering"... Is it jailbreaking Uppercrust's power? Or making a new power? Making a new "hide from precogs" trinket?