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CYOA is a Chalice of Regrets: A Worm SI Quest

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[X]Power Mimic: Copy powers from nearby capes
[X]Elementalism: Take control of an element on a scale ninjas don't dare to dream of (Restriction: Hydrokinesis disabled)
-[X] Lightning
[X] Summoning: Create temporary minions suited to your overall theme
[X] Gravity: Manipulate local gravity, in an area or applied to objects
[X] ~5 Meters

[X] Mostly humanoid with a witch-like theme.
 
[X]Power Mimic: Copy powers from nearby capes
[X]Elementalism: Take control of an element on a scale ninjas don't dare to dream of (Restriction: Hydrokinesis disabled)
-[X] Lightning
[X] Summoning: Create temporary minions suited to your overall theme
[X] Gravity: Manipulate local gravity, in an area or applied to objects
[X] ~5 Meters
[X] KITTY!

Oh boy. I love me some meta.
 
[X] Plan Cthulhu 2.0

[X]Telekinesis: Move stuff with the sheer force of your will
[X]Illusions: Manipulate the sensory input of anyone in sight to create illusions
[X]Summoning: Create temporary minions suited to your overall theme
[X]Sandbox: Wider-scale area control to warp your surroundings to your whims
[X]5 to 15 Meters

[X] Eldritch Being
So since Endbringers are sources of fear and the eventual destruction of all resistance, we might as well look like and act as an outer-dimensional being of destruction. So lets go destroy an entity and their little friendbringers.:grin::grin:
 
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[X]Power Mimic: Copy powers from nearby capes
[X]Elementalism: Take control of an element on a scale ninjas don't dare to dream of (Restriction: Hydrokinesis disabled)
-[X] Lightning
[X] Write-in: Power Nullification Field: Within a certain city-wide radius of the Endbringer as the epicenter, all powers are disabled or, in the case of Scion and the other Endbringers, completely reduced in scale and strength.
[X] ~5 Meters
[X] Mostly humanoid with a witch-like theme.

As long as you get a big ol witch hat im all in!
 
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Well if the vote is back on...
[X]Temporal Control: Create areas of looping time
[X]Gravity: Manipulate local gravity, in an area or applied to objects
[X]Illusions: Manipulate the sensory input of anyone in sight to create illusions
[X]Sandbox: Wider-scale area control to warp your surroundings to your whims

[X] ~5 meters
[X] Mostly Humanoid with a witch-like theme

Edit: Seriously though, this is a great combination, gravity with sandbox means we might be able to lift entire cities (or at least, big chunks of them), temporal control means that we could leave a it in a time loop of free fall, and illusion with sandbox means that we can do that without anyone noticing. Or we could just move cities around, switch London with New York, or drop Las Vegas in the Arctic.
 
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Edit: Seriously though, this is a great combination, gravity with sandbox means we might be able to lift entire cities (or at least, big chunks of them), temporal control means that we could leave a it in a time loop of free fall, and illusion with sandbox means that we can do that without anyone noticing. Or we could just move cities around, switch London with New York, or drop Las Vegas in the Arctic.
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Think I like that combination better for the witch vote than power copying.

Though honestly, I don't know if the vote is in plans or not.
 
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I don't suppose someone smarter than I am wants to try and parse this? I've got it pasted in a google doc and will attempt, but...
Adhoc vote count started by UnwelcomeStorm on Jun 3, 2017 at 8:55 AM, finished with 140 posts and 68 votes.
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I don't suppose someone smarter than I am wants to try and parse this? I've got it pasted in a google doc and will attempt, but...
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If you are going by line it is

Power mimic
Summoning
Gravity
Elementalism: Lightning
Appearance: Mostly humanoid with a witch like theme
Size: ~5 meters
 
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I do usually go by line. Here's what I pieced together in googledocs:

POWERS
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[X]Power Mimic: Copy powers from nearby capes (33)
Number of voters: 33

[X]Summoning: Create temporary minions suited to your overall theme (27)
Number of voters: 24 + 2 + 1

[X]Elementalism: Take control of an element on a scale ninjas don't dare to dream of (Restriction: Hydrokinesis disabled) (25)
Number of voters: 23 + 2

[X]Gravity: Manipulate local gravity, in an area or applied to objects (21)
Number of voters: 21

[X] Write-in: Power Nullification Field: Within a certain city-wide radius of the Endbringer as the epicenter, all powers are disabled or, in the case of Scion and the other Endbringers, completely reduced in scale and strength. (20)
Number of voters: 16 + 4

[X]Sandbox: Wider-scale area control to warp your surroundings to your whims (15)
Number of voters: 13 + 1 + 1

[X]Illusions: Manipulate the sensory input of anyone in sight to create illusions (17)
Number of voters: 12 + 4 + 1

[X]Temporal Control: Create areas of looping time
Number of voters: 3


[X]Write-in: Ingenue Power Amplification field, all powers start to slowly but surely grow out of control removing aspects that made it safe for the user, Tinkers and Thinkers are overloaded with information, Breakers and Changers starts to lose control and change randomly, Movers gets burned, telefragged or find themselves in orbit unable to breathe, etc. The effect starts to reverse after 24 hours, prolonged exposure might confer permanent change to parahuman's power.
Number of voters: 1

[X]Write-in: Psychology Thinker: analyzing, understanding and manipulation of any thinking being in sight.
Number of voters: 1

[X]Write-in: Planeswalk: Can move yourself and/or others between alternate Earths as well as private dimensions or protected dimensions including shard or entity ones.
Number of voters: 1

[X]Total control of anything sentient (Except capes) in a radius of 100 meters
Number of voters: 1

[X]Telekinesis: Move stuff with the sheer force of your will
Number of voters: 1 + 1 + 1

-[X]Write-in: Power Granting - Making Monsters & Weaving Wishes: Provide the unique experience of Earth Bet to every individual, fueled by the power of CYOA instead of Shards choosing people. Also, allows information feedback on "trigger" circumstances, like what shards get. (2 picks)
Number of voters: 1

[X]Write In: King
Number of voters: 1

[X]Write-in: Panacea's powerset combined with Bonesaw's powerset.
Number of voters: 1

-[X] Darkness
Number of voters: 2

[X]Shapeshifting: You can take any appearance you like
Number of voters: 2

[x] Write in: Moord Nag (merge with summoning, create legions of terrifying minions that grow in size and power the more people/capes they kill)
Number of voters: 1


SIZE
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[X]~5 Meters
Number of voters: 38

-[X] 21 meters
Number of voters: 1

[X]5 to 15 Meters
Number of voters: 7

[X]15 to 40 Meters
Number of voters: 3

[X]40 Meters tall
Number of voters: 1


APPEARANCE (Raw)
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[X] Mostly humanoid with a witch-like theme.
Number of voters: 23

[X] Eldritch Being
Number of voters: 1

[X]Mostly Humanoid (Unspecified)
Number of voters: 9

[X]Beastial
Number of voters: 5

[X]butterfly aizen
Number of voters: 4

[X] Mostly humanoid but always something the Viewer expects to see.
Number of voters: 1

[X]Looks like a human up till the part where it dramatically reveals itself as an endbringer, in which case it's more like the stereotypical tentacle monster with eyes and stuff.
Number of voters: 1

[X] Humanoid made of swarm of butterflies
Number of voters: 1

[X] KITTY!
Number of voters: 2

[X]Plan ENDKITTY!
Number of voters: 13

[X]something between these two (crystal witches)
Number of voters: 1

[X]A Kitten
Number of voters: 1

-[X] Isopod/Cuttlefish combo (an inspiration); it drifts serenely through the air, a swath of altered reality trailing in its wake.
Number of voters: 1

[X] Mostly Humanoid. Very tree-like with bark-like skin and foliage/moss for potential hair and such.
Number of voters: 1

[X]Like, just a MESS of tentacles and burning eyeballs
Number of voters: 1

[X] plan butterfly aizen
Number of voters: 1


APPEARANCE (Condensed)
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Butterfly-themed: 6
Witch-themed: 24
Human Unspecified (GM's Choice): 9
Beastlike Unspecified (GM's Choice): 5
Cthulhu: 4
A Goddamn Cat: 16
Humanoid Other: 2


Plan-Specific Votes I don't know what to do with: 4


So that would mean...

Powers
Power mimic
Summoning
Gravity
Elementalism: Lightning

Appearance
Witch-themed

Size
~5 meters


I'm tempted to dump the Human and Beast Unspecified votes into Butterfly in order to justify combining it with Witch, if only because it gives me some good synergy with the power selection.

Are there any objections? Did I do it right?
 
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I'm tempted to dump the Human and Beast Unspecified votes into Butterfly in order to justify combining it with Witch, if only because it gives me some good synergy with the power selection.

Are there any objections? Did I do it right?
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Butterfly Witch? Sounds good.

As for objections, I don't have any. You got the same results as Gamefreak did above you, so it's probably accurate, and even if it wasn't, you're the DM. If the DM wants to bend things to make a better story, they're perfectly free to do so. It's best to have some consistency so the players feel like they know what they're doing, but I've seen several instances where some of the best DMs arbitrarily pick a different outcome than what technically won because they don't feel enthused about writing the winner, and no-one cares as long as them doing so is the vast minority of votes outcomes in the Quest.

...Also, there are plenty of DMs who don't even give chargen at all, because they want to make sure the character is someone they can understand, so being a little off in how you interpret the chargen votes specifically is fine if it makes things easier for you.
 
[X]Power Mimic: Copy powers from nearby capes
[X]Elementalism: Take control of an element on a scale ninjas don't dare to dream of (Restriction: Hydrokinesis disabled)
[X] Write-in: Power Nullification Field: Within a certain city-wide radius of the Endbringer as the epicenter, all powers are disabled or, in the case of Scion and the other Endbringers, completely reduced in scale and strength.
[X] ~5 Meters
[X] Mostly humanoid with a witch-like theme.
 
Sadly no Endkitty.... :(

Edit: voting for plan is broken. My vote only appears for the plan title but none of its parts...
 
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    Now what?
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    • [X] Hover above the direct centre of the city, destroying things with lightning and generally causing panic.
    -[X] Kill a few parahumans and destroy property, but don't go too far - Job enough that they have hope of victory.
    -[X] Whilst this occurs, form a cloud of condensed power above your head.
    --[X] As time drags on, have the giant circular cloud expand, growing ever more powerful the larger it gets.
    ---[X] Once the cloud is large enough to annihilate the city, drop it on everyone's head.
    ----[X] Now that everyone vulnerable to your attack is dead, leave the ruined city and orbit the earth, at the height of most cloud cover.

    Like so:


    For once, lets be an evil Endbringer.
     
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