Mechanically the only way to get multiple heroes in the same actions is to use heroes traits for it. The heroes we have with traits like that are:
- Wile: reduce explosion dice threshold by 15 (doesn't add his stats, doesn't stack with his own Joking Around)
- Juniper: add 10 Martial/Occult to a hero she has a working relationship with (only Technor for the moment)
- Wile: reduce explosion dice threshold by 15 (doesn't add his stats, doesn't stack with the traits that reduce explosion threshold like Joking Around)
Hmmm... Can we put Wile E. on Janna when we aim for the Coven? That feels like something we might want a crit on. If we're doing Personal Attention anyway, that means we'll double the chance to explode.
I mean, sure, but they seem in canon to actually hate magic to the point of murder (or the closest thing P&F gets to it, a dramatized angry mob ready to burn a witch). They treated Phineas and Ferb perfectly fine. Perry too. Even if they hate foreigners, it's clearly not anywhere near as bad for what they feel for wizards, and warlocks, and such.
Hmmm... Can we put Wile E. on Janna when we aim for the Coven? That feels like something we might want a crit on. If we're doing Personal Attention anyway, that means we'll double the chance to explode.
I was under the impression that buying out rival companies doesn´t actually cost us money up-front, ass-backwards as it sounds. But in retrospect, that´s fair.
So yeah, next turn will probably be all about Recycling and Greevil Energy in Stewardship, while the turn *after that* we can do some gobblin up or Sponsoring S/S (although I would have liked to get the Duke on-board for that one first)
[ ] Buy out a rival corporation
DC varies
There are some corporations that aren't rich enough to ignore you and lack the legal chops to fight a takeover, so you can just cut straight to the point and buy them out. Perfectly legal and on the level, and it won't even make you enemies aside from whatever fanboys are upset that you now own their favorite brand. Descriptions provided for companies as needed.
Choose One:
[ ] Hopper Food Group - Fast food conglomerate with multiple smaller restaurants under their North American banner. Cost: 8 Income
Yearly Income: +3
DC 95
[ ] WyndComm Enterprises - Civilian aeronautics company that constructs and launches satellites for commercial use. Has worked on contracts with government and private space programs in years prior. It might be a good way to jump-start any plans you might have. Cost: 5 Income
Yearly Income: +1
DC 80
Huh. Guess if it ever comes up for us to buy something I know what to support. Hopper pays for itself and a little extra in 3 income periods while Wyndcomm takes a full 5 to pay for itself alone.
"Francis." You say slowly, holding your very pointy head in your hands. "Just… finish putting a stop to this."
"What?!?!" The enormous Dr. Diminutive bellowed. "You can't-"
Agent Silent G smacked him.
"Ow! Newton what the heck!"
"Donde esta la biblioteca?!?!" Dr. Killbot demanded.
"Doofenshmirtz! You've gone too far this time!" Rodney declared.
"I've gone too far? I've gone too far?!" You demand. "I'm not the one who broke half the city in an afternoon! Do you know how much money this is going to cost me to fix?!" You demand. "Neither do I, but at least three of them!"
"We did this because you asked us to!"
Your fists clench. "Yeah. You know what, Rodney? Yeah I did. And do you wanna know why? Because it was the only thing I could think of that might satisfy your oversized, underfilled, puffed up lump of a head!"
The collective morons of L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. gasp.
"I 'sidelined' you because you dummkopfs can't replace a lightbulb without arguing about it for three days! You got upset about that, so I put you in charge of my entire science division. Then you do who knows what with the money and come back to me with a model rocket! So I decide to tell you to go wild, do what you're best at, and pick whatever mad science you want, and you destroy my city!"
"That's what we always did!"
"Yeah, maybe so, but newsflash genius! It's my city now! Mine! When I told you to do Mad Science I didn't mean on my lawn! That you would go ahead and destroy your own boss' stuff makes you as dumb as.. as… as I can't think of a thing I'm too angry right now!"
"You've forgotten what it means to be evil!" Rodney snaps.
"How dare you!" You decide to keep going while the momentum is yours. "You want me to be evil? Fine! I am exercising my right to dispose of my imbecilic minions when they fail me for the last time! I hope you enjoy the smoothies in prison, they're… they're very tasty, yes, but I was more going for a metaphor about… oh! Just desserts! Enjoy your just desserts! Which are smoothies."
Rodney screamed.
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LOVEMUFFIN fallout roll:
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Rodney was not having a good week.
Most of his weeks hadn't been good as of late, but today had to take the cake. After dealing with their idiotic, stuck-up, pretentious excuse for a boss for months on end, the fool had finally got it into his head to assign his most prestigious team to do some proper work unlike all that sidelining they had done earlier. Resurrecting Genghis Khan? Perfect! Buying out a useless company with some pretentious windbag who thought he was better than them? There were still scorch marks on the employee lounge ceiling from when Dr. Diminutive had set the trash can on fire.
He had considered the possibility that he may have been a very tiny bit too harsh on Doofenshmirtz when he was ordered to do Mad Science. Finally, a chance to do what they were best at! L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. as a whole had been delighted to return to their many brilliant schemes to take over the world, or destroy the world, or take over the world and then destroy it. Depending on the member, scheme, and current minute. Unfortunately, their idiot bossman hadn't reigned in his entourage of pets, and when those beastly ruffians had finished rounding the other members of L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. up, he had had the gall to blame the mess on Rodney himself!
Prison, as it turned out, was a terrible place to be. Sure you got free smoothies and wifi, but every time he tried to build so much as a handheld death ray, someone was on hand to put a stop him!
Worst of all, someone, probably that vile Doofenshmirtz, had seen fit to mock them by providing them only one piece of entertainment (aside from the wifi): the phone based dating card game Dream Boy 25! How indescribably insulting! As if their utter genius would ever stoop to…
The others were already starting up a game.
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Ten minutes later, in the midst of a heated argument, something happened to give them all pause.
The plastic phone started to ring.
"Gasp! It's the dream date!" Dr. Bloodpudding gasped.
"Out of the way you!" the now once again diminutive Dr. Diminutive declared, using his small profile to slip under the other's guards and pick up the phone. "Hello?"
"Hello Dr… Diminutive."
"Hey! Who're you?" The scientist demanded. "Get off the line! Kevin was about to tell me how dreamy I am!"
"I apologize for the interruption." The young voice responded. "But I felt the need to get in contact with you."
"Aha!" Rodney declared, muscling his way onto the receiver. "This must be some mysterious benefactor, come to recognize our genius in our moment of need!"
"Something like that." The voice replied.
"Then you must be here to break us out!" Dr. Bainbridge declared.
"...AHAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
"...is that a yes?"
"Let's come back to that." The voice replied after a moment. "For now, I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions… to the detriment of your former employer."
Rodney smiled. "I think something could be arranged."
"Wait, wait!" Dr. Diminutive declared. "Just one thing first."
"Yes?" The voice asked, sounding vaguely curious.
"Do you think I'm dreamy?"
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You're not going to sleep tonight.
You can feel it. The stress of the day would have been bad enough, but the real clincher was the ending. As they hauled him away, bean head and all, Rodney said something. Something that will haunt you for weeks to come.
"Curse you, Heinz Doofenshmirtz!!!"
Some other possible results of the LOVEMUFFIN fallout roll you did not get:
-A hated enemy gets L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. as a hero unit
-LOVEMUFFIN somehow manages to escape on their own, becomes a nemesis
-Xanatos gets some intel out of LOVEMUFFIN
-Any attempts at contact fail, and the idiots just sit in prison forever