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OK, just had an idea for an omake or a write-in action. I've never seen any P&F and all I know of Dr. Doof is what I've seen in this thread, so I wouldn't consider myself qualified to write it personally, but here's the basic idea for anyone who wants to take a shot at it themselves.

The Life And Times Of Heinz Doofenshmirtz.

A biopic.

A musical biopic.

A musical biopic directed by one of the richest and most successful directors in Hollywood: Tuskernini.

(It's probably not a cover for something more underhanded. Probably...)
 
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Simon_Jester said:
Yeah, I'm not, that was kind of my point.

We're hard up for money, so optional spending on Intrigue actions is almost certainly a bad idea.
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I mean, technically we got at least some Income coming our way with that still-pending RR about our collab for a new OS with Olympia.

But yeah, right now we´re at *two Income this fiscal year*, so next turn we should focus at least lowkey on *earning money*, not spending it.
 
We've already tripped whatever trap this dude set up, so even if we weren't the intended target we're already stuck in it. Might as well try and figure out what we're dealing with, says I.
 
TheGleeman said:
No, we haven´t yet tripped it - for that to happen, we´d have to charge in after our new "lead" blindly.
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So, uh, did you miss the part where Lazer Pirate told him about us, or what? We have tripped the trap, because we sent Norm for the codes. The dude knows it was us (I think, that part's a little ambigous to me, but whatever), and is already preparing for us. Hell, going by that final line, he's coming to us! Or he's going to Cleveland. Either or. Our foot's caught in the snare, and it's too late to back out. The best we can do right now is investigate.

Not that I'm saying we should hire the detectives right now. God knows we need every bit of cash we can get at the moment.
 
The Interger-Overflow-Inator: Rolls can only be values from 1 to 300. If the dice, stats, and traits add up to something beyond that range, it loops around to other end of the range.
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edit: Sabotage to purposely go into the negatives requires a lot of mental gymnastics to have everyone still think that they will succeed at the task.
 
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So, I think it's worth considering that in-character, we have no reason to hold a grudge against Emerald Solanaceae. Cap'n Laser scammed us, then they "robbed" him. They didn't rob us.

In fact, from a certain perspective, they helped us get our revenge by stealing the codes that Cap'n Laser so dishonestly withheld from us.

Therefore, I suggest that we send a thank-you note to Emerald Solanaceae for robbing the jerk who scammed us, and possibly ask if they'd be open to selling the codes.
 
DrVillainous said:
So, I think it's worth considering that in-character, we have no reason to hold a grudge against Emerald Solanaceae. Cap'n Laser scammed us, then they "robbed" him. They didn't rob us.

In fact, from a certain perspective, they helped us get our revenge by stealing the codes that Cap'n Laser so dishonestly withheld from us.

Therefore, I suggest that we send a thank-you note to Emerald Solanaceae for robbing the jerk who scammed us, and possibly ask if they'd be open to selling the codes.
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IC something is still fishy about the entire situation, it says as much at the end.
 
I vaguely recall that one time Butler deciding to use the third best vantage point for a stakeout because his opponent was smart enough to identify the best vantage point, eliminate it as an option for being to obvious, and choose the 2nd best for himself. Mind games with Fowl and co. will not go well for us unless done by accident.

"I know that you know that I know that you, oh, just give the codes already!"
 
Silent Grove said:
I vaguely recall that one time Butler deciding to use the third best vantage point for a stakeout because his opponent was smart enough to identify the best vantage point, eliminate it as an option for being to obvious, and choose the 2nd best for himself. Mind games with Fowl and co. will not go well for us unless done by accident.

"I know that you know that I know that you, oh, just give the codes already!"
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Then we'll at least make a good impression
 
Silent Grove said:
I vaguely recall that one time Butler deciding to use the third best vantage point for a stakeout because his opponent was smart enough to identify the best vantage point, eliminate it as an option for being to obvious, and choose the 2nd best for himself. Mind games with Fowl and co. will not go well for us unless done by accident.

"I know that you know that I know that you, oh, just give the codes already!"
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Fortunately, we're Dr. Doofenshmirtz. We're just the right mix of brilliant, crazy, and stupid to drive that kind of person up a wall. Just ask David.
 
Silent Grove said:
I vaguely recall that one time Butler deciding to use the third best vantage point for a stakeout because his opponent was smart enough to identify the best vantage point, eliminate it as an option for being to obvious, and choose the 2nd best for himself. Mind games with Fowl and co. will not go well for us unless done by accident.

"I know that you know that I know that you, oh, just give the codes already!"
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See.

That's why we send Tobe.

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Sending someone like Mirage to spy on Artemis Fowl would be a recipe for embarrassment, because Fowl could beat Mirage at her own game. Maybe not easily; Mirage isn't a weakling or a pushover in matters of espionage. But I'm confident that he could do it.

But Tobe? No one can predict what he's going to do, including the man himself. He's too erratic to be easily manipulated into a trap, and too much of a fool to be easily predicted by knowing what the optimal course of action is and expecting him to take it.
 
There's this saying; it was attributed to Bruce Lee, but I don't know if it really came from hin or someone else. Basically, he'd rather fight several guys with a lot of training, then one guy with just a little training, because that guy would be more unpredictable.
 
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argonlyzard said:
Surprisingly competent.

He has 20 Martial, gains +5 if fighting someone with higher Martial than him (at the cost of 5 intrigue) and +7 from Disciple of Jo-Lan (both of those only count for contested rolls).

Depending how his traits stack he could have 32 Martial in a contested roll against someone with more than 20 Martial
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I think it's safe to say that Butler has more than 20 Martial, the man can fist fight trolls.
 
nwish425 said:
I think it's safe to say that Butler has more than 20 Martial, the man can fist fight trolls.
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Look, Tobe getting his ass handed to him by Butler may not be the best thing from our perspective, but there are two fundamental problems with him getting beaten up: ego, and survival.

As I understand it, Tobe has survived multiple beatings from Pucca, and while I'm reasonably confident that Butler is stronger than Tobe, I'm very confident that Pucca is stronger than Butler.

And as for ego, I'm pretty sure Tobe's ego has survived many things worse than an honorable beating from Butler, because if it hadn't he'd have no ego left and we all know that isn't true. :p
 
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nwish425 said:
I think it's safe to say that Butler has more than 20 Martial, the man can fist fight trolls.
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What Simon said. Also, Butler's awesome, but he didn't beat that Troll barehanded and unarmored IIRC. He put on a suit of armour (Because of course the Fowl's just have a suit of medieval armor laying around), grabbed a mace, and went to town on it, and even then it was a pretty close fight. I'd say Tobe has good chances on taking Butler in a 1v1 fight.
 
Gen.Raven said:
What Simon said. Also, Butler's awesome, but he didn't beat that Troll barehanded and unarmored IIRC. He put on a suit of armour (Because of course the Fowl's just have a suit of medieval armor laying around), grabbed a mace, and went to town on it, and even then it was a pretty close fight. I'd say Tobe has good chances on taking Butler in a 1v1 fight.
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Eh, nah. Butler has around 36-40 martial, IMO, since I'd bet on him being equal to a competent superhero. Not awful odds for Tobe, but Butler is a decent bit better, and probably has a few traits of his own.
 
Gen.Raven said:
What Simon said. Also, Butler's awesome, but he didn't beat that Troll barehanded and unarmored IIRC. He put on a suit of armour (Because of course the Fowl's just have a suit of medieval armor laying around), grabbed a mace, and went to town on it, and even then it was a pretty close fight. I'd say Tobe has good chances on taking Butler in a 1v1 fight.
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Ehhh. If I remember correctly, the fairy reaction to the troll going down was "wait what how" because it was generally accepted that no human could solo one without, like, hosing it down with a machine gun.

I'd present Butler as occupying that sort of Batman-ish tier where you're "peak human" in a context that rather exaggerates the limits of human ability.
 
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