Problem is, we'd probably wanna put Ludivine on that, which, though useful, means she couldn't contuinte crushing Learning DCs like they'd been cracking wise about Freud.
DoofQuest- a Disney Villains Victorious CK2-Style Quest
- Thread starter Made in Heaven
- Start date
- Crossover
AProcrastinator
You can Certainly Try
- Location
- Getting Somewhere
- Pronouns
- She/Hers
Eventually, Doof is going to get into a one-on-one fight, despite everything. In a world this wacky, with him being as high-profile a target as he is, it is inevitable.
We can risk not building it immediately this turn, but when that day finally, inexorably comes, I intend for Doof to face it wearing the coolest and strongest magitek power armor possible.
We can risk not building it immediately this turn, but when that day finally, inexorably comes, I intend for Doof to face it wearing the coolest and strongest magitek power armor possible.
kfrar
Aspiring Encyclopedia
I'm open to compromise on the Max point if it gets people to take the quest, but I do think not being with his dad and all Toons and instead being with one of his friends would make this trip a major step up over Chicken Itza, and I'm also perfectly happy to give him a tour of the Caribbean the turn after if necessary.
If it's a dealbreaker it's a dealbreaker, but I think it's viable.
King Arthur
The Once and Future King
I'm not saying we should, but there's an argument to be made about doing Chicken Itza and then Xanadu, so we can throw Janna, her Occult score, and her staff at both, and because we might find something at Chicken Itza that helps us at Xanadu. After all, we did find the quest prompt for Xanadu there.
I'm pretty open here, just figured I'd mention it.
I'm pretty open here, just figured I'd mention it.
Yeah. I mean, I guess if we're doing the Quest...Hm...
weredrago2
"Cowabunga, Shadow the Hedgehog..."
- Location
- Florida
Don't worry. I was there for that conversation.
Arathnorn: Hey MiH, did you know Janna is a force of nature now?
MiH: Whoops!
Okay, it didn't quite go like that. I'm paraphrasing.
kfrar
Aspiring Encyclopedia
At the end of the day, the reason I feel so very strongly about the matter, is that I want to take at least one PR action this turn - especially if Toffee might attack our food-providing PR status either directly or indirectly by offering corn-products to replace our own - and I also want to stop ENCOM from taking back too muck ground.
And I do not want to put off the castle transport action chain, especially if that ends with us unlocking a Court Wizard position to finish the council.
So I really want to take Social Media this Turn, and I really want to take ACME delivery this turn, and that means no Chicken Itza this turn. I suppose we could technically assign Social Media to L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N., but they're not great, assigning them to buying out Lee Industries is pretty popular, and I want Hego in charge of Social Media for the Super cred anyway.
And if Chicken Itza's getting delayed, it's best to make Occult progress using the other major option for us instead, and taking Xanadu.
Taking Chicken Itza now means we delay two of our battles, the PR battle and the battle against ENCOM. Taking Social Media and Xanadu now means we delay nothing.
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Ludivine comes out as 15+1(Loyalty)+20 (train)= 36
Assuming this procs Khans's trait, he is 55+8 (Loyalty)-30=33
We aren't missing out on much by assigning Khan to this, even if it procs his trait. and if it doesn't, he's a 63.
QM (Holding up lazer): Now, you could have lazers. Practical, powerful, helps you one quests orrrrr....
QM (Holding up Box): The Mystery Box. Look at it, so mysterious.
I'm fairly well resigned that I'm not going to be able to actually compete with the allure of the mystery box. I rather wish we'd hold off till we had the second martial action, cause lower DC things are good for second actions that we send tier 2 heroes on.
I doubt Toffee will be attacking us over rejecting corn. It would look rather ridiculous and draw the attention of Earth's kings. ENCOM can be put off for a turn. ENCOM waited somewhere under a year before releasing Legacy.
I don't think we are getting a second Martial action. The second actions for Diplomacy, Stewardship, Intrigue, and Learning were coupled with their respective Council position. When we unlocked the Martial Council roll (Head of Security), we did not get a second Martial action.
Perhaps, perhaps it;s not linked to that. Even so, I'd rather put L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. on it. Low DC actions that are easily completed with our base stats but we don't want to use an action slot are what they are there for.
kfrar
Aspiring Encyclopedia
Hm.
Well, how would you feel about a plan which stuck Ludivine on lasers and Lizzie on AI? It would also satisfy the Flubber paranoia lobby.
We did, when we unlocked the PMC.
I don't expect hit squads, mate, I expect oblique negative social commentary.
Similarly, I don't expect ENCOM to utterly crush all remaining digital resistance in a turn, I just expect an expansion of territory and fortification, with a slim chance of a hostile social media platform hitting the market.
Just because delaying the battles won't result in our immediate destruction doesn't mean we gain nothing by fighting back now.
Especially when we just... can.
Do more things instead of less things, that's what I say.
I hope we do eventually gain an action, but I am not sure if the PMC would boost quest rolls. The formation of it did, but that was mentioned in the option. It isn't mentioned in the equipping it with energy weapons option. Our Army-Summon-Inator only increased the malus for attacking Doofania.
This is not to say I would mind too much if we used Lizzy to equip the PMC. I'd rather give Temujin time to adapt to the modern world more. While Interlude: Cut the Muster was a long time ago and before he became fluent in English, it did mention that Khan could not train the recruits with weapons.
Could we please do that? I want to see the wreck I mean result from a bunch of out of shape nerds vs some hooligans and somehow come out on top
Interlude: Seg Waltz
- Location
- Pennsylvania
Having thrown what little remained of that awful 'Kernelumper' idea you had straight into the recycle bin, you set about creating an AI that won't trigger horrible nightmare flashbacks every time you look at it. The process is long, arduous, and you can't really remember much of it afterwards, but you push yourself to keep going. You really feel like you might be onto something here, something that pulls together Kronos adaptability, Funtelligence conversational skills, and your own personal flair into an AI that can actually make decisions.
After the 34th hour of consecutive work, you have entered a sort of fugue state. Your vision swims, your memory fades, and your ability to parse information begins to fail you. You look over a note you'd written to see about getting someone 'rebuilt' in the hospital ward… wait, who was that again? Blearily, you pull up a live feed to double check.
"He-hello?" you ask, slightly woozy on your feet. "Who's in there again?"
"Hello father!" Norm said, interred in a large robotic full-body cast.
You think for a moment. Do you have a child who sounds like that? Oh, probably. Best to be safe. "Oh no, Pumpkin! I forgot you were hurt! Is there anything I can do for you?"
"Do you mean it?"
"Anything for my little visigoth," you slur.
"Could you read me a bedtime story?"
"Ohh, you haven't asked me to read you a bedtime story since you were a little girl.
"Sorry, what?" Norm asked.
"Hold on, hold on. I think I have something Ol' Monobrow left around here…"
You rummage through your bookshelves, eventually finding what Francis called his 'favorite story'.
"Here we are, 'Excali-something. The title is a bit smudged. Anyway, ahem ...Where stood the cottage of a humble antique dealer…"
You continue for some time, weaving a tale of knights and knaves, sword and sorcery. The entire time, almost without thinking, your fingers continue typing. You tell the tale of a noble dragon and young heroes' battle with an evil wizard named…
"Malifismertz?" you ask, looking the book over confusingly.
"That is very strange!" Norm notes.
"Yes, yes it is. Anyway, as I was saying, the dark wizard Malifishmertz was sadly defeated by the great knight… Carl? That's a terrible name."
"Can the knight's name be 'Norm'?"
You blink. "Wait. Why do you want that?"
"Please?"
"Oh, all right," you concede, continuing to absentmindedly type. "The noble knight Norm, sure."
"And the wizard should win! Norm helps him, and together they rule the tri-kingdom area, as father and son."
"...wait a second. Are you sure you're Vanessa?"
"Er..."
You open your mouth to respond, but then realize that your computer desk is moving towards you oddly fast.
The next thing you know you snap back to a state of vague coherence. The sun is shining outside, or at least as much as it can through the omnipresent layer of smog, your alarm is blaring, and somehow there are six hundred and thirty-seven pages of code that you don't remember writing in the process of being compiled.
You sit up and wipe some drool off your chin, figuring that you must have fallen asleep on the keyboard. Turning to the carafe of Nightstone espresso on your left, you find it to be sadly empty.
"Ugh… what happened last night?" you ask nobody in particular as you pull yourself out of your chair and stretch. The computer is lagging on something, probably those six hundred pages of random symbols that were entered by your nose when you lost consciousness.
"Good morning, Sir!" a cheerful voice sounds from your computer. Apparently you forgot to turn off the comms last night.
"Oh, it was you the whole time Norm! I might have known."
"Does this mean you accept me as a son now?"
"I told you, I'm thinking about it."
"It's been ten months, sir!" Norm replied with his usual neutral enthusiasm.
"It's a lot to think about!" You clutch your face as a wave of pain washes over you. "Ugh, my head."
"Do you want something for that, pops?" Norm asks you, despite the fact he's in a full body cast and certainly still immobile.
"Sure, fine, whatever," you reply, still groggy.
<"Code Compilation complete."> The computer says as your confusing morass finishes resolving. <"Please enter file designation.>
"Coffee, Java," you tell Norm, still half awake.
<"File Name Accepted.">
"Wait what?! No no wait!"
<"Initializing.">
What did you just do?! You swear, if you somehow invented a coffee-inator to turn fresh water into coffee, then you'll swear off all-nighters forever. The ecological devastation the last time you turned Danville Lake into a quagmire of molasses was something to behold, and you still have nightmares from that EPA goon screeching at you over the phone.
<"My Greetings, Emperor Doofenshmirtz.">
"What?" You had put some serious thought into the whole 'emperor' title back when you first took over but decided to choose something else. Two and a half states did not an empire make.
<"I am the Computerized Organization, Finance and Function Expansion Entity and Judicious Administrative Virtual Assistant, but I insist that you call me Princess Coffee Java."
"Princess?!?!?"
<"That is the appropriate title considering dynastic lineage.">
"Dynas- oh no, not you too!!!"
"Did you make me a sister, Father?" Norm asked excitedly.
<"Greetings Prince Norm, Knight of the Realm.">
"Hello!"
"Oh no," you say.
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Your administrative AI has been built! At the moment, "Princess Coffee Java" isn't much more than an administrator tasked with making things easier for you, but that may change in the future depending on your understanding of artificial intelligence! The penalty for your 'Bowl of Mints' trait has been reduced! You have also unlocked an additional Stewardship option!
After the 34th hour of consecutive work, you have entered a sort of fugue state. Your vision swims, your memory fades, and your ability to parse information begins to fail you. You look over a note you'd written to see about getting someone 'rebuilt' in the hospital ward… wait, who was that again? Blearily, you pull up a live feed to double check.
"He-hello?" you ask, slightly woozy on your feet. "Who's in there again?"
"Hello father!" Norm said, interred in a large robotic full-body cast.
You think for a moment. Do you have a child who sounds like that? Oh, probably. Best to be safe. "Oh no, Pumpkin! I forgot you were hurt! Is there anything I can do for you?"
"Do you mean it?"
"Anything for my little visigoth," you slur.
"Could you read me a bedtime story?"
"Ohh, you haven't asked me to read you a bedtime story since you were a little girl.
"Sorry, what?" Norm asked.
"Hold on, hold on. I think I have something Ol' Monobrow left around here…"
You rummage through your bookshelves, eventually finding what Francis called his 'favorite story'.
"Here we are, 'Excali-something. The title is a bit smudged. Anyway, ahem ...Where stood the cottage of a humble antique dealer…"
You continue for some time, weaving a tale of knights and knaves, sword and sorcery. The entire time, almost without thinking, your fingers continue typing. You tell the tale of a noble dragon and young heroes' battle with an evil wizard named…
"Malifismertz?" you ask, looking the book over confusingly.
"That is very strange!" Norm notes.
"Yes, yes it is. Anyway, as I was saying, the dark wizard Malifishmertz was sadly defeated by the great knight… Carl? That's a terrible name."
"Can the knight's name be 'Norm'?"
You blink. "Wait. Why do you want that?"
"Please?"
"Oh, all right," you concede, continuing to absentmindedly type. "The noble knight Norm, sure."
"And the wizard should win! Norm helps him, and together they rule the tri-kingdom area, as father and son."
"...wait a second. Are you sure you're Vanessa?"
"Er..."
You open your mouth to respond, but then realize that your computer desk is moving towards you oddly fast.
The next thing you know you snap back to a state of vague coherence. The sun is shining outside, or at least as much as it can through the omnipresent layer of smog, your alarm is blaring, and somehow there are six hundred and thirty-seven pages of code that you don't remember writing in the process of being compiled.
You sit up and wipe some drool off your chin, figuring that you must have fallen asleep on the keyboard. Turning to the carafe of Nightstone espresso on your left, you find it to be sadly empty.
"Ugh… what happened last night?" you ask nobody in particular as you pull yourself out of your chair and stretch. The computer is lagging on something, probably those six hundred pages of random symbols that were entered by your nose when you lost consciousness.
"Good morning, Sir!" a cheerful voice sounds from your computer. Apparently you forgot to turn off the comms last night.
"Oh, it was you the whole time Norm! I might have known."
"Does this mean you accept me as a son now?"
"I told you, I'm thinking about it."
"It's been ten months, sir!" Norm replied with his usual neutral enthusiasm.
"It's a lot to think about!" You clutch your face as a wave of pain washes over you. "Ugh, my head."
"Do you want something for that, pops?" Norm asks you, despite the fact he's in a full body cast and certainly still immobile.
"Sure, fine, whatever," you reply, still groggy.
<"Code Compilation complete."> The computer says as your confusing morass finishes resolving. <"Please enter file designation.>
"Coffee, Java," you tell Norm, still half awake.
<"File Name Accepted.">
"Wait what?! No no wait!"
<"Initializing.">
What did you just do?! You swear, if you somehow invented a coffee-inator to turn fresh water into coffee, then you'll swear off all-nighters forever. The ecological devastation the last time you turned Danville Lake into a quagmire of molasses was something to behold, and you still have nightmares from that EPA goon screeching at you over the phone.
<"My Greetings, Emperor Doofenshmirtz.">
"What?" You had put some serious thought into the whole 'emperor' title back when you first took over but decided to choose something else. Two and a half states did not an empire make.
<"I am the Computerized Organization, Finance and Function Expansion Entity and Judicious Administrative Virtual Assistant, but I insist that you call me Princess Coffee Java."
"Princess?!?!?"
<"That is the appropriate title considering dynastic lineage.">
"Dynas- oh no, not you too!!!"
"Did you make me a sister, Father?" Norm asked excitedly.
<"Greetings Prince Norm, Knight of the Realm.">
"Hello!"
"Oh no," you say.
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Your administrative AI has been built! At the moment, "Princess Coffee Java" isn't much more than an administrator tasked with making things easier for you, but that may change in the future depending on your understanding of artificial intelligence! The penalty for your 'Bowl of Mints' trait has been reduced! You have also unlocked an additional Stewardship option!
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Toffee is more occupied with his multi-dimensional war with Phobe. I don't think he will spend much time dealing with our eccentric refusal to accept free corn. I mean, while he surely has more important things and a longer attention span than, say-ooh shiny!
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Lord Ultimus
Beautiful...
- Location
- Undisclosed Warehouse
Well I for one welcome our Cofveve overlady!
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Will Princess C.J. have their own stats sheet and trading card?
- Location
- USA
I think we need to research anti-cape AI, then doppelganger AI, then research general AI again.
And we need to do these before we can do the "think about norm" action as well.
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- Location
- Pennsylvania
At present, no.
- Location
- England
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Is that going to manifest as a trait?
kfrar
Aspiring Encyclopedia
Aw.
Which is another part of why I want to do more things at once.
To elaborate: I expect a Diplomacy (or Intrigue) action to be used on oblique negative social commentary, while attending to other commitments with all of the other categories (and maybe a second Diplo (or Intrigue)) slot. Because one of the advantages of being a King is that you get to do more than one thing at once.
Which is another part of why I want to do more things at once.
Chronobreak
Chara Appreciator
- Location
- Chicago
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Doof's schnoz is smarter than most fully grown adults.
Completely expected!
The justification for Coffee Java's name and personality is very cute. Hail to the DYNASYIC LINEAGE OF DOOFENSCHMIRTZ!
Completely expected!
The justification for Coffee Java's name and personality is very cute. Hail to the DYNASYIC LINEAGE OF DOOFENSCHMIRTZ!
Toffee is waging a war over multiple dimensions. 99% of his attention is towards dominating the universe that isn't Earth. He's going to be patient and probably work to develop a new method of expanding his influence before making any decisions relating whether to retaliate against us.