Well can's say I like the change in Technor's assignment in the new plan, but seeing to who he is Psychoanalize....I can't really complain the logic and the benefit of it. Just please let Technor be the one upgrading Princess in the future.
 
If/when we ever do get Star. I'd love to see her reaction to Janna, who is probably decked head to toe in (mostly evil) magic bling.

"Yeah, working for Dr. D. has been pretty good. He says he wants to support his intern's evil ambitions."
 
So I'm trying to gather as much Creative Potential as I can before I really devote to writing Left To Rust... what do you all think of the Bad End of The Iron Giant being almost the exact same as the movie, except the Giant doesn't meet the missile halfway?

Especially @Made in Heaven, what are the odds of a canonization off of that? If necessary, PM me.

EDIT: *It slowly sank in what he had just implied. He looked at himself, and his hands seemed to be coated in a dark aura. They itched to type. Epicaricacy had taken hold and he was no foolish mortal to stop it.*
 
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So I'm trying to gather as much Creative Potential as I can before I really devote to writing Left To Rust... what do you all think of the Bad End of The Iron Giant being almost the exact same as the movie, except the Giant doesn't meet the missile halfway?

Especially @Made in Heaven, what are the odds of a canonization off of that? If necessary, PM me.
We really need a sad reaction for posts. Because, dang, that one hurts.

Edit: I guess a hug will have to do for now.
 
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Isn't Iron Giant WB? Also, could just have it end as canon, but have the alternate ending with the Army of Iron Giants.
 
Besides, he'd basically be a self-contained catastrophe.

Best Worst case scenario: Canonized, +500 XP, ENTER: The Iron Giant as a national-effort class Nemesis.

Worst Best case scenario: Noncanon, +500 XP.

Edit: Yes he is WB, but so is Wile E. I think it's fine. And an army is a *bit* too much catastrophe too deal with.
 
I think you meant 'without traps' here. Kinda reverses the meaning.
Thanks! I'm not running on much sleep right now, so I hope you'll forgive the mistake.

And as general @everyone, I would greatly appreciate it if people would point out the inevitable errors I'll make on the Unofficial Diplomacy Track-Inator, as well as suggestions for it.
 
Xanatos Enterprises (Gargoyles): Positive relations established. Xanatos knows we know about magic, and knows we're more competent than we seem, somehow. He invited us to a magic auction.
We also got an action to request a team up, might be a good idea to mention that. He's emailed us after the auction to state what objects the Auction has managed to acquire. I would say that means he is interested in our potential and wants to see how much we value the Occult. If we bring more money to the auction we might make him like us more.

He also recruited Janna in the alternate timeline. That probably means that he has a spy network in Doofania.

Syndrome definitely doesn't like his betrayal- not that Buddy can do much about it, considering Sinatron's got him prisoner.
I don't think that it is accurate to say that Syndrome doesn't like Sinatron's betrayal. Can't dislike someone if you're dead after all!

Zootopia State (Zootopia): Unknown, given the complete lack of interaction between us and them.
-Other Relations: Unknown at this time. Seems focused on internal affairs, from what we've heard.
This is out of character knowledge, but Bellwether hates predators, which humans are in particular. Doof was also raised by Ocelots so we are doubly bad!

Tempest Domain (Fireball): We don't even know that they exist.
-Other Relations: Unknown at this time.
You might want to mention the odd signals? We don't know it in character, but it would be handy as a guide. SPOILER For DDV: Gridlocked Fluff Doc They say that the Tempest Domain is getting increasingly desperate to make peace with the humans SPOILERs over

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Also fighting a mysterious, heavily armed drug ring distributing highly addictive, cognitive enhancing... drugs.
@Shadowhisker I just noticed this. Shego might be the source of the drug ring. I would say it is unlikely, but we don't know the source of the cartel.

Edit 2: Here's two more suggestions @Shadowhisker
ENCOM International (TRON): Likely doesn't like us for undercutting their software monopoly. However, this can't be confirmed, given the lack of interaction between us.
-Other Relations: Unknown as of this time.
We know that TRON and Yori are still around and are apart of the Resistance against the MCP. Maybe you could mention the MCP's conflict with SPOILER for DVV:Gridlock Doc King Candy and his Cybug hordes Spoiler over

Monsters Inc (Monsters Inc): We don't even know that they exist.
-Other Relations: Possible struggle with NMEIZ, Metaworld, and other dimensional powers for multiversal dominance. Otherwise unknown at this time.
I think it would be a good idea to mention Gantu's investigations against them.
 
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Yeah, humans are adapted to be persistence predators. We just keep following our prey until they drop dead from exhaustion... Assuming we haven't come up with some sort of bullshit cheat code like driving whole herds off cliffs, breeding all the smarts out so we can manage flocks of ambulatory food, or projectile weapons.
 
@Made in Heaven

If possible, I'd like to put my XP into Technor's Psychological evaluation of Doof, if possible. it's not a national action, but I feel it's the most appropriate place to put it.

We also got an action to request a team up, might be a good idea to mention that. He's emailed us after the auction to state what objects the Auction has managed to acquire. I would say that means he is interested in our potential and wants to see how much we value the Occult. If we bring more money to the auction we might make him like us more.

He also recruited Janna in the alternate timeline. That probably means that he has a spy network in Doofania.

Just as a note, while I would not put money on him not having a spy network, I don't think Janna is evidence for it. We sent her to the Magus Bazar, so it's the one source of magic she already knows about. It's her logical next-step after leaving us, especially if she's looking for more magic-power. And Xanators defiantly monitors the Bazaar and would be very interested in an up-and-coming magician.
 
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@Shadowhisker I just noticed this. Shego might be the source of the drug ring. I would say it is unlikely, but we don't know the source of the cartel.

I honestly think it's probably a Kronos corp thing, it might not even be something their active in anymore so much as something they set up.

Syndrome, aka Kronos corp, specializes in two things, giving people super powers, and robots. Syndrome hates Supers, and Shego is his biggest, most prominent enemy.

The drug ring notably has both drugs that gives people powers and enhance per-existing powers, and a ton of robots to act as mooks. This is exactly Krono's wheelhouse, causing problems for someone Syndrome most hated, and the current CEO might hate as well.

The new CEO was pretty anti-super in the Incredibles 2 after all. She might not be here, her reasoning for being anti-super doesn't exist in this universe, but still worth keeping in mind.

So yeah, my thinking is this is something Syndrome set up, and either Kronos cut ties with it after their death and it just kept going under it's own power, or the new CEO is continuing operations.
 
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Thanks! I'm not running on much sleep right now, so I hope you'll forgive the mistake.

And as general @everyone, I would greatly appreciate it if people would point out the inevitable errors I'll make on the Unofficial Diplomacy Track-Inator, as well as suggestions for it.
For sake of simplicity, and since lots of other people have already figured it out- mysterious actors 2 and 3 were Lizzy and Stanley, fighting for the underworld of Doofania. Essentially irrelevant now.
 
For sake of simplicity, and since lots of other people have already figured it out- mysterious actors 2 and 3 were Lizzy and Stanley, fighting for the underworld of Doofania. Essentially irrelevant now.
Huh, Stanley had a base Martial of 24, but when he rerolled he got 26.

That seems like an interesting trait.


Edit: It was because of a critical success. Did I miss out on a rule or something?
???
[ ] Oppose ???
65+24+10+5=106
93+26+15+2=134
??? Success!
You feel that the balance of power is shifting in some way.

Edit 2: That was wrong, clockworkchaos explained below.
 
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For sake of simplicity, and since lots of other people have already figured it out- mysterious actors 2 and 3 were Lizzy and Stanley, fighting for the underworld of Doofania. Essentially irrelevant now.

Mysterious actor 1 was almost certainly Evelyn, given she had the means and motives, and we can even match up the scores against her "unify Kronos board" action on January/Feb. Additionally -Dougal La Mancha is speculated to be the phantom blot, and is known to be a toon (Technor psych evaluation).
 
I have to remind you that despite our sucesses lately, we are still Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, one of the most incompetent and hapless Disney villains of all times. Heck, it´s pretty much stated in the beginning of this quest that our ascendancy to Kingship was dumb luck of an extent that baffled even ourselves. So you´ll have to forgive some panic while dealing with David Xanatos, who is more or less our complete antithesis in terms of influence and abilities (even in terms of morals, he is quite a bit more ruthless than us despite his affableness).
I suppose that's fair. But the thing to remember, at least if my assessment of the man is accurate, is that Xanatos respects success and the traits that lead to success. And that arguably, his defining greatest strength is his ability to identify ways to profit from any situation, even an unexpected one, such as a seemingly weak individual proving more successful and capable than he appears.

As long as we keep succeeding, Xanatos will keep showing us some measure of respect, I think.

And also...

Yes, I was talking about event (2), because I totally forgot the other one...my bad.

But yeah, the fact that DR. DOOFENSHMIRTZ almost caused DAVID XANATOS to lose control over the situation is funny on its own.
Well, you know what they say about the world's greatest swordsman. :D

...I will readily admit to basing a lot of my plans around trying to not get outmaneuvered by Xanatos and being more than a little afraid of him...
I think you're getting it backwards.

By planning around fear of Xanatos succeeding, you are trying to create a situation in which Xanatos doesn't win.

Let that sink in for a moment.

Such a notion is, if we are dealing with memetic Xanatos, preposterous. A Xanatos who isn't winning? You might as well try to create a square circle or a burning ice cube.

No, no. The secret to dealing with Xanatos is to create situation in which his success is compatible with- or even requires- your own.

If/when we ever do get Star. I'd love to see her reaction to Janna, who is probably decked head to toe in (mostly evil) magic bling.

"Yeah, working for Dr. D. has been pretty good. He says he wants to support his intern's evil ambitions."
Also, she is now the one with the terrifyingly effective magic wand.

The evil magic wand.

He also recruited Janna in the alternate timeline. That probably means that he has a spy network in Doofania.
I mean, he may very well have one, because Xanatos. But not necessarily.

Remember, Janna's first mission for us was to go to the Magus Bazaar in New York. So in this alternate timeline where Doof's ignoring her warnings and dealing with Toffee... what's she looking for? Safety and greater power. And if she's looking for a major concentration of occult power somewhere in America, somewhere far away from Toffee and his machinations, where would she go?

To the only place she knows that has occult resources and denizens. To New York.

In that timeline, Xanatos may have found her there, instead of here. He has contacts in the Bazaar.

Or she may have actively sought Xanatos out, looking for an employer who was powerful (like Doof, only more so), smart enough to listen to warnings about Toffee (unlike Doof), and with occult resources of his own that she can combine her own powers with (unlike Doof).
 
Thanks! I'm not running on much sleep right now, so I hope you'll forgive the mistake.

And as general @everyone, I would greatly appreciate it if people would point out the inevitable errors I'll make on the Unofficial Diplomacy Track-Inator, as well as suggestions for it.

Ya missed the boost to the public and gocerment relations we got from crushing organized crime. Though I'm pretty sure @Made in Heaven forgot to edit the update to include that, so it's easy to forgot that we did get those boosts.
 
@Made in Heaven

If possible, I'd like to put my XP into Technor's Psychological evaluation of Doof, if possible. it's not a national action, but I feel it's the most appropriate place to put it.



Just as a note, while I would not put money on him not having a spy network, I don't think Janna is evidence for it. We sent her to the Magus Bazar, so it's the one source of magic she already knows about. It's her logical next-step after leaving us, especially if she's looking for more magic-power. And Xanators defiantly monitors the Bazaar and would be very interested in an up-and-coming magician.
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