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DoofQuest- a Disney Villains Victorious CK2-Style Quest

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King Arthur said:
Considering that three of the strongest issues in this setting are racially/socially based; toons, supers, and predators .... scratch that, four counting the Mewman/Monster divide, it would feel unrealistic to not have modern social justice trends as part of the quest.

In a very real sense, like, at least half of this quest is about social justice and racism. It's just wrapped up in a fun package with wacky toons and magical princesses, and our lead character is a mad scientist who was raised by wild animals.
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Doesn't mean having preachy hypocrites that spread more racism and bigotry under the guise of 'helping' would be enjoyable to have in the quest.
 
clockworkchaos said:
A wonderfully summary of the amount of work that it took just to put a king in a position where a dual crit could take him out.
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Yeah, let´s be honest:

- If Deavour(?) hadn´t tipped off both us and Shego months in advance over the Gala and its inner workings, we most likely wouldn´t have amassed enough intel and/or "firepower" in time to even attempt a stab at him
- If we and Shego either struck out separately on or own or back-stabbed each other along the way, Syndrome would most likely have defeated us both because of home field advantage and his two enemies grinding down each other as well
- If the rolls hadn´t worked out for us as the did, we might have run out off momentum, enabling Syndrome to at least push us back in some form.

So, in the end we definitely had most odds in our favour and still "only" achieved what we wanted (the Chip for Doof and Syndrome getting humiliated for Shego), while Deavor finished Syndrome off and took over Kronos with little fanfare - meaning that in the end, SHE might have been the true winner of this whole shitshow instead of either Doof or Shego.

I will not say that I am the best at gauging power levels and reading the flow of battles perfectly, but I know that the Sands Gala wasn´t an easy and/or flawless victory.
 
Yah, Shego and Doof achieved their goals at the Sands Gala. Evelyn Deavor won. She became one of the new Kings. I doubt that dealing with anyone else would be quite so easy.

The Quest didn't go into the Gala expecting to defeat Syndrome, they just wanted to give him a bloody nose. What followed was abnormal as you can get.
 
MrHobbit said:
Yah, Shego and Doof achieved their goals at the Sands Gala. Evelyn Deavor won. She became one of the new Kings. I doubt that dealing with anyone else would be quite so easy.

The Quest didn't go into the Gala expecting to defeat Syndrome, they just wanted to give him a bloody nose. What followed was abnormal as you can get.
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I'm pretty sure even Evelyn didn't see this coming. My Guess is that her Plan was for Syndrome's Reputation and Prestige to take a huge hit, so that she can depose him as CEO of Kronos after a few more Turns.
Instead, our Actions instantly wiped the slate clean for her. I bet she was pretty stunned by this before moving in to seize the Opportunity.
 
TheGleeman said:
- one unknown party (by now suspected to have been Evelyn Deavor preparing her eventual takeover of Kronos) supplying two other Kings with known grudges against the King in question (Doof and Shego, respectively) with extremely valuable intel
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Are we sure this wasn't Mirage? I thought it was mirage when I read it.
 
And on top of all of that, Syndrome rolled a nat 1 while Mass rolled a nat 100, which definitely had some impact on how things had played out. I mentioned a while back how if things weren't that dramatic, Syndrome would've probably just run for the hills or something and been in a bad position, but not nearly as bad as he was.
 
...I mean, let's not oversell Evelyn Deavour.

Yeah, she did well, but her true political agenda is in jeopardy with Shego, Doom, Doof (let's be real), and Xanatos essentially opposed and puts her up against some very dangerous people with few tricks to match Pine beyond her acting ability. Her hypnotism tech was probably sourced from Mesmerella actually. Xanatos shows how far Intrigue can get you, but the Gridlocked setting does not seem especially kind to those without the muscle to back up their masterminds.

And if she really wants to build a world without supers, finding that muscle will be tricky. Not to say she can't consolidate her position, but unless she throws in with Toffee or Bill she'll be awhile just getting into as good a position as Pine.

Doof got the platinum chip, which granted him numerous technologies well suited to him, and gained some serious respect and closer diplomatic ties with one of the nearest most natural allies in terms of Kings. He didn't conquer et al but he won BIG.
 
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Made in Heaven said:
COMPLETELY EXPECTED: In the event that hostile forces attempt to infiltrate your headquarters, your countless masterwork traps increase their DC by 20.
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With further conflict with Doom and a counter-genocidal campaign against Toffee, I think we should look into improving this trait.

[ ] Set up a trap

If there is one thing you and Doof have in common, it is a love of trapmaking. Why not throw together some sort of impressive imprisonment and see what comes of it?
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This is one of Wile E. Coyote's personal actions. I think it could improve that trait. If we were to take the Recruit new employees Stewardship action, we could get Wile E. to set up traps.
 
drake_azathoth said:
...I mean, let's not oversell Evelyn Deavour. Yeah, she did well, but her true political agenda is in jeopardy with Shego, Doom, Doof (let's be real), and Xanatos essentially opposed and puts her up against some very dangerous people with few tricks to match Pine beyond her acting ability. Her hypnotism tech was probably sourced from Mesmerella actually. Xanatos shows how far Intrigue can get you, but the Gridlocked setting does not seem especially kind to those without the muscle to back up their masterminds. And if she really wants to build a world without supers, finding that muscle will be tricky. Not to say she can't consolidate her position, but unless she throws in with Toffee or Bill she'll be awhile just getting into as good a position as Pine.
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Well, she doesn't have Syndrome's mad genius to allow her to easily upgrade them anymore but she can probably get the Omnidroids working again and she has Sinatron.
 
clockworkchaos said:
Who has, incidentally, worked on mind control tech. I for one am very glad that we have both negatives to enemy intrigue actions, and heroes that are robots/AI with us working on getting ghosts.
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I also doubt that mind control methods made for humans will work on animals. We need to step up on getting some guard raptors and stuff. Put some Trodons in the vents too for good measure.
 
Arathnorn said:
Preview of a coming Interlude:
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Pretty sure it's some kind of Coco reference. Because Marigold blossoms are what forms the bridge between the land of the living and the land of the dead on Dia de Los Muertos. Also what the main character is given to signify the blessing of his ancestors. The lemon and almond oil may point to a specific character from the movie being involved somehow?
 
clockworkchaos said:
Though I'd also point out that they are more the 'megacorp but US goverment' types, so it's not sole responsibility. To add to that, Shego... honestly I think it's worth remembering that Shego is a bad person. Like, yes, she's a nicer king, but only because she's neither actively malicious (Doom, Bellweather, Syndrome) or the end of humanity as a free species (Toffee, Bill, Dor). But she still regularly tries to kill teens, showed little remorse over the idea of killing a kid*, and racing over the world dictator style. To add to that, she is noted in her write-up as being lazy and focused on only super/extraordinary individuals. All of which adds up to her domain likely looking like a lib-right hellhole, with ultra mansions if you are useful/powerful, but serious, ongoing food insecurity among the poor and occasionally working class.
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I mean yes. But at the same time, the actual logistical difficulty of importing food into her territory is dramatically lower because she has access to big ports along the Gulf Coast.

Therefore, even while she may be making the peasantry suffer, as it were, that doesn't mean it harder for the peasants to afford bread in her country than in ours, so to speak. Sometimes having a natural advantage of climate, logistics, or infrastructure can compensate for the effects of harsh rule.

MrHobbit said:
How much food could they receive? The US is a major food exporter and the rest of the world would probably be reeling trying to deal with the famine. I guess Latin America isn't all that affected, though I am unsure of how effective they could be at recovering the issue.
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The US has a lot of assets, so I don't think food security as such would be impossible to manage. Especially if it's been a few years for the global economy to adjust.

Now, I'm sure the price of food would go way upwards, but a country like the US can afford to pay a LOT more for food on average before starvation becomes a threat except at the very very bottom of the economic ladder.

Not saying it isn't a problem, but it's likely to be a worse problem in Doofania than almost anywhere else except the wasteland areas themselves.

antsx said:
Now I wondering if we could make our weather inator to rain food now or our own version of the raining food machine.
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Rainfoodinator (Good): The forecast is cloudy, with a chance of pasta. A well prepared nation reaps bountiful airborne harvests as food falls from the sky on carefully prepared fields, where it is gathered up for distribution to the masses! Gain an income boost! Immigration to Doofania, where it (occasionally) literally rains food, increases slightly!

Rainfoodinator (Bad): Giant falling meatballs and sausages crush cars and clog the streets with rotting meat. Take an income hit from the cleanup. Doofania's public image is damaged.


J.I.M.S said:
They probably use corpses for soil nutrients, otherwise I guess cannibalization would be very efficient if not moral or particularly sanitary from a disease spreading stand point.
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I don't believe it. The population of the Axiom is kept very deliberately comfortable and the death rate isn't very high. It seems far more likely that the Axiom has some straight-up matter creation tech, or very efficient tools for harvesting base matter from the environment somehow. I mean, seriously, the amount of trash Buy'n'Large creates on Earth alone is ridiculous, just beyond any possible belief, without some kind of super-industry not limited to normal extraction on the Earth's surface.
 
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King Arthur said:
Considering that three of the strongest issues in this setting are racially/socially based; toons, supers, and predators .... scratch that, four counting the Mewman/Monster divide, it would feel unrealistic to not have modern social justice trends as part of the quest.
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Wow, gee, for a second I thought we were talking about a work of fiction that was made to be based on many works of fiction in the style of a work of fiction featuring magic, literal living animation, successful mad scientists, and eldritch horrors.

Thank you for reminding me this was reality and needed to be realistic, I couldn't have done it without you.
Made in Heaven said:
And on top of all of that, Syndrome rolled a nat 1 while Mass rolled a nat 100, which definitely had some impact on how things had played out. I mentioned a while back how if things weren't that dramatic, Syndrome would've probably just run for the hills or something and been in a bad position, but not nearly as bad as he was.
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Mass also nearly critted off his crit, too, IIRC?

Lord Ultimus said:
And give them all little hats, naturally.
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found the DOR-15 user.
 
Mattman324 said:
Wow, gee, for a second I thought we were talking about a work of fiction that was made to be based on many works of fiction in the style of a work of fiction featuring magic, literal living animation, successful mad scientists, and eldritch horrors.

Thank you for reminding me this was reality and needed to be realistic, I couldn't have done it without you.
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There is no need to be rude, especially since he wasn't replying to you, and he was responding to people that did express the view (he did not assume people expressed the view) that this setting has no social issues to deal with when we're literally helping toons escape persecution from Doom (as just one example).

And smear campaigns have been around for centuries, using a potential social media platform to do it could be a good strategy that I wouldn't want to just ignore.
 
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Made in Heaven said:
And on top of all of that, Syndrome rolled a nat 1 while Mass rolled a nat 100, which definitely had some impact on how things had played out. I mentioned a while back how if things weren't that dramatic, Syndrome would've probably just run for the hills or something and been in a bad position, but not nearly as bad as he was.
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TheBiggerFish said:
No no they meant two nat 100s
Mass got a nat100 and then a 96.
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Yeah Mass's roll was totally ridiculous AND syndrome crit failed.
 
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